Unbeaten Belen excels at Gulliver Water Polo Invitational. Plus Pompano baseball and more
The unbeaten Belen Jesuit boys’ water polo team had an impressive showing at the Gulliver Prep Invitational.
The Wolverines (14-0) defeated Krop, St. Thomas Aquinas, Gulliver Prep, and Ransom Everglades at the invitational.
Belen 5, Krop 0; Belen 23, St. Thomas Aquinas 5; Belen 13, Gulliver Prep 5; Belen 6, Ransom Everglades 3: Zachary Callejas 6 goals; Dylan Veccio 9 goals; Carlos Veccio 7 goals; Antonio Franco 4 goals; Daniel D lamar 4 goals; Raúl Rodríguez 3 goals; David Gonzalez 2 goals; Jean Paul Chiapione 2 goals; Alejandro Sánchez 2 goals; Jack Costello 2 goals; Bryan Wezglarz 34 blocks. BEL (14-0).
MORE GULLIVER INVITATIONAL
The Gulliver Prep girls’ water polo team was 3-1 in the Gulliver Invitational. The Raiders beat Krop, Miami Beach and Cutler Bay and their only loss was to (Massachusetts) Williston.
The Gulliver Prep boys’ team went 5-2. The Raiders beat Ransom Everglades, Miami Country Day, Krop, MAST and Miami Beach. They lost to Belen Jesuit and St. Thomas Aquinas.
The Gulliver Prep girls are 10-6. The boys are 13-6.
There was no tournament champion, just match play. The event attracted nine boys’ teams and eight girls’ teams.
BOYS: Gulliver Prep 16, MAST 10: Daniel Preston 7 goals, 1 steal; Parker Rosenthal 3 goals, 3 steals; Harry Sharma 2 goals, 2 timely field blocks; Goalie Lorenzo Jaime 6 saves. GP (12-4).
BOYS: Gulliver Prep 10, Miami Beach 7: Daniel Preston 3 goals, 2 steals, 1 assist; Parker Rosenthal 3 goals, 2 steals; Gabe Lewis-Keister 1 goal, 3 steals, 2 assists. GP (13-6).
Baseball
Pitchers Ryan Ward and Daviano Riba combined on a shutout as Pompano Beach defeated TERRA 9-0.
Ward allowed two hits and two walks while striking out seven in five innings. Riba gave up one walk, no hits and struck out two in two innings to end the game.
In the first inning, the Golden Tornadoes offense received a jump-start when Charlie Tecza singled on a 1-1 count, scoring one run. Pompano Beach (6-2) notched three more runs in the fourth inning.
Carlos Arcaya (3-4, 2 2B, R, 2 RBI), Evan Russo (1-3, 2B, BB, R, 2 RBI) and Gio Caffro (1-2, RBI, 2 runs, RBI) helped lead the charge offensively.
Douglas 10, Farragut-Knoxville, Tennessee 0: Leading 3-0, the Eagles broke it open with seven runs in the sixth.
WP Jake Clemente 3 IP, 0 R, 2H, 2BB, 5 K; Brandon White 2 IP, 0 R, 0H, 0 BB, 4 K; Cameron Harris 2-3, BB, 3 RBI, R; Dillon Moquin 1-2, BB, 3 R, RBI. DOUG (8-1).
Hialeah 6, Ferguson 4: Tied at 3, the Thoroughbreds scored one in the fifth and two in the sixth.
WP Jonathan Castano 4 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 2 BB, 3 K; Edgar Lauzan 3-4, 2 R, RBI; Christopher Martinez 2-4, 2B, R, RBI; Matthew Perez 1-3, BB, R, RBI. HIA (6-4).
Pace 5, St. John Paul II-Boca Raton 1: WP Sebastian Valdez 4 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 3 BB, 8 K; Alan Lamazares 3 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 0 BB, 4 K; Jacob Poletto 2-3, 2B, 2 R; Rickey Rivas 2-2, R, RBI; Adrian Dominguez 1-3, 2 R, RBI. PACE (7-1-1).
Western 8, South Miami 4: The Wildcats won their sixth consecutive. Trailing 8-0, South Miami scored three times in the sixth, but it was too little too late.
