Prep roundup (Nov. 7): Evans leads way for Mosley swimming

TALLAHASSEE - Mosley senior Sara Evans won both of her events pacing the Mosley girls team to a third-place finish in the Region 1-2A swimming and diving meet that concluded Thursday. Swimmers from Rutherford and Bay also competed.

Mosley's boys team placed fourth, marking the highest regional finish for either Mosley squad at a region swimming meet. Ponte Vedra Beach Nease won the girls crown and Fort Walton Beach took the boys title.

Evans qualified for the state meet to be held Nov. 15 in Orlando. She could be joined by a number of other Bay County swimmers who reached the finals in their events, as well as most of Mosley's relay quartets.

The remaining qualifiers will be based on the 20 best results, per event, from all four Class 2A regions. They will join the region champions for a state field of 24 participants in each event, 16 for relays.

The county swimmers who reached the finals in their events were: Michael Perdomo, Mosley junior, sevenh in 200 freestyle; Victoria Hove, Mosley freshman, seventh in 200 IM; Matt Bryant, Mosley junior, eighth in 200 IM, third in 100 butterfly; Candice Hilton, Mosley senior, fifth in 50 freestyle; Kurt Fuhrmann, Mosley junior, seventh in diving; Garrett Casey, Mosley junior, eighth in diving; Mary McDermott, Mosley junior, seventh in 500 freestyle; Laura Kearns, Rutherford freshman, eighth in 500 freestyle and Matt Reece, Mosley junior, eighth in 100 breaststroke.

Mosley relays all placed in the championship heats as follows: girls 200 medley relay second, boys 200 medley relay fourth, girls 200 freestyle relay sixth, boys 200 freestyle relay third, girls 400 freestyle relay fourth, boys 400 freestyle relay sixth.

• Girls team results: 1. Nease 362, 2. Bishop Kenny 253, 3. Mosley 219, 4. Chiles 217, 5. Stanton 163, 6. Pensacola 143, 7. Leon 137, 8. St. Augustine 127, 9. Washington 108, 10. Choctawhatchee 104, 11. Fort Walton Beach 99, 12. Lincoln 84, 13. Navarre 62, 14. Gulf Breeze 58, 15. Columbia 38, 16. Wolfson 35, 17. Fernandina Beach 34, 18. Rutherford 23, 19. Ridgeview 20, 20. Terry Parker 18, 21. First Coast 8, 22. Pace 6, 23. Tate 4, 24. Bay 3.
  Boys team scores: 1. Fort Walton Beach 269.5, 2. Bishop Kenny 241, 3. Chiles 216, 4. Mosley 201, 5. Choctawhatchee 180, 6. Leon 144, 7. Pensacola 129, 8. Washington 128, 9. Nease 126, 10. Pace 98, 11. Paxon 97, 12. Wolfson 70, 13. Lincoln 67, 14. Gulf Breeze 58, 15. First Coast 50, 16. Stanton 43, 17. Milton 40, 18. St. Augustine 39, 19. Tate 34, 20. Navarre 28, 21. Columbia 27, 22. Escambia 21, 23. Terry Parker 16, 24. Forrest 1.
  
  Girls soccer
  Bay 3, Wakulla 0
  WAKULLA
  Three Bay players scored as the Tornadoes (1-0, 1-0 Distirct 2-4A) defeated Wakulla in a season-opening game.
  Shelby McHugh, Katie Carroll and Alex Burrier each scored for Bay. Angelica Middleton had an assist.

Bay keeper Suzie Turnage had seven saves.

Bay faces Arnold on Monday at Frank Brown Park at 5 p.m.

Arnold 1, Tate 0
PANAMA CITY BEACH
Arnold's Kirsten Crowley scored the only goal with just 30 seconds remaining in the match as the Marlins beat Pensacola Tate.

Marlins' keeper Maggie Gardner made five saves.
Arnold (2-0) plays Navarre today at 1 p.m. at Frank Brown Park.