Doral baseball wins tournament. American Heritage volleyball on a roll. Plus softball and more
The Doral Academy baseball team won the Jackie Robinson Tournament in Daytona Beach.
The nationally-ranked Firebirds went 4-0 to improve to 15-1. In the finals, Doral defeated South Dade 5-2. Winning pitcher Sebastian Berrios went the distance for the victory. It was the second time the Firebirds beat South Dade.
Doral also defeated Melbourne and Viera.
Jackie Robinson Tournament in Daytona Beach: Championship: Doral Academy 5, South Dade 2: Sebastian Berrios 1-2; Ignacio Salaverria 1-3; Leandro Hernandez 1-1, RBI; Gabriel Milano 1-3, RBI; Kobe Carrion 1-1, RBI; WP Sebastian Berrios 7 IP, CG, 0 ER, 1 H. Dor 15-1.
More baseball
Junior pitcher Russell Royce hurled a shutout as Miami Beach defeated North Miami Beach 3-0. Jacob Gaynor made a fine defensive play and drove in the winning run.
With the game scoreless, Gaynor caught a fly ball in centerfield and then threw a perfect strike to home to nab a runner trying to score from third.
Miami Beach 3, North Miami Beach 0: WP Russell Royce 7 IP, CG, 0 R, 4 H, 1 BB, 11 K; Jacob Gaynor 0-3, RBI, R, 2 SB; Brody Minick 1-3, R; Melvin Mitchell 1-2, 2B, R; Lenonx Munoz 2-2, BB, 2 SB. NMB: Franco Lamanna 2-3. MB 9-7, NMB 6-8.
Softball
Gulf Shores Tournament in Alabama: Westminster Christian 5, Good Hope-Alabama 5: Mya Rodgers 2 H, RBI, 2 R; Jas Armenteros 2 H, 2 RBI; Gigi Khoury H, BB, 2 R; Casey Lesman H; Dylan Lesman H, RBI; Kaley Dyer H, RBI. WC 6-3-1.
Gulf Shores Tournament in Alabama: Westminster Christian 12, Mary Carroll-Texas 1: WP Kaley Dyer 5 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 H, 0 BB, 5 K; Mya Rodgers 2 H, BB, 2 RBI, 2 R; Gigi Khoury 2 H, 3 R; Casey Lesman H, 3 RBI, R; Kelsie Kenney H, BB; Dylan Lesman H, R; Alexa Bender H; Jas Armenteros H; Kaley Dyer 2 BB, 2 RBI; Danica Tate BB, 2 R; Madison Rodgers BB, 2 R. WC 7-4-1.
Boys’ volleyball
American Heritage-Plantation d. David Posnack Hebrew School 25-12, 25-19, 28-26: Aiden Itzkowitz 19 digs, 22 receptions, 11 service pts; Ethan Brady 16 kills, 28 receptions, 12 digs; Gabe Moreau 27 assists, 10 kills; Ian Harvey & Rithvik Marri combined 9 blocks. AHP 5-2.
American Heritage-Plantation d. Somerset Academy-Pembroke Pines 26-24, 25-22, 25-16: Felipe Scrappe 15 service pts, 3 digs; Ethan Brady 16 kills, 31 receptions, 8 digs; Gabriel Moreau 23 assists, 9 kills, 3 solo blocks; Aiden Itzkowitz 13 receptions, 13 digs. AHP 4-2.
American Heritage-Plantation d. SLAM-Boca Raton 25-12, 25-10, 25-23: Gabriel Moreau 25 serving pts, 13 aces, 18 assists, 10 kills; Aiden Itzkowitz 14 receptions., 13 digs, 13 service pts, 3 aces, 5 assists; Ethan Brady 11 receptions, 9 kills, 8 digs; Ty Holifield 9 digs, 2 blocks, 2 assists; Ian Harvey 8 kills, 2 blocks. AHP 3-2.
Belen d. Coral Gables 25-17, 19-25, 26-24, 11-25, 15-12: Nicholas Hernandez career high 27 kills, .250 hitting percentage, 19 digs; Lorenzo Torres 24 digs; Billy Essig 10 digs, 3 blocks, 5 digs; Luke Diaz 50 assists, 8 digs, 2 aces. Bel 12-1.
Basketball honors
St. Thomas Aquinas’s Khadee Hession, the Class 6A Player of the Year, was third in the voting for 2024 Florida Dairy Farmers Ms. Basketball, following a final round of voting by a statewide panel of high school coaches and media representatives.
Miami Country Day’s Kayla Nelms, the Class 3A Player of the Year, finished fourth, and Schoolhouse Prep’s Adena Webster, the Class 2A Player of the Year, sixth.
Trinity Turner from Dr. Phillips-Orlando was voted Ms. Basketball. The senior guard, who signed to play at the University of Georgia, averaged 18.8 points, 8.1 rebounds, 5.6 assists, and 3.3 steals per game for the Class 7A state champs.
Miami Country Day’s Ochiel Swaby, the 2024 Florida Dairy Farmers Class 3A Girls’ Basketball Coach of the Year, finished fifth in the voting for state’s overall girls’ basketball coach of the year honors, following a final round of voting by a statewide panel of high school coaches and media representatives.
Class 6A Coach of the Yeay Oliver Berens of St. Thomas Aquinas was sixth and and Class 5A Coach of the Year Greg Farias of American Heritage-Plantation was seventh.
Anthony Jones of Dr. Phillips-Orlando won the state’s overall girls’ basketball coach of the year award. In 15 years at Dr. Phillips, Jones has a career record of 310-134 with six state championships (2011-13 and 2022-24).
Football
Champion Charity Inc. -- a recognized charitable organization dedicated to empowering youth through academic financial support, athletic advancement and personal development -- announces its inaugural HBCU Football Showcase.
The event occurs Saturday, April 6 from 7 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. inside Lauderhill Sports Park, 7500 West Oakland Park Boulevard in Lauderhill.
The HBCU Football Showcase aims to provide student-athletes with a platform to display their athletic talents before
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) coaches. Thanks to the generous support from All Health Matters
Foundation, this free event will showcase nearly 100 student athletes from the South Florida community.
Submit sports info
For high schools in Broward and Miami-Dade counties, if you have varsity results and top performers (with stats), 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
