For each swimmer that entered the pool at Cape Coral High Tuesday night, there were plenty of teammates and spectators on the outside yelling and urging them on.

The action and intensity never stopped during the duel between the unbeaten host Seahawks and Fort Myers Green Wave, two of the area’s strongest teams.

“The kids were really excited for this,” Seahawks coach Dianne Kimble said. “They knew it would be a lot of fun.”

Both meets were tight throughout. The Seahawks boys rallied for a 99-84 victory, but Fort Myers came out on top in the girls’ meet 103-83.

The Seahawks trailed in the boys’ standings until the final two events. Cape senior Dylan Walters earned a key victory in the 100 breastroke and the Seahawks took first in the final event, the 400 freestyle relay. The relay team consisted of Tyler Thresher, Graham Murza, Nick Keating and Antonio Alvarez.

Thresher picked up a win in the 500 freestyle for the Seahawks and Carlos Alvarez took first in one-meter diving.

“We knew going in that both sides would be close,” Kimble said. “It really went back and forth and came down to the end in the boys.”

The Green Wave girls were led by sisters Amy and Audrey Modglin. Amy, a senior, won the 50 freestyle and 100 backstroke events.

The Seahawks got off to a slow start, but Christina Todd provided a lift, cruising to a five-second victory in the 200 individual medley.

The event requires the swimmers to perform four different strokes — butterfly, backstroke, breastroke and freestyle.

“It went really good. I had a good warmup,” Todd said. “I got into the water and really focused on what I had to do.”

The Seahawks picked it up after that. Meghan Cotugno notched a victory in the 100 freestyle, Jeanette Conrad took first in one-meter diving and the foursome of Todd, Cotugno, Lauren Smith and Tara Murza prevailed in the 200 freestyle relay.

Kimble said the meet served as a good measuring stick as the teams approach the LCAC and district meets.

The Seahawks have another meet Thursday at North Fort Myers.



Boys: Cape Coral 99, Fort Myers 84

200 medley relay — Fort Myers 1:52.81; 200 free — Wilson (F) 2:00.22; 200 IM — Swanbeck (F) 2:11.24; 50 free — Nunez (F) 23.81; Diving — Alvarez (C) 125.05; 100 fly — Swanbeck (F) 57.90; 100 free — Nunez (F) 52.55; 500 free — Thresher (C) 5:25.65; 200 free relay — Fort Myers 1:43.34; 100 back — Wilson (F) 1:00.24; 100 breast — Walters (C) 1:10.68; 400 free relay — Cape Coral 3:44.22



Girls: Fort Myers 103, Cape Coral 83

200 medley relay — Fort Myers 2:06.22; 200 free — Martinez (F) 1:58.90; 200 IM — Todd (C) 2:24.32; 50 free — Modglin (F) 26.55; Diving — Conrad (C) 105.40; 100 fly — Modglin (F) 1:04.78; 100 free — Cotugno (C) 57.55; 500 free — Modglin (F) 5:24.87; 200 free relay — Cape Coral 1:52.22; 100 back — Modglin (F) 1:00.53; 100 breast — Wilson (F) 1:18.31; 400 free relay — Fort Myers 3:55.30



Girls Golf



District 2A-15 at The Vinyards: Emily Yi won a three-hole playoff with Georgia Price to earn the individual district championship. Yi, of North Fort Myers, and Price, of Fort Myers, each carded an 18-hole score of 81 to send them into a playoff.

Yi missed an eight-foot birdie putt on the third playoff hole and tapped in for par to take the title. Price missed a three-footer for bogey.

Yi led North to sixth place in the team standings with a 465 total.

Regina Sin carded an 83 to place fourth overall and lead Cape Coral to fourth in the team scoring with 426. Sin qualified for Monday’s regional tournament as one of the top three individuals not on a qualifying team.

Barron Collier took the team title with 382, followed by Palmetto Ridge at 404 and Gulf Coast at 411.

Baker’s Miko Dougherty just missed qualifying individually, placing fifth with an 84.

The Region 2A-5 Tournament Monday is at Bradenton’s Manatee Country Club.



Team scores — Barron Collier 382; 2. Palmetto Ridge 404; 3. Gulf Coast 411; 4. Cape Coral 426; 5. Fort Myers 446; 6. North Fort Myers 465; 7. Cypress Lake 518; 8. Mariner 594



Top individuals — 1. Emily Yi (NFM) 81; 2. Georgia Price (FM) 81; 3. Stephanie Carlozzi (BC) 82; 4. Regina Sin (CC) 83; 5. Miko Dougherty (Baker) 84.



Cape Coral 426 — Regina Sin 83, Cathy Wainey 104, Tara Higgins 116, Kim Severo 123.

North Ft. Myers 446 — Emily Yi 81, Brittany Agricola 103, Brittany Sansoussi 135, Mariah Koch 146.



Volleyball



North Fort Myers 3, Cape Coral 1: The visiting Seahawks jumped on top early against North Fort Myers, winning the opening game 25-22.

North coach Jeremy Ridgeo said the Seahawks had the momentum in their favor.

“I give my hats off to (Cape) coach Savanna (Gindele) and her team,” Ridgeo said. “They came out like gangbusters and took it to us.”

The Red Knights settled down and rallied to win the last three games by scores of 25-18, 25-21 and 25-9.

Alyssa Dougherty had 14 digs to lead the Red Knights. Courtney Allen contributed seven kills. Paige Engh tallied nine aces and Denasia Smith accounted for four blocks.

Cape senior Shelby Rowe had an all-around performance that included 13 kills, five aces and 10 digs. Lindsey Turner tallied seven kills and Erica Hoegler added 12 digs and two aces.

The Seahawks (3-12) play next week in an LCAC crossover match. The Red Knights (7-12) host Ida Baker Thursday.



Gulf Coast 3, Mariner 0: The host Tritons suffered a three-game sweep against Gulf Coast, falling 25-7, 25-15, 25-10.

Senior Kristi Lesher turned in a strong effort for the Tritons with seven digs. Samantha Greenwell recorded three aces and five assists.

The Tritons (8-10) are back in action Wednesday when they host Charlotte.



Sports editor Jim Linette contributed to this report.