Florida High School Basketball - Sickles can't hold off St. Petersburg
(January 7, 2009: St. Petersburg, FL 33713) The
Sickles Gryphons basketball team (Tampa, FL), was nudged
47-43 in Wednesday's league battle with the host
St. Petersburg Green Devils (St. Petersburg, FL)
The Green Devils now sport a 11-5 record. They play next when they host
Countryside for a
6A District 7 match on Thursday, January 8.
St. Petersburg will confront a Cougars team coming off a
50-35 league win over
Gaither (Tampa, FL). The Cougars record now stands at 8-7.
With the defeat,
Sickles moves to 10-5 on the year. The Gryphons travel to
Mitchell (New Port Richey, FL) to confront the Mustangs in a non-league match on Thursday, January 8. The Mustangs enter the match with a record of 7-5.
Mitchell won
62-33 in their recent non-league match against
Alonso (Tampa, FL)