Gulliver and Lourdes volleyball win districts; Plus Carrollton and Western swimming and more
The Miami Gulliver Prep and Miami Lourdes girls’ volleyball teams won district titles.
The Raiders went 3-0 for the District 16-3A championship, and Lourdes won twice, after a bye, for the District 16-5A championship.
Both compete in respective regionals, as do district runners-up Ransom Everglades and TERRA.
▪ District 16-3A Finals: Gulliver Prep d. Ransom Everglades 25-20, 21-25, 25-23, 25-21: GP: Julia Rose Rivera 21 kills, 20 digs, 2 aces, 26 serve rec; Kate Welty 21 kills, 16 digs, 7 serve rec; Brianna Napoles 45 assists, 2 blocks, 8 digs; Mia Lavalle 28 digs, 25 serve rec, 2 assists; Kylie Landsom 3 aces, 5 digs. RE: Mia Jean Claude 25 kills, 1 block, 6 digs, 14 serve rec; Julia Lewkowicz 16 kills, 2 blocks, 8 digs, 4 assists, 32 serve rec; Lola Picchetti 2 aces; Addison Pollock 33 digs, 5 assists, 31 serve rec; Lindsay Ng 18 assists, 6 digs; Nalah Picchetti 16 assists, 6 digs. GP 15-7, RE 16-9.
▪ District 16-3A Semifinal: Gulliver Prep d. Coral Shores 25-16, 25-10, 25-15: Kate Welty 13 kills; Julia Rose Rivera 7 kills, 11 digs; Gabriella De Haan 5 kills, 2 blocks; Brianna Napoles 4 kills, 5 assists, 11 digs, 3 aces; Mia Lavalle 11 digs; Kylie Landsom 4 aces. GP 14-7, CS 12-2.
▪ District 16-3A Quarterfinal: Gulliver Prep d. Keys Gate 25-9, 25-9, 25-11: Kate Welty 7 kills; Kylie Landsom 6 kills; Gabriella De Haan 4 kills, 3 blocks; Brianna Napoles 10 assists, 4 aces; Brooke Quevedo 5 assists, 3 aces; Mia Lavalle 6 aces; Camila Ardid 4 aces. GP 13-7, KG 5-11.
▪ District 16-5A Finals: Lourdes d. TERRA 25-9, 25-9, 25-12: Lour: Ella Garcia 6 kills, 2 blocks, 1 ace; Gianna Diaz 5 kills, 2 blocks, 1 ace; Sophia Gonzalez 4 kills, 2 blocks, 6 aces; Olivia Guzman 3 kills; Liliana Espino 3 kills, 2 blocks; Lexie Espin 3 kills, 2 blocks; Jenna Acosta 19 assists, 9 aces; Sofia Lagonowicz 11 assists, 4 aces; Paola Torres 9 serve rec. T: Angelina Barrios 3 kills, 3 blocks, 1 ace; Caitlyn Vivian 3 kills, 14 serve rec; Ariana Habinyak 2 blocks; Brianne Jimenez 11 assists; Emma Galvan 9 digs, 10 serve rec; Lola Tommasini 9 serve rec; Arianna Marazzan 4 digs, 11 serve rec. Lour 16-8, T 9-13.
▪ District 16-5A Semifinal: Lourdes d. Norland 25-11, 25-11, 25-9: Lour: Kaylie Cueto 8 kills, 3 aces, 5 digs, 4 serve rec; Liliana Espino 7 kills; Juliette Vazquez-Bello 6 kills, 4 aces, 9 digs, 9 serve rec; Nicole Plant 5 kills, 2 blocks; Jenna Acosta 17 assists, 2 aces, 2 digs. Nor: Jayden Courtney 3 kills, 2 blocks; Layla Butler 2 aces, 3 digs, 6 serve rec; Nevaeh Cheatham 2 kills, 3 blocks, 1 ace, 3 digs, 4 serve rec; Deandra Lawrence 2 kills, 3 blocks; London Butler 14 serve rec, 1 ace, 9 digs; Tacara Nixon 8 assists; Sammantha Rosado 6 digs, 7 serve rec. Lour 15-8, Nor 15-7.
Swimming
Isabelle Wilson, a senior on the Carrollton swim team, was outstanding at the Belen Invitational.
She won all her events -- individual and relay -- while setting two meet records. She set those records in the 200 free (1:58.94) and 500 free (5:08.79). She also swam backstroke on the winning 200 medley relay (1:59.94) and started the winning 400 freestyle relay (3:50.24).
Wilson, who committed to NCAA Division I University of Houston on an athletic scholarship, is undefeated in her individual events this season, and she has been a leader on the varsity team since sixth grade.
More swimming
The Davie Western girls’ and boys’ swim teams defeated Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna, Fort Lauderdale Dillard and Hollywood South Broward.
The Wildcats were led by Maryella Baker, Georgina Henriquez, Christian Rodriguez and the Peshkov brothers (Alexandr and Dmitriy). South Broward’s Tajhari Williams was a double winner.
