American Heritage golf and Coral Reef volleyball shine. Plus bowling, cross-country and more.
Sophomore Sohan Patel of Plantation American Heritage won in a playoff at the 40th annual Morrison High School Golf Tournament at Pompano Beach Country Club.
Patel and senior Bear Tomsula of Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons tied for the top spot at even par 72, forcing a playoff on the (par 3) 17th hole, which Patel won for medalist honors. Tomsula was the runner-up, followed by senior Victor Herrera of Miami Columbus and junior Yuanzhou Ye of American Heritage who were one stroke back.
The boys played the Pines Course from the Gold Tees at 7,119 yards.
American Heritage, led by local, state and national coach of the year Brandt Moser, won the team title with a 7-over par 295. Columbus was second at 304.
Team: Champion Plantation American Heritage 295; 2. Columbus 304; 3. Delray Beach American Heritage 305; 4. Davie St. Thomas Aquinas 316; 5. Parkland Stoneman Douglas 317; 6. Cardinal Gibbons 327; 7. Fort Lauderdale Westminster Academy 356.
Individuals: *Medalist Sohan Patel (P-AH) 72; 2. Bear Tomsula (CG) 72; 3. Victor Herrera (Col) and Yuanzhou Ye (AH-P) 73; 5. Brookman Tyrer (AH-P) and Ryan Fenton (AH-D) 74; 7. Carl Tegel (Col) and Alen Gurdogan (AH-D) 75; 9. Kristian Eakins (AH-P) and Joey Gilden (STA) 76.
* denotes won a playoff
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BOYS: Ransom Everglades 159, Gulliver Prep 176 at Granada Golf Course (par 36) in Coral Gables: Medalist Luca Tonarelli (RE) 38; Anson Dover (RE) and PJ Clingan (RE) 40; Reed Gershman (RE) 41; Miguel Marcano (GP) 42.
GIRLS: St. Thomas Aquinas 175; Cardinal Gibbons 178; Coral Glades Inc.; Pompano Beach Inc. at Pompano Beach GC, Palms Course, 9 holes: Medalists Alyssandra Estevez (STA) and Vivienne Van den Berg (STA) 40; Kate Mackie (CG) 42; Abigail Jones (STA) 43; Ashley Gordon (CG) 44; Fiona Manelas (CG) and Shannon Glynn (CGl) 45; Sofia Ehret (CG) 47; Ava Coffey (STA 52; Gale Guest (PB) 54.
Volleyball
The Miami Coral Reef girls’ volleyball team finished third in the Gold Bracket of the Lake Howell Varsity Invitational in Orlando.
This marked the highest finish by a Miami-Dade County team at the tournament. The Barracudas went 4-1 en route to the successful effort and upped their overall record to 10-1.
Coral Reef defeated Sanford Seminole, Miami Carrollton and Orlando Boone in pool play. The Barracudas lost to Orlando Bishop Moore in the semifinals (which was Coral Reef’s first loss of the season) but rebounded to beat Orlando Innovation in the third place match.
Bishop Moore won the tournament.
Top performers for Coral Reef included: junior Daniela Dobal (36 kills, 80 service receptions, 57 digs, 5 aces); junior Allison Pedroso (40 kills, 45 digs, 5 aces); senior Danielle Murray (13 blocks); junior Amanda Augusten (57 assists); senior Emily Gomes (74 service receptions, 71 digs).
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Miami Gulliver Prep reached the finals of the Palm League Conference Volleyball Tournament. The host Raiders went 2-1 to place second.
Palm League Conference Tournament at Miami Gulliver Prep: Gulliver Prep d. Coconut Creek North Broward Prep 25-18, 25-22: Kate Welty 7 kills, 3 aces; Brianna Napoles 5 kills, 11 assists; Julia Rose Rivera 5 kills, 2 blocks; Ana Garcia 9 assists, 2 aces. GP 8-5.
Palm League Conference Tournament at Miami Gulliver Prep: Gulliver Prep d. Boca Raton St. Andrew’s 25-15, 25-13: Kate Welty 8 kills, 2 aces; Julia Rose Rivera 6 kills; Brianna Napoles 16 assists, 3 aces; Mia Lavalle 15 digs, 6 aces; Kylie Landsom 4 aces. GP 9-5.
