High school roundup (Oct. 2-7): Cardinal Mooney volleyball takes 1st at Swing for the Cure

SATURDAY

VOLLEYBALL

Bishop Moore 2, Cardinal Mooney 0

33-31, 25-20

AT: Swing for the Cure Varsity Volleyball Tournament, Bishop Moore High, Orlando

Cardinal Mooney 2, Riviera Prep 0

25-17, 25-21

TOP PLAYERS: (CM) Helena Hebda 12 assists; RIley Greene 7 kills, 2 blocks, 1 ace; Izzy Russell 6 kills, 7 digs, 5 service points; Lauren Leach 10 kills, 1 block; Sydney Sparma 4 kills, 1 dig; Zoe Kirby 3 kills, 4 blocks; Katie Powers 11 digs, 5 assists; Layla Larrick 13 assists

Cardinal Mooney 2, Lake Brantley 0

25-20, 25-17

TOP PLAYERS: (CM) Helena Hebda 13 assists, 5 service points; Riley Greene 6 kills, 1 block, 4 service points; Piper Carson 3 kills; Lauren Leach 4 kills; Zoe Kirby 5 kills, 1 block; Kate Montesano 10 digs, 5 service points

RECORD: Cardinal Mooney finished the tournament with a record of 4-1 and champions of the silver division. The Cougars' only loss was to host Bishop Moore, which lost to Gulliver Prep in the gold division championship.

NEXT: With an overall record of 17-6, Cardinal Mooney will host Sarasota on Tuesday, 7 p.m.

BOYS GOLF

Lakewood Ranch boys finish fourth in 12-team Vero Beach Invite

AT: Vero Beach Invitational at Sand Ridge Golf Club

TOP PLAYERS: (LR) Max Bendixen 73; Grant Miller 79; Ryan Giampietro 80, Brett Tarver 80

RECORD: Lakewood Ranch 93-11

NEXT: Lakewood Ranch in the Donald Ross Memorial Tournament, Monday at Sara Bay Country Club

FRIDAY

VOLLEYBALL

Cardinal Mooney 2, Seminole 0

25-11, 25-18

AT: Swing for the Cure Tournament, Game Point Events Center, Orlando

TOP PLAYERS: (CM) Helena Hebda 11 assists, 5 digs, 8 service points, two aces; Riley Greene 7 kills, 2 blocks; Izzy Russell 5 kills, 6 digs; Lauren Leach 5 kills, 1 dig; Sydney Sparma 4 kills, 2 digs; Piper Carson 2 kills; Katie Powers 7 digs; Layla Larrick 9 assists, 4 digs

Cardinal Mooney 2, West Orange 0

25-20, 25-18

TOP PLAYERS: (CM) Riley Greene 5 kills, 4 blocks; Piper Carson 4 kills; Izzy Russell 5 kills, 8 digs; Zoe Kirby 3 kills, 2 blocks; Katie Powers 12 digs, 12 service points; Layla Larrick 14 assists, 4 digs

RECORD: Cardinal Mooney 15-5

NEXT: Cardinal Mooney vs. Bishop Moore, Saturday, 8 a.m., Swing for the Cure Tournament

Out-of-Door Academy 3, Tampa Bay HEAT 0

25-22, 25-17, 15-7

AT: Shorecrest Charger Invitational

TOP PLAYERS: (OOD) Keira Baldwin 16 digs, 1 ace; Annabelle Basler 14 kills, 9 digs, 1 ace

Out-of-Door Academy 2, Northwest 0

25-10, 25-15

TOP PLAYERS: Annabelle Basler 10 kills; Keira Baldwin 4 aces, 9 digs; Elle Arslaner 3 kills, 1 block, 1 ace

St. Petersburg 2, Out-of-Door Academy 0

25-17, 26-24

TOP PLAYERS: Annabelle Basler 5 kills, 8 digs; Keira Baldwin 6 aces, 8 digs; Ava Banks 4 kills, 2 digs

RECORD: Out-of-Door 10-7

NEXT: Out-of-Door plays Pinellas Park Saturday at 2 p.m.

