South Broward volleyball wins districts. Plus more volleyball, top hoop honors & other results
The South Broward boys’ volleyball team won a District 22 championship with an exciting, five-set victory over Chaminade-Madonna.
The champs are Jadon Bredwood, Rafael Angarita, Dagoney Stoudt, Jonathan Hardaway, Colton Bueter, Kimani Fearon, Sebastian Ochoa, Christian Thorne, Luka Crawford, Ben Aguerre, Thomas Neuberger, Diego Reese Nunez, Kristopher Arroyo, Jesper Paldino, Demarian Lane, Cameron Thorne, and Malik Tall.
The head coach is Leo Jimenez, and the assistant coach is Marc Vargas.
In a District 22 semifinal, Chaminade-Madonna defeated Hollywood Hills 25-16, 25-14, 25-14.
District 22 Championship: South Broward d. Chaminade-Madonna 25-13, 25-21, 24-26, 23-25, 15-8: Colton Bueter 18 kills, 18 digs, 6 aces; Cameron Thorne 29 kills, 10 digs, 4 aces. SB (15-5), CM (13-3).
In District 21 semifinals, St. Thomas Aquinas (5-11) upset top seed Western (11-7) in five sets (25-16, 21-25, 25-23, 18-25, 15-12), and third seed American Heritage-Plantation defeated second seed South Plantation.
District 21 Semifinal: American Heritage-Plantation d. South Plantation 25-16, 25-21, 21-25, 25-16: Ilan Moore 9 kills; Matt Jeong 14 service points, 7 kills, 12 digs; Daylan Holness 22 assists, 7 kills, 16 digs; Andrew Dieppa 17 digs. AH (11-8), SP (9-6).
District 18 Semifinal: Coral Springs d. Coral Springs Charter 25-17, 21-25, 23-25, 25-21, 16-14: Daniel Benigno 6 kills; Mark Saintelus 5 blocks; Alvin Vo 9 digs; Mitch Jean-Mary 21 assists. CS (15-4).
District 18 Semifinal: Stoneman Douglas d. Deerfield Beach 25-13, 25-21, 25-22: The Eagles improved to 4-8.
District 19 Semifinal: Taravella d. Pine Crest 25-25-15, 25-21, 25-14: The Trojans improved to 8-3.
District 19 Semifinal: Coral Glades d. Pompano Beach: The Jaguars improved to 10-6.
District 20 Semifinal: Cardinal Gibbons d. Plantation 25-11, 25-1, 25-4: Thiago Zamprogno 13 kills; David Decker 6 aces; Gino Briglio 37 assists. CG (23-2).
District 20 Semifinal: Fort Lauderdale d. Northeast: The Flying L’s improved to 7-7.
District 23 Semifinal: Flanagan d. West Broward 25-12, 25-11, 25-8: The Falcons improved to 14-3.
District 23 Semifinal: Cypress Bay d. Archbishop McCarthy 25-21, 25-23, 25-21: The Lightning improved to 10-8.
District 24 Semifinal: Mater Lakes Academy d. Miramar 25-12, 25-11, 25-19: Jesus Montes 21 kills; Samir Zapata 9 digs; Yanlerth Chaviano 21 asissts; Janlerth Chaviano 19 serve receive. MLA (11-3).
District 24 Semifinal: Everglades d. Goleman 25-19, 21-25, 25-21, 12-25, 16-14: The Gators improved to 9-5.
District 25 Semifinal: Dr. Krop d. McArthur 25-16, 25-18, 25-16: The Lightning improved to 7-4.
District 25 Semifinal: Monsignor Pace d. Mourning 25-19, 18-25, 25-23, 23-25, 15-11: MOU: Massimo Coca 20 kills, 7 aces, 30 digs; Aidan Hayes 22 kills; Marco Gomez 45 assists. MP (9-3).
District 26 Semifinal: Hialeah Gardens d. Hialeah-Miami Lakes 25-19, 25-13, 25-18: HML: Yeison Gonzalez 7 kills, 3 blocks, 12 digs. HG (12-7).
District 26 Semifinal: Reagan d. Hialeah Educational Academy 25-13, 25-16, 18-25, 22-25, 15-9: Christopher Bolanos 12 kills, 15 digs; Franco Girgenti 8 kills, 2 blocks; Alex Beroes 20 kills, 9 digs, 22 serve received; Juan Goyco 44 assists, 4 aces. REA (12-4).
District 27 Semifinal: Hialeah d. iMater Charter 25-21, 25-12, 25-23: The Thoroughbreds improved to 7-6.
