Cape High boys and girls and North girls to compete in Class 3A state cross country meet
Prep Report | 11/9/23
Both Cape Coral and North Fort Myers’ girls teams, as well as Seahawks boys, will be running in the state Class 3A cross country meet Friday, Nov. 17, in Tallahassee.
Cape’s girls came in sixth and the Red Knights eighth in the Region 3A-3 meet at Buckingham Park.
The top eight teams move on to state.
On the boys’ side, Cape Coral finished fifth and North Fort Myers 10th.
The Seahawks boys will be joined by Mariner’s Angel Cruz, who qualified as a runner not on a team in the top eight.
In Class 2A, the Bishop Verot girls lost a tiebreaker for the Region 2A-3 title, but easily made it to state. The Vikings boys were region champs.
Andrew Marino of Bishop Marino was second and Zachary Zielke fourth in the boys’ race.
Mackenzie De Lisle finished second and Oasis’ Jazlyn Forbes third among the girls.
The 2A-3 meet was also held at Buckingham Park.
Two Oasis runners will be in Tallahassee on Nov. 17 as individual competitors.
Forbes will represent the Sharks after her third-place finish.
The Sharks girls finished ninth as a team.
Truman Wiedner of the Sharks, running as an individual in the region meet, also qualified to run in Tallahassee.
CROSS COUNTRY
REGION 3A-3
At Buckingham Park
GIRLS
Top 8 teams advance to state
Team (16): 1 Osceola Seminole 26. 2 Naples 54. 3 Fort Myers 109. 4 Gulf Coast 151. 5 Parrish 156. 6 Cape Coral 157. 7 Charlotte 164. 8 North Fort Myers 200. 9 Lely 230. 10. St. Petersburg 251. 11 Tampa Freedom 321. 12 St. Petersburg Northeast 331. 13 East Bay 406. 14 Countryside 418. 15 Blake 477. 16 Hollins 495.
Individual (116): 1 Elle Mehltretter (OS) 18:19.3. 2 Avery Latto (OS) 18:30.0. 3 Masha Dorofeev (FM) 18:52.30. 4 Tara Watkins (N) 18:56.00. 5 Katrina Machado (PC) 19:27.80. Also: 9 Riley McFarland (CC) 19:51.30. 20 Alexis Neumann (NFM) 20:58.10. 21 Skyla Stevens (NFM) 20:59.40. 29 Hannah Green (CC) 21:20.30. 32 Isabella Hull (NFM) 21:46.90. 36 Mia Moran (CC) 21:41.70. 49 Madison Sanchez (CC) 22:15.40. 54 Makiah Michaels (CC) 22:25.10. 67 Cay Stevens (NFM) 23.22.20. 73 Abigail Cudnik (CC) 23:41.00. 77 Audrey Gross (CC) 24:07.20. 84 Karina Hilt (NFM) 25:24.70. 85 Charli Hilt (NFM) 25:31.00. 94 Jaidyn Flanagan (NFM) 26:19.90.
Individual qualifiers (not on qualifying teams): Katrina Machado (PC), Elena Workman (S), Margaret Poling (L), Mia Metcalf (BC).
BOYS
Top 8 teams advance to state
* won tiebreaker
Team (16): 1 Naples 48. 2 Fort Myers 131. 3 Immokalee 141. 4 St. Petersburg 143. 5 Cape Coral 148. 6 Tampa Jesuit 151*. 7 Seminole Osceola 151. 8 Gulf Coast 173. 9 Charlotte 256. 10 North Fort Myers 314. 11 Dunbar 317. 12 St. Petersburg Northeast 319. 13 King 326. 14 Tampa Freedom 330. 15 Countryside 343. 16 Spoto 383.
Individual (113): 1 Joseph Koraya (FM) 15:41.40. 2 Nickolas Forbes (SP) 15:33.20. 2 Hector Toro (N) 15;46.50. 4 Craig Allard (FM) 15:51.10. 5 William Montanye (GC) 15:58.90. Also: 11 Jake Jacoby (CC) 16:29.90. 16 Angel Cruz (M) 16:44.60. 26 Zander Forneris (CC) 17:08.80. 29 Nazayer Franco (CC) 17:11.10. 40 Ryan Mitchinson (CC) 17:28.10. 55 Brody Hilt (NFM) 17:55.70. 61 Christopher Rode (NFM) 18:07.50. 73 Martin Garcia (NFM) 18:37.00. 75 Matthew Rua (NFM) 18:43.30. 78 Ben Westerhouse (CC) 18:53.40. 79 Braden Valdez (CC) 18:58.00. 81 Andrew Stratton (NFM) 19:05.70. 101 Cole Warlow (NFM) 20:32.71. 106 William Santana (NFM) 21:08.50.
