Belen and Lourdes cross-country start well. Plus American Heritage and Ransom golf and more
Lourdes Academy’s girls and Mater Lakes’ boys cruised to championships of the Conquistador Cross-Country Invitational at Larry and Penny Thompson Park in Miami.
Palmer Trinity’s Henry Stark won the boys’ individual title in 16 minutes and 15.76 seconds. On the girls’ side, the Falcons also had a winner in Daniella Perez-Cartaya, who ran 20:56.
Boys’ scores - Team: 1. Mater Lakes 22; 2. Marathon 102; 3. Ransom Everglades 103; 4. Keys Gate 105. Individual: 1. Henry Stark (PT) 16:15.76; 2. Marc Gonzalez (ML) 16:37.96; 3. Vaclav Bursa (MAR) 17:44.73; 4. Joel Gutierrez 18:11.54; 5. Adrian Ruiz (ML) 18:19.75; 6. Sebastian Coraspe (ML) 18:24.29; 7. Deangelo Griffith (Var) 18:32.55; 8. Colbin Hill (KW) 18:45.70; 9. Guillermo Taylor (WC) 18:49.45; 10. Ethan Sullivan (RE) 18:56.44.
Girls’ scores - Team: 1. Lourdes 66; 2. Key West 79; 3. Marathon 94; 4. Mater Lakes 98. Individual: 1. Daniella Perez-Cartaya (PT) 20:56.00; 2. Kaycie Aquilino (StB) 21:04.43; 3. Gabriela Gonzalez-Orbegoso (DDor) 21:45.17; 4. Mia Mancilla (WC) 22:22.86; 5. Hayley Arroyave (Lour) 22:43.77; 6. Samantha Pinnavaia (Ferg) 22:47.72; 7. Gabriela Gutierrez (ML) 22:52.95; 8. Caylaa Makimaa (KW) 22:58.37; 9. Naima Thomas (KW) 23:05.62; 10. Abigail (Ter) 23:27.70.
More cross-country
The Belen Jesuit boys’ cross-country team recorded a perfect score (15 points) at its first meet of the season, The Kowboy Invitational at Osceola High School in Kissimmee.
The field consisted of 18 teams, including several teams from outside Florida.
Leading the way for Belen was senior Joshua Ruiz with a 5K time of 15 minutes and 16 seconds, finishing first overall, while setting a course and meet record.
Freshman Marcelo Mantecon and junior Joseph Socarras were second and third, respectively, in 15:30 and 15:40. The Wolverines recently ranked fourth in the country by Tullyrunners and third by Runners Central rankings. Up next for Belen is the Horse Park Invitational on Saturday in Ocala.
Golf
Jesse Hellring of Ransom Everglades won the Westminster Christian Boys’ Golf Invitational at Biltmore Golf Course in Coral Gables. He shot 1-over 72 to edge John Battaglino of Somerset Academy and Lorenzo Rodriguez of Belen Jesuit by one stroke.
Team: 1. Somerset Academy 310; 2. (Boca Raton) St. Andrew’s 311; 3. Ransom Everglades 316; 4. Florida Christian 323; 5. (West Palm Beach) King’s Academy 329; 6. Belen Jesuit 330; 7. Divine Savior 335; 8. Belen Jesuit (2) 348; 9. Christopher Columbus 348; 10. Gulliver Prep 353; 11. Westminster Christian 363; 12. Miami Country Day 376; 13. Westminster Christian (2) 379; 14. Westminster Academy 419.
Individuals: 1. Jesse Hellring (RE) 72; 2. John Battaglino (Som) and Lorenzo Rodriguez (Bel) 73; 4. Matthew Effron (StA) 74; 5. Chase Cury (StA) 76; 6. Stephan Goltz (GP) 77; 7. Lance Zhang (MCD) 78, Mason Keisch (FC) 78, Hugo Stenstrom (RE) 78 and Daniel Vanososte (DS) 78.
More golf
Thomas Kirby of the (Plantation) American Heritage boys’ golf team was runner-up at the American Heritage Invitational at Lago Mar in Fort Lauderdale.
