Manatee High girls basketball advances to 8A-11 tournament semifinals
Senior Deanay Watson scored 18 points and the host Manatee High girls basketball team advanced to the semifinals of the Class 8A-District 11 tournament with a 56-41 win Monday against Venice.
Bri Purington scored 10 points for the Hurricanes, who will travel to Lakewood Ranch to face the Mustangs at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
Palmetto beat Braden River, 57-27, in another quarterfinal and travels to Sarasota on Wednesday.
Boys basketball
Bayshore 81, Braden River 69: Juniors Dhysen Walls and Jaylen Pauley each scored 15 points as the host Bruins (14-10) won their seventh straight game.
Denny Bessin (14 points), Vernard Brown II (11) and Bonna Baker (10) also reached double figures for Bayshore.
Deoni Cason led the Pirates (15-6) with 26 points, followed by J.T. Falls (13) and Curtis Cobb (11).
Bayshore travels to Palmetto on Wednesday night.
This story was originally published January 30, 2017 at 10:25 PM with the headline "Manatee High girls basketball advances to 8A-11 tournament semifinals."