District 27 Semifinal: Westland Hialeah d. Miami Springs 25-21, 25-2, 25-23: The Wildcats improved to 7-5.
District 28 Semifinal: Miami High d. Booker T Washington 25-6, 25-13, 25-10: Aurel Nyemeck 10 kills; Denzel Madrigal 8 kills; Eduardo Hernandez 8 aces, 2 blocks; Bryan Meraz-Sanchez 8 aces; Hector Alarcon 15 digs; Christopher Zambrana 14 assists. MH (20-6).
District 28 Semifinal: SLAM d. Miami Beach 25-23, 25-18, 23-25, 25-16: Alvaro Restituyo 18 kills, 8 blocks; Diefo Cardona 28 digs; Sebastian Maldonado 24 assists. SLAM (17-4).
District 29 Semifinal: Belen Jesuit d. Varela 25-9, 25-20, 25-19: Robert Henao 10 kills, 20 assists, 5 digs; Gabriel Suarez 12 kills, 8 digs; Anthony Lamelas 7 kills, 2 blocks. BEL (20-6).
District 29 Semifinal: Ferguson d. Braddock 25-23, 25-17, 22-25, 25-17: BRD: Lucas Perez-Malo 16 kills, 9 digs; Gabriel Perez-Malo 15 kills, 7 digs. FERG (16-8).
District 30 Semifinal: Southwest d. Coral Park 25-9, 25-11, 25-7: The Eagles improved to 18-8.
District 30 Semifinal: Columbus d. St. Brendan 34-32, 25-19, 25-16: Ignacio Brito 16 kills, 9 aces, 9 digs, 20 serve receive; Carlos Ferreiro 11 digs, 18 serve receive; Brendan Herrholz 21 assists; COL (18-5).
District 31 Semifinal: Killian d. Archimedean 25-13, 25-14, 25-9: Franco Perlata 8 kills; Daniel Ibanez 6 kills, 5 aces; Koree Jacquet 6 kills; Enzi Fernandez 7 aces, 2 blocks; Carlos Gonzalez 11 digs; Angel Amengual 23 assists; Gabriel Funcia 10 serve receive. KLN (14-7).
District 31 Semifinal: TERRA d. Sunset 25-22, 25-18, 29-27: Jeremy Ferriera 8 kills, 3 blocks; Daniel Artiles 7 kills; Christopher Rivera 6 aces, 15 digs, 2 serve receive; Gabriel Gonzalez 13 digs, 27 assists. TERR (10-13).
District 32 Semifinal: Palmetto d. LaSalle 25-18, 25-17, 25-13: The Panthers improved to 8-9.
District 32 Semifinal: Ransom Everglades d. Coral Gables 25-10, 25-18, 25-22: De’vonte Payton 15 kills, 5 blocks, 15 serve receive; Adrian Stone Perez 7 kills, 3 blocks, 7 digs, 12 serve receive; Gabriel Menendez de Alencar 3 aces, 5 digs; Jackson Pegg 22 assists. RE (11-8).
Lacrosse
The Pine Crest girls’ lacrosse team edged North Palm Beach-Benjamin 13-11 in a 1A region semifinal.
The Panthers led 7-4 at halftime and weathered Benjamin’s comeback efforts in the second half.
Pine Crest (18-3) advances to the region final on Saturday, traveling to defending state champ American Heritage-Delray Beach (16-2).
GIRLS: 1A Region Semifinal: Pine Crest 13, North Palm Beach-Benjamin 11: Lily Spyredes 5 goals; Kyra Servoss 3 goals; Alexa Cepero 2 goals; Lilli Forman 1 goal, 5 assists; Ella Bishara 1 goal, 2 assists; Alexandra Gladding 1 goal, 1 assist; Briann Spatz 7 saves, 11 goals against; 0.61 save percentage.
In a girls’ region quarterfinal, Pine Crest beat American Heritage-Plantation 17-5.
In other girls’ region quarterfinals, American Heritage-Delray Beach beat Calvary Christian 23-7, and Stuart-South Fork defeated Key West 8-6.
BOYS: 1A Region Semifinal: West Palm Beach-Oxbridge Academy 13, Belen Jesuit 1: The Wolverines ended the season 12-5.
BOYS: 1A Region Semifinal: Boca Raton-St. Andrew’s 14, Pine Crest 6. St. Andrew’s is the defending state champion. The Panthers finished the season 15-5.
CLASS 2A
In a 2A region semifinal, the St. Thomas Aquinas girls’ lacrosse team shut out Western 23-0. The Wildcats closed the season 14-6.
