South beats North in Miami Dade boy’s volleyball all-star game. Plus baseball state nominees
In a five-set thriller, the South edged the North 25-27, 25-20, 25-21, 14-25, 15-13 at the annual Miami Dade Boys’ Volleyball All-Star Game at Miami High.
South: Braddock: Nicolas Mirabal 2 kills, 1 dig, 1 block. Belen: Gabriel Suarez 5 digs, 1 kill; Tommy Torres 6 assists. Columbus: Carlos Ferreiro 9 digs, 4 assists, 1 kill; Nicolas Lamadriz 7 kills, 1 block, 1 dig. Ferguson: Thomas Savelli 2 assists, 1 dig; Adrian Albert 3 kills; Manuel Izquierdo 4 kills, 1 block, 1 dig.
Killian: Franco Peralta 2 kills, 2 digs. La Salle: James Brill 2 digs. Palmetto: Dominic Deferrari 10 assists, 3 digs, 1 ace. Sunset: Myles Hunt 2 kills, 2 blocks. Southwest: Alessandro De-La-O 9 kills, 4 digs, 3 aces; Alec Rivera 1 block, 1 kill. St. Brendan: Gabriel Maristany. TERRA: Alex Erazo 5 kills, 2 digs. Varela: Charlie Orellana. Head Coach: Charles Norman (Ferguson).
NORTH: Alonzo Tracy Mourning: Eliu Perdomo. Booker T. Washington: Gabriel Plata. Hialeah-Miami Lakes: Yuny Caldas 3 kills, 1 block. Hialeah Gardens: Gabriel Perez 2 digs, 4 kills; Jordan Urbaaez 3 kills, 1 dig, 1 block. Mater Lakes Academy: Samir Zapata 1 kill, 1 dig.
Miami High: Bryan Meraz 3 kills, 1 block; Eduardo Hernandez 4 kills, 1 block; Hector Alarcon 5 digs, 2 aces; Gabriel Cabanzon 21 assists, 14 digs, 1 kill, 3 aces; Aurel Nymieck 10 kills, 2 digs, 4 blocks; Denzel Madrigal 14 kills, 7 digs. Ronald Reagan: Juan Goyco 9 assists, 2 digs. SLAM: Diego Cardona 18 digs, 1 ace; Anthony Fraser 3 digs, 2 kills, 1 block. Westland: Leancy Quinones 1 dig. Head Coach: Rafael Cabanzon (Miami High).
The event was organized by Daniel Benitez.
Baseball nominees
Nominees for state Mr. Baseball and Baseball Coach of the Year under the Florida Dairy Farmers banner were recently revealed.
Area athletes and coaches nominated include: 7A: Federico Zapata (Columbus) Sr, P, 9-2, 0.84 ERA, 67 IP, 61 K, 6 walks. Derek Bemudez (West Broward) Sr, OF/INF, .386 BA, 17 RS, 11 RBI, 5 2B, 2 HR; FSU commit. Roman Anthony (Stoneman Douglas) Sr, OF, .520 BA, 36 RS, 40 RBI, 14 2B, 10 HR, Ole Miss commit. Coach Noel Figueroa (Flanagan) 19-9, Region Quarterfinalist. Coach Joe Weber (Columbus) 22-7, Regional Semifinalist. Coach Todd Fitz-Gerald (Stoneman Douglas) 30-2, State Champion.
6A: Adrian Santana (Doral Academy) Jr, SS, .433 BA, 41 RS, 25 RBI, 7 2B, 7 3B, 4 HR; .968 FP. Derek Rahim (St. Thomas Aquinas) Sr, OF, .485 BA, 32 RS, 16 RBI, 6 2B. Michael Torres (Doral Academy) Fr, OF, .512 BA, 32 RS, 32 RBI, 11 2B, 4 HR. Coach Ralph Suarez (Doral Academy) 25-4-1, State Champion. Coach Humberto Bencomo (Mater Academy Charter) 18-11, Regional Semifinalist. Coach Joey Wardlow (St. Thomas Aquinas) 21-7, Regional Semifinalist.
5A: Marco Fuentes (Belen Jesuit) Sr, P, 9-1, 1.32 ERA, 104K; signed with Rice Univ. Erik Blair (American Heritage-Plantation) Sr, P/OF, 7-1, 2.29 ERA, 40 IP, 69 K,.447 BA, 22 RS, 38 RBI, 5 HR. Coach Jerry Albert (Belen Jesuit) 19-8, Region Quarterfinalist. Coach Mike Macey (American Heritage-Plantation) 26-2, Regional Finalist.
4A: Jordan Vargas (Miami Springs) Jr, P, 10-1, 1.52 ERA, 74 IP, 72 K. Bryce Montiel (Cardinal Gibbons) Sr, OF, .371 BA, 19 RS, 23 RBI, 6 2B, 2 3B. Damian Hernandez (Mater Lakes Academy) Sr, P/1B, .408 BA, 16 RS, 40 RBI, 8 2B, 4 HR. Jason Torres (Miami Springs) Sr, 3B, .467 BA, 37 RS, 29 RBI, 6 2B, 2 3B, 9 HR; Miami commit. Coach Ralph Henriquez (Key West) 22-7, Regional Semifinalist. Coach David Fanshawe (Miami Springs) 21-6, Regional Finalist. Coach Jason Hamilton (Cardinal Gibbons) 18-10, Regional Semifinalist.
3A: John Caballero (Monsignor Pace) Jr, P, 7-2, 2.15 ERA, 45 IP, 68 K. Sal Stewart (Westminster Christian) Sr, 3B, .506 BA, 46 RS, 23 RBI, 13 2B, 9 HR. Yoel Tejeda (North Broward Prep) Sr, P/1B, 8-0, 1.82 ERA, 61 IP, 90 K; 28 RS, 30 RBI; UF commit. Nick Rubino (Ransom Everglades) Jr, SS/P, .603 BA, 35 RS, 30 RBI, 10 2B, 2 3B, 12 HR. Coach Tom Duffin (Monsignor Pace) 21-6, Region Quarterfinalist. Coach Brian Campbell (North Broward Prep) 23-9, State Champ.
2A: Chris Diaz (Miami Christian) Jr, P, .420 BA, 20 RS, 16 RBI, 4 3B; 2-1, 2.47 ERA; 28 IP, 38K. Jurrangelo Cjintje (Champagnat) Sr, P, .354 BA, 12 RS, 18 RBI; 3-2, 28 IP, 62 K; Miss. St. comm. Eric Fernandez (Riviera Prep) JR SS/P .568 BA, 47 RS, 55 RBI, 13 2B, 8 HR. Coach Chris Cuadra (Miami Christian) 29-3, State Champion.
All County Spring Sports
The Miami Herald All County teams for Broward and Miami Dade spring sports will be revealed June 8 in the newspaper and online at https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/high-school.
Awards, honors, college signings
If you have local, state, national and/or team awards for your varsity student athletes, email hssports@miamiherald.com.
College signings, too.
New athletic directors, coaches
For high schools in Broward and Miami-Dade, if you have new sports administration and/or coaching hires to announce, email hssports@miamiherald.com.
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Roundup compiled by Jim Varsallone
jvarsallone@miamiherald.com
