Tritons advance to 5A-3 Region finals with 64-55 win
A 23-11 run in the third quarter Tuesday night carried Mariner to their third appearance in the regional finals for the third time in the last four years.
“We played championship defense down the stretch,” said Tritons coach James Harris of his team’s 64-55 Region 5A-3 Semifinal victory at Bradenton Southeast. “We were up by 13 starting the fourth quarter and held off a run by Southeast.”
Despite a game-high 33 points by Ronald Taylor, Southeast was unable to play catch-up at the end.
“We beat them up in the paint, scoring 48 of our points in the paint,” said Harris. “We want to be the first (Mariner) team in 20 years to go back to the state championship and we have three more wins to do that.”
The Tritons will host Tampa Jesuit in the Region 5A-3 Finals on Friday.
Jahmel Myers led the Tritons with a double-double performance of 26 points and 17 rebounds. Isaiah Darrett backed him up with a double-double of 16 points and 12 rebounds. Amari Haynes contributed nine points and eight boards to the cause.
The Tritons (25-3) were in a close game in the first half, and led by one point at the break before going on that third-quarter offensive surge.
Baseball
Mariner 6, Island Coast 2: Andrew Arsenault allowed no runs over five innings with six strikeouts to help pitch Mariner to victory Tuesday over Island Coast.
Arsenault (1-1) also drove in a run with one of the Tritons’ five singles. James Bartolotta also singled in a run.
Felix Camacho broke the shutout with a two-run home run for the Gators in the seventh inning. Anthony Churlin contributed the game’s only other extra-base hit, a double. David Mata took the loss on the mound for the Gators.
The Tritons (2-2) visit the Gators again on Friday.
Ida Baker 8, DeSoto County 4: Christopher Proffitt belted a three-run double to help Ida Baker build a 7-0 lead through three innings en route to a victory over DeSoto County Tuesday night.
Dakota Kayatta contributed two hits while Bryce VanHorn (1-0) picked up the win by allowing no runs while striking out two. The Bulldogs (3-0) host Lehigh on Thursday.
Cape Coral 9, North Fort Myers 2: Spencer Roach, Matt McDade and Hunter Bontrager connected for two hits apiece to power Cape Coral past North Fort Myers on Tuesday.
McDade had the big hit, a two-run double that helped the Seahawks build an early lead. Bontrager also drove in two runs and scored twice. Reed Harris (2-0) was the beneficiary of the offense, picking up the win on the mound with five innings of work scattering six hits, striking out four and surrendering two runs.
The Seahawks (4-1) host North Fort Myers in a rematch on Friday.
Tennis
Tuesday’s results:
(Girls) North Fort Myers 7, South Fort Myers 0
Singles – Erin Post (NFM) def. Rumney 6-1, 6-0; Bailey Harris (NFM) def Cook 6-0, 6-0; Kylee Gates (NFM) def. F. Cannon 6-0, 6-0; Coral Jarvis (NFM) def. Cannon 6-0, 6-0, Paola Henderson (NFM) def. Daly 6-0, 6-0
Doubles – Gates-Sophia Niekamp (NFM) def. Rumney-F.Cannon 8-1; Dzierzanowski-Williams (NFM) def. K.CannonBigoud 8-0.
Record: North 5-0.
Next: North at Riverdale (Thursday)
(Girls) Cape Coral 7, Mariner 0
Singles – Ana Dieng (CC) def. Katlynn Bandemer 6-4, 6-2; Samantha Smart (CC) def. Samantha Wolfe 6-1, 6-1; Jessica Vu (CC) def. Sherry Kao 6-1, 6-1; Laura Moreno (CC) def. Sarah Hamilton 6-0, 6-0; Madison Wunderlich (CC) def. Sydney Campbell 6-0, 6-1.
Doubles – Yevhenia Krasynsk-Moreno (CC) def. Bandemer-Wolfe 8-5; Kirstmary Vite-Jessica Patton (CC) def. Kao-McNoldy 8-2.
Record: Cape 3-2.
(Boys) Cape Coral 6, Mariner 1
Singles – Rey Greenlaw (CC) def. Andrew Kibler 6-0, 6-0; Ian Ziegler (CC) def. Teddy Perchall 6-0, 6-0; Corey Williamson (CC) def. Tim Karras 6-0, 6-1; Max Slafer (CC) def. Thomas DiCicco 6-0, 6-2; Tristan D’Agostino (CC) def. David Cato 6-1, 6-0, 6-0.
Doubles – Greenlaw-Robertson (CC) def. Kibler-Perchall 8-5; DiCiccoKarras (M) def. Perez-Kao 11-9.
(Boys) Ida Baker 7, East Lee County 0
Singles – Timon Braun (IB) def. Lalsien 6-0, 6-0; T.J. Clapp (IB) def. Davis 6-0, 6-0; singles 3-4-5 forfeited to Baker.
Doubles – Braun-Clapp (IB) def. Lalsien-Davis 8-0; doubles 2 forfeited to Baker.
Record: Baker 4-1
Next: Baker at Dunbar (Thursday)
(Girls) Ida Baker 7, East Lee County 0
Singles – Maryjo Ellis (IB) def. Sierra 6-1, 6-0; Starr Warner (IB) def. Edwards 6-0, 6-1; Sydney Boughton (IB) def. Campbell 6-0, 6-0; Bayley Boughton (IB) won by forfeit; Jessanine Larkin (IB) won by forfeit.
Doubles – Ellis-Warner (IB) def. Sierra-Edwards 8-0; Boughton-Boughton (IB) won by forfeit.
Record: 2-3.
Next: Baker at Dunbar (Thursday).