Miami High football game canceled due to Covid. Northwestern, Ransom Everglades win and more
With their vaccinated head coach feeling the effects of COVID-19, the Miami High Stingarees football team announced on Wednesday that it has canceled this week’s game against Miami Beach.
Miami High also canceled last week’s game against Edison. After an upcoming open week, the Stings are expected to be joined by coach Paul Volero on Oct. 9, when Miami High is scheduled to play its top rival, Coral Gables.
Volero, 50, has tested positive for COVID twice – in February and again last week. He was vaccinated in March, which he believes is what kept him from getting much sicker this time around.
“I miss the players,” Volero said. “I miss the coaches. We have a team chat on WhatsApp, and they have all been supportive, including the players and their parents.”
More football
Ransom Everglades 28, Palmer Trinity 6: The Battle for the Oar: Trailing 6-0, Ransom scored 28 unanswered points to secure the Oar for the third consecutive year.
QB Nick Rubino was 16-of-23 passing for 232 yards and 1 TD; he also had 105 yards rushing on 14 carries with 3 more TD. Gabe Alencar caught his first TD pass of the season. The Raiders, assisted by Trent Mopsick, forced two fumbles in the second half, which they converted into touchdowns.
Santana Wooten ran for 76 yards on 16 carres and scored the lone TD for the Falcons.
Miami Northwestern 42, Belen Jesuit 14: Northwestern Top Performers: Taron Dickens 21 of 33, 301 yards, 3 TD, 6 carries, 45 yards, 2 TD; Daverick Jenkins 9 rec, 103 yds, 1 TD; Andy Jean 3 rec, 53 yds; Adruan Harris 3 rec, 34 yds, 1 TD; Rashad Davis 3 rec, 28 yds; Jamari Ford 2 rec, 74 yds, 1 TD, 8 carries, 36 yds; King Davis 8 carries 46 yds; Marlin Cochran 1 rec, 4 yds, 2 carries, 21 yds.
Belen Top Performers: Jarvis Johnson (DE) 5 tackles, 1.5 sacks, 2 TFL, 1 Pressure; Jancent Wallace (CB) 5 tackles, 1 INT; Davion Dixon (DT) 4 tackles, 1 sack, 1 TFL, 1 FF; Victor Perez (WR) 1 rec for 27 yds, also 2-2 passing, 60 yds, 1 TD.
Beach Volleyball
In February, Florida’s first high school beach volleyball season, sanctioned by the FHSAA, will begin, and St. Thomas Aquinas and Westminster Christian will be among the schools competing for a state title.
“There are tons of girls playing sand volleyball,” Aquinas coach Lisa Zielinski said. “The interest is there. I think this will take off as a high school sport.”
Zielinski said there’s no immediate need to build sand courts for Aquinas practices and games.
“We’ll just play on the beach,” Zielinski said.
Westminster coach Julie Doan said her girls have been playing beach volleyball as, essentially, a club sport for years, winning an unofficial state title last year.
Doan said she expects Lourdes, Carrollton, Aquinas, Archbishop McCarthy, Calvary Christian and Cardinal Gibbons to be among her team’s biggest competitors in the inaugural beach season.
Indoor Volleyball
Archbishop McCarthy d. St. Brendan 3 sets to 0: Bela Lopez-Viega 9 kills; Allison Ibarria 18 assists; Sofia Sanchez 13 assists.
Palmetto d. Varela 3 sets to 0: Kayla Perez 13 assists, 6 digs; Isabela Mendez 14 digs, 10 aces, 3 kills; Gabrielle Schwartz 8 kills. Palmetto (4-6).
TERRA d. Southridge 25-7, 25-6, 25-6: Kayla Diaz 10 kills, 4 aces, 12 service points, 14 digs; Nicole Cosano 5 kills, 8 aces, 14 service points, 13 assists; Mya Lopez 6 kills, 8 digs; Emely Ramos 7 kills.
True North d. GMA 3 sets to 0: Natasha Galindo 5 kills, 6 digs, 2 aces; Samantha Rodriguez 5 kills, 8 digs, 2 aces; Giuliana Guerrero 5 kills, 2 blocks.
Lake Howell High School Invitational in Winter Park
Doral Academy d. Hillsborough 25-20, 25-16: Luci Macli 15 assists, 2 digs, 2 aces; Izabela Molina 7 kills, 2 blocks; Ariel Simmons 7 kills, 3 blocks.
Doral Academy d. Osceola 25-18, 25-22: Melissa Gonzalez 11 assists, 3 digs, 3 aces; Victoria Escuer 7 digs, 3 aces; Izabella Molina 5 kills, 2 blocks. Doral (9-4).
Swimming
The Carrollton girls’ swim team placed second at the Ransom Everglades Invite.
Carrollton’s Top Results: 200 Medley Relay: 2. Katia Alonso, Alex De Angulo, Izzy Wilson, Mila Fanjul. 200 Freestyle: 1. Izzy Wilson. 200 Individual Medley: 3. Katia Alonso. 100 Butterfly: 2. Alex De Angulo. 500 Freestyle: 1. Izzy Wilson, 3. Angie Membiela. 100 Backstroke: 3. Mila Fanjul. 100 Breaststroke: 1. Alex De Angulo, 3. Katia Alonso. 400 Freestyle Relay: 2. Izzy Wilson, Katia Alonso, Alex De Angulo, Sophia Garcia.
Bowling
BOYS: Columbus d TERRA 7-0: High Game Alejandro Johnson 216 (Col), High Series Alejandro Johnson 613 (Col); High Game Casey Puett 216 (T), High Series Casey Puett 582 (T). Columbus (3-0).
Wrestling
Somerset Academy in Pembroke Pines will be hosting the Somerset Fall Brawl#2 on Saturday, Sept. 25.
Register online. Then pay at the weigh-ins.
Elementary and Middle School weigh-ins 8-9 a.m. Wrestling starts 9:15-9:30 a.m.
JV and Varsity weigh-ins 9:45-11 a.m.
Wrestling starts 11:15-11:30 a.m.
For more info, go to: https://www.trackwrestling.com/registration/TW_Register.jsp?tournamentGroupId=196582132&fbclid=IwAR1hMYuMqOOjIkN0BhiLq0G1_AbjaeUXgVUrHoN26jZwyxbLwLZmMW7Nr64
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Results compiled by Jim Varsallone
jvarsallone@miamiherald.com
