Tritons crush Raiders 11-6
Mason Eicher led off the game with a triple and Christian Velez belted a two-run homer in the first inning to set the stage for Mariner’s 11-6 victory Thursday night against Riverdale.
The Tritons (3-4) wound up scoring 10 runs in the first inning of the romp. Eicher finished with two hits and two RBI while Justin Waibel drove in four runs with two hits, including a double, Velez finished with a pair of hits.
The offensive effort made a winner of Andrew Patton (1-0), who tossed four innings of three-hit, two-run baseball with two strikeouts.
The Tritons host Cypress Lake on Friday.
Softball
Charlotte 4, Mariner 2: Charlotte turned away Mariner Thursday night despite Hannah Holloway’s five-strikeout, two-earned-run effort on the mound for the Tritons.
Monica Montes and Jasmine O’Neill each contributed two hits for the Tritons (7-4), who host Cypress Lake on Friday.
North Fort Myers 20, Port Charlotte 0: Jessie Valerius led the Red Knights with three hits, including a triple, in Thursday’s rout at Port Charlotte.
Tavia Ellis, Emma Johnson and Sage Jones contributed to the offensive barrage. Jones had four RBI overall, including three on a bases-loaded triple in the second inning. Ellis drove in two runs with two hits and Johnson drove in one run with two singles.
The Red Knights host Island Coast on Friday.
Tennis
Thursday’s results:
(Boys) Ida Baker 6, Cape Coral 1
Singles Ethan Littlestone (IB) def. Ray Greenlaw 6-4, 7-5; Ian Ziegler (CC) def. Jordan Diggs 6-0, 6-0; Drayton Diggs (IB) def. Corey Williamson 6-1, 6-2; Lucas Wiles (IB) def. Tristan D’Agostino 6-3, 6-0; T.J. Clapp (IB) def. Austin Perez 6-0, 6-0.
Doubles – Littlestone-Wiles (IB) def. William Kow-Ziegler 8-2; Diggs-Diggs (IB) def. Williamson-D’Agostino 8-0.
Record: Baker 7-2.
Next: Baker vs. Oasis at Mariner (Friday).
(Girls) Cape Coral 4, Ida Baker 2
Singles – Jamie Lee (IB) def. Ana Dieng 1-6, 6-3,(10-8); Samantha Smart (CC) def. Mackenzie Chappell 7-5, 6-0; Laura Moreno (CC) def. Kaley Shultz 6-2, 6-0; Bayley Boughton (IB) def. Madison Wunderlich 6-3, 6-0; Yevheniya Krasynksa (CC) def. Maryjo Ellis 6-1, 6-1.
Doubles – Smart-Dieng (CC) def. Lee-Chappell 11-9; Moreno-Jessica Patton (CC) vs.. Shultz-Ellis (suspended, darkness) 6-6.
Record: Cape Coral 6-3.