The girls’ golf team at Ida Baker High is finally up and running after several delays.

Chris Ewing was just hired to coach the team which played their first match of the season Tuesday at Del Tura Golf Club. The team grew to seven girls just this week.

The Bulldogs took care of business in their inaugural match, beating Riverdale 197-204.

“It was nice to get the first win,” said Ewing. “The girls played well and did a good job even though it was a bit windy.”

While Riverdale’s Katie Cross took medalist honors with a score of 36, the Bulldogs prevailed with three scores in the 40s.

Kaitlin Schafe and Cathy Wainey both shot 40 and Samm Mattson came through with 49. Heather Radford added a 68.

“Just four girls played today,” said Ewing. “The others are not ready to go. I have a lot of work with them.”

Ewing, a Cape Coral resident, spent 13 years at Kelly Greens and was head golf pro before he left to complete a degree in management at FGCU.

“I have never coached at the high school level before,” Ewing said. “This is a good opportunity for me. I have experience with teaching beginners and intermediate players.”

“He has great patience to work with the diversity of skill on our team,” said Baker athletic director Carl McAloose. “We have a couple of girls who have never played before.”

The Bulldogs (1-0) take on Fort Myers and Barron Collier Thursday at Eastwood.

Ida Baker 197 – Kaitlin Schafe 40, Cathy Wainey 40, Samm Mattson 49, Heather Radford 68.

Riverdale 204 – Katie Cross 36, Amanda Smith 55, Sydney Matsumoto 56, Aubrie Harding 57, Jenifer Nielson 57.

At Magnolia Landing: Mariner pulled out a scant four-stroke victory Tuesday over North Fort Myers.

Kelsey Fallisch led the Tritons to a team total 245 with a round of 47. Brittany Agricola claimed medalist honors with a 41 to lead North to a team total of 249.

Two players participated for Lehigh, which did not earn a team score.

The loss evens North’s record at 3-3 heading into Thursday’s home match with Cape Coral, Gulf Coast and East Lee County.

Mariner 245 – Kelsey Fallisch 47, Gerilynn Rossman 64, Kelsey Whitaker 64, Jessica Lanza 70.

North Fort Myers 249 – Brittany Agricola 41, Mariah Koch 57, Brittany LaFenetre 73, Brooke Bailey 78.

Boys Golf

At Pelican Sound: Cape Coral lost a tight match 196-204 to Estero Tuesday.

Blair Langford shot 49 to lead the Seahawks (2-4), who are off until Tuesday when they take on Fort Myers.

Cape Coral 204 – Blair Langford 49, Mitch Marinack 50, Sam Johnson 52, Anthony Lawrence 53.

Estero 196 – (not available)

At Coral Oaks: A season-low round of 49 for Troy Dalton helped Mariner cement a four-stroke victory over North Fort Myers Tuesday.

Dean Hofer shot 44 and John Inkster shot 47 to lead the Tritons to a team total of 191.

Zack Holton claimed medalist honors with a 43 to lead North Fort Myers to a team total of 195. Alax Schachinger’s round of 44 led Lehigh, which was third at 228.

Mariner (6-2) faces Island Coast Thursday at Heron’s Glen.

Mariner 191 – Dean Hofer 44, John Inkster 47, Troy Dalton 49, Jordan Kenney 51.

North Fort Myers 195 – Zack Holton 43, Casey Perkowski 50, Eric Schnell-Hall 51, Evan Hawel 51.

Lehigh 228 – Alax Schachinger 44, Brad Muchler 51, Alex Woolston 66, Chad Dickinson 66.

At River Hall: Ida Baker remains undefeated after Tuesday’s 156-183 victory over Riverdale behind medalist Anthony Myers’ even-par 36.

Teammates Dylan Fine, Tyler Doyle, Anthony Montoya and Kyle Schulte added matching 40s for the Bulldogs (7-0), who host Barron Collier Thursday at Palmetto Pine Country Club.

