Columbus, Ransom Everglades, Westminster Christian win golf titles. Plus Belen cross-country and more
Miami Ransom Everglades swept the team titles at the District 15-1A Golf Tournament at Normandy Shores Golf Club in Miami Beach.
The district sweep is the first for the Raiders since 2018. It marks the fourth consecutive district title for the boys’ team -- six in the past eight seasons.
The Ransom Everglades boys shot 299, six shots better than runner-up Miami Florida Christian and eight shots ahead of Miami Country Day. William Grayson-Richards, an 8th grader at Miami Country Day, won the individual title with a 1-over par 72.
Jesse Hellring of Ransom Everglades and Matthew Hernandez of Florida Christian tied for second at 73.
The Ransom Everglades girls fired 314, led by individual champion Kate Khvorostiana at even-par 71. Stella Lind of Miami Divine Savior was runner-up at 73.
The Raiders advance to the Region 4 Tournament next week at Miami Shores Country Club.
BOYS: Team: 1. Champion Ransom Everglades 299; 2. Florida Christian 305; 3. Miami Country Day 307; 4. Immaculata-LaSalle 332; 5. Downtown Doral 344; 6. Divine Savior 377; 8. Don Soffer Aventure 382.
Individuals: 1. Champion William Grayson-Richards (MCD) 72; 2. Jesse Hellring (Ransom Everglades) and Matthew Hernandez (Florida Christian) 73; 4. Navraj Suri (Ransom Everglades), Cole Durham (Ransom Everglades), John McCue IV (Cushman) and Connor Heilemann (Immaculata-LaSalle) 75; 8. Kevin Corzo (Florida Christian) and Axel Monssoh (Ransom Everglades) 76; 10. Lance Zhang (Miami Country Day), Kalani Centeno (Florida Christian) and Matteo Bloom (Ransom Everglades) 77.
GIRLS: Team: 1. Champion Ransom Everglades 314; 2. Downtown Doral 347.
Individuals: 1. Champion Kate Khvorostiana (Ransom Everglades) 71; 2. Stella Lind (Divine Savior) 73; 3. Ella Wester (Ransom Everglades) and Lucia Romero (Downtown Doral) 79; 5. Esha Nagalla (Ransom Everglades) 81; 6. Abby Pollak (Ransom Everglades) and Lillian Zijin Liu (Ransom Everglades) 83; 8. Kaylie Gil (Florida Christian) 84; 9. Kianny Gil (Florida Christian) and Sophia Estrada (Immaculata-LaSalle) 87.
Miami Westminster Christian won the District 16-1A boys’ team title at Redland Golf & Country Club in Homestead.
Cole Laffere of Miami True North won the individual championship with 5-over par 77. Lorenzo Castro and Jake Suarez tied for second at 82 to lead the champion Warriors. William Foss, also of True North, qualified for regionals as an individual.
Carrollton won the team title in the girls’ division, and Palmer Trinity senior Remi Bacardi won the individual title.
BOYS: Team: 1. Champion Westminster Christian 337; 2. Palmer Trinity 349; 3. True North 356; 4. Marathon 374; 5. Coral Shores 384; 6. Riviera Prep 424.
Individuals: 1. Champion Cole Laffere (TN) 77; 2. Lorenzo Castro (WC) and Jake Suarez (WC) 82; 4. Matias Saavedra (PT) 85; 5. Cody Thermes (WC), Jack Zeder (PT) and William Foss (TN) 86; 8. Andy Whitby (WC) 87; 9. Bruno Buzolin (PT) and Brock Bynam (CS) 88; 11. Lucas Gandara (WC) 89.
GIRLS: Team: 1. Champion Carrollton 311; 2. Palmer Trinity 338; 3. Westminster Christian 350; 4. Marathon and AIE; 6. Riviera Prep; 7. Coral Shores
Individuals: 1. Champion Remi Bacardi (PT) 71; 2. Fernanda Carrion (Carr) 72; 3. Petra Compton (Carr) 73; 4. Miranda Borges (RP), Danica Ortega (RP) and Danielle Harnandez (PT) 74; 7. Maddy Emery (WC) 75; 8. Frances Amat (Carr) 81; 9. Booke Zeder (Carr) 85; 10. Jaden Bradford (WC) 86..