THURSDAY

VOLLEYBALL

Bradenton Christian 3, Braden River 0

25-20, 25-20, 26-24

BRADENTON − In the first meeting, the Bradenton Christian School volleyball team took Braden River High to five sets.

In the second meeting, the Panthers took the Pirates out.

Bradenton Christian scored a sweep of Braden River, 3-0, Thursday night 25-20, 25-20, 26-24 at the Pentecost Athletic Center.

In the first matchup, Braden River won 21-25, 25-13, 25-20, 24-26, 15-12.

The Panthers (15-8) extended their winning streak to three matches, while ending the Pirates’ seven-match winning streak.

Braden River takeaways

1. The Pirates (18-4) were dealt a tough blow earlier in the week when senior setter Mary Allison McGuire suffered a season-ending foot injury during practice. Younger sister sophomore Mia McGuire took over the setting duties. Mia McGuire was the setter when Mary Allison McGuire was out earlier in the season with an injury. “She did a good job tonight,” Braden River coach McElhiney said of Mia McGuire. “She got some rust off. She made some understandable mistakes, but overall she set well. I wasn’t disappointed.”

2. Along with her setting, the Pirates lost Mary Allison McGuire blocking ability. Senior Brynna Sands led Braden River with 11 kills, two aces and a block. Aryanna Spainhower had seven kills, a block and an ace. Senior Ericka Freeman finished with four kills and a block. Rylee Hinkle had five kills and a block before being injured. Baylee Hinkle took over and had three kills. “They played really well tonight,” McElhiney said of Bradenton Christian. “Their outsides played good. BCS played great tonight. They did a really good job.”

3. Ranked 40th in the state, fifth in Class 5A and first in 5A-District 3 by the FHSAA power rankings, the Pirates led the third set 24-21 before Bradenton Christian scored the final five points of the night. One came on a disputed tip call on a kill. “There were some unfortunate calls didn’t go our way, but that’s part of the game,” McElhiney said whose squad finishes the regular season with matches Tuesday at 13-3 Venice and Thursday at 21-2 Carrollwood Day. “They’re there so we can prepare for the speed of the game. I just want us to come out and compete and play hard. We did a lot of good things tonight. We just dropped a few points here and there, plays that we just kinda checked out mentally on, in the first two sets. And in the third set, sometimes it goes your way and sometimes it doesn’t.”

Bradenton Christian takeaways

1. As far as the defensive effort, this was one of the Panthers’ finest performances of the season. Bradenton Christian not only picked up just about everything, the passes to setters junior Lexi Joyal and freshman Addelyn VanDuinen were spot on. “They played really well,” Panthers coach Zach VenDuinen said. “Our serve receive at times let us down, like at the start of the third set. Outside of that, they played really well. Our setters did a really good job tonight.”

2. Junior outside hitter Jillian Zoerman had a match-high 16 kills. Junior Faith Allen finished with 12 kills and an ace. Sophomore Ava Baugh contributed eight kills. Junior Nariah Zonczak finished with five kills and a block. Joyal served three aces and had the set-winning kill in the first set. “We picked up something on film that they don’t block the right-side hitters as strong as they take away the middles and the outsides,” Coach VanDuinen said. “We wanted to see if we could go after that, and we got some points off it. I was happy about that.”

3. Ranked 79th in the state and 20th in Class 3A by the FHSAA power rankings, the Panthers have played the third-hardest schedule in the area behind Venice High and Cardinal Mooney Catholic. Bradenton Christian has two regular season matches remaining: Tuesday at home against Lakewood Ranch High and Thursday at Lemon Bay High. “Lakewood Ranch took it to us at the beginning of the year. We beat them in three, but that was probably one of their best games,” Coach VanDuinen said. “For me, I want to see consistency for the rest of the season. I want to see what we saw tonight on Tuesday night. Just that consistency is what we’re looking for going into the postseason. We’re excited about where we are. We made some changes where we are able to serve a little more aggressively and get teams out of system.”