WP Matthew Pita (1-0) 5 IP, 0 R, 5 K, 3 H; Luis Lorenzo 2-3, 2 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB; Sean Kaelber 2-3, 1 R, 1 BB. WST (8-2).
Softball
Pembroke Pines Charter handed Key West its first loss of the season, outscoring the Conchs 10-8.
Tied at 8, the Jaguars scored twice in the top of the seventh. Trailing 8-4, Key West rallied with four in the bottom of the sixth to even things at 8.
PPC: Megan Rasmussen 2-4, HR, 3 R, RBI; Madison Garcia 2-4, HR, 3 RBI, R; Mia Hernandez 2-4, 3B, R, RBI; Alanah Velazquez 2-3, BB, R. PPC (3-5), KW (8-1).
Coral Springs Charter 12, American Heritage-Plantation 2: Kaitlyn Maston 4-4, HR, 2B, 3 R, 3 RBI; Brianna Godfrey 4-5, HR, 2B, 3 RBI, R; Heather Robertson 1-2, BB, 2 R, RBI; WP Godfrey 6 IP, 2 ER, 2 BB, 10 K. CSC (7-2).
Doral Academy 9, Westminster Christian 0: The Firebirds scored one in the first, one in the fourth, three in the fifth and four in the sixth.
WP Alyssa Zabala 6 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 0 BB, 12 K; Anabela Abdullah 2-3, HR, 3B, R, 4 RBI; Sarah Breaux 1-3, HR; Gabby D’Arcangelo 1-1, BB, 2 R, 2 RBI. WC: Brooke Rebhan 2-3. DOR (6-1), WC (3-3).
Somerset Silver Palms-Homestead 2, St. Brendan 1: The Stallions scored once in the first and again in the second, and that’s all they needed. St. Brendan scored its lone run in the fourth.
SOM: WP Edan Playa 7 IP, 4 H, 0 BB, 1 R, 6 K. StB: Sophia Moran 5 IP, 2 R, 0 ER, 2 H, 1 BB, 3 K; Emily Barrera 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 BB, 4 K. SOM: Leilani Gonzalez 1-2, R; Taylor Rebhan 1-3, 2B, R. StB: Madison Llerandi 2-3; Ashley Saud 1-3, R. SOM (4-2), StB (6-4).
Golf
Luke Clanton of American Heritage-Plantation tied for ninth at the 2022 Junior Golf Invitational at Sage Valley Golf Club in Graniteville, South Carolina.
The annual tournament is one of the most prestigious junior events on the annual calendar and features top young golfers from around the world.
Clanton, who lives in Miami Lakes, scored 3-under par 213 (71-70-72) in the three-round competition. Clanton, a senior, is a four-time Miami Herald All Broward Boys’ Golfer of the Year.
Miami’s Nicholas Prieto of Florida Christian tied for 18th at 2-over 218 (73-70-75). Prieto, a junior, was the Miami Herald All-Dade Boys’ Golfer of the Year.
Boys’ volleyball
JUNGLE QUEEN INVITATIONAL
at Cardinal Gibbons in Fort Lauderdale:
Miami High d. Orlando-Bishop Moore 25-18, 25-20: OH Denzel Madrigal 9 kills, 5 digs, 10 receptions; OH Bryan Meza-Sanchez 9 kills, 1 ace, 2 digs, 10 receptions; L Hector Alarcon 1 ace, 12 digs, 2 assists, 8 receptions; S Thomas Santos 1 kill, 3 aces, 2 digs, 20 assists.
Miami High d. Cypress Bay 25-22, 25-14: OH Denzel Madrigal 4 kills, 2 aces, 6 digs, 8 receptions; OH Bryan Meza-Sanchez 10 kills, 4 digs, 9 receptions; L Hector Alarcon 9 digs, 1 assist, 8 receptions; S Thomas Santos 1 kill, 1 ace, 1 block, 7 digs, 16 assists.
Scholar Athlete Forms
Nomination forms for Miami Herald Scholar Athletes were sent via email to athletic directors. It includes photo requests of nominees. One boy and one girl per school. Questions, email hssports@miamiherald.com.
Winter All County
April 6 is when the Miami Herald will reveal All County winter sports selections (as well players of the year and coaches of the year) for Broward and Miami Dade counties. They will be listed/photographed in the newspaper and online: https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/high-school/all-county-sports/.
Submit 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
