HS ROUNDUP: Turf woes put teams on road to start year

09. September 2010 · Comments Off · Categories: Home, News · Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,

Golden Gate and Palmetto Ridge will play football Friday at Immokalee High.

After that, their nomad days should end.

A manufacturing defect in the synthetic TigerTurf led to delays in installation at both schools and forced the Titans and Bears to move their home games to neighboring Collier County facilities.

While Golden Gate?s turf is expected to be ready by Tuesday, according to athletic director Pete Seitz, a TigerTurf representative said its product will arrive at Palmetto Ridge early next week.

That means Palmetto Ridge?s homecoming on Sept. 24 won?t be an away-coming.
?I don?t allow it to frustrate me,? Palmetto Ridge athletic director Trent Holt said. ?It is what it is. I can?t change it. But it does make my job more difficult.?

Seitz added, ?It?s unfortunate that it happened, but it?s not anybody?s fault or not something anybody did intentionally. You can either get upset or figure out the best path to take.?

TigerTurf is a different surface than what was laid down at other Collier County Schools the past few years. Based in Austin, Texas, TigerTurf has been in business 28 years and has operations in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand, according to chief sales officer Chuck Fleishman.

ProGrass, whose workers install the field, notified TigerTurf of the defect.

?We noticed a defect that we didn?t see in the plant under light,? Fleishman said. ?When you add heat and humidity, it didn?t work as far as the backings go so we immediately replaced them.

?It was like, ?Whoa, whoa, whoa, we don?t like that. You know what? We don?t want to give them a bad field, so let?s pull it up and put in a new field. At least they know our warranty is good. We just didn?t expect it to be this soon.?

Fleishman said the warranty for the turf is eight years, but with proper maintenance and normal wear-and-tear, it should last longer than that.

The schools also will be reimbursed for lost ticket, parking and concession sales and travel costs their staffs had to make.

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Golden Gate coach Steve Crowley said playing away from home hasn?t been a big deal. ?Our kids are mature and not concerned with it,? he said.

Joe Kemper, coordinator of interscholastic athletics in Collier County, said this is a short-term problem.

?In a couple of weeks, when we get into Weeks 5, 6 or 7, it?ll all be a memory. They?ll be happy with the turf they got.?

Wednesday’s roundup

GIRLS GOLF
CAPE CORAL 148, SOUTH FORT MYERS NTS (5 Holes)
Royal Tee, Par 36
CAPE CORAL: Regina Sim 20, Carrier McDonald 40, Gwendolyn Sanabaria 43, Shivani Desai 45
SOUTH: Fort Myers Rachel Adams 35
RECORDS: Cape Coral 2-0

BOYS GOLF
South Fort Myers 81, Cape Coral 142, East Lee County NTS
Royal Tee, Par 36
(Teams only played five holes because of weather)
SOUTH: Austin Schultz 1-over 21, Joey Jamison 22, Alec Carlisle 23, David Triana 23
CAPE CORAL: Lawrence 24, Langford 25, Nowall 30, Maranack 31
EAST LEE: Joe Melendez 24, Brandon Manville 33
RECORDS: South Fort Myers 1-0, Cape Coral 0-1, East Lee County 0-1

Tuesday’s roundup

GIRLS SWIMMING
Estero 149, Riverdale 88, Palmetto Ridge 79
200 medley relay: Estero 2:03.93; 200 free: DuBrasky (E) 2:00.53; 200 IM: Lawson (E) 2:22.09; 50 free: Faunce (E) 27.97; Diving: Bond (PR); 100 fly: DeVeny (E) 1:04.53; 100 free: Lawson (E) 59.09; 500 free: DuBrasky (E) 5:06.37; 200 free relay: Estero 1:53.65; 100 back: Faunce (E) 1:08.00; 100 breast: Fournier (PR) 1:10.35; 400 free relay: Estero 4:19.93

Cape Coral 94,
South Fort Myers 75
200 medley relay: Cape Coral 2:12.22; 200 free: Angelitta (CC) 2:09.63; 200 IM: Fisher (SFM) 2:23.91; 5O free: Javorowsky (SFM) 29.13; 100 fly: Steakley (CC) 1:14.66; 100 free: Santiago (SFM) 1:15.66; 500 free: Jaeger 5:37.38 (CC); 200 free relay: SFM 2:10.15; 100 back: Langford (CC) 1:10.78; 100 breast: Fisher (SFM) 1:17.91; 400 free relay: Cape Coral 4:08.71.

