PREP ROUNDUP: Sarasota slips past Bayshore in boys basketball
BOYS BASKETBALL
Sarasota 50, Bayshore 47
TOP PLAYERS: S, Larsen Carr (11 points), Jaden Guerrero (10 points), Sean Collier (8 points), Rhys Gamble (8 points)
Cardinal Mooney 77, Lemon Bay 51
TOP PLAYERS: CM, Dylan Higgins (24 points), Franklin Liriano (10 points), Aj Rrusso (10 points)
NEXT: Braden River at Cardinal Mooney, 7 p.m., Monday
Riverview 79, Plant City Durant 64
AT: Riverview High
TOP PLAYERS: R, Jason Jackson (26 points, 5 rebounds), Jackson Dawson (21 points, 11 rebounds), Jamier Jones (17 points, 7 assists, 6 rebounds).
RECORD: Riverview (2-1).
NEXT: Riverview at North Port on Tuesday
Out-of-Door 47, Sarasota Christian 27
TOP PLAYERS: SC, Adam Bassil (9 points), Ben Papineau (9 points), Brian Hershberger (5 points)
NEXT: North Tampa Christian Academy at Sarasota Christian, 7 p.m., Tuesday
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Manatee 53, Bayshore 36
AT: Bayshore
TOP PLAYERS: M, Ty Barclay (20 points, 14 rebounds), Keile O'Dell (14 points), Amyia Yunker (9 points)
RECORDS: Manatee (5-1), Bayshore (1-3)
NEXT: Hardee at Manatee, 6 p.m., Tuesday
Cardinal Mooney 65, Sarasota 24
AT: Cardinal Mooney.
TOP PLAYERS: CM, Olivia Davis (23 points), Kennedy McClain (14 points)
RECORD: Cardinal Mooney (5-1)
NEXT: Cardinal Mooney at Tampa Academy of the Holy Names on Tuesday
Lakewood Ranch 45, Lemon Bay 37
TOP PLAYER: LB, Breanna Carroll (10 points)
RECORD: Lemon Bay (2-3)
Booker 75, North Port 42
NEXT: Braden River at Booker, 7 p.m. Tuesday
GIRLS SOCCER
Sarasota 3, Naples Gulf Coast 3
AT: Sarasota High
TOP PLAYERS: S, Presley Gaberseck (2 goals)
OF NOTE: Sarasota trailed 3-1 at halftime.
RECORDS: Sarasota (6-0-2), Gulf Coast (4-1-1)
NEXT: Cardinal Mooney at Sarasota, 5 p.m., Wednesday
Bayshore 3, Southeast 0
AT: Southeast High
TOP PLAYERS: B, Ja’lynn Sanders (2 goals), Genesis Garcia (2 assists, 1 goal)
GOALIE: B, Jennifer Jaimes (shutout)
NEXT: Sarasota Military Academy at Bayshore, 5 p.m., Tuesday
Imagine School at North Port 2, LaBelle 2
TOP PLAYERS: I, Hailey Sauline (goal), Addy Rattai (goal), Maddie Wiggin (assist)
OF NOTE: Trailing 2-0 Imagine School at North Port scored two goals to earn a tie.
VOLLEYBALL
North Port names Thomas coach
North Port High named Jennica Thomas as its new volleyball coach. Thomas played varsity volleyball for four years at Northside Christian High School in St. Petersburg, where she also ran track for four years. She played volleyball during her freshman and sophomore seasons at Winthrop University in South Carolina and then transferred for her junior and senior seasons at the University of South Florida, where graduated with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and master’s in school counseling.
Thomas served as an assistant volleyball coach at Cambridge Christian School in Tampa in 2015 and with the Bobcats in 2019-2020.
Cougars’ Byrd second in 3A voting
Cardinal Mooney Catholic’s Jordyn Byrd finished second in the Florida Dairy Farmers voting for Class 3A Volleyball Player of the Year.
Byrd finished second behind Clearwater Calvary Christian’s Taylor Parks, 69-61.
Dennis Maffezzoli is the deputy sports editor for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune and chief reporter for Sarasota Herald-Tribune and HTpreps covering Sarasota, Manatee and Charlotte counties. Support local journalism by subscribing.
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