High school roundup
BOYS BASKETBALL
Island Coast 53, Bishop Verot 52: Island Coast (7-14) recorded the program’s first victory over District 3A-12 rival Bishop Verot (7-8) on a last-second 3-pointer by sophomore point guard Issac Aponte. Jordan Hrkach hit five 3-pointers and led the Gators with 22 points.
Cape Coral 62, South Fort Myers 51: Despite getting 12 points apiece from Dallas Crawford and Jack Kelly, South (5-11) was unable to hold off District 4A-11 rival Cape (8-10). Joel Hill led the Seahawks with 21 points.
Palmetto Ridge 75, Lehigh 72: Wiggins Marc scored 25 points for Lehigh (5-11) but it wasn’t enough to get past District 4A-12 opponent Palmetto Ridge.
Baker 71, Cypress Lake 58: Phil Deens had a double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds to lead Baker (11-9) past District 4A-11 rival Cypress Lake (5-14).
Mariner 60, North Fort Myers 26: Ricardo Barsesa scored 19 points as Mariner improved to 16-6.
BOYS SOCCER
Canterbury 2, Southwest Florida Christian 1: C.J. Winton and Michael Jugan scored the Canterbury goals, with Jerry Nicotra and Greg Sharp getting assists for the Cougars (10-4-1).
Fort Myers 5, Riverdale 1: Colton Ely scored twice for Fort Myers (12-5-2), which also got goals from Brendon Collins, Michel Sigiel and Kenson Badeau. Andrew Matthews scored for Riverdale.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Lehigh 50, Palmetto Ridge 41: Mazelle Huyler led Lehigh (7-10) past Palmetto Ridge (3-12) with 18 points and 13 rebounds in this District 4A-12 matchup.
Cypress Lake 53, Baker 33: Erica McKenzie and Landon Drake had 11 and 10 points, respectively, for Cypress Lake (13-5) as it stormed past District 4A-11 opponent Baker (10-13). Amy McCann led the Panthers with 23 points.
Canterbury 44, Community Christian of Port Charlotte 17: Connie Dean scored 19 points and Emmie Derbeck grabbed 17 rebounds to help lead Canterbury (10-5) to its victory.
GIRLS SOCCER
Cypress Lake 9, East Lee 0: Desiree Myers scored five goals for Cypress Lake (7-5-4) in its blowout win over East Lee (2-9).
North Fort Myers 8, Dunbar 0: North (10-9-3) got three goals from Melinda Lucas in its defeat of Dunbar (4-11).
Gateway Charter 6, Golden Gate 0: Senior Bobbi Gonzalez led Gateway (14-4) past Golden Gate (2-8-1) with one goal and two assists on Senior Night.
Riverdale 1, Fort Myers 0: Taylor Van Vliet scored the only goal of the game to lead Riverdale (6-7-2) past Fort Myers (9-6-4).
Cape Coral 2, South Fort Myers 0: Cristina Hunt and Vicky Reno each scored for Cape Coral (10-4-5) in its win over South (5-11).
- The News-Press staff
