High school roundup (Sept. 4-9): Cardinal Mooney volleyball falls to state-ranked team
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A roundup of scores featuring Sarasota and Manatee county teams for the week of Sept. 4-9.
THURSDAY
VOLLEYBALL
Calvary Christian 3, Cardinal Mooney 1
SARASOTA − The Cardinal Mooney Catholic High volleyball team went toe-to-toe with one of the top teams in the state in its first home match of the season.
Calvary Christian out of Clearwater, ranked fourth in the state by MaxPreps, gained momentum in a pivotal third set and went on to a 3-1 victory over the Cougars 19-25, 25-18, 26-24, 25-20 Thursday night at Patterson Pavilion.
Junior libero Katie Powers picked up 26 digs. Junior middle hitter Riley Greene had 18 kills for Cardinal Mooney. Freshman right side hitter Lauren Leach added nine kills. Laura Larrick dished off 23 assists.
Cardinal Mooney (7-3) has three road matches next week: Monday at Bradenton Christian, Tuesday at Sarasota High and Thursday at Venice High.
Cardinal Mooney takeaways
1. The Cougars broke a 1-all tie and never looked back in taking the first set. Calvary Christian (11-1) pulled away at the end of the second set to get even. In the third, Cardinal Mooney led 23-19 and 24-22 before the Warriors scored the final four points of the set to gain momentum. “Gave it away,” Cougars coach Chad Davis said. “That was the swinger. It was a changer of the match right there to be down 2-1, instead of up 2-1. We had the chances; we just didn’t make the plays to do it.”
2. It was not the first time Cardinal Mooney could not close out a set. It happened twice at the Nike Tournament of Champions, resulting in its prior two losses. That is why Davis spent time in practice this week on that situation. “It’s an issue we were trying to work through,” Davis said. “We practiced that exact scenario this week in practice, so I thought we were ready to break through. We just weren’t able to get it done. Credit to them obviously they are one of the absolute top teams in Florida.”
Last year, the Cougars went to Clearwater and ended Calvary Christian’s season, 3-1, in the Class 3A-Region 3 semifinal. “I’m sure they remember us ending their season last year,” Davis said. “We knew it was going to be tough. But it’s frustrating”
3. Even in the fourth set, the Cougars went down fighting. Down 24-16 Cardinal Mooney fought off four match points. “I’m still proud of our kids,” Davis said. “They played really hard. And they were right there when no one thinks we are going to be that kind of a team. It’s just frustrating. We had our chances; we just couldn’t finish it. You have to be able to close out games against elite teams when you have a chance to do it.”
− Dennis Maffezzoli
Saint Stephen's 3, Palmetto 0
25-21, 25-22, 25-19
AT: Saint Stephen's
TOP PLAYERS (SS): Layla Smith 4 digs, 2 aces, 11 kills, 2 blocks; Amari Clark 6 digs, 2 aces, 7 kills
RECORD: Saint Stephen's 3-0
NEXT: Saint Stephen's hosts Sarasota Christian, Tuesday
Sarasota 3, Riverview 2
21-25, 25-7, 25-19, 17-25, 17-15
AT: Sarasota
TOP PLAYERS (S): Jillian Davidson 10 kills, 6 blocks; Aubrie Roe 10 kills, 10 blocks; Liza Collier 8 kills, 1 block; Jocelyn Parker 27 assists; Rylan Miller 25 assists
RECORDS: Sarasota 1-2, Riverview 2-3
NEXT: Sarasota at Booker, Monday 7 p.m.; Riverview vs. Accadia, Saturday 10 a.m.
Gulf Coast HEAT 3, Imagine School at North Port 0
AT: North Port
TOP PLAYERS (IS): Alexxa Davis 4 digs, Sukiya Valeus 5 kills, 2 blocks; Alexa Masters 8 serve rally
RECORDS: Imagine School 0-1, Gulf Coast HEAT 3-2
GIRLS GOLF
Out-of-Door Academy 160, Riverview 175
AT: Heritage Oaks G&CC
TOP PLAYERS (ODA): Madeline Crosby 35, Brooklyn Cullen 37, Daisy Quintal 43, Mika Im 45, Kendall Cassidy 45; (R): Aida Benko 40, Hayden Maniglia 41, Emily Fung 44
RECORD: Out-of-Door 5-0
NEXT: Out-of-Door is at Frostproof, Tuesday
Lemon Bay 190, Charlotte 232, Hardee 244
AT: St. Andrews South GC
TOP PLAYERS (LB): Rachel Gillis 45, Savannah Pope 45, Haley Hall 49, Makaila Lindsey 51, Meghan Perin 56, Isabelle Ragazzone 60; (C): Madison Poitras 53, Bailey Cates 59, Talia Trina 59, Jayden Hall 61, Kaleigh Perkey 66, Katie Cates 77
RECORD: Lemon Bay 4-1
NEXT: Lemon Bay at Parrish at Heritage Harbor, Tuesday 3:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
BOYS GOLF
Charlotte 182, Imagine School 254
AT: Twin Isles Country Club
TOP PLAYERS (CH), Andrew Hynes 39, Sullivan Madonna 46, Jack Kamberg 47, Elliot Courtney 50, Cade Flowers 51, Colby Flowers 52; (IS), Joseph Standford 55, Peyton Rassbach 57, Grayson Box 68, Shalom Carrasquillo 74, Gavin Pedro 75, Kayden Davidson 79
RECORDS: Charlotte 2-0, Imagine 0-1
TUESDAY
VOLLEYBALL
Venice 3, Braden River 0
25-11, 25-13, 25-17
BRADENTON -- Coming off an impressive showing at the Nike Tournament of Champions, the Venice High volleyball team Tuesday evening went on the road and swept Braden River High, 3-0, at the Pirates gym 25-11, 25-13, 25-17.
Venice (7-2) returns to action 7 p.m. Wednesday night at home against Barron Collier of Naples. The Cougars were one of the teams in the preseason classic at Venice.
After suffering their first loss of the season, the Pirates (2-1) head to Parrish Community for a 7 p.m. match Thursday.
Venice takeaways
1. Venice opened the Nike Tournament of Champions with wins over Lake Brantley, Altamonte Springs and Bishop Kenny. After losing to Viera and Hagerty, Venice closed with a victory over Bishop Gorman of Las Vegas to take seventh out of 32 teams. “It was high, high level,” Venice coach Brian Wheatley said. “It was fast. If you let down at all, the other team is going to take it over. We learned a lot ourselves and definitely grew a little bit.”
Last year, Venice went 3-3 in the event and finished eighth before going on to win the sixth state championship in program history.
2. Against Braden River, Wheatley cleared his bench. “We got a lot of play time for a lot of kids,” he said.
3. Junior Summer Kohler led the way against the Pirates with 15 kills, eight coming in the third set. Senior outside hitter Taylor Orris ended with nine kills. Senior middle hitter Jalynn Gardner and senior middle hitter Hilary Hupp each finished with four kills. Kohler also topped the team with three aces. Jayda Lanham, Brighton Ferguson and Ava Wallingsford each served two aces.
Braden River takeaways
1. The Pirates had difficulty generating offense. In the match, 28 of their 41 points came off Venice mistakes. “Yes, we were very chaotic tonight, for sure,” Braden River coach Matthew McElhiney said. “At times, it has happened.”
2. It did not matter to McElhiney that Venice was on the opposite side of the net. “Venice is who they are: They are very disciplined. They are in the right spots. They hit to the right spots. We were the opposite of that tonight. We were out of position. We were hitting to the center and not to angles as much as we should have been. We were the opposite of what they were doing, and the scoreboard showed that.”
3. Braden River received four kills from senior outside hitter Brynna Sands and three from junior Baylee Hinkle. “We knew they were going to be constant,” McElhiney said of Venice. “We didn’t rise to the level we could have tonight, even being down. Passing was the issue and getting good swings to good zones.”
− Dennis Maffezzoli
Cardinal Mooney 3, Lakewood Ranch 0
25-10, 25-10, 15-10
AT: Lakewood Ranch
TOP PLAYERS (CM), Helena Hebda 20 assists, 12 service points, 2 aces; Riley Greene 12 kills, 9 blocks; Piper Carson 8 kills, 2 blocks; Lauren Leach 6 kills; Sydney Sparma 5 kills; Katie Powers 17 digs, 12 service points; Kate Montesano 7 digs; Layla Larrick 13 assists, 6 digs
RECORD: Cardinal Mooney 7-2
NEXT: Cardinal Mooney hosts Calvary Christian, Thursday 6 p.m.
Bradenton Christian 3, Shorecrest 0
25-23, 25-12, 25-15
AT: Bradenton Christian
TOP PLAYERS (BC), Kendall Johnston 15 digs, 2 kills, 3 aces; Faith Allen 13 kills, 11 digs, 1 block; Jillian Zoerman 10 kills, 2 digs; Kirsten Benigni 11 digs, 2 aces
RECORDS: Bradenton Christian 5-0, Shorecrest Prep 1-1
NEXT: Bradenton Christian hosts ODA, Thursday 7 p.m. with a theme of Adam Sandler night.
Saint Stephen’s 3, Zephyrhills Christian Academy 0
25-10, 25-7, 25-16
AT: Zephyrhills Christian Academy
TOP PLAYERS: (SS), Keira Milburn 8 digs, 4 aces; Savannah Hrubar 7 aces, 3 kills, 1 assist, 1 block; Sophia Ierulli 16 assists
RECORD: Saint Stephen’s 2-0
NEXT: Saint Stephen’s hosts Palmetto, Thursday 6:30 p.m.
BOYS GOLF
Charlotte 159, Port Charlotte 192
AT: Riverwood Golf Club
TOP PLAYERS (CH), Edwin Feliciano 37, Andrew Hynes 39, Cooper McLaughlin 41, Miguel Guzman 42, Tanner White 49, Cade Flowers 68; (PC), Carlisle Mitchell 41, Caden Ganczak 47, Will Rhoten 51, Zakey Kuster 53, Marcus Tiseo 54, Zackay Parker 56
RECORDS: n/a
NEXT: n/a
Lemon Bay 160, Parrish Community 166, Hardee County NTS
AT: Heritage Harbor
TOP PLAYERS: PC, Alex Angelo 37, Tristan Pasch 39, Ethan Patterson 45, Eli Dannehl 45; LB, Torey Miccio 35 (medalist)
GIRLS GOLF
Out-of-Door Academy 184, Venice 185, Sarasota 267
AT: Sarasota
TOP PLAYERS (ODA), Madeline Crosby 36, Brooklyn Cullen 44, Mika Im 51; (V), Hayli Snaer 40, Ella Gardner 43, Bailey Barnes
RECORD: ODA 4-0
NEXT: ODA faces Riverview, Thursday at Heritage Oaks
Lemon Bay 186, North Port 216
AT: Heron Creek G&CC
TOP PLAYERS (LB), Savannah Pope 43, Rachel Gillis 44, Haley Hall 48, Makaila Lindsey 51, Isabelle Ragazzone 54, Meghan Perin 57; (NP),
Taylor Stice 47, Madeline Cruce 56, Savannah Morgan 56, Sabrina Earley 57, Autumn Matthews 64, Alivia Tison 69
RECORDS: Lemon Bay 21, North Port 1-1
NEXT: Lemon Bay at Charlotte, Thursday at St. Andrews South
Lakewood Ranch 139, Palmetto 164
AT: Terra Ceia G.C.
TOP PLAYERS: LR, Emily Storm 27 (medalist), Phoenix Scanlan 33, Sierra Yeomans 36, Sabrina DiRubba 43; P, Skye Foos 28, Mallory Stevenson 40, Ava Johnson 47, Sienna Gonzalez 47
RECORD: Lakewood Ranch 2-0
NEXT: Lakewood Ranch vs Venice, 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Royal Lakes GC
This article originally appeared on Sarasota Herald-Tribune: High school roundup (Sept. 4-9): Cougars beaten by Calvary Christian