− Dennis Maffezzoli

GIRLS GOLF

North Port 204, Charlotte 236

TOP PLAYERS: (NP) Taylor Slice 48, Sabrina Earley 48, Autumn Matthews 52, Savannah Morgan 56, (CH) Makayla Chupka 57, Kaleigh Perkey 58, (NP) Madeline Cruce 59, (CH) Bailey Cates 60, Madison Poitras 60, Jayden Hall 61, Emily Mensing 64, Katie Cates 65, Talia Trina 68

Lemon Bay 176, Port Charlotte NTS

AT: Riverwood

TOP PLAYERS: (LB) Savannah Pope 40, Rachel Gillis 44, Haley Hall 46, Alaina Maday 46, Makaila Lindsey 50, Isabelle Ragazzone 50, Meghan Perin 57, Lea Maday 61; (PC) Ayahna Rosado 59, Jacqueline Kirk 71

RECORD: Lemon Bay 9-6

NEXT: Lemon Bay will play in the Donald Ross Memorial Tournament, Monday, 8:30 a.m., Sara Bay Country Club

Out-of-Door Academy 157, DeSoto County 228

AT: Arcadia Municipal Golf Course

TOP PLAYERS: (ODA) Kendall Cassidy 36, Madeline Crosby 39, Brooklyn Cullen 40, Mika Im 41, Daisy Quintal 42; (DC) Natalee Butts 51

RECORD: Out-of-Door 13-1

NEXT: Out-of-Door will play in the Donald Ross Memorial Tournament on Monday at Sara Bay Country Club.

WEDNESDAY

BOYS GOLF

Lakewood Ranch 148, Sarasota 166, Braden River 172

AT: Royal Lakes Golf Club

TOP PLAYERS: (LR) Max Colby Bendixen 35, Grant Miller 36, Ryan Giampietro 37, (SE) Dakota Johnson 39, (LR) Donavan Plakyda 40, (BR) Christian Hughes 40, (S) Nicolas Fernandez de Castro 40, (LR) Nic Penker 41, (S) Blake DeJongh 42, Tristan Fernandez de Castro 42, (BR) Nicolas Hughes 42, (S) Evan Scott 42

RECORD: Lakewood Ranch 84-8

NEXT: Lakewood Ranch vs. Mitchel and Sarasota, Thursday, 3:30 p.m. at Laurel Oak Country Club

Lemon Bay 157, North Port 170

TOP PLAYERS: (LB) Torey Miccio 37, Logan Kelly 38, (NP) Cj Kemble 38, (LB) Connor Murphy 40, (NP) Preston Douglass 41, Matthew Jakoby 42, (LB) Wyatt Seckel 42, Lucas Newcomb 44, Cooper Benedict 44, (NP) Pryce Selzer 49, Brody Halbert 49, Gavin Cruce 53

GIRLS GOLF

Lakewood Ranch 164, Sarasota 231, Braden River N/A

AT: Palm Aire Champions Course

TOP PLAYERS: (LR) Phoenix Scanlan 37, Emily Storm 40, Sierra Yeomans 43, Sabrina DiRubba 44; (S) Eden Hurley 57, Ella Kaskey 54, Mia Martin 60, Selby Kirschener 60; (BR) Taryn Nguyen 38

RECORD: Lakewood Ranch 10-0

NEXT: Donald Ross Invitational, Monday at Sara Bay Country Club

VOLLEYBALL

Shorecrest 3, Out-of-Door Academy 0

25-18, 25-15, 25-14

AT: Out-of-Door Academy

TOP PLAYERS: (OOD) Annabelle Basler 6 kills, 4 digs; Remmy Franklin 2 kills; Keira Baldwin 13 digs, 2 aces; Ava Banks 3 kills, 9 digs

RECORD: Out-of-Door 8-6

NEXT: Out-of-Door in the Shorecrest Prep Tournament, Friday and Saturday, 4 p.m. vs. Tampa Bay HEAT

UPCOMING EVENTS

Volleyball: Battle at the Beach

The 2023 Battle at the Beach volleyball tournament will be held Friday and Saturday at Venice High School.

