American Heritage sweeps district golf titles. Culler-Guerra wins her sixth. Plus football, soccer, more golf
The Plantation American Heritage boys’ and girls’ golf teams swept district titles.
In the District 15-2A Tournament at The Quarry Golf Club in Naples, the American Heritage girls’ team shot 306 to win the championship. The Patriots were led by junior Lilly Reigger, who won the individual title with a 1-under par 71. Freshmen teammates Nicole Wu and Laura Monsalve scored rounds of 76.
The champs are Nicole Wu, Laura Monsalve, Lilly Reigger, Aryanah Ahmad and Sofia Wood.
The Archbishop McCarthy girls, led by seniors Audrey Bacic (76), Chloe Chistofidis (79) and Cindi Cooper (80), were the district runners-up.
American Heritage, Archbishop McCarthy and Cardinal Gibbons as well as individual Caitlyn Josey from Pompano Beach qualified for girls’ regionals at Eagle Trace Golf Club in Coral Springs.
Speaking of Eagle Tarce Golf Club, the American Heritage boys captured the District 15-2A championship there.
American Heritage won a close battle with Archbishop McCarthy. This marks the 21st district title for the Patriots’ boys’ golf program under the direction of Hall of Fame Coach Brandt Moser.
Sophomore Sohan Patel guided the winning Patriots by winning the individual title at 3-under par 69. Freshman Brookman Tyrer (77), senior Kristian Eakins (79) and junior Quintin Ye (79) also keyed the effort along with Nate Burkhalter.
Archbishop McCarthy’s Gavin Duffy and Jack Haeflinger each shot 1-over par 73 to lead the Mavericks, which also included solid scoring rounds from Patrick Pinkney (78) and Hans Obrich (83).
Qualifying for boys’ regionals, which are at The National in Ave Maria, included American Heritage and Archbishop McCarthy teams as well individuals Bear Tomsula and Hudson Hall from Cardinal Gibbons and Liam Johnston from Pompano Beach.
More district golf
Gia Culler-Guerra of Miami Springs won her sixth consecutive district title in girls’ golf.
Amazingly, this senior standout is undefeated since seventh grade, competing against high school varsity golfers. She placed second as a sixth grader. From sixth grade through her sophomore year, she played for Mater Lakes Academy, before transferring to Miami Springs
Culler-Guerra shot 3-under par 69 at the District 16-2A Tournament at Killian Greens Golf Club in Kendall. It wasn’t easy as she and SLAM sophomore Brianna Breto tied after 18 holes. Culler-Guerra needed a 4-hole playoff against Breto to become district champ again.
In the bonus golfing, Culler-Guerra and Breto played Hole No.18 (par 5) tying three times, each scoring par, birdie and birdie to force another extra hole. They then went to Hole No.17 (par 3), and Culler-Guerra bested Breto by parring to win it.
SLAM senior Dariana Breto, her older sister, was third at 71.
Culler-Guerra, who committed to play NCAA Division I golf for Florida Gulf Coast University on a full scholarship in Fort Myers, has amassed quite a medal count during her illustrious high school career. She won 10 major individual titles, including back-to-back region championships.
Culler-Guerra can add to that impressive list at regionals at the Eagle Trace Golf Club in Coral Springs.
The Miami Belen Jesuit boys’ golf team tied the school record for team score (290) while capturing its third district championship in the past six seasons under Head Coach Carlos Rodriguez (2019, 2020, 2024) at Killian Greens Golf Club.
Senior Lorenzo Rodriguez fired 9-under par 63 to capture his third individual district title (2021, 2023, 2024) in the past four seasons. Sophomore Ryan Nieto (73) finished as runner-up, and junior Danny Garcia (76), sophomore Matthew Gonzalez (78), and freshman Beckett Castro (79) also played well to help win the team championship. Those five golfers placed in the Top 10.
The Wolverines advance to regionals at The National in Ave Maria. They are vying for a school record sixth consecutive state appearance.
▪ GIRLS: District 16-2A: Team: 1. Champion SLAM 293; 2. Lourdes 312; 3. