Girls Lacrosse State Semifinal : Saint Stephen's falls to Lake Highland Prep

FRIDAY

GIRLS LACROSSE

Class A State Semifinals

Lake Highland Prep 16, Saint Stephen's 4

NAPLES – The Lake Highland Prep girls lacrosse team came out slinging in its Class A state semifinal game against Saint. Stephen’s Episcopal Friday afternoon. And the Highlanders’ quick goals brought the Falcons’ season to an abrupt end.

Lake Highland scored four times in the first five minutes, en route to a 16-4 drubbing of Saint Stephen’s in the state semis at the Paradise Coast Sports Complex in Naples.

Sienna Cassella and Ashling Marshall each scored twice for the Falcons in the loss. Savannah Love and Alexandra Horn each had three goals for the Highlanders.

“They ran more girls out there than we could. Getting here was extremely hard,” said Saint Stephen's coach Patrick Cassella. “They played a very physical game. But sometimes this happens – you just run into a team that’s a lot better than you. And this is the result.”

The Highlanders had control from the start. It took nine minutes for the Falcons to get a shot on the Lake Highland goal.

“We got off to  a quick start, which was great,” said Lake Highland Prep coach Chris Robinson. “We wanted an up-tempo game, and we able to utilize our depth. We substituted in about ten players, and that played to our advantage.”

The game went to a running clock early in the fourth quarter.

“They are top-to-bottom a really good team,” Cassella said. “We weren’t used to this kind of physical play. You usually don’t see this kind of physicality until you get to the state finals. And then the refs don’t call much.”

Love, Horn, Ellie Greeno and Giselle Jaskiewicz all scored early to stake Lake Highland Prep to a 4-0 lead. It was a 7-1 game after one quarter.

The Falcons slowed down the tempo in the second quarter. After Sienna Cassella and Marshall put goals on the scoreboard it was 8-3 at halftime.

— Tom Corwin

THURSDAY

SOFTBALL

Class 5A-Region 3 quarterfinals

Parrish 10, Mariner 0

PARRISH – The Parrish Community High softball team gave its opponents a firm reminder that it’s the defending 5A state champions with a dominating win to open the Class 5A-Region 3 playoffs on Thursday night against Mariner.

Senior starting pitcher Rylee Little struck out 13 of the 18 batters she faced and the Bulls rapped out eight hits as they blew past Mariner, 10-0, in a four-and-a-half inning game that lasted an hour and 16 minutes at Parrish Community High School.

“We have high expectations here,” Parrish coach Erin Spivey said. “I’m a firm believer that if you’re not shooting for the stars, what are you shooting for? I don’t want them to ever settle for mediocrity. I want them to shoot for the stars, that way they know in life they can handle anything that’s thrown at them.”

But the state-championship caliber form didn’t return to Parrish until recently.

A month ago, Parrish was 9-8 as several new starters tried to adjust to the lofty expectations set by the team last season.

In the time since, Parrish has won seven straight games, out-scoring its opposition, 76-3.

“Last year was the first time that we lost a senior class,” Spivey said of the Bulls program, which started playing varsity softball in 2020. “So that was hard. They had never gone through that before. On top of being defending state champs, you know, everyone is coming at you. You have a bullseye on your back.

“So that was a little hard for them to get over that bumpy patch of just focusing on us and not everyone else, and just accepting the new kids on the team and trusting them.”

Another obstacle added on top of adjusting to a new-look team was the loss of centerfielder and lead-off hitter Julia Girk to a season-ending injury.

Since then, Spivey said she’s shifted players around the field and up and down the lineup to find a formula that works.

That tinkering looks to be relatively complete after Parrish shut down Mariner.

Little struck out eight of the first nine batters she faced with an overpowering fastball that set the tone early for the Bulls.

She finished with five scoreless innings, allowing just three batters to reach base on a passed-ball strikeout, a walk and a bloop single to shallow centerfield.

“I knew I could hit my spots and my team would have my back,” Little said. “I kinda just go out there inning-by-inning. I know we have a team this year that we can do it again and win another (state championship). We have a lot of the same girls back, so we have that experience.”

Mariner freshman starting pitcher Gabi Winters matched Little early as she worked around a hit-by-pitch to escape the first inning unscathed.

But an error-filled second inning led to three runs for Parrish – on a fielding error on a throw to third base, a passed ball and a sacrifice bunt.