More district golf
The Miami Columbus boys’ golf team won the District 16-3A championship by shooting 299 at the Miami Springs Golf & Country Club.
The Explorers finished second, third, fourth, and fifth overall individually en route to their 26th district title.
Sophomore Hector Perez Sainz (73), senior Victor Herrera (74), senior Carl Tegel (75) and senior Nicholas Shortal (77) led the champs.
Columbus qualified for regionals next week at The Park West Palm Golf Course in West Palm Beach.
Trevor Tingle, a junor at Miami Palmetto, won the individual title, scoring 1-under par 71.
In the girls’ competition, Doral Academy, led by individual champ Maria Laura Quintero, won the team title. Quintero, a senior, shot 3-under par 69 as the Firebirds placed five golfers in the top six.
BOYS: Team: 1. Champion Columbus 299; 2. Doral 337; 3. Braddock 352; 4. Ferguson 357; 5. Palmetto 360; 6. Coral Gables 379; 7. Coral Reef 391; 8. Miami Beach and South Dade inc.
Individuals: 1. Champion Trevor Tingle (Palm) 71; 2. Hector Perez Sainz (Col) 73; 3. Victor Herrera (Col) 74; 4. Carl Tegel (Col) 75; 5. Nicholas Shortal (Col) 77; 6. Lorenzo Cantarel (CG) 80; 7. Guillermo Marin (Dor) 81; 8. Hubert Ramirez (Col) 83; 9. Brian Nunez (Brad) 84; 10. Federico Cabral (Dor), Andres Carvajal (Ferg) and Mattias Aguilar (Dor) 85; 13. Lucas Romeo (Dor) 86.
GIRLS: Team: 1. Champion Doral 297; 2. Coral Gables 407; 3. Miami Palmetto 431; 4. South Dade; 5. Miami Beach; 6. Coral Reef.
Individuals: 1. Champion Maria Laura Quintero (Dor) 69; 2. Tatyana Villegas (Dor) 73; 3. Diya Bhatt (Dor) 77; 4. Leah Aguayo (Dor) 78; 5. Tatiana Santacoloma (CG) 79; 6. Mia Caraballo (Dor) 81; 7. Lexi Weissman (MB) 82; 8. Isabella Valderrama (MB) 83; 9. Anisleidy Chavez (SD); 10. Isabela Delgado (CG) 95.
NOTE: More district golf results to run/post next week.
Cross-country
The Miami Belen Jesuit boys’ cross-country team celebrated another perfect season, winning its final regular season meet.
The Wolverines were first again with an outstanding 20 points at the Jr. Orange Bowl Invitational at Larry & Penny Thompson Park in Miami.
Belen displayed its depth on a deep team as the team’s top 6 runners did not race -- resting for the postseason -- and still dominated.
Senior Joey Diaz-Quintero placed second overall, covering the 3.1-mile course in 16 minutes 38.70 seconds. The rest of the Wolverines were within two seconds-plus of Diaz-Quintero. That group featured junior Matthias Murrle (3rd in 16:40.20), freshman Nicholas Veloso (4th in 16:40.21), senior Michael Brunet (5th in 16:40.50) and sophomore Davi Bodoh (6th in 16:40.90).
Miami Sunset senior Gabriel Carr won the race in 16:29.50, and Hollywood McArthur senior Dudley Moise was seventh of 138 runners in 17:09.50.
Miami Columbus took runner-up team honors with 74 points, and Miami Coral Gables was third of 17 teams with 80 points.
In the girls’ field, junior Avril Donner continues to impress with another victory for team champion Miami Coral Gables. Donner bested 81 other runners, placing first in 19:35.70. Junior teammate Yara Korse was third in 21:16.10. Sandwiching them was Miami TERRA senior Abbigail Lane, taking runner-up honors in 20:53.90.
