High School Sports: Schedules, results as girls basketball enters Winter sports postseason
Girls basketball joins soccer, weightlifting, and competitive cheer in the postseason. This week is dedicated to district playoff games.
Half of the soccer teams were eliminated last week and the rest are gearing up for district title games this week. Forest boys and girls could take title wins by Tuesday.
Girls Weightlifting takes centerstage Thursday and Friday to decide regional champions and state qualifiers. Competitive Cheer hits the mat Friday and Saturday to decide state champions.
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Girls Soccer
Monday, Jan. 30th
Vanguard defeats Belleview 9-0
The Knights shut out the Rattlers in the first half.
Tuesday, Jan. 31st
Buchholz at Forest, 7 pm
Trinity Catholic at P.K. Yonge, 7 pm
DeLand vs West Port, TBA at neutral site
Wednesday Feb, 1st
The Villages vs North Marion 5 pm district championship at neutral location
Thursday
Vanguard vs Lecanto 5 pm district championship
Boys Soccer
Monday, Jan. 30th
Lake Weir defeats North Marion 1-0
The Hurricanes move onto to the district finals with a win in double overtime over the Colts.
Trinity Catholic defeats P.K. Yonge 2-1
The Celtics defeats the Blue Wave to move into the second round of the district tournament.
Tuesday, Jan. 31st
Belleview at Leesburg, 7:30 pm
Wednesday, Feb, 1st
Forest vs Gainesville, 7 pm at neutral location
Lake at The Villages, 7 pm district championship
Trinity Catholic vs Williston at Fort White High School, 7 pm district championship
Girls Basketball
Monday, Jan. 30th
North Marion defeats Eastside 53-29
The Colts move onto the second round of the Class 4A, District 5 tournament.
Vanguard defeats Leesburg 45-19
The Knights advance to the second round of 5A District 5 tournament. Junior Makiya Mitchell scored a game-high 17 points. Jyla Gunsby stuffed the stat sheet with six points, five rebounds, five assists, two steals, and two blocks. Sophomore Aniyah Hope tied a season-high 14 rebounds, to pair with two steals and three blocks.
Tuesday, Jan. 31st
Dunnellon vs Umatilla, 4 p.m.
St. Francis at St. John Lutheran, 6 pm
Countryside Christian vs Redeemer Christian, TBA at neutral site
Springstead at Forest, 7 pm
Wednesday, Feb. 1st
Meadowbrook Academy vs St. Francis/ Catholic/St. John Lutheran, 7 pm
Bradford at Trinity Catholic, 6 pm
Vanguard at Belleview,
Boys Basketball
Monday, Jan. 30th
St. Francis defeats St. John Lutheran 60-53
Senior Isaac Texidor led St. John with 21 points.
Tuesday, Jan. 31st
Meadowbrook Academy at First Assembly Christian Academy, 7 pm
St. John Lutheran at Belleview, 7 pm
Lake Weir at Redeemer Christian, 7 pm
Lecanto at Dunnellon, 7 p.m.
Hawthorn at Forest, 7:30 pm
West Port at North Marion, 7:30 pm
The Villages at Trinity Catholic, 7:30 pm
Wednesday, Feb. 1st
Trinity Catholic at Windermere, 7 pm
Windermere Prep at Belleview, 7 p.m.
Crystal River at Dunnellon, 7 pm
Bradford at North Marion, 7:30 pm
Thursday, Feb. 2nd
Wildwood at Lake Weir, 7 pm
East Ridge at West Port, 7:30 pm
Friday, Feb. 3rd
Crescent City at Dunnellon, 5:30 pm
Belleview at Citrus, 7 pm
Crystal River at Lake Weir, 7 pm
West Port at Forest, 7:30 pm
North Marion at Vanguard, 7:30 pm
Saturday, Feb. 4th
Lake Weir at Faith Christian, 2 pm
Girls Weightlifting
Thursday, Feb. 2nd
Forest and West Port at Oakleaf High School, 11 AM
Belleview at Leesburg, 11 AM
Competitive Cheer
Friday, Feb. 3rd
Trinity Catholic at Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center, State Finals 12:08
Vanguard at Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center, State Finals 1:28
Saturday, Feb. 4th
Forest at Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center, State Finals 11:24
This article originally appeared on Ocala Star-Banner: Forest boys and girls soccer play for district titles