“Way too many mistakes,” Mariner coach Rachel Holloway said of her team’s four errors and three passed balls. “They’re fast with the ball on the ground. Just way too many mistakes. It was a challenge (coming up from Mariner) and it was just so hot. We were exhausted coming up here. (Winters) pitched really well. With no mistakes, we’d have stayed in the game longer.”

Winters nearly bounced back in the third inning as she recorded two outs in the first three batters she faced, but Parrish added on two more runs on a two-run single up the middle by Little to stretch the lead to 5-0.

Mistakes and errors crept up on Mariner again in the fourth.

A fielding error and a throwing error allowed sophomore Sadie Kruse and freshman Kyndal France to reach base to open the inning before a pair of passed balls brought them home.

Senior Ella Romano kept the rally going as she laced an RBI double and was brought home one batter later on an RBI single by senior Alex Call. Finally, Little made the margin 10-0 with an RBI groundout before polishing off the win with a 1-2-3 top half of the fifth.

With the win, top-seeded Parrish will host No. 5 St. Petersburg Northeast in a semifinal game on Tuesday at 7 p.m. The loss ends Mariner’s season at 13-11.

“We lost seven seniors last year, but there’s eight returning this year from last year’s team,” Spivey said. “So, having that seniority, and having that expectation that was already built, the younger ones have kind of just fallen right in.

“I tell them all the time, ‘Come here if you want to do big things.’ If you want to just have fun playing ball, you can do that anywhere. But if you want to stand out and make history, that’s what I wanna do too, so come out and do it. They’ve really bought into that.”

- Vincent Portell

Class 6A-Region 2 quarterfinals

Palmetto 2, Land O' Lakes 1

PALMETTO - It all boiled down to a battle of the Makennas as Palmetto edged Land O’Lakes, 2-1, in a Class 6A-Region 2 quarterfinal Thursday night.

Makenna Bellaire put the Gators ahead, 1-0, with her ninth home run of the season, a solo shot in the top of the first inning. But in the bottom of the inning, Tiger pitcher Desiree Aitken led off with a double and Makenna Lee followed two batters later with an opposite field shot over the right field fence to give Palmetto a 2-1 lead it would not relinquish.

The homer was Lee’s sixth of the year. “Not typical at all,”she said. “Usually I’m center field or left field. I hardly ever go opposite field. But it felt great and it was a great win for the team.”

“I don’t think the ball ever did land,” Tigers coach Andrew Emery said. “I’ve never seen her hit one over the side. She’s being a little bit humble. During her practices for the last three or four days, she’s been hitting opposite field home runs, so she’s been really working on it."

After the Bellaire blast, Aitken retired 12 of the next 13 batters, giving up only a pop fly single to Bellaire, who was thrown out trying to stretch it into a double.

The Tigers threatened in the bottom of the fourth against Land O’Lakes freshman pitcher Taliah Murria. Leilani Cruz singled and Joli McElroy doubled to right. But Cruz was cut down at the plate trying to score from first, and that was the last base runner Palmetto would get, as Murria retired the last seven batters in order.

Meanwhile, Lee replaced Aitken on the mound for the Tigers and struck out the side in the sixth. But Mariah Thompson led off the seventh with a single off the end of the bat that fell in between the shortstop and second baseman. That brought Bellaire to the plate as the potential go-ahead run, but Lee was able to force a fly ball to right fielder Keleah Peters for the first out of the inning.

“I was just thinking pitch to my defense,” Lee said. “Not trying to do anything too much. Just let her hit it and let the defense do the work behind me because I know that they have my back to help us win the game.”

Thompson stole second to put the tying run in scoring position, but Lee got Jaila Mitchell to fly out to left and struck out Madison Hachigian to send the Tigers on to the semifinals.

Aitken pitched the first five innings for Palmetto, allowing two hits and striking out six, and contributed two doubles at the plate.

“For Desiree to come out there as a senior and pitch through that game the way she’s doing and stay hot at the plate also. I think she’s had multi-hit games in the last four or five games, so she’s really seeing the ball very well," Emery said. “It’s good to get the leadoff batter on and get her in scoring position. And for her to carry it into the fifth so we could get Kenny to set it up, it was perfect the way it worked out.”

Murria went the distance for the Gators in a losing effort, giving up five hits and a walk while striking out 11.Next up for Palmetto (15-10) is a semifinal game at top-seeded Bloomingdale on Tuesday at 7 p.m.

