High school roundup (Oct. 30-Nov. 4): Cardinal Mooney's Dempsey captures district XC title
SATURDAY
CROSS COUNTRY
Top eight teams and top four individuals not from those teams advance to the regionals.
Class 2A-District 6
GIRLS
Team standings: 1. Bishop Verot 38, 2. Aubrey Rogers 57, 3. Cardinal Mooney 93, 4. Oasis 126, 5. Estero 128, 6. Lemon Bay 138, 7. LaBelle 201, 8. Frostproof 223, 9. Sarasota Military Academy 231
Cardinal Mooney: 1. Addison Dempsey 17:54, 9. Rosemary Selke 20:58, 23. Ellie Runnels 22:07, 29. Hailey Fritschle 22:41, 31. Kyle Logan 22:47
Individual: 24. Bella Foss, Sarasota Military Academy 22:10
BOYS
Team standings: 1. Bishop Verot 24. 2. Aubrey Rogers 67, 3. Lemon Bay 113, 4. Estero 131, 5. Frostproof 136, 6. LaBelle 153, 7. Hardee 185, 8. Cardinal Mooney 185, 11. Sarasota Military Academy 300, 12. Booker 302
Cardinal Mooney: 16. Christian Kline 17:51, 24. Paul Svilokos 18:21, 30. Sawyer Michel 18:56, 44. Rhett Morton 19:47, 82. Leo Kochanowicz 21:31.
Individuals: 25. Brett Duggan, Booker 18:23
THURSDAY
CROSS COUNTRY
Top eight teams and top four individuals not from those teams advance to the regionals.
Class 4A-District 4
GIRLS
Team standings: 1. Newsome 47, 2. Venice 104, 3. Tampa Riverview 108, 4. Lakewood Ranch 116, 5. Sarasota 125, 6. Riverview 131, 7. Bloomingdale 184, 8. Palmetto Ridge 191, 9. North Port 200
Venice: 15. Atarah Robinson 20:03, 16. MacKenzie MacLean 20:09, 21. Sierra Sieve 20:28, 25. Jaime Sweiderk 20:30, Cernansky Darcy 21:21
Lakewood Ranch: 5. Olivia Spiegel 19:19, 24. Julia Mulligan 20:30, 29. Lyleigh Halloran 20:46, 32. Addison Shea 21:10, 37. Alina Petkov 21:30
Sarasota: 4. Aubri Antczak 18:40, 26. Alexa Daverio 20:33, 30. Zoe Zondor 20:52, 35. Jasmine France 21:28, 44. Katherine Lawrence 22:04
Riverview: 7. Logan Schaub 19:25, 22. Noelle Tenaglia 20:28, 33. Sophia Cardenas 21:16, 39. Kathryn Logan 21:39, 46. Victoria Santaella 22:17
Individual: 3. Malia Hambrick, North Port 18:36
BOYS
Team scoring: 1. Newsome 35, 2. Palmetto Ridge 60, 3. Sarasota 99, 4. Venice 134, 5. Lakewood Ranch 153, 6. Riverview 176, 7. Bloomingdale 178, 8. North Port 185
Sarasota: 7. Austin Biller 16:29, 14. Grayson Cicilloni 16:47, 20. Lucas Begala 17:13, 29. Owen Pulfer 17:24, 33. Tanner Martin 17:26
Venice: 13. Patrick MacDonald 16:41, 24. Spencer Palmer 17:21, 26. Joshua Woody 17:22, 35. Andrew Cernansky 17:27, 42. Nolan Heaney 17:40
Lakewood Ranch: 10. Vincente Rivera 16:36, 17. Jonathan Leatt 17:03, 36. Dylan Johnson 17:31, 50. Joseph Barr 18:12, 51. Andrew Scott 18:12
Riverview: 11. Ben Skaggs 16:37, 38. Ryan Purdy 17:34, 39. Matan Zorde 17:36, 40. Killian Knowlton 17:37, 60. Austin West 18:22
North Port: 19. Taggert Sabo 17:07, 25. Zakil Gallant 17:22, 41. Matteo Storino 17:39, 53. Justin Duque 18:12, 61. Jaeden Kaczenkski 18:22
Class 1A-District 6
GIRLS
Team standings: 1. Community School of Naples 80, 2. Out-of-Door Academy 85, 3. Village School of Naples 120, 4. St. John Neumann 125, 5. Southwest Florida Christian Academy 129, 6. Donahue Academy of Ave Maria 163, 7. Canterbury School of Fort Myers 181, 8. Marco Island Academy Charter 184, 9. Bradenton Christian 250, 12. Saint Stephen’s 279, 13. Sarasota Christian School 289
Out-of-Door: 8. Amma Arrigo 21:35, 10. Mya Gruber 21:39, 21. Bailey Fulk 22:31, 22. Emerson Miller 22:36, 24. Alicia Vieira 22:39
Individual: 11. Hallie Wilson, Bradenton Christian 21:43
BOYS
Team standings: 1. Out-of-Door Academy 34, 2. Southwest Florida Christian Academy 54, 3. Community School of Naples 68, 4. First Baptist Academy 133, 5. Canterbury School of Fort Myers 134, 6. Classical Academy of Sarasota 166, 7. St. Stephen’s 183, 8. Donahue Academy of Ave Maria 190
Out-of-Door: 2. Declan Fiorucci 16:42, 4. Kevin Gyurka 16:57, 6. Isidor Iturralde 17:13, 10. Collin Dillingham 17:39, 12. Jacob Douglas 17:56