Individual qualifiers (not on qualifying team): Eli Zuppa (SPNE), Tomasino De La Cruz (TF), Mason LaBlance (K), Angel Cruz (M).
REGION 2A-3
At Buckingham Park
GIRLS
Top 8 teams advance to state
* won tiebreaker
Team (16): 1 Tampa Berkeley Prep 59*. 2 Bishop Verot 59. 3 Tampa Robinson 153. 4 Sarasota Cardinal Mooney 159. 5 Clearwater Calvary Christian 160. 6 McKeel 164. 7 Holy Names 179. 8 Aubrey Rogers 187. 9 Oasis 205. 10 Estero 215. 11 Lemon Bay 241. 12 Lemon Bay 241. 13 LaBelle 314. 14 Frostproof 391. 15 Tarpon Springs 395. 16 Bell Creek 405.
Individual (116): 1 Addison Dempsey (CM) 17:57.30. 2 Mackenzie De Lisle (BV) 18:09.70. 3 Jazlyn Forbes (O) 18:22.60. 4 Hannah Latif (TBP) 19:07.80. 5 Brennan Baryza (TR) 19:51.70. Also: 6 Gianna Gyurich (BV) 19:58.80. 13 Caroline Muddell (BV) 20:43.70. 20 Erika Romero (BV) 21:10.50. 21 Caroline Ward (BV) 21:10.70. 24 Madison Boyko (O) 21:20.90. 32 Erin Vezzola (O) 21:52.90. 42 Jocelyn Sweeney (BV) 22:22.00. 78 Abigail Sykes (O) 24.52.70. 85 Hunter Sheldon (O) 25:10.00. 92 Bailey Benetatos (O) 26.17.30. 100 Sadie Teklitz (O) 27:43.70. 106 McKinley Parker (BV) 28:48.30.
Individual qualifiers (not on qualifying team): Jazlyn Forbes (O), Amy Sommers (E), Mackenzie Martin (LB), Luciana Valentino (D).
BOYS
Top 8 teams advance to state
Team (16): 1 Bishop Verot 66. 2 Aubrey Rogers 97. 3 Tampa Berkeley Prep 125. 4 Clearwater Calvary Christian 138. 5 McKeel 174. 6 Frostproof 194. 7 Tampa Robinson 196. 8 LaBelle 197. 9 Lemon Bay 200. 10 Tampa Chamberlain 221. 11 Estero 248. 12 Sarasota Cardinal Mooney 266. 13 Hudson 330. 14 Carrollwood 334. 15 Hardee 336. 116 Brooks DeBartolo 347.
Individual (117): 1 Liam Jordan (TBP) 15:40.60. 2 Andrew Marino (BV) 16:44.00. 3 Storm Weber (TBP) 16:47.20. 4 Zachary Zielke (BV) 17:01.40. 5 Chris Toomey (CCC) 17:06.40. Also: 8 Zachary Engel (BV) 17:23.80. 18 Truman Wiedner (O) 17:45.50. 26 Thomas Eichten (BV) 18:02.70. 28 Dennis Olsen (BV) 18:06.80. 32 Rafael Casillas (BV) 18:10.80. 36 Jordan Irizarry (O) 18:18.10. 68 Cael Horton (BV) 19:30.40.
Individual qualifiers (not on qualifying team): Joe Mena (TC), Paul Svilokos (SCM), Max Sedmak (E), Truman Wiedner (O).
GIRLS SOCCER
North Fort Myers 2, Parrish Community 0: Sophia Kerns and Evie McCarthy scored to lead North Fort Myers to victory. Gige Gerki made an assist. Through their first two matches, the Red Knights (2-0) have outscored their opponents 10-0.
BOYS SOCCER
Lely 2, Ida Baker 0: The Trojans scored both goals in the second half to leave the Bulldogs 0-1-1.
Late Tuesday
BOYS SOCCER
Cape Coral 2, Ida Baker 2 (tie)
GIRLS SOCCER
Lehigh 4, Island Coast 0