Doral, Mater Lakes win Dade All-Sports Awards. Columbus, Carrollton also honored
Once again, the Doral Academy Firebirds and Mater Lakes Academy Bears showcased a breadth of athletic success this year, with the schools combining for five team state titles and having a host of other teams make deep playoff runs.
It’s why the two schools are the winners of the Miami Herald’s All-Sports Awards in Miami-Dade County for the 2025-2026 athletic season.
In addition to the overall All-Sports award, the Herald also gives out the Boys’ Major Sports Award, which recognizes success across six sports (football, basketball, soccer, baseball, track and field, and wrestling), and the Girls’ Major Sports Award, which looks at how schools fared across five sports (indoor volleyball, basketball, soccer, track and field, and softball).
Doral and Mater Lakes were both double-winners this year. Doral also taking home the Girls’ Major Sports Award in the large school division, while Mater Lakes won the Boys’ Major Sports Award in the small school division.
The other winners: Columbus for the Boys’ Major Sports Award in large schools and Carrollton for the small schools Girls’ Major Sports Award.
Doral Academy’s biggest success this season came in girls’ basketball and boys’ tennis, with the Firebirds winning state titles in each. The girls’ basketball crown was the first in school history while the win for the boys’ tennis team was the second for the school.
Beyond that, Doral had a state runner-up finish in competitive cheerleading, while the girls’ volleyball and softball teams each had state semifinal berths.
Meanwhile, the school also had top-10 finishes in boys’ track and field (seventh place) and boys’ golf (ninth place) while all of its sports that compete in the major sports categories had at least a .500 record.
Mater Lakes brought home three state titles in girls’ swimming and wrestling, sweeping the duals and individual bracket tournament formats.
They also had two other teams with top-five finishes at state in boys’ swimming (third) and girls’ wrestling (fifth) while its girls’ volleyball and boys’ soccer teams advanced to regional finals. Eleven of the school’s 20 teams won district titles.
Columbus won its fifth consecutive state title in boys’ basketball as well as its second overall in boys’ soccer. The Explorers also finished third at state in track and field, reached the regional semifinals in football and baseball, and finished ninth at state in wrestling.
(And while it doesn’t factor into their score for the Boys’ Major Award, Columbus also won a state title in boys’ volleyball).
As for Carrollton, the Cyclones reached the state semifinal in girls’ basketball, finished third at state in track and field and advanced to the regional semifinals in soccer.
Others of note (in alphabetical order)
Belen Jesuit: Boys’ cross-country state championship; state runner-up finishes in boys’ track and field, boys’ swimming and boys’ volleyball
Braddock: Fifth-place finish for boys’ swimming and diving
Divine Savior: Girls’ volleyball state semifinal appearance
Downtown Doral: State championships in boys’ soccer and competitive cheerleading
Edison: Flag football state championship
Florida Christian: Girls’ wrestling third-place finish
Gulliver Prep: Boys’ cross-country third-place finish, plus state semifinal appearances for girls’ tennis and girls’ water polo
Lourdes: Girls’ soccer state championship, state semifinal appearance in beach volleyball, fourth place finish in cross-country
Mater Academy: Baseball state semifinal appearance
Miami Beach: Girls swimming fourth-place finish
Miami Country Day: Girls’ basketball state championship and boys’ basketball state runner-up
Miami Springs: Baseball state semifinal appearance
Monsignor Pace: Boys’ volleyball state semifinal appearance
Mourning: Boys’ tennis state runner-up
Northwestern: Football and flag football state runner-up, girls’ track fourth-place finish
Palmer Trinity: Girls’ soccer state runner-up
Palmetto: Girls’ tennis state runner-up finish, football state semifinal appearance, seventh-place finish in boys’ wrestling
Ransom Everglades: Boys’ water polo state runner-up
Schoolhouse Prep: Baseball and softball state semifinal appearances
SLAM: Girls’ golf state runner-up
Southridge: Boys’ wrestling state runner-up
Southwest: Boys’ wrestling fourth-place finish
South Dade: State champions in both boys’ wrestling tournaments (duals and IBT), girls’ wrestling state runner-up
St. Brendan: Competitive cheerleading state championship
True North: Boys’ volleyball state championship; state runner-up in baseball, boys’ tennis and girls tennis
Westminster Christian: Boys’ soccer and beach volleyball state semifinal appearances
This story was originally published June 21, 2026 at 6:10 AM with the headline "Doral, Mater Lakes win Dade All-Sports Awards. Columbus, Carrollton also honored."
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