Florida High School Basketball - Gainesville edges West Port
(January 10, 2009: Ocala, FL 34481) The
Gainesville Hurricanes (Gainesville, FL) basketball nipped the host
West Port Wolf Pack (Ocala, FL),
55-51 in Saturday's non-league test.
The Hurricanes (13-3) will now prepare for their test against
Columbia (Lake City, FL). The Tigers go into the
5A District 4 test with a 6-9 record. In their last test,
Columbia nudged
Vanguard (Ocala, FL),
55-45, in a league match.
With the defeat,
West Port moves to 7-3 on the year. The Wolf pack travel to
North Marion (Citra, FL) to confront the Colts in a
4A District 6 match on Tuesday, January 13. The Colts enter the match with a record of 5-10.
North Marion lost
92-66 in their recent league match against
Lecanto (Lecanto, FL)