4 area girls basketball teams alive in regional semis


Port Charlotte's Briena Simms is pinned in the corner by Stuart Martin County's Taryn Richard in the Class 7A-District 11 quarterfinal Thursday at Tony Cicchella Gymnasium (Photo by Dennis Maffezzoli)

Four girls basketball teams are still alive, vying in Tuesday’s regional semifinals for a berth in Saturday’s regional finals.

Three of the teams are at home. Two of the games – Class 8A-2 and Class 5A-3 – are rematches of district finals.

Here is the lineup:

(All games at 7 p.m.)

Class 8A-Region 2

Tarpon Springs East Lake at North Port

Class 7A-Region 3

Sebastian River at Port Charlotte

Class 5A-Region 3

Southeast at St. Petersburg Lakewood

Class 2A-Region 3

Naples First Baptist Academy at Sarasota Christian