- Bruce Robins

Class 7A-Region 3 quarterfinals

Windermere 5, Lakewood Ranch 0

AT : Windermere

TOP PLAYERS: (LR) Corin Soria 1-3, 2B; (LP) Lexi Meneely (6 inns., 4 hits, 5 runs-2 earned, 4 walks, 1 strikeout)

RECORDS : Windermere 21-4, Lakewood Ranch 6-21

WEDNESDAY

BASEBALL

Class 2A-Region 3 quarterfinal

Northside Christian 11, Imagine School at North Port 0

NORTH PORT -  Andreas Alvarez tossed a complete-game, three-hit shutout as Northside Christian routed host Imagine School at North Port, 11-0, in a Class 2A-Region 3 quarterfinal on Wednesday night.

The Mustangs senior right-hander walked two and struck out 12, as the Sharks only advanced one runner as far as second base.

The Auburn commit overpowered the Imagine batters with a 95-mile-per-hour fastball, mixing in an occasional breaking ball.

“It was overpowering, but I felt like we had a good game plan going into the game,” Alvarez said. “We had a couple of situations where we knew some guys were lacking with the bat speed, so we knew we could speed it up on them, and some guys had the bat speed, so we hung a little slider to mix it up on them. I give a lot of praise to the guys who put up 11 runs for us. It’s nice to pitch with a lead, especially that big of a lead.”

Despite the lopsided final score, Sharks starter Jacob Lombard matched zeroes with Alvarez for the first four innings, the exception a solo home run in the second inning by Chase Perkey. Northside led 1-0 after four innings when Sharks coach Steve Saborse went to his bullpen in the fifth.

“We didn’t want to have Lombard go through the order a third time,” Saborse said. “We tried to get an inning out of (Alexis) Pereira. He’s been there all year for us, but hitting is contagious and they just caught up to the ball.”

The Mustangs (18-9) quickly loaded the bases against Pereira on a double, fielder's choice, and hit batter. Designated hitter Turner Gross delivered a two-run single to make it 3-0. Following a wild pitch, Luke Anderson reached Pereira with another base hit to score two more. Northside added three more runs in the sixth and seventh innings off RJ Cooper and Peyton Rassbach.

“My hat’s off to Northside Christian; a very disciplined team at the plate and in the field,” Saborse said. “Probably the best defensive team we saw and the best pitcher we’ve seen all season.”

Cooper, Lombard, and Jason Conte had the three singles for Imagine, but Alvarez ended each inning with a strikeout.

"When you have a guy like Andreas Alvarez on the mound, that’s always a good thing,” Mustangs coach Robert Rodriguez said. “But our offense woke up today as well. Because  one through nine, Imagine is going to compete. If you don’t pound the zone and you don’t attack and you start to nibble here and there, they’re going to make you pay for it. They’re competing in the box, whether they’ve seen a guy like Andreas or not, and you could see why they’re district champs and you can see why they went 14-9 going into this game."

The Sharks ended their season with their first district championship and only will lose one senior, catcher Joseph Standford.

“I can’t say enough about the team, the coaches and the support from the community for a great season,” Saborse said. “We’re already looking forward to next season, probably having 9 or 10 seniors, and as freshmen become sophomores and sophomores become juniors, everybody gets stronger, quicker and faster, so we’ll be ready. We want to go back-to-back as district champions, get here again and have a different outcome."

-Bruce Robins

TRACK & FIELD REGIONALS

Top two finishers in each regional event automatically qualify for the FHSAA Track & Field State Championships May 15-18 at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville.

Class A-Region 3

AT : IMG Academy

LOCAL SCHOOLS : Out-of-Door Academy, Bradenton Christian, Gulf Coast HEAT, Saint Stephen’s

TOP FINISHERS : Men’s long jump - 1. Chandler Johnson (BC) 7.06 meters; Men’s javelin - 1. Evan Brown (SS) 50.73 meters