▪ GIRLS: Western 98, South Broward 55; Western 109, Dillard 14; South Broward 92, Dillard 14; Western 111, Chaminade-Madonna 24; South Broward 90.50, Chaminade-Madonna 33.50; Chaminade-Madonna 52, Dillard 20: 200 medley relay: 1. Western (Forsyth, Angelica; Henriquez, Georgina; Miller, Rachel; Baker, Maryella) 2:07.15. 200 free: 1. Baker, Maryella (W) 2:14.18. 200 IM: 1. Henriquez, Georgina (W) 2:21.56. 50 free: 1. Abramczyk, Kailyn (W) 28.59. 100 butterfly: 1. Baker, Maryella (W) 1:05.64. 100 free: 1. Ostravskaya, Evangelina (SB) 1:02.89. 500 free: 1. Henriquez, Georgina (W) 5:48.91. 200 free relay: 1. Western (Palacios, Camila; Kasner, Lily; Blake, Madison; DiBenedetto, Madison) 2:20.65. 100 back: 1. Forsyth, Angelica (W) 1:10.69. 100 breast: 1. Abramczyk, Kailyn (W) 1:23.50. 400 free relay: 1. Western (Miller, Rachel; Henriquez, Georgina; Forsyth, Angelica; Baker, Maryella) 4:12.67.
▪ BOYS: Western 96, South Broward 62; Western 115, Dillard 7; South Broward 107, Dillard 7; Western 110, Chaminade-Madonna 44; South Broward 97, Chaminade-Madonna 51; Chaminade-Madonna 81, Dillard 9: 200 medley relay: 1. Western (Peshkov, Alexandr; Rodriguez, Christian; Ekanayake, Hashan; Sanchez, Cesar) 1:55.88. 200 free: 1. Peshkov, Dmitriy (W) 2:00.87. 200 IM: 1. Padon, Giancarlo (SB) 2:16.03. 50 free: 1. Williams, Tajhari (SB) 22.03. 100 butterfly: 1. Garcia, Leonardo (CM) 56.88. 100 free: 1. Sanchez, Cesar (W) and Vazquez, Luis (SB) 53.31. 500 free: 1. Ekanayake, Hashan (W) 5:05.55. 200 free relay: 1. Western (Coto, Matthew; Gay, Brayden; Hadan, David; Pino, Michelangelo) 1:56.15. 100 back: 1. Williams, Tajhari (SB) 58.12. 100 breast: 1. Rodriguez, Christian (W) 1:14.00. 400 free relay: 1. Western (Sanchez, Cesar; Ekanayake, Hashan; Peshkov, Alexandr; Peshkov, Dmitriy) 3:34.94.
Cross-country
The Belen Jesuit boys’ cross-country team had to adjust its season schedule due to the cancellation of the Prestate meet because of Hurricane Milton. To replace that canceled meet, the Wolverines returned to Jacksonville for a second time this season.
The additional week of training without a race seems to have helped Belen. The Wolverines dominated in an unprecedented manner on Saturday morning at the New World Fall Spectacular.
Belen was led once again by sophomore Marcelo Mantecon’s first-place finish in 14:49 on the 5K (3.1-mile) course.
Throughout the season, the Wolverines, behind Mantecon, have performed strongly enough to remain unbeaten.
However, this time there was a tight pack much closer to Mantecon. That extremely compressed spread of 34 seconds by the next scoring runners was topped by Belen senior Joseph Socarras in a personal best 15:12.
Not too far behind Socarras was senior teammate Justin Ruiz and sophomore teammate Armando Cruz in 15:20. Rounding out the team’s fifth spot was Marco Prieguez in 15:23. Those five runners scored just 28 points in a field of 39 teams. Their 5K team average of 15:12 was their lowest this season.
Belen will compete on Friday at the Junior Orange Bowl Invitational at Larry & Penny Thompson Park in Miami.
Golf
The Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons girls’ golf team placed fourth of nine teams at the BCAA Damian Huttenhoff Golf Tournament at Coral Springs Country Club.
▪ GIRLS: BCAA Championships at Coral Springs Country Club (18 holes): Top 4 Teams: 1. Champion Stoneman Douglas 329; 2. St. Thomas Aquinas 357; 3. Cypress Bay 365; 4. Cardinal Gibbons 276. CG: Kate Mackie 87; Sofia Ehret 91; Ashley Gordon and Fiona Manelas 99; Gwen Michel 119.
▪ BOYS: Ransom Everglades 162, Palmer Trinity 178 at Palmetto Golf Course (par 36) in Miami: Medalist Cole Durham (RE) 37; Matthew Pollak (RE) 40; Jack Zeder (PT) 41; Navraj Suri (RE) 42; Matteo Bloom (RE) 43.
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Roundup compiled by Jim Varsallone
jvarsallone@miamiherald.com