Kirby scored 2-under par 70 from the black tees on 7,036-yard course, two shots behind champion Pavel Tsar of team champion (North Palm Beach) Benjamin. Sohan Patel of team runner-up American Heritage placed third at 71, followed by Hubert Ramirez (Columbus) and Cruz Allegianis (North Broward Prep) at 72.
Team: 1. (North Palm Beach) Benjamin 288; 2. (Plantation) American Heritage 298; 3. Columbus 307; 4. North Broward Prep 308; 5. (Delray Beach) American Heritage 311; 6. Cardinal Gibbons 350.
Individuals: 1. Pavel Tsar (Benj) 68; 2. Thomas Kirby (Pl-AH) 70; 3. Sohal Patel (Pl-AH) 71; 4. Hubert Ramirez (Col) and Cruz Allegianis (NBP) 72; 6. Jake Valentine (Benj) and Jack Nicolettta (Benj) 73; 8. Aiden Miller (Benj) 74; 9. Brooks Colton (Benj) 75; 10. Nicholas Shortal (Col) 76.
Bowling
Southwest boys’ bowling began the season in the win column.
BOYS: Southwest 7, Cutler Bay 0: Fabian Camacho (SW) high game 213; Alejandro Corona (SW) high game 212; Fabian Camacho (SW) high series 543; Francisco Nodarse (CB) high game 188, high series 519. SW (1-0).
Volleyball
In the fourth set, Miami Beach went ahead 14-8, but Reagan evened things at 18, before the Bison closed the match on a 7-3 run.
Reagan d. Miami Beach 25-16, 27-29, 25-23, 25-21: Samira Persad 17 kills, 14 digs, 4 aces; Jennifer Buaiz 16 assists, 7 aces, 15 digs; Gabriela Prieto 28 digs, 4 assists, 2 aces; Natalia Bolanos 9 kills Rea (3-0).
Carrollton d. Palmer Trinity 25-13, 27-25, 25-22: S.Ibarra 15 kills, 3 aces, 4 blocks; P.Fernandez 5 kills, 11 digs, 2 aces; A.Lopez 6 kills, 3 aces. Carr (5-0).
Ransom Everglades d. Miami Country Day 20-25, 25-18, 25-14, 25-11: Julia Lewkowitz 17 kills, 3 aces; Mia Jean Claude 11 kills 2 blocks; Stephanie Wallen 30 assists. RE (3-0).
Football
In football action, Gulliver Prep came from behind in the second half, and True North coasted to victory as each improved to 2-0.
Gulliver Prep 17, North Miami 6: Trailing 6-0 in the third quarter, Marquis Williams 55-yd TD pass from Luc Carroll (Cosme Salas kick); In the fourth quarter, Benji Berger 16-yd TD interception return (Cosme Salas kick); Cosme Salas 31-yd FG. J.Whitehouse 13 carries, 80 yds; A.Sanders 1 rec, 13 yds; D.Calero 8 tkls, 3 asts, 1 TFL; R.Boynton II 7 tkls, 2 asts, 1 TFL, INT; B.Rosenthal 7 tkls, 2 asts, 1 sack, 1 TFL; D.Howard 6 tkls, 2 asts; J.Terry 5 tkls, 2 asts, 1 sack, 1 TFL; B.Berger 4 tkls, 4 asts, 1 INT, TD; S.Lacrete 2 tkls, 1 asts, 1 fum rec. GP (2-0), NM (0-1).
True North 42, Coral Shores 7: Zac Katz (Fr) 12-of-15, 248 yards 5 TDs, 3 carries, 44 yds; Jonathan Bueno (Fr) 5 carries, 83 yds, 1TD, 1 rec, 30 yds; Jasen (J-Roc) Lopez 5 rec, 79 yards, 2 TDs; Josh Reyes (Sr) 3 rec, 68 yards, 2 TD; Cliff Brown (Sr) 2 rec, 51 yds, 1 TD; Micheal Solomon (Sr) 5 tkls, 2 TFL; Camaul King (So) 5 tkls, 1 INT, 55 yds. TN (2-0) vs. BridgePrep Academy on Friday. CS (0-2) vs. Palmer Trinity.
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Roundup compiled by Jim Varsallone
jvarsallone@miamiherald.com
