PREP ROUNDUP: 1/23
Ronnie Couch scored on a feed from Daniel Hockaday in the 70th minute to push the Fort Walton Beach boys soccer team past Escambia 1-0 Monday night in the quarterfinals of the District 1-4A tournament.
“It was massive,” first-year Vikings coach Greg Devito said of the Couch goal. “It was a pivotal point in the game. (Couch) is just a tre-mendous player.
“He really came up big.”
Fort Walton Beach goal keeper Braeden Luna had seven saves for the Vikings (14-6-1), while Hayden Stiles was also cited for strong de-fensive play.
Fort Walton Beach will next face the winner of tonight’s quarterfinal between Crestview and Pace.
“Our development throughout the season has really paid off,” Devito said. “Hopefully we can take that and progress into the next match.”
Niceville 7, Pine Forest 0: Eddie Bird and Matt Worthen each scored a pair of goals as the Eagles did all their scoring in the second half.
David Williams, Andrew Knight and Parker White also had a goal apiece. Cody Friesen had two assists.
Niceville (24-2) will next play the winner of today’s District 1-4A quarterfinal between Navarre and Tate on Thursday.
South Walton 9, Walton 1: Andy Rodriguez and Lupe Gordillo each had three goals as the Seahawks mercy-ruled the host Braves in the District 1-2A tournament.
Michael Sweircz, Edgar Flores and Matt Dual had a goal apiece for the Seahawks. South Walton will play Pensacola Catholic on Wednes-day.
Girls basketball
South Walton 69, Freeport 22: The Seahawks hit 27-of-48 attempts from the field, raced out to a 21-0 lead and cruised past the Bulldogs in an impressive win.
Casey Perot led South Walton (17-7) with 11 points while Tayler Menard and Alyssa Bump each had nine points.
Freeport was led by Mary Kate Myrick’s game-high 19 points.
South Walton hosts Fort Walton Beach tonight.
F 0 5 3 14 – 22
SW 21 19 16 13 - 69
F: Mary Kate Myrick 19, Shadia Mitry 3. Totals: 3 3 7-12 22.
SW: Eve Heffron 6, Katie Logan 6, Tayler Menard 9, Morgan Kennedy 4, McKenzie Perot 8, Alyssa Bump 9, Katie Trejo 8, Mackenzie Watson 8, Casey Perot 11. Totals: 19 8 7-7 69.
JV: SW won 30-13
Boys basketball
Laurel Hill 64, Ponce de Leon 34: Tyler Zessin and Travon Calloway each had 13 points and Lane Strickland added 11 as the Hoboes (10-9) moved above the .500 mark on the season.
Laurel Hill travels to Florala today.
P 8 8 8 10 – 34
LH 16 22 14 12 – 64
LH: Timaria Calloway 2, Lane Strickland 11, Tyler Zessin 13, Tyler Simmons 5, Chance King 2, Garrett Alford 8, J.D. Dalrymple 4, Travon Calloway 13, Tommy Calloway 4, Matthew Lewellyn 2. Totals: 23 1 15-35 64.
Crestview 76, Walton 60: Ronnie Baylark led the Bulldogs with 20 points and Denzel Ware and Jerry Allen each added 13 as Crestview improved to 13-7.
Antryun Coleman had 12 points for Crestview.
Tray Williams was the high scorer for Walton, finishing the night with 14 points.
C 17 25 19 15 – 76
W 11 15 18 16 – 60
C: Justin Cline 6, Antryun Coleman 12, Jonathan Buckelew 4, Roman Donofro 2, Nathan Whatley 2, Denzel Ware 13, Clay Hancock 4, Ronnie Baylark 20, Jerry Aaron 13. Totals: 23 6 10-16 76.
W: DeShun Tucker 10, Angus Anderson 6, Zach Carter 2, Ken Randolph 12, Amos Williams 11, Shaq Huffman 2, Tray Williams 14, Alex Campbell 4. Totals: 16 6 190-14 60.
Central 45, Baker 44: Josh Hartzog led the Gators with 12 points but Baker fell in what coach Mike Martello called “the most frustrating loss of the season.”
Danny Spicer had 11 points for Baker.
B 12 20 6 6 – 44
C 13 12 10 10 – 45
B: Danny Spicer 11, Dylan Dunford 5, Josh Hartzog 12, Garrett Sanders 9, Justin Morgan 7. Totals: 14 4 4-11 44.
Middle school
Girls basketball
Pryor (6-3) 31, Brune (5-4) 23
Lewis (8-2) 41, Baker 11
Ruckel (9-0) 48, Meigs (3-6)22
Shoal River 40, St. Mary 8
Destin (4-5) 35, Liza Jackson (0-9) 13
Boys basketball
Lewis (9-1) 45, Baker 11
Shoal River, St. Mary ppd
Bruner (9-0)50, Pryor 28
Destin (5-4) 51, Liza Jackson 0-9) 17
Ruckel (3-6) 44, Meigs (2-7) 33
Girls soccer
Ruckel 2, Liza Jackson 2
Shoal River (9-1) 1, Destin (7-4) 0
Shoal River 1, Destin (5-4) 0
Boys soccer
Shoal River (7-3) 3, Destin 1
St. Mary (7-1-1) 4, Pryor 4 (PK, ppd)
Bruner (5-4) 4, Meigs 0
Liza Jackson 3, Ruckel (8-1) 2
Shoal River 3, Destin (4-5) 3 (Shoal River wins on PKs)