Classical Academy of Sarasota: 19. Alan Alcantara 18:17, 20. Eliab Alcantara 18:18, 37. Jackson Texada 19:03, 47. Gavin Longenecker 19:34, 50. Zebedee Alcantara 19:52
Saint Stephen’s: 17. Austin Carr 18:11, 34. Kian Riedi 18:53, 43. Oliver Forrester 19:18, 45. Riccardo Baretta 19:31, 54. Cameron Schindler 19:57
WEDNESDAY
VOLLEYBALL
Plant 3, Venice 1
TAMPA − The H.B. Plant High volleyball team displayed why it is the No. 1 team in the state.
Venice showed it is not far behind.
After the sides split the first two sets, the Panthers gained momentum in the third set and never relinquished it in a 3-1 victory over Venice in the Class 7A-Region 3 final in front of a near sellout gathering at Plant’s gymnasium.
While the Panthers (23-3) move to the Final 4 next week in Winter Haven, defending 7A state champion Venice sees its season come to an end at 22-7.
It was 364 days ago at the Teepee, where Venice roared back from 2-1 down and a 24-20 deficit in the fourth set to defeat Plant in five sets en route to its sixth state championship in program history.
“They’ve been thinking about us for 365 days,” Venice coach Brian Wheatley said. “We’ve been thinking about Plant for three days.”
Now it is Venice’s turn to reflect.
In a feeling-out first set that featured 11 ties and four lead changes, the Panthers erased a 15-12 deficit by ending the set with a 13-4 run.
“I feel like we had some chances in Set 1 to make a run,” Wheatley said. “We just never really got our groove on tonight.”
In the second set, Venice broke an 11-all tie with six straight points, four on Plant hitting errors along with an ace from junior Kyla Freddolino and a kill by Summer Kohler.
Things started to unravel for Venice in the third set. Deadlocked at 6-all, the Panthers reeled off 10 straight points. Along the way Wheatley picked up a yellow card after it appeared the home team needed four attempts to get the ball over the net.
It was one of a few calls that did not go Venice’s way, including a net violation on the first point of the match.
“Plant is No. 1 in the state for a reason,” Wheatley said. “You can’t take anything away from that.”
In having its six-game winning streak snapped, Venice never led in the fourth set, but pulled to within 13-12 on a Plant hitting error. Winners of 10 straight, the Panthers came back with three straight points and closed it out without a challenge.
“Obviously we didn’t play our best,” Wheatley said. “The doubt demons got to us a little bit. The moment kinda got to us a little bit. You’ve got to bring it night in and night out.”
Wheatley pulled out all the motivational stops, including the “Rocky IV” film and music in between sets.
“We got a little juice going. We needed to build on positive things,” Wheatley said after ending his 30th season at the helm at Venice. “Every time we started building on a positive thing, we would do something that wasn’t good for our success.”
After recording one kill in the first set, Kohler ended with 17 kills to go along with two aces and a block. Senior JaLynn Gardner ended with eight kills and a block. Senior Taylor Orris had six kills and a block.
Ranked ninth in the state by the FHSAA power rankings, Venice was the first team to take a set against Plant since Clearwater’s Calvary Christian on Oct. 3.
The Panthers’ lone three losses came in tournament play to Carrollwood Day, Berkeley Prep and Oviedo, all regional finalists. All of Venice’s losses were to teams that reached their respective regional finals.
“They served us tough,” Wheatley said. “We struggled in our pass. When you do that it takes you out of your offense. It was kind of the plan we had for them. That was probably the No. 1 thing. We had to take care of our side of the net, and we didn’t do that.”