Class 2A-Region 3

AT : IMG Academy

LOCAL SCHOOLS : Booker, Cardinal Mooney, Bayshore, Lemon Bay

TOP FINISHERS : Men’s 100 meters - 1. Jayson Evans (BK) 10.89; Women’s 100 meters - 1. Terrietta Smith (BK) 12.06; Men’s 200 meters - 1. Jayson Evans (BK) 21.88; Women’s 200 meters - 1. Terrietta Smith (BK) 25.02; Women’s 400 meters - 1. Jakai Peterson (BK) 57.36; Women's 800 meters - 2. Rosemary Selke (CM) 2:24.97; Women's 1600 meters - 2. Addison Dempsey (CM) 5:09.06; Women’s 3200 meters - 1. Addison Dempsey (CM) 10:44.74; Women's 100-meter hurdles - 1. Ibre Edwards (BK) 15:09; Women’s 400 - meter hurdles - 1. Ibre Edwards (BK) 1:06.53; Women’s 4 x 100-meter relay - 1. Booker 48.09; Women’s 4 x 400-meter relay - 1. Booker 4:06.14; Men’s pole vault - 2. Cooper Adcock (LB) 3.45 meters; Women’s pole vault - 1. Grace Hroncich (CM) 2.85 meters; Women’s long jump - 2. Jakai Peterson (BK) 5.33 meters; Men’s triple jump - 2. Imani Estrada (BK) 12.82 meters; Men’s shot put - 1. Owen Tannehill (LB) 15.68 meters

Class 3A-Region 3

AT : Charlotte High School

LOCAL SCHOOLS : Parrish, Southeast, Palmetto, Braden River

TOP FINISHERS: Women’s 100 meters - 2. Jasmin Hornes (PL) 12.15; Women’s 200 meters - 2. Jasmin Hornes (PL) 25.00; Men’s 110-meter hurdles - 2. Torance Brady (PR) 15.07; Men’s 400-meter hurdles - 1. Jozell Bing (PL) 55.50; Men’s 4 x 400-meter relay - 1. Parrish 3:23.63; Women’s javelin - 2. Jada Phillips (BR) 37.56 meters

Class 4A-Region 2

AT : Plant City High School

LOCAL SCHOOLS : Venice, North Port, Manatee, Riverview, Sarasota, Lakewood Ranch

TOP FINISHERS: Men’s 200 meters - 2. Damian Howard (NP) 21.55; Men’s 400 meters - 2. Matthew Groves (V) 48.01; Women's 3200 meters - 2. Aubri Antczak (S) 11:21.91; Men's 400-meter hurdles - 2. Christopher Priede (V) 54.96; Men’s 4 x 100-meter relay - 1. Manatee 41.30; Men’s 4 x 400-meter relay - 1. Venice 3:19.75; Men's 4 x 800-meter relay - 1. Venice 7:59.90; Men’s pole vault - 1. Chase Graziadei (V) 4.20 meters; Women’s shot put - 1. Susan Lowther (RV) 13.22 meters; Men’s discus - 1. Luis Castaneda (RV) 48.50 meters; Women’s discus - 1. Susan Lowther (RV) 42.19 meters

TUESDAY

Baseball Regionals

Venice 9, Winter Haven 0

VENICE – The Venice High baseball team fully lived up to the billing of its No. 1 seed in Class 7A-Region 2 against No. 8 Winter Haven.

The Indians blanked the Blue Devils for seven innings on the way to a 9-0 win at Venice High School, nearly reaching the 10-run mercy rule at several points in the closing innings.

But Venice coach Craig Faulkner said he wouldn’t have wanted it any other way.

“We wanted to use (senior relief pitcher Simon) Yochum,” Faulkner said. “We needed Yochum. In fact, I was even contemplating not letting them get 10 runs and holding them because he hasn’t gotten to throw lately, and he needs that confidence himself.

“We needed him to throw tonight, and I’m glad he got that opportunity.”

Venice (25-3, No. 4 in FL) was already thinking ahead to the rest of the regional tournament midway through the game as it took control against Winter Haven (17-10, No. 133 in FL).

With senior left-handed starter Jackson Lucas cruising, Faulkner could have elected to pull his ace early to save him for the 7A-Region 2 semifinals against Newsome this coming Friday.

But the Indians’ pitching depth provided the luxury of leaving him in.

“We contemplated (taking Lucas out early), but we wouldn’t have started him (on Friday) anyways,” Faulkner said. “We could only use him in relief. But our relief pitching is so strong that we felt like, ‘You know what, let’s let him get his pitch count up a little bit.’ He hasn’t had a lot of big pitch counts, and we may need him to throw 80 or 90 pitches going down the stretch.

