Triton girls win 3A-13 district title
Mariner took advantage of one of its few scoring opportunities Sat-urday, converting a close range goal by freshman Taylor Yount to claim the District 3A-13 girls’ soccer championship at North Fort Myers 1-0.
“We were outplayed soundly in the first half, but we kind of played them even in the second,” said Tritons coach Jefferson Swift. “We got a sound defensive effort in the middle from Julissa Thimelis and Sophia Restrepo.”
Sophomore Amanda Miller earned the assist on Yount’s game-winning goal that came on a counterattack before halftime.
Alex Restrepo finished with six saves tending net for the Tritons. Other than the goal, Coral Jarvis turned away the Tritons’ only other legitimate shot on goal with four minutes remaining in the game.
“I think we won the number of possessions, but the soccer gods were not in our favor tonight,” said Red Knights coach Nick Erickson. “It was like the first game we played Mariner and the Naples playoff game last year. We didn’t convert anything on I believe about 15 chances in the box.”
The Red Knights (18-3-1) travel to Barron Collier for Thursday’s Region 3A-4 quarterfinal round. Mariner (18-2-3) hosts Naples in the other quarterfinal match Thursday.
District 2A-12: Every time Bishop Verot took a one-goal lead, Oasis countered with one of its own Saturday afternoon at Vikings Stadium. Except, Reilly McAloose’s 35-yard direct kick just two minutes into the second overtime found the back of the net to bring the Vikings’ 3-2 victory to a conclusion.
Verot led 1-0 and 2-1 on goals by Maddie Sarnac, the latter score coming with five minutes remaining in regulation time. Since Oasis came up with the tying goal, the teams went through one overtime and into the second before deciding the outcome.
Bryde Camron was credited with five saves for the Vikings (13-8-1), who host DeSoto County on Thursday in the Region 2A-3 quarterfinal round. Oasis advances as district runner-up and travels to Sarasota to take on Cardinal Mooney in the quarterfinal round.
District 4A-12: Severe weather that blew through Southwest Florida around lunchtime Friday forced several games to be postponed, but not the district championship match at Gulf Coast in Naples.
Gulf Coast overcame a two-goal deficit in the second half to upend Ida Baker 3-2 Friday night. Gulf Coast converted two penalty kicks to take the lead for good and earn its second straight district championship.
Haley Rounsifer accounted for both of the goals for the Bulldogs (17-7-1), who travel to Bradenton to take on Braden River next Thursday in the Region 4A-3 quarterfinals. Gulf Coast (18-4-1) will host North Port.
Boys Basketball
Mariner 72, North Port 59: Mariner kept its unblemished season in tact Saturday with a victory over North Port in the Wally Keller Classic at Charlotte.
Jahmel Myers led the Tritons with a team-high 19 points. He was backed by Isaiah Darrett’s double-double contribution of 11 points and 11 rebounds and Brandon Kostyk’s 13 points.
“I thought not playing for a week would be a problem, but we got out to a 7-0 start,” said Tritons coach James Harris.
“There was no flow to the back-and-forth game because there were 67 free throws taken. I have to credit our guys for hitting their free throws to get a hard fought win.”
The Tritons (18-0) play at Cypress Lake on Tuesday in their last district game of the regular season.
“I think we played championship basketball for 28 minutes, but we let down a bit in the last four minutes to let them back in,” said Harris.
Island Coast 61, Weathersfield (Ill.) 51: The Gators came away with a positive experience and a victory over their out-of-state opponent Friday in the Wally Keller Classic at Charlotte. The Gators evened their season record at 11-11 heading into the final weeks of the season, including Tuesday’s visit to North Fort Myers.
Craig Sirmons led the Gators with 22 points, eight rebounds and five steals. Justin Moore added 12 points and seven rebounds while Austin Grimm chipped in 11 points and seven assists. Simons also was chosen as the player of the game.
Charlotte 72, Cape Coral 61: For the second game in a row a big advantage at the free throw line led to Cape Coral’s loss to Charlotte last Thursday.
The Tarpons took 30 free throws to just 13 for the Seahawks. The Tarpons converted 12-of-16 in the fourth quarter alone when they broke open a three-point game en route to an 11-point winning margin.
C.J. Lewis led the Seahawks (11-9) with 16 points with Brandon Alcide adding 13 and Stephen Hawkins 10.
Boys
Soccer
Immokalee 1, Cape Coral 0: Cape’s 13-game winning streak came to an end last Thursday in its final regular season game at Immokalee.
Immokalee scored near the end of the first half and held off the Seahawks (17-2) through the final 40-plus minutes. The Seahawks’ first loss of the season came on Nov. 14 at Tampa Jesuit before the 13-game win streak.
Goalkeeper Kyal Webber was credited with seven saves.
Mariner 4, Estero 0: A score that was ruled an own-goal in the first half with all seniors on the field was all Mariner needed last Thursday en route to a shutout win on senior night.
Eric Rivera, freshman Pedro Reyes and junior Joseph Nizama added goals in the second half. Goalkeeper Robert Quintanilla was credited with 10 saves in the win. Reiner Valdez had two assists and Joey Lane one.
Nathan Monroe and Richard Martinez served the Tritons (11-8-4) well on the defensive back line.
Wrestling
Best of the West at Mariner
Saturday’s Results
Team Results
1. Mariner 4-0; 2. Island Coast 3-1; 3. North Fort Myers 2-2; 4. Cape Coral 1-3; 5. Ida Baker 0-4.
Unbeaten
Individuals (4-0)
106 – Depola (Cape)
113 – Josephs (NFM)
126 – Minto (Mariner)
138 – Gonzalez (Mariner)
145 – Koselke (Mariner)
152 – Keith (IC)
170 – Richards (Baker)
195 – Yamamoto (Mariner)
220 – Cordones (Mariner)
285 – Beyer (Mariner)
Match Results
Mariner 57, Island Coast 24
Mariner 60, North Fort Myers 24
Mariner 51, Cape Coral 15
Mariner 57, Ida Baker 21
Island Coast 48, Cape Coral 24
Island Coast 50, North Fort Myers 30
Island Coast 48, Ida Baker 30
North Fort Myers 39, Cape Coral 30
North Fort Myers 52, Ida Baker 28
Cape Coral 48, Ida Baker 30