The Raiders (13-3) won the state championship last season and were state runners-up in 2017. They host Boca Raton (19-2) for the region title.
In another girls’ 2A region semifinal, Boca Raton edged Stoneman Douglas 10-9. The Eagles finished the season 10-7.
In girls’ 2A region quarterfinals, Stoneman Douglas beat Palm Beach Central 18-13. Western defeated Cypress Bay 10-3, and St. Thomas Aquinas shut out Palmetto 22-0.
On the boys’ side in 2A region semifinals, St. Thomas Aquinas beat Western 16-5, and Jupiter beat Columbus 10-5. Western ended the season 12-9. Columbus finished the season 14-6.
The Raiders (14-3) host defending state champ Jupiter (13-8) for the region championship on Saturday. St. Thomas Aquinas won state in 2016 and 2017 and was runner-up in 2015 and 2019.
Softball
Braddock softball celebrated Senior Day, honoring its senior players before a 17-2 victory over Varela.
The seniors are Nat Suarez, Juliette Avila, Daniela Pavon and Maylin Bosch.
Against Varela, Pavon was the winning pitcher, striking out five. Avila and Suarez added hits. Braddock is 9-8-1.
More softball
Ransom Everglades 6, Miami Country Day 3: The Raiders finished the regular season 2-10-1.
St. Brendan 11, Ferguson 0: WP Kristen Stoia; Alex Perea 2-3; Madisyn Llerandi 1-3; Kristen Stoia 1-1. StB (15-8).
Baseball
Belen Jesuit 8, Palmetto 4: WP Frank Fernandez; P Matt Huembes 2 IP, 0 R, 3 K; Ernie Echevarria 2-4, 2B, 2 R; Jordan Cordero 2-3, 2 R, RBI; Pep Fernandez 2-3, 2 R, RBI; Raul Aspuru 2-3, 2R, RBI; Nick Alonso 1-3, 2 RBI; Matt Huembes 3-4, 2 RBI. BEL (17-7).
Doral Academy 8, Somerset-Pembroke Pines 0: Adrian Santana 2-3, HR, RBI; Pedro Acosta 2-3, 2 RBI; Michael Torres 1-3, 2 RBI; WP Jake Gorelick 4 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 6 K; P Kyler Gonzalez 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 6 K. DOR (19-4-1).
Palmetto 10, Riviera Prep 4: Blake Brookins 2-2, RBI, Run; Jaden Clarin 1-2, RBI, 2 runs; Hunter Rebhan 1-3, HR, 2 runs, 4 RBI. PLM (10-9).
Western 8, Archbishop McCarthy 5: Tied at 4, the Wildcats scored two in the two in the fourth and two in the seventh. WP Mason Blocker (4-0), 6 IP, 2 ER, 7 K; Kristian Noriega: 3-4, R, 3 RBI, SB; Daniel Ortega 2-2, 2 R, BB; Max Krasnow 1-2, 2 R, BB; Aiden Andreu 1-2, 2B, R, RBI, BB; Sean Kaelber 1-2, 2B, BB. WST (19-5), AM (13-11).
South Florida Baseball Conference Semifinal: Ransom Everglades 12, Palmer Trinity 7: WP Nicholas Rubino 6 IP, 0 ER, 1 H, 10 K.
Basketball Honors
Fort Lauderdale Stranahan’s Houston Culpepper earned first team Class 5A All-State Boys’ Basketball honors, released by the Florida Association of Basketball Coaches (FABC) and Source Hoops.
Culpepper averaged a double-double (10.9 points and 10.1 rebounds per game) while leading the Dragons to a state championship.
Miami Norland’s Marcus Allen earned second team honors, and Culpepper’s teammate Hykeem Williams secured a spot on third team.
In Class 4A, Calvary Christian had two of its top players make first team. LSU commit Marvel Allen (13.8 points per game) and UCF signee Taylor Hendricks (15 points, 8.1 rebounds, 2.9 blocks per game) each garnered the honors after leading the Eagles to a state championship.
Their teammate Gregg Glenn earned second team honors as did North Broward Prep’s Justin Abson. Mater Lakes sophomore Christian Reid made third team.
Spring All-County Nominations
Athletic directors were emailed All-County nomination forms to share with their coaches of spring sports in Broward and Miami Dade counties. Deadline and return email address are on the form. Questions, email hssports@miamiherald.com.
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Roundup compiled by Jim Varsallone
jvarsallone@miamiherald.com
