Florida High School Basketball - Lemon Bay edged by Venice
(January 10, 2009: Englewood, FL 34224) The
Lemon Bay Manta Rays basketball team (Englewood, FL), was nudged
49-42 in Saturday's non-league battle with the visiting
Venice Indians (Venice, FL)
The Indians now possess a 11-7 record. They play next when they host
Port Charlotte for a
5A District 12 battle on Thursday, January 15.
Venice will battle a Pirates team coming off a
50-14 league win over
Charlotte (Punta Gorda, FL). The Pirates record now stands at 5-10.
The Manta Rays (11-7) will now prepare for their battle against
DeSoto County (Arcadia, FL). The Bulldogs come into the non-league battle with a 14-2 record. In their last battle,
DeSoto County was nudged by
Bradenton Christian (Bradenton, FL),
52-45, in a non-league battle.