Pool play begins 3:30 p.m. Friday through 9 a.m. Saturday. The teams then will be seeded in one of four brackets based on pool play record.

Matches are best 2-of-3 to 25 points with the third set, if necessary, to 15 points.

Admission is $25 for the two days or $14 each day. https://tinyurl.com/batb23tix for ticket information.

Pool 1: Viera, Bishop Kenny, Clearwater Central Catholic, Barron Collier

Pool 2: Chiles, Westminster Christian, Gainesville, New Smyrna

Pool 3: Venice, McMichael (North Carolina), Doral Academy, Ponte Vedra

Pool 4: Florida High, Lake Highland Prep, Trinity Catholic, Academy of the Holy Names

Gold Division: 11:30 a.m. round 1, championship, consolation 1:30 p.m.

Silver Division: 10:30 a.m. round 1, championship, consolation 12:30 p.m.

Bronze Division: 11:30 a.m. round 1, championship, consolation 1:30 p.m.

Copper Division: 10:30 a.m. round 1, championship, consolation 12:30 p.m.

− Dennis Maffezzoli

Golf: Donald Ross Invitational

The Donald Ross Invitational will be held Monday at Sara Bay Country Club in Sarasota.

Fourteen boys teams and 11 girls teams will compete.

On the boys side are Bradenton Christian School, Cardinal Mooney Catholic, Manatee High, Venice High, Lakewood Ranch High, Lemon Bay High, North Port High, Charlotte High, Out-of-Door Academy, Riverview High, Sarasota High, Parrish Community High, Saint Stephen’s Episcopal and Port Charlotte High.

On the girls side are Venice High, Braden River High, Lakewood Ranch High, Lemon Bay High, Manatee High, North Port High, Out-of-Door Academy, Riverview High, Saint Stephen’s Episcopal, Parrish Community High and Cardinal Mooney Catholic.

The first tee time is 8 a.m.

− Dennis Maffezzoli

TUESDAY

VOLLEYBALL

Parrish Community 3, Sarasota 1

25-20, 16-25, 25-21, 25-20

SARASOTA − The Parrish Community High volleyball team learned its lesson.

After losing a match to Sarasota in which they won the first two sets, the Bulls have taken care of the Sailors in the next two matches.

Parrish Community’s most recent victory over Sarasota was a 3-1 decision 25-20, 16-25, 25-21, 25-20 Tuesday night on the Sailors’ Senior Night at Eddie Howell Gymnasium.

Ending a two-match losing streak, the Bulls (9-8) return to action 7 p.m. Thursday at home against Palmetto High.

In having their two-match winning streak snapped, the Sailors (9-11) visit rival Riverview High on Thursday.

Parrish Community takeaways

1. The Bulls lost a match they led 2-0 by winning the first two sets 35-33 and 26-24 before dropping the final three 26-28, 22-25, 6-15 on Sept. 21 at home. Since then, Parrish Community has defeated Sarasota, 2-1, in a tournament match and 3-1 Tuesday. The lesson learned is “We’ve got to continue to pick that ball up,” Bulls coach Danielle Stevenson said. “The play is never done. They hustle, but we’ve got to hustle harder. We stepped up this time.”

2. Parrish Community had to dig deeper due to players out with injuries and illness. The Bulls received big performances from junior outside hitter Julia Smith (13 kills, 18 digs), freshman just called up from junior varsity Alysa Jones (13 kills, 13 digs) and junior setter Peyton Hayworth (5 kills, 2 digs). Senior Isabel Alvarez contributed 11 kills. Alvarez was one of three Bulls seniors honored along with Lily Hiatt and Jenna Bryan.

3. With three matches remaining in the regular season, Stevenson is looking for “consistency. Just more consistency. Continue to keep that energy up. We’ve been working on positivity, teamwork. And no injuries.”