BOYS SWIMMING
Estero 142, Palmetto Ridge 88, Riverdale 81
200 medley relay: Estero 1:54.34; 200 free: Snew (E) 1:50.65; 200 IM: Snew (E) 2:02.68; 50 free: McCaw (E) 24.18; Diving: Indart (PR); 100 fly: Palmetto Ridge 58.88; 100 free: McCaw (E) 57.25; 500 free: Zacka (E) 5:16.18; 200 free relay: Estero 1:46.96; 100 back: Zacka (E) 1:03.12; 100 breast: Latorre (E) 1:10.18; 400 free relay: Estero 3:52.93

Cape Coral 105,
South Fort Myers 64
200 medley relay: Cape Coral 1:48.50; 200 free: Murza (CC) 2:03.94; 200 IM: Dall (CC) 2:21.06; 50 free: Keating (CC) 24.59; 100 fly: Bradley (SFM) 1:02.69; 100 free: Thresher (CC) 54.62; 500 free: Carter (CC) 6:21.24; 200 free relay: South Fort Myers 1:43.46; 100 back: Bradley (SFM) 1:00.97; 100 breast: Murza (CC) 1:11.18; 400 free relay: Cape Coral 3:44.65.

HS ROUNDUP: Turf woes put teams on road to start year

Tuesday’s HS roundup: Cypress opens volleyball season with win

01. September 2010 · Comments Off · Categories: Cars, Home, News · Tags: , , , , , , ,

Cypress Lake started its volleyball season strong, taking down South Fort Myers 25-14, 29-27, 25-13 Tuesday.

Brooke Snyderman led the Panthers with eight kills and seven digs, while Emily Keim had six kills, 23 assists and three blocks and Audrey Boren had five kills and five blocks.

Brittany Mattras and Mallory Motycka led South Fort Myers with four blocks and two kills each.

- LABELLE D. DUNBAR 25-5, 25-4, 25-13: Kendall Marotti had 19 aces and nine kills for LaBelle. Abbie O’Serrell and Rachel Reinbott each added eight aces.

- SEACREST D. OASIS, 25-10, 25-6, 25-14: Oasis started the season with a loss.

- NORTH D. MARINER, 25-12, 25-18, 25-8: North (1-1) won its home opener.

- Bishop Verot D. Barron Collier 25-14, 25-20, 25-10: Sarah Toggweiler led the Vikings (1-0) with 14 kills, while MacKenzie Fry added four blocks and Gina Clarke had 25 assists.

- ECS D. Bradenton Christian 25-18, 25-13, 25-7: Kelsey Fox had 10 kills and Schuyler Moore added 17 digs for ECS (1-0).

- Estero d. First Baptist 22-25, 25-14, 16-25, 25-21, 15-12: Stacey Mielke had 14 kills and Ashley Baker added six aces for Estero (1-0).

- Baker d. Cape Coral 25-21, 25-12, 25-9: Lexi Goldberg had 10 digs, Alexis Ross added six kills and Sierra Myers pitched in five kills for Baker (1-0).

Boys Golf

BAKER 154, FORT MYERS 158, GULF COAST 161

Arrowhead GC, Par 36

Baker: Dylan Fine 37, Tyler Doyle 38, Anthony Myers 38, Michael Faulkner 41, Bryr Austen 41

Gulf Coast: Corey Childers 34, Matt Leite 41, Thomas Reber 42, Luke Hammock 44

Fort Myers: Jonathan Lowery 39, Sam Murphy 39, Ryan Fowler 39, Mike Andre 41

Records: Baker 2-0, Gulf Coast 0-2, Fort Myers 2-1

RIVERDALE 166, ISLAND COAST 237

River Hall GC, Par 36

Riverdale: Nik Clodfeller 39, Tanner Nipper 39, Zame Warner 44, Mike Esnier 44

Island Coast: Jordan Carr 47, Ben Adbil 58, Nate Carbonnell 61, Chris Quiorga 71

Records: Riverdale 1-0, Island Coast 0-1

CANTERBURY 208, OASIS 209

Shell Point GC, Par 36

Canterbury: Carson Burton 44, Fabian Hamprecht 52, Derek Wu 55, Michael Payson 57