In the team division, Miami Lourdes was a close second with 37 points, just five points behind Coral Gables.
The Cavaliers scored the 1st, 2nd, 4th (Sharon Contreras), 8th (Lauren Puig) and 17th (Lauren Hernandez) team points. Lourdes totaled from 5th (Carlota Tamayo), 6th (Jianna Bustamante), 7th (Chelsea Bobadilla), 9th (Patricia Trujillo) and 10th (Andrea Padron).
BOYS: Team: Top 10: 1. Champion Belen Jesuit 20 points; 2. Columbus 74; 3. Coral Gables 80; 4. Miami Sunset 113; 5. Ransom Everglades 173; 6. McArthur 192; 7. MAST 224; 8. Gulliver Prep 234; 9. Barbara Goleman 259; 10. Archimedean 287.
Individuals: Top 15: 1. Champion Gabriel Carr (Sun) 16:29.50; 2. Joey Diaz-Quintero (Bel) 16:38.70; 3. Matthias Murrle (Bel) 16:40.20; 4. Nicholas Veloso (Bel) 16:40.21; 5. Michael Brunet (Bel) 16:40.50; 6. Davi Bodoh (Bel) 16:40.90; 7. Dudley Moise (McA) 17:09.50; 8. Jack Michalak (Bel) 17:09.60; 9. Sebastian Fernandez (Bel) 17:09.80; 10. Luis Rodriguez (CG) 17:11.30; 11. Linus Boettcher (CG) 17:13; 12. Lucas Gonzalez (Col) 17:24.10; 13. Marcelo Granda-Scott (Bel) 17:31.30; 14. Reece Durand-Hernandez (CG) 17:34.60; 15. Luis Jimenez (Col) 17:36.10.
GIRLS: Team: Top 10: 1. Champion Coral Gables 32; 2. Lourdes 37; 3. Miami Southridge 115; 4. Westminster Christian 125; 5. MAST 126; 6. Homestead 132; 7. Miami Northwestern 186; 8. Reagan/Doral 204; 9. Ferguson 211; 10. Divine Savior 228.
Individuals: Top 15: 1. Champion Avril Donner (CG) 19:35.70; 2. Abbigail Laine (T) 20:53.90; 3. Yara Korse (CG) 21:16.10; 4. Mia Mancilla (WC) 21:30.50; 5. Sharon Contreras (CG) 21:35; 6. Carlota Tamayo (Lour) 21:42; 7. Leah Soria (Miami Sunset) 21:53.30; 8. Jianna Bustamante (Lour) 21:54; 9. Chelsea Bobadilla (Lour) 22:00.60; 10. Lauren Puig (CG) 22:03.30; 11. Patricia Trujillo (Lour) 22:15.20; 12. Andrea Padron (Lour) 22:25.90; 13. Kelsi Sell (Felix Varela) 22:29.10; 14. Emilia Volz (Lour) 22:37.90; 15. Alexis Bertot (T) 22:39.80.
District bowling
Listed below are the local state qualifiers in bowling, including district team champions and runners-up and individual state qualifiers.
BOYS
District 17: Team Champs Braddock (Jan Gonzalez 634, Nicolas Ross 578, Jaden Lopez 560, Justin Gonzalez 558, Kevin Echenique 385, Dariel Garcia), Runner-Up Columbus (Andrew Padilla 605, Sergio Alonso 595, Aidan Acevedo 581, Adrian Bengochea 469, Alec Padilla 425, Orlando Hoyos 137, Kenny Brown). Individual State Qualifiers: Evan Viener (Palmetto) 686 and Remy Dou (Ferguson) 653.
District 16: Team Champs Belen Jesuit (Enrique Groso 497, Michael Pena 425, Brian Iglesias 385, Ryan Solares 260, William Allen 254, Alexander Lowell 127, Connor Atwood 100). Runner-Up J.C. Bermudez (Mathias Mas 405, Parkes Huertas 380, Julian Kaufman 359, David Perera 374, Jayden Nevers 330, Luca Heny-Perez, Alonso Arce, Alexander Avila). Individual State Qualifiers: Gregory Restrepo (Reagan) 505 and Felipe Rivero (Reagan) 471.