It was a tough finish for a team that had aspirations on winning back-to-back state titles for the first time in program history.
“Our team is great people. That’s No. 1,” Wheatley said. “They have high character and loved one another. That’s what I enjoyed the most. They wanted to please us. They wanted to please each other.”Venice, which had not lost since falling to Barron Collier at the Battle at the Beach on Oct. 7, graduates seniors Jayda Lanham, Elizabeth Mopps, Carli Waggoner, Orris, Hilary Hupp and Gardner.
“I told the seniors how much they meant to our program and everything they’ve done,” Wheatley said. “The kids that came in this past year, their ability to grab onto our culture and dive into it. They were great. They were awesome.”
Returning are the likes of libero Brighton Ferguson, Kohler, setter Ava Wallingsford, Freddolino, Zoe O’Leary and Madi Robinson.
“For sure,” Wheatley said on having a good nucleus returning.
CROSS COUNTRY
Top eight teams and top four individuals not from those teams advance to the regionals.
Class 3A-District 6
GIRLS
Team standings: 1. Naples 32, 2. Fort Myers 106, 3. Gulf Coast 127, 4. Cape Coral 129, 5. Charlotte 147, 6. North Fort Myers 184, 7. Lely 184, 8. Parrish Community 191, 9. Port Charlotte 232, 11. Braden River 291, 14. Palmetto 374
Parrish Community: 18. Sullivan Morris 21:35, 28. Rebecca Jackson 22:00, 51. Melanie Carlson 22:53, 52. Isabella Maccini 22:54, 54. Stella Joseph 22:58
BOYS
Team standings: 1. Naples 40, 2. Fort Myers 89, 3. Cape Coral 105, 4. Immokalee 108, 5. Gulf Coast 115, 6. Dunbar 212, 7. Charlotte 219, 8. North Fort Myers 228, 9. Port Charlotte 260, 11. Parrish Community 287, 12. Braden River 314
TUESDAY
GOLF
BOYS
Class 1A-Region 3
(at Valencia Golf & Country Club)
Team standings: 1. Saint Stephen's 291, 2 Berkeley Prep 294, 9. Cardinal Mooney, 12. Bradenton Christian
Saint Stephen’s: 1. Alex Long 68 (4-under-par), 2. Andy Dai 69 (3-under-par), 18. Eddie Gu 75, 35. Chase Nicks 77
Individual: 4. Nicolas Bencomo, Cardinal Mooney 72
Class 2A-Region 3
(at Bardmoor Golf & Tennis Club)
Team standings: 1. Jesuit 319, 2. St. Petersburg 320, 4. Parrish Community 323, 7. Lemon Bay 342
GIRLS
Class 1A-Region 3
(at Valencia Golf & Country Club)
Team standings: 1. Community School of Naples 304, 2. Bishop Verot 305, 4. Out-of-Door Academy 326, 4. Saint Stephen’s 326, 11. Cardinal Mooney 386
MONDAY
GOLF
The top two teams and top two individuals not on those teams qualify for the FHSAA State Championships. An additional eight teams and eight individuals will qualify as at-large qualifiers.)
GIRLS
Class 2A-Region 3
(at Deer Run)
Team standings: 1. Parrish Community High 327, 2. Academy of the Holy Names 331, 4. Southeast 365,
Parrish Community: 1. Natalie Angelo 73 (T-medalist), 3. Avery Banfill 75, T-11. Maya Krone 85, T-22. Siana Wanner 94
Individuals: 4. Taryn Nguyen, Braden River (76)
Class 3A-Region 3
(at Scepter Golf Club)
Team standings: 1. Lakewood Ranch 331, 2. Plant 337, 4. Venice 346, 7. Riverview 374, 10. Palmetto 414, 12. North Port 473
Lakewood Ranch: T-3. Phoenix Scanlan 72, 7. Emily Storm 76, 15. Sierra Youmans 86, T-31. Sabrina DiRubba 94
BOYS
Class 3A-Region 3
(at Jacaranda West)
Team standings: 1. Lakewood Ranch 285, 2. East Lake 298, 4. Riverview 304, 5. Sarasota 304, 7. Venice 306, 11. Palmetto 320
Lakewood Ranch: 1. Henry Burbee 66 (medalist minus-6), T-4. Max Colby Bendixen 72, T-4. Parker Severs 72, 19. Josh Orgen 75
This article originally appeared on Sarasota Herald-Tribune: High school roundup (Oct. 30-Nov. 4):