“We’re not going to start him on short rest anyways. He’s too valuable of a kid. We’re going to start someone else for sure.”

Lucas finished with five scoreless innings, allowing two singles and two walks with six strikeouts as his teammates made the night easy on him.

Venice scored runs in the second, third, fourth, and fifth innings, building a 9-0 lead behind a 12-hit night as Winter Haven shuffled through six pitchers.

Freshman designated hitter Jonathan Mauro opened the scoring in the second with an RBI triple to deep centerfield and scored one batter later on an RBI single by sophomore outfielder Carter Cox for a 2-0 lead.

Senior catcher Jon Embury stretched that lead to 3-0 in the third with a solo home run to left-center – his fourth home run of the season.

An errant throw on a pickoff attempt in the fourth scored Cox, who had kicked off the inning with a triple, and senior third baseman Brady Schumaker pushed the advantage to 5-0 with an RBI single to knock home August Backman.

Finally, Venice added on four more runs in the fifth on an RBI single by junior left fielder Nick Dunn, a double-steal by Dunn and junior pinch-runner Evan Ellsworth, an RBI single by sophomore pinch-hitter Michael O’Connell and a fielding error by the Winter Haven third baseman.

Leading comfortably, Venice turned to Yochum, a right-handed side-armer for the final two innings. He permitted just one base runner – on a single by Blue Devils senior Vincent Miller – along with a pair of strikeouts to wrap up the win.

The Indians will host Newsome (Lithia) on Friday night in the 7A-Region 2 semifinals. The Wolves (21-6) defeated Plant, 2-1.

“It’s a good feeling,” Faulkner said of his team winning a regional playoff game for the first time in three seasons. “We came out ready to play today. It was nice. Our pitching was strong. We got some big hits in big situations. Our bats woke up. But really, our defense was outstanding. Brady Schumaker was diving, making plays. He’s been great all year. Stuff like that in playoff baseball is great to be a part of.”

― Vinnie Portell

Parrish 3, Port Charlotte 0

PARRISH ― Troy Guthrie was definitely in the zone for Parrish Community, and Port Charlotte barely stood a chance.

The FGCU-bound pitcher struck out 12 in six innings and the Bulls took advantage of a pair of leadoff walks, turning them into runs as Parrish blanked the Pirates in a Region 5A-3 quarterfinal.

Parrish Community (22-7) will play Northeast in the semifinals, who beat Naples 7-3 in their quarterfinal match.

Parrish coach Brett Andrzejewski said Guthrie was dialed in, as he has always been.

"He's our bulldog. He's been our go-to guy for the past three years. He works his tail off and in a situation like this, you want to turn to," Andrzejewski said. "You always feel confident when you hand the ball to him."

Guthrie said his defense bailed him out of a couple jams, but overall he had his stuff going.

"Everything was electric. We put some runs up to make me feel comfortable out there and I was grooving it," Guthrie said. "Matt Thompson made a huge play out there to help us out."

Guthrie outdueled Kyle Herrera, who went the distance for Port Charlotte, allowing just four hits with six strikeouts. However, three walks and two wild pitches proved to be his undoing as they resulted in two runs.

The first three innings were uneventful as both starting pitchers started strong. Guthrie struck out seven while Herrera danced in and out of minor threats, striking out four.

But things got interesting in the fourth. Landon Carter reached on a walk and was destined to score on a shot down the right-field line by Jaxon Brown-Capo. However, a diving catch by Matt Thompson saved a run to end the inning and keep it scoreless.

In the bottom of the fourth, Alex Tallo led off with a walk, stole second and third, and scored on a wild pitch to give the Bulls a 1-0 lead.

That was all Guthrie needed, getting out of a small jam in the fifth and mowing down the bottom three in the sixth before senior closer Jacob Traeger could come in. The Bulls gave Traeger some cushion as Will Rawls, who had two hits and a walk, scored on another wild pitch, and Tallo hit a sac fly to center to score Calin Heath, who just avoided the tag at the plate to score.

Traeger allowed two runners in the seventh but escaped the jam to seal the win.

Port Charlotte (17-9) was led offensively by Jaxon Brown-Capo, who had two of the Pirates' four hits, but nobody reached third all night.

― Chuck Ballaro

Bloomingdale 13, Palmetto 0

PALMETTO – The Palmetto Tigers learned just how fickle the game of baseball can be on Tuesday night.