District 15: Team Champs Western (Jorge Torres 643, Lucas Gonzalez 622, Christopher Romano 595, Jesse Smith 495, Jayden Rassi 405, David Gonzalez, Riordan O’Brien), Runner-Up McArthur (Ryder Willman 585, Adonis Reynolds 533, Anthony Maldonado 463, Gage Raichandani 541, Ishmeal Medireck 432, Fabian Ibanez, Brandon Williams, Landon Williams). Individual State Qualifiers: Earlington Adams (Dr. Krop) 661 and Owen Coleman (South Plantation) 646.
District 14: Team Champs Taravella (Zachery Kimbrell 784, Hunter Woodruff 574, Chyanne Vanwinkle 126, Mavin Nixon 544, Bryce Collins 656, Rey Marajah 349). Individual State Qualifier: Bryce Gregory (Stoneman Douglas) 635.
GIRLS
District 17: Team Champs Ferguson (Karla Portillo 444, Emma Jaramillo 420, Briana Canahuate 358, Nathalia Salvat 350, Lily Berardinelli 89, Isabella Jaramillo 206, Sophia Berardinelli), Runner-Up Southridge (Joysbeliz Reyes 639, Paulneijah Spell 305, Samantha Coira 282, Daniela Aquino 277, Karma Carr 255, Eundronaria Toomer). Individual State Qualifiers: Tatiana Chin (TERRA Institute) 467 and Daniela Ortiz (TERRA Institute) 460.
District 16: Team Champs Coral Park (Max Sardinas 142, Juliette Exter 197, Melanie Nieblas 312, Samantha Orellanos 300, Ashley Cruz 307, Miley Crespo 75, Jade Quintana 89), Runner-Up J.C. Bermudez (Sol Kusnier 213, Andrea Laplace 261, Antonella Berardinelli 237, Melanie Rodriguez 295, Valeria Loaiza 349). Individual State Qualifiers: Rashelle Weissvert (Mourning) 361 and Krystal Fernandez (Hialeah Educational) 327.
District 15: Team Champs South Plantation (Joss Collins 611, Sofia Montefusco 525, Braydan Smith 237, Reese Metevia 466, Cristina Dixon 415, Madison Quara 190, Lorelei Sverak), Runner-Up Archbishop McCarthy (Allysa Metellus 511, Miriam Perez de Corcho 463, Sophia Jimenez 388, Keagan Nicolas 187, Evelynn Clay 165, Victoria Skrobar 413, Zoey Ramirez). State Individual Qualifiers: Kellie Monahan (Western) 507 and Joselyn Reyes-Clark (Dr. Krop) 495.
District 14: Runner-Up Coral Springs Charter (Audrey Gold 430, Faith Tucker 407, Jazmyn Chung 370, Cameron Thiele 477, Chloe Etter 408, Abby Frampton, Emily Gold).
Football
Miami True North 35, Miami Westminster Christian 0: Zac Katz (soph) 17-of-22 passing, 265 yds, 2 TDs, 3 car, 10 yds, 2 TDs; George Harris Jr. (soph) 7 car, 35 yds, 3 rec, 31 yds, 1 TD, 66 all purpose yds, 3 tkls, 2 pass def; Jason Rolle (fr) 4 car, 76 yds, 1 TD, 1 rec, 34 yds, 110 all purpose yds, 1 tkl; Kareem Brown (jr) 6 rec, 100 yds, 1 kick ret, 20 yds, 120 all purpose yds; Dominic Turnbull (jr), 1 tkl, 1 rec, 25 yds, 5 pass def; Ricky Carter (fr), 1 caused fum, 3 tkls, 1 ast.; Miguel Martinez (jr) 3 tkls, 1 sack (-7 yds), 3 hur.; Camaul King (jr) 5 tkls. TN 5-2, WC 1-8.
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Roundup compiled by Jim Varsallone
jvarsallone@miamiherald.com
This story was originally published November 1, 2024 at 3:46 PM.
