High School Sports

Cardinal Gibbons cross-country teams, Divine Savior volleyball, area football and more

The Cardinal Gibbons cross-country program competed on Saturday at the Cobra Country Invitational, hosted by Park Vista High School at South County Regional Park in Boca Raton.

In the girls’ race, junior Sydney Sinclair ran a personal best 20:22.9 to finish fifth overall.

In the boys’ field, freshman Kevin Washburn ran 18:54.6 in his first high school meet, and sophomore Antonio J. Dugarte just missed breaking 19 minutes with a personal best 19:01.6.

Photo Courtesy Cardinal Gibbons Cross Country

The girls were ninth of 19 teams. Gibbons girls’ results: 5. Sydney Sinclair 20:22.9 (PR and medalist); 30. Emily Baldwin 22:28.50 (PR); 61. Isabella Santi 23:35; 69. Nicole Mayo 23:50.80; 74. Cheyenne Burns 24:00.10; 80. Peyton Owens 24:18.60; 87. Sophia Santi 24:36.30; 90. Keira Raymond 24:49.20(PR); 105. Ana Lago 25:27.80.

Photo Courtesy Cardinal Gibbons Cross Country

The boys were 13th of 24 teams. Gibbons boys’ results: 44. Kevin Washburn 18:54.60; 50. Antonio Dugarte 19:01.6 (PR); 106. Zach Spencer 21:16.4; 108. Caden Denehan 10 21:20.70; 109. Lukas Vargas 21:23.1 (PR); 110. John Palmesano 21:28.7; 143. Parker Denehan 22:34.40; 178. Gregory DiIoia 25:11.10. (PR).

The Chiefs are coached by John May.

Football

The inaugural Pinecrest Bowl is Thursday at 4 p.m., pitting the host Gulliver Prep football team against Class 8A power Miami Palmetto.

The Raiders are coming off a 20-7 road win last week and have won 15 consecutive regular-season games dating to 2019.

The game theme for Gulliver Prep fans will be “Navy-Out,” so everyone cheering the Raiders is encouraged to wear navy clothing. A limited amount of game-day T-shirts will be provided for students.

Photo Courtesy Gulliver Prep

The winning team receives a cool team trophy.

More football

Hialeah High 19, Miami Springs 6: The T-Breds led 13-0 at halftime en route to the win. E.Lopez 15 carries for 139 yards and 2 TD; E.Cabrera 11 carries for 55 yards; A.Miranda 4 carries for 53 yards; A.Gosha 4 receptions for 38 yards; M.Guillen 10-yard TD catch; Z.Branford 4 tackles (2 for loss); M.Lewis 4 tackles (3 for loss); A.Gosha 3 tackles; M.Guillen 3 tackles (1 for loss), fumble recovery; J.Joyner interception.

Miami Northwestern 35, Champagnat 13: QB Taron Dickens 15 of 20 for 291 yards and 3 TD; REC Daverick Jenkins 5 rec for 100 yards; REC Andy Jean 4 rec for 68 yards; REC Adrian Harris 4 rec for 90 yards and 2 TD; Rashad Davis 2 rec for 18 yards and TD; Jamari Ford 1 rec for 10 yards; RB Jamari Ford 13 carries for 69 yards; RB Taron Dickens 3 rush for 24 yards and TD; RB Marlin Cochran 2 carries for 16 yards; Trimane Brown 67-yard KO return for TD.

Somerset Academy Silver Palms (Miami) 30, Braddock 0: Junior RB Justin Reyes had 144 yards and 2 touchdowns on 11 carries. The defense allowed 42 yards, while creating 4 turnovers and recording 6 sacks.

Volleyball

Divine Savior Academy d. Florida Christian 25-9, 25-15, 25-20: Isabella Mendoza 19 kills, 3 aces; Maite Alberdi 9 kills, 0.583 hitting percentage, 9 digs; Isabel Macia 23 assists, 6 digs.

Divine Savior improved to 2-0.

Photo Courtesy Divine Savior Academy Volleyball

Doral Academy d. Miami Country Day 25-18, 25-18, 25-22: Vicky Escuer 13 digs, 5 aces; Melissa Gonzalez 22 assists, 4 digs, 2 aces; Ariel Simmons 10 kills, 2 blocks, 2 aces; Izabella Molina 13 kills, 2 blocks. DOR 3-0.

Ransom Everglades d. University School 25-21, 25-17, 25-13: Valentina Londono 13 service points, 6 aces; Julia Lewkowitz 16 kills, 2 aces; Elise Echarte 5 kills, 3 aces.

Golf

GIRLS: Archbishop McCarthy 169, Cardinal Gibbons 179 at Grand Palms Resort & Golf in Pembroke Pines: Fr Cindi Cooper (AM) 40; Sr Rileigh Baker (AM) 40; Sr Kaylee Ehret (CG) 41; Soph Eva Almaguer (AM) 41; Sr Jayden Boros (CG) 43; Fr Sofia Ehret (CG) 47; Sr Autumn Bryant 48; Soph Elizabeth Smith (CG) 48.

Miami Herald Fall Sports Preview Forms

Broward and Miami-Dade county varsity high school coaches of Fall sports, preview forms were sent via email last week to athletic directors.

Bowling, cross-country, football, golf, swimming and volleyball.

If you received one from your AD, fill it out the best you can and return it to the person listed on the form by the designated deadline date.

If you did not receive the preview form to highlight your team, email hssports@miamiherald.com.

Submit Fall sports results

For high schools in Broward and Miami-Dade, if you have varsity results, top performers and stats for this column, email hssports@miamiherald.com.

They will run in the newspaper and online. Photos accepted, too. No deadline. Send after the game, the next day or weekly. You will be alerted when it will appear in the newspaper and online.

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Roundup compiled by Jim Varsallone

jvarsallone@miamiherald.com

Jim Varsallone
Miami Herald
Jim Varsallone writes a high school sports column twice a week, featuring top performers in all varsity sports (boys and girls) in Broward and Miami-Dade counties. He also covers pro wrestling, something he’s done since his college days in the late 1980s. Now in his fifth decade of coverage, he currently follows WWE (Raw, SmackDown and NXT), AEW, Ring of Honor, TNA Impact Wrestling, MLW, WOW, NWA, and the South Florida indies, mainly CCW. He writes MMA, too -- mostly profile stories and video interviews with American Top Team and Sanford MMA fighters in South Florida. As for pro wrestling, he writes feature stories and profile pieces, updates upcoming show schedules in South Florida, photographs the action and interviews talent (audio and video) -- sharing the content here and via social media on his Facebook, Twitter and YouTube channel: jim varsallone (jimmyv3 channel). Support my work with a digital subscription
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