After beating Valrico Bloomingdale, 4-2, last Thursday at home, to win the Class 6A-District 11 Championship, the Bulls returned to Mike Van Serke Field just five days later with dramatically different results.

The Bulls (17-10) banged out 13 hits and junior right-hander Hayden Porter allowed just two hits as Bloomingdale blanked the Tigers, 13-0, in a region quarterfinal game that was called after five innings due to the 10-run mercy rule.

The loss ended Palmetto’s season at 15-13.

“Their bats showed up tonight,” Palmetto coach Kory DeHaan said. “Everything we were trying to throw out there was finding barrels. We couldn’t get anything started on the offensive side.

“They are a well-disciplined team. They are well-coached. They came ready to go.

“We didn’t give up. We just didn’t flop over. We were hustling down the line. That’s what you need to do to continue playing this game.”

Three of Bloomingdale’s hits were home runs by senior Luke Rossi, sophomore Isaiah Perez, and junior catcher Vincent Dinzeo. Dinzeo led off the top of the fourth inning with a solo blast and also delivered a two-run single in the same inning as the Bulls sent 11 batters to the plate and scored seven runs.

Four Palmetto pitchers tried to stop the bleeding to no avail.

The Tigers say farewell to nine graduating seniors.

“We are going to become a young team next year,” DeHaan said. “We got better as the year went on. We battled and supported each other. We beat some teams that we probably shouldn’t have.”

― Jim Brockman

Track

Region A-3

Boys

Local Teams: 8. Out-of-Door 33, 12. St. Stephen’s 24, 18. Bradenton Christian 13

Javelin: 1. Evan Brown (SSE) 50.73m; Shot put: 8. Jeremy Stroh (SSE) 12.77m;  Long jump: 1. Candler Johnson (BC) 7.06m; 400: 6. Brandon McArthur (BC) 51.60; 800: 7. Collin Dillingham (ODA) 2:00.38; 3200: 3. Kevin Gyurka (ODA) 9:37.66; 110 hurdles: 3. John Moschella (ODA) 16.03, 5. Julian Lazzara (SSE) 16.14; 4x400: 4. St. Stephens 3:31.13, 5. ODA 3:31.76.

Girls

Local Teams: 24. St. Stephen’s 5, 27. Bradenton Christian 1, 27. Out-of-Door 1

Triple jump: 5. Olivia Fessler (SSE) 10.52m; 4x100: 8. St. Stephens 52.03.; High jump: 8. Charis Johnson (BC) 1.47m; 200: 8. Katy Fulton (ODA) 26.40.

Region 2A-3

Boys

Local Teams: 8. Booker 34, 21. Cardinal Mooney 8

Triple jump: 2. Imani Estrada (B) 12.82m; Long jump: 8. Sean Scurry (CM) 6.29m; Shotput: 3. Kevontay Hugan (B) 15.45m, 6. Scott Silva (CM) 12.52m; 100: 1. Jayson Evans (B) 10.89; 200: 1. Jayson Evans (B) 21.88; 4x100: 5. Cardinal Mooney 43.42.

Girls

Local Teams: 2. Booker 92, 3. Cardinal Mooney 71

Long jump: 2. Jakai Peterson (B) 5.33m; Pole vault: 1. Grace Hroncich (CM) 2.85m; Discus: 4. Riley Greene (CM) 29.76m; Javelin: 1. Isabella Russell (CM) 31.27; 100: 1. Terrietta Smith (CM) 12.06; 200: 100: 1. Terrietta Smith (CM) 25.02, 6. Fa’leece Crawford (B) 26.47; 400: 1. Jakai Peterson (B) 57.36, 6. Mishyah Rumph (B) 1:01.07; 800: 2. Rosemary Selke (CM) 2:24.97; 1600: 2. Addison Dempsey (CM) 5:09.06; 3200: 1. Addison Dempsey (CM) 10:44.74; 100 hurdles: 1. Ibre Edwards (B) 15.09; 400 hurdles: 1. Ibre Edwards (B) 1:06.53; 4x100: 1. Booker 48.09, 8. Cardinal Mooney 51.48; 4x400: 1. Booker 4:06.14; 4x800: 7. Cardinal Mooney 11:00.77.

This article originally appeared on Sarasota Herald-Tribune: Girls Lacrosse State Semifinal : Saint Stephen's falls to Lake Highland Prep