The Pensacola High girls basketball team rallied late against Coral Springs Charter in the championship game of the Queen of Palms Classic in Fort Myers on Saturday, but the Tigers were unable to overcome a slow start and lost 59-56 to finish as the tournament runner-up.
The Tigers (13-2) previously defeated Sebastian River on Friday to advance to the final of the tournament's Ruby Division.
Chelsea Gibson led the Tigers' offense with 24 points, while D'Arcy Draper powered the defense with 10 rebounds and four blocks.
PHS trailed 34-19 at halftime, but bounced back to outscore Coral Springs in both second-half quarters.
The Tigers were best in the fourth quarter, where they outscored Coral Springs 22-15 to narrow the Colts' lead to three before the buzzer.
Queen of Palms Classic
At Fort Myers Dunbar High
CORAL SPRINGS 59,
PENSACOLA HIGH 56
Coral Spring...15 19 10 15 -- 59
PHS...6 13 15 22 -- 56
PHS (13-2) -- Shamina Hunter 10, Kayla Thompson 15, D'arcy Draper 8, Takeisha Reasor 2, Chelsea Gibson 24
Stats: Gibson 5 steals, 4 rebounds; Thompson 7 rebounds, 1 block, 1 steal; Shamina Hunter 6 steals, 2 assists; Draper 10 rebounds, 4 blocks.
Coral Springs (16-2) -- Hall 15, Williams 16, Wojaik 8, Snelly 13, Smith 6.
Next: PHS at Washington on Friday.
Boys basketball
Raiders fall at Christmas Classic
Gatlin Casey scored 21 points for the Raiders, but Navarre lost to Miami LaSalle 72-61 in the final day of the Catholic Christmas Classic.
The Raiders finished in seventh place.
Catholic Christmas Classic
At Catholic
LASALLE 72, NAVARRE 61
Navarre -- Gatlin Casey 21, Blake Malter 8, Chase Davis 2, Brandon Reyes 2, Dylan Main 7, Cameron Mayweather 8, Dante Cunningham 6, Alex Watley 4.
Gators beat Chiefs, finish in 5th place
The Escambia Gators finished fifth in the Catholic Christmas Classic after defeating Northview 47-41 on Saturday.
Northview's Neino Robinson led all scorers with 20 points, but only three other Northview players scored in the game.
Eight Escambia players made baskets in the Gators' second win in the tournament.
The Gators beat Navarre on Friday, but lost to South Forsyth on Thursday.
Catholic Christmas Classic
At Catholic
ESCAMBIA 47, NORTHVIEW 41
Escambia -- Robinson 7, Evans 11, Myers 3, Rodgers 5, Williams 2, Wallace 5, King 9, Walker 4.
Northview -- Neino Robinson 20, Travelle McWilliams 10, Cameron Newsome 5, LaDerious Franklin 6.
Fairhope tops Tate
Fairhope (Ala.) edged Tate 44-42 to claim third place in the Tate Christmas Tournament.
The Aggies led by 1 at halftime, but got off to a slow start in the second half and were outscored 11-3 in the third quarter.
At Tate Christmas Tournament
FAIRHOPE 44, TATE 42
Fairhope...8 17 11 8 -- 44
Tate...12 14 3 13 -- 42
Fairhope -- Nate Andrews 15, Trent Baggerly 4, Britton Flowers 9, Ernest Andrews 6, Jordan Fuhrman 1, Rushing Watson 9.
Tate -- Kendal Cobbs 6, Travis Walton 6, Tanner Moore-Hudgens 11, Twain Williams 1, Deon'te Nicholson 6, Devekyo Lewis 4, Luke Dykes 6, Tristan Long 2.
Boys soccer
Milton holds off West Florida
Avery McNeal scored two goals in the first half, and it was all Milton needed to hold off West Florida 2-1 at home.
The Panthers play again next Saturday against Pensacola High.
At Milton
MILTON 2, WEST FLORIDA 1
Milton (3-8-1) -- Goals: Avery McNeal 2. Assists: Jeffery Ranson 1, Brandon Lucier 1. Saves: Quinton Dobbs 1.
West Florida -- Goal: Devin Blackwell. Saves: Morgan Krause 6.
Next: Milton plays next Saturday against Pensacola High.
