With all five of the winter sports teams involved on Saturday – and 17 teams total – Mariner High athletic director Vito Mennona judged the Winter Sports Fest a success, and making preliminary plans for next year.

“All of our teams do something over the holiday break, so I would rather they be here than somewhere else,” said Mennona. “And they get to have the home field and home court advantage, it’s easy for our parents and coaches. It was just good for everybody.”

The Tritons won the two basketball games and took first place in the five-team Best of the West wrestling meet by winning all four matches. Ida Baker won the girls’ soccer invitational while Riverdale edged Mariner by two points in boys’ soccer.

“The only glitch was the Immokalee girls’ soccer bus was late, so they only played one 40-minute half the first match,” Mennona said. “The rain was not a problem because all the soccer teams are used to playing in that and were prepared with their tents. The fields got a bit muddy, but it could have been worse. It didn’t pour down all day. There was no lightning, so there were no delays. It didn’t slow us down.”

Mennona said he got good feedback from parents and coaches, especially the soccer teams.

“They were thankful and appreciative and said they’d like to come back next year,” he said. “The wrestling matches we’ve done year in and year out, we just put it on the same day as the others. It’s the first year we did all the sports together, but with basketball next year I’d like to get the same school playing both boys and girls. We had a good turnout because Baker and ECS are both local.”

The Tritons’ boys capped off the day-long festival with a 53-45 boys’ basketball victory over Ida Baker.

Kendrec Ferrara led the Tritons (6-1) with 12 points backed by Sam Guerrier with 11.

Shaun Manego led the Bulldogs with 14 points, Christian Davis added 13 and Angel Inchausti 11.

Ida Baker12 11 11 11 – 45

Mariner16 6 15 16 – 53

BAKER 45 – Inchausti 11, Manego 14, Richardson 2, Davis 13, Deems 5. Totals: 16 7-15 45.

3PG: Inchausti 3, Davis 2, Manego 1.

MARINER 53 – Stamps 9, Marrero 8, Moore 6, Guerrier 11, Ferrara 12, Emmons 9. Totals: 19 10-17 53.

3PG: Stamps 2, Moore 2, Marrero 1.

Girls Basketball: Mariner scored its second win of the season, coming from behind to defeat Evangelical Christian 49-37.

Alyssa Dodson collected a game-high 15 points to lead three double-figure scorers. Monica and Mariella Bono added 10 points apiece.

ECS 17 5 4 11 – 37

Mariner 8 13 14 14 – 49

ECS 37 – Candiano 2, Cassidy 6, Gonzalez 8, Mekas 4, Banks 9, Berquist 7. Totals: 14 9-20 37.

3PG: none.

MARINER 49 – Mo. Bono 10, Ma. Bono 10, Gibbs 5, Dodson 15, Brinkdopke 4, McClure 6. Totals: 18 13-23 49.

Wrestling: Island Coast went 3-1 to place second while North Fort Myers took third at 2-2, Baker fourth at 1-3 and Cape on the bottom at 0-4.

Four Tritons wrestlers were undefeated on the day – Chip Curtis at 135 pounds, Nick Maynard at 160, James Maynard at 171 and Basil Minto at 189. In fact, Minto remains undefeated on the season at 19-0.

Teams take the holidays off before returning to the mats the first week of January.

Boys Soccer: Riverdale and Mariner both were 3-0, but Riverdale was crowned the team champion by two points over the Tritons. Riverdale won twice by shutout while the Tritons did not have a shutout in their three matches. One extra point was awarded for a shutout victory.

The Tritons defeated both Hardee and Immokalee by a 2-1 margin and edged Charlotte 3-2. Juan Rincon scored four goals total, Tim Thomas had two and Lucas Orellana added one. Goalkeeper Matt Brust had a total of 12 saves while Cody Kibbler made six saves in two halves of play.

The Tritons (11-5) play in the three-day Southwest Florida Winter Invitational at Golden Gate starting Tuesday.

Girls Soccer: Ida Baker and Riverdale placed 1-2 with Baker posting three shutout wins.

Baker blanked Immokalee 6-0, clipped Charlotte 1-0 and Hardee 8-0. Shannon Pearl got the game-winning goal against Charlotte.

Host Mariner won 8-0 over Hardee and Immokalee, but lost to Charlotte 3-0 in the third match of the day. Megan Fritz and Rebecca Smith scored five goals apiece. Goalkeeper Sam Greenwell barely handled the ball in the first two matches while Heather Gillions tended the net with three saves in the third game.

The Tritons (9-5) get roughly 10 days off before coming back in January to face Baker. The Bulldogs (14-4-1) play their final two district games that week against Mariner and Fort Myers.