Sarasota takeaways

1. Middle hitter Jillian Davidson, one of the seven seniors honored before the match, finished with 12 kills and three blocks. Another senior Kate Kempton finished with nine kills. Senior Aubrie Roe had seven kills before being injured. Senior Kylie Giasson ended with four kills and two blocks. Sophomore Julia Norman and junior Joanie Garron contributed five and four kills, respectively. Junior Carley Ramsden and sophomore Rylan Miller each served two aces. But the Sailors could not complete the comeback like in the first match with Parrish Community. “We tried,” Sarasota coach Daris Rodriguez said. “They (the Bulls) keep the ball in the air. When we have rallies, the team that makes less mistakes is the one that is going to win.”

2. With five matches remaining in the regular season, Rodriguez wants her club to work on “blocking. My main focus in the beginning of the season was fixing the serve receive. But there is no point in having good serve receive if you don’t kill. That’s where we are right now. It’s difficult when you play three or four times a week because it’s less time to practice.”

3. In an extended pre-match ceremony, the Sailors honored seniors Davidson, Giasson, Roe, Ana Rodriguez-Diaz, Elena Lugo, Jocelyn Parker and Madison Macdonald.

− Dennis Maffezzoli

Saint Stephen's 3, Booker 0

25-19, 25-16, 25-10

AT: Saint Stephen's

TOP PLAYERS: (SS) Evie Baugher 5 kills, 2 aces, 1 block; Savannah Hrubar 5 kills, 3 aces, 1 block; Keira Milburn 11 digs, 13 assists

RECORDS: Saint Stephen's 7-6, Booker 6-7

NEXT: Saint Stephen's at Lemon Bay, Thursday

GIRLS GOLF

Parrish 157, Lemon Bay 188

AT: Rotonda Long Marsh

TOP PLAYERS: (P) Avery Banfill 37, Stefani Cannon 39, Natalie Angelo 40, Maya Krone 41, Aspen Strot 44, Braelyn Fletcher 47, Siana Wanner 47, Morgan Amato 53; (LB) Rachel Gillis 44, Savannah Pope 47, Haley Hall 47, Alana Maday 50, Makaila Lindsey 54, Lea Maday 54, Isabelle Ragazzone 55, Meghan Perin 61

RECORDS: Parrish 9-1, Lemon Bay 8-6

NEXT: Lemon Bay at Port Charlotte, Thursday, 3:30 p.m., Riverwood GC

Out-of-Door Academy 169, Southeast 189, Manatee 229

AT: Manatee County Golf Course

TOP PLAYERS: (OOD) Madeline Crosby 36, Brooklyn Cullen 37, Daisy Quintal 44; (S) Chloe Khang 40, Emily Steiner 48, Shannon Munger 50; (M) Alysson Mejia 50, Ella Fish 50

RECORD: Out-of-Door 12-1

NEXT: Out-of-Door plays DeSoto, Thursday at Arcadia Municipal golf course

MONDAY

GIRLS GOLF

Out-of-Door Academy 171, Venice 175

AT: Waterford Golf Club

TOP PLAYERS: (OOD) Madeline Crosby 40, Daisy Quintal 41, Brooklyn Cullen 41, Kieran Shaw 49; (V) Ella Gardner 39, Hayli Snaer 41, Camryn Davis 44

RECORD: Out-of-Door 10-1

NEXT: Out-of-Door vs. Manatee and Southeast, Tuesday at Manatee Golf Course

VOLLEYBALL

Imagine School at North Port 2, Bayshore 0

25-11, 25-8

AT: North Port

TOP PLAYERS: (IS) Alexa Masters 11-point serving streak; Alesa Davis 15-point serving streak; Sakiya Valeus 4 kills

RECORD: Imagine School at North Port 1-2

NEXT: Imagine School at North Port vs. Sarasota Christian, Friday

This article originally appeared on Sarasota Herald-Tribune: High school roundup (Oct. 2-7): Mooney v-ballers first at Swing tourney