True North sports now part of FHSAA, plus bowling, football, golf and volleyball results
True North Classical Academy, a young charter school in Miami Dade County, opened the football season last week with a victory over St. Brendan.
The school, nicknamed Titans, was recently accepted as a full member, a year early, by the FHSAA. This has never been done in the history of the FHSAA, according to True North Athletic Director Shawn Ramirez.
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The school offers 13 high school sports, including:
Football: Coach Greg Laffere (played for the University of Miami from 1998-2001) — FIU Assistant Coach for Coach Butch Davis — helped start Ave Maria football program.
Girls’ volleyball: Coach Freideman Sifontes — head coach at Belen — partner in MVA (Largest Club Org in Miami).
Soccer: Coach Alex Abaroa — former director of Ops at Pinecrest Premier — had an undefeated season last year beating Carrollton, Ransom Everglades and other top opponents.
Basketball: Coach Christian ‘Fui’ Martinez & Quincy Douby — Quincy played for the Sacramento Kings and was drafted 1st Round. Inducted in the Rutgers Hall of Fame.
Baseball: Coach Adrian Nieto — Played catcher for the Chicago White Sox and Miami Marlins. True North Inaugural Year for Baseball is 2022.
The school also features: cross-country, golf, beach volleyball, girls flag football, track & field, tennis, boys volleyball and competitive cheer.
True North, which is in Class 2A and 1A, hosted games of the Junior Orange Bowl Basketball Classic in its new 15,000-square foot gymnasium.
Academically, Ramirez noted True North’s FCAT state results were first in the tri-county area and second in the state of 3,600 schools.
The football team travels on Sept. 10 for a 3:30 p.m. kickoff against Everglades Prep in Homestead.
Basketball
The Junior Orange Bowl Basketball Classic for boys’ and girls’ teams is December 28-30 at Westminster Christian School, 6855 SW 152nd St, Palmetto Bay.
This is an awesome winter tournament.
BOYS: Coral Gables High School (Coach Marcos Molina); Jupiter Community High School (Coach JD DePasquale); Lakota East High School of Liberty Township, Ohio (Coach Clint Adkins); Madison Ridgeland Academy of Madison, Mississippi (Coach Richard Duease); Miami Palmetto Senior High School (Coach Alex Ordoqui); Miami Southridge High School (Coach Robert Doctor); St. Raymond High School for Boys of Bronx, New York (Coach Jorge Lopez; Westminster Christian School (Coach PJ Brown).
GIRLS: Doral Academy Preparatory School (Coach Courtney McDaniel); Florida State University School of Tallahassee (Coach Darryl Marshall); Miami Senior High School (Coach Sam Baumgarten); Palmer Trinity School (Coach George Montes); Somerset Academy Silver Palms Miami (Coach Ben Drummer); South Broward High School (Coach Sharlene Ferguson; St Thomas Aquinas High School (Coach Oliver Berens).
Divine Savior
Divine Savior Academy’s new athletic director Matt Willems announced several new coaches.
They are: Girls & Boys Golf: Alvaro Puche. Girls Basketball: Leah Nass. Boys Basketball: Raul Duany. Boys Soccer: Jeremy Daccarett. Girls & Boys Tennis: Jenny Sotomayor. Girls Track: Caleb Davisson.
Willems is also the volleyball coach. The school is in Doral.
Volleyball
ATM d. Krop 25-19, 25-20, 25-12: MaxPreps Player of the Match Livia Gimenez 10 aces, 11 assists, 4 digs; Silvia Fernandez 8 aces, 16 digs; Valentina Arcila 7 kills, 5 digs, 4 service points.
Hialeah Gardens d. Westland Hialeah 25-12, 25-8, 28-11: The Gladiators won their third straight led by Player of the Match Catherine Tejero (Sr) 6 solo blocks, 3 assist blocks, 6 kills; Sabrina Cabrera (Sr) 16 kills, 5 aces, 2 assist blocks; Cynthia Lopez 8 kills, 2 assist blocks, 2 aces.
Golf
BOYS: Ransom Everglades 136, Miami Palmetto 177 at Biltmore Golf Course (Par 35): Jackson Langer (RE) 30; Nick Viana (RE) 34; Kobe Lopez (RE) 35; Jesse Hellring (RE) 37; Brett Kaufman (MP) 40.
BOYS: Belen A 152, Florida Christian 175, Belen B 184, Palmer Trinity 206 at Miccosukee Golf & CC in Miami: Nicholas Prieto (FCS) 34; Lorenzo Rodriguez (Bel) 35; Adrian Rodriguez (Bel) 40; Carlos Perez-Abreu (Bel) 40; Richie Maloof (Bel) 42; Joseph Fernandez (FCS) 45.
Bowling
BOYS: Ferguson 7, Gulliver Prep 0: Ferg: High Game: Kevin Delgado (164); High Series: Gabriel Bellon (455). GP: High Game: Aaron Gold (143); High Series: Aaron Gold (359).
GIRLS: Ferguson 7, Gulliver Prep 0: Ferg: High Game: Lia Ramirez (149); High Series: Lia Ramirez (406). GP: High Game: Hadley Bowen (161); High Series: Hadley Bowen (457).
Football
Last Week’s Area Scores
SATURDAY
St. Thomas Aquinas 38, St. Frances Acad, Md. 23
Treasure Coast 29, Plantation American Heritage 21
True North 34, St. Brendan 6
FRIDAY
Archbishop Carroll 25,
Palm Glades Prep 14
Chaminade-Madonna 30, Western 13
Coconut Creek 41, Piper 0
Coral Shores 33, Immokalee 0
Cypress Bay 52, South Plantation 0
Deerfield Beach 30, Miami Edison 22
Dillard 45, Boyd Anderson 0
Doral Acad Charter 33, South Dade 18
Douglas 33, Cooper City 0
Flanagan 32, Everglades 6
FTL Calvary Christian 35, Pine Crest 0
Fort Lauderdale def. Hallandale, forfeit
Gulliver Prep 20, Manatee 7
Hialeah 19, Miami Springs 6
Immaculata-La Salle 50,
Coral Springs Charter 0
Miami Krop 14, Miami Jackson 6
Miami Northwestern 35, Champagnat 13
Miami Palmetto 21, Homestead 19
Somerset Silver Palms 30, Braddock 0
POSTPONED OR CANCELLED
Coral Shores vs. Varela, ccd.
Palmer Trinity vs. St. Andrew’s, ccd.
Submit 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