Ida Baker 156 – Anthony Myers 36, Dylan Fine 40, Tyler Doyle 40, Anthony Montoya 40, Kyle Schulte 40.

Riverdale 183 – Nik Clodfelter 42, Tanner Nipper 42, Zane Warner 49, Ryan Connors 49.

At Heritage Palms: Jake Sherwin took medalist honors with a 1-under-par 35 Tuesday to lead Evangelical Christian to a 168-206 victory over Seacrest.

Garrett Lee and Matthew Hannaford both carded 2-over-par 38s for the Sentinels (3-2), who tee off against Canterbury Thursday at Shell Point.

ECS 168 – Jake Sherwin 35, Garrett Lee 38, Matthew Hannaford 38, Jeremiah Scoone 57.

Seacrest 206 – Ian O’Riley 47, Richard Grayson 48, Nick Yaschko 54, Chris Garbo 57.

Volleyball

South Fort Myers 3, Cape Coral 2: Cape Coral took South Fort Myers to five games before falling to the Wolfpack 25-11, 22-25, 25-16, 13-25, 15-7 Tuesday night.

Jennifer Le led the Seahawks with seven kills and one block. Alison Harper contributed six kills, Kristi Maselter five kills, Dana Windey four kills and Alysia Figueroa three kills.

“It was a great match, we played well and we’ll take it even though we lost it,” said Seahawks coach Lindsey Conley.

The Seahawks served the ball very well, led by Emily Snyder’s six service aces while Harper and Figueroa added five apiece and Cassie Maselter with three. Windey also had a team-high five blocks with Figueroa contributing three.

The Seahawks (1-8) travel to Estero Thursday night.

Cypress Lake 3, Ida Baker 0: Audrey Boren blasted 19 kills to power Cypress Lake past Ida Baker 25-18, 25-21, 25-13 Tuesday night.

The Bulldogs came close to winning the first two games, but the Panthers ultimately took control on the way to the three-game sweep.

Payton Van Horn led the Bulldogs with six kills and five blocks while Alexis Ross added three kills. Madison Kobs handed out 17 assists, Lexi Goldberg made 13 digs, Kali Nordquist had a team-high seven blocks with Brenna Hambsch and Brittney Benvie contributing three blocks apiece.

With Ross serving five straight points, the Bulldogs opened a 15-8 lead in the opening game. Boren stopped the streak with a dink over the net and added two more kills as the Panthers caught up at 16-16. Trailing 18-16, Boren’s kill got the serve back and she served out the game’s final eight points.

The second game went back and forth until the Panthers opened a 20-15 lead. The Bulldogs fought back within 22-20, but another Boren kill got the serve back to set up the final point when Baker volleyed out of bounds.

The Bulldogs got behind 5-0 in the third game and never recovered.

The Bulldogs (5-2, 2-1 district) visit North Fort Myers Thursday.

North Fort Myers 3, Mariner 0: Tuesday’s rematch was much closer than the first, but North Fort Myers still prevailed over Mariner 25-17, 25-22, 25-15.

Cody Sawyer led the Tritons with eight kills with Abby Willis adding five. Samantha Greenwell handed out 13 assists while Kady Ennis was solid defensively.

The Tritons (5-3) travel to Riverdale Thursday night.

Cross Country

At Oasis: Estero swept shorthanded Oasis by scoring a perfect 15 in both the boys’ and girls’ races Tuesday.

Wildcats runners crossed the finish line in the first five places in both races to achieve the perfect score. Alex Hernandez won the boys’ race in 18 minutes, 15 seconds while Kacy Smith won the girls’ race in 20 minutes even.

Alex Voll was the top finishing Oasis runner, placing 12th in 24:44. On the girls’ side, Hannah Dean of Oasis placed 12th in 27:11.

The Sharks host Southwest Florida Christian on Sept. 30.