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Oasis: J.P. Schleiter 39, Michael Shwartz 48, Tyler Baston 61, Sully Hess 61

Records: Canterbury 1-0, Oasis 0-1

Girls golf

Fort Myers 175, Gulf Coast 191

Vineyards, Par 36

Fort Myers: Georgia Price 35, Naina Sharma 45, Daniella Debitetto 45, Emily Thorp 50

Record: Fort Myers 2-0

Girls swimming

FORT MYERS 134, MARINER 35

200 medley relay: Fort Myers 2:08.99; 200 free: Lauren Samuelson (FM) 2:14.26; 200 IM: Abi Tyler (FM) 2:22.36; 50 free: Stephanie Martinez (FM) 26.55; 100 fly: Jessica Hurley (FM) 1:08.97; 100 free: Lauren Samuelson (FM) 1:01.63; 500 free: Abi Tyler (FM) 5:36.85; 200 free relay: Fort Myers 1:57.30; 100 back: Jessica Hurley 1:15.18; 100 breast: Stephanie Martinez (FM) 1:19.37; 400 free relay: Fort Myers 4:14.54

Cape Coral 110, Cypress Lake 49

200 medley: Cape Coral 2:06.63; 200 free: Jennifer Crawford (CC) 2:19.82; 200 IM: Michaela Steakley (CC) 2:33.31; 50 free: Samantha Morreal (CC) 30.69; 100 fly: Steakley (CC) 1:13.08; 100 free: Monica Jaeger (CC) 59.43; 500 free: Hannah Brown (CL) 5:46.37; 200 free relay: Cypress Lake 2:08.31; 100 back: Jaegar (CC) 1:08.39; 100 breast: Brown (CL) 1:15.98; 400 free relay: Cape Coral 4:06.95.

Records: Cape Coral 1-0, Cypress lake 0-1

Boy’s swimming

FORT MYERS 134, MARINER 33

200 medley: Fort Myers 1:50.89; 200 free: Jacob Alvarado (FM) 1:58.92; individual medley: Michael Missouri 2:05.66; 50 free: John Therrien (FM) 22.92; 100 fly: Cyril Kurland (FM) 1:02.48; 100 free: Logan Samuelson (FM) 53.70; 500 free: Zachary Wilson 5:28.06; 200 free relay: Fort Myers 1:41.25; 100 back: Michael Missouri (FM) 1:03.63; 100 breast: Cyril Kurland 1:13.35; 400 free relay: Fort Myers 1:39.60

Cape Coral 124, Cypress Lake 46

200 medley: Cape Coral 1:54.89; 200 free: Andrew Greene (CC) 2:08.12; 200 IM: Corey Connell (CC) 2:29.86; 50 free: Graham Murza (CC) 24.45; 100 fly: Rico Dall (CC) 1:01.27; 100 free: Nick Keating (CC) 54.64; 500 free: Murza (CC) 5:12.88; 200 free relay: Cape Coral 1:43.27; 100 back: Tyler Thresher (CC) 1:02.87; 100 breast: Mike Padula (CC) 1:18.56; 400 free relay: Cape Coral 3:47.10.

Records: Cape Coral 1-0, Cypress lake 0-1

Football

CAPE CORAL CHRISTIAN 66, NICAEA ACADEMY 6: The Crusaders won their six-man football opener in easy fashion on Saturday. Freshman WR/LB Moe Franklin caught six passes for 130 yards and two touchdowns on offense and had three sacks and two fumble recoveries on defense, returning one for another score.

Senior quarterback Jamal Ward passed for 75 yards and one touchdown and rushed for 100 yards and two more scores. Cape Christian (1-0) will travel to Islamorada Island Christian on Saturday.

Tuesday’s HS roundup: Cypress opens volleyball season with win