Palm League Conference Tournament Championship at Miami Gulliver Prep: Ransom Everglades d. Gulliver Prep 25-21, 19-25, 15-13: GP: Kate Welty 12 kills; Julia Rose Rivera 8 kills, 11 digs; Micaela Navarro 7 kills, 3 blocks, 2 aces; Brianna Napoles 18 assists, 16 digs; Mia Lavalle 15 digs, 6 assists. RE 7-5, GP 9-6.
Felix Varela d. South Dade 25-17, 25-18, 13-25, 25-20: Abigail Nunez 27 digs, 7 assists, 5 aces; Mariana Carruitero 8 kills, 10 aces, 12 digs; Joselyn Rodriguez 16 assists, 5 aces; Valentina Carruitero 7 kills, 6 digs. FV 7-3.
Gulliver Prep d. Downtown Doral 25-15, 25-18, 25-7: Julia Rose Rivera 11 kills, 10 digs, 2 blocks; Brianna Napoles 9 kills, 12 assists, 2 aces; Kate Welty 9 kills, 2 aces; Micaela Navarro 9 kills, 2 blocks; Ana Garcia 9 assists: Mia Lavalle 11 digs, 6 aces. GP 7-5.
True North d. Carrollton 25-15, 25-22, 18-25, 25-16: Dayleen Valdes 15 kills, 17 digs, 2 aces; Veronica Fumero 12 kills, 17 digs, 5 aces, 2 blocks; Giuliana Guerrero 7 kills, 6 digs, 3 aces. TN 11-6.
Cross-country
For the second consecutive season, the Miami Belen Jesuit boys’ cross-country team traveled to Alabama and won the Champions Division of the Southern Showcase Invitational at the John Hunt Cross-Country Park in Huntsville.
Even in victory, it was a tough day for the Wolverines as course footing conditions and a busy training block contributed to a less-than-ideal team performance. The course had some muddy areas because of remnants from Hurricane Francine.
Belen scored 67 points while averaging 15:40 which was more than enough to capture the top spot in a field of 33 teams. Huntsville was runner-up with 119.
Again leading the way for Belen was sophomore Marcelo Mantecon, who was third overall (of 258 runners) with a 3.1-mile 5k time of 15:00.20. Teammate Joseph Socarras placed 12th in 15:39.06, and Justin Ruiz was 14th in 15:42.64. Belen’s Diego Magarino took 22nd in 16:01.89, and Armando Cruz 27th in 16:10.
This was the first meet out of state this season for Belen, allowing the runners to compete against some of the other top ranked runners and teams in the Southeast.
Luke Alverson of James Clemens in Madison, Alabama won the race in 14:49.25, followed by Aiden Monistere of Parkview Baptist of Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 14:57.44 and then Mantecon.
Next for Belen is the Spanish River Invitational in Boca Raton.
Bowling
Columbus, Ferguson and Krop are still unbeaten in bowling.
GIRLS: Coral Park 7, Killian : CP: High Game Juliette Exter 123, Jade Quintana 116; High Series Ashley Cruz 320. K: High Game Melissa Vasquez 115; High Series Melissa Vasquez 325. CP 2-1.
GIRLS: Ferguson 7, Sunset 0: High Game Emma Jaramillo 176; High Series Emma Jaramillo 430. Ferg 7-0.
GIRLS: Krop 5, ATM 2: Joselyn Reyes-Clark (K) High Game 170, High Series 446. Maribel Morales (A) High Game 127, High Series 355. Krop 2-0.
BOYS: Columbus 7, Cutler Bay 0: High Game Alec Padilla (Col) 210; High Series Adrian Bengochea (Col) 576. Col 5-0.
BOYS: Coral Park 7, Killian 0: CP: High Game Tyler Salinetro 225, Christian Cancio 210; High Series Tyler Salinetro 654. K: High Game Sam Dominguez 117; High Series Chris Trujillo 296. CP 2-2.
BOYS: Ferguson 7, Sunset 0: High Game Rahsawn Viart 202; High Series Rahsawn Viart 573. Ferg 7-0.
BOYS: Krop 7, ATM 0: Kyle Sweeting (K) High Game 202, High Series 518; Duron Blash (K) High Game 184, Series 463. Connor Vega (A) High Game 190, High Series 462; Jacob Mehler (A) High Game 154, Series 388. Krop 3-0.
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Roundup compiled by Jim Varsallone
jvarsallone@miamiherald.com
This story was originally published September 20, 2024 at 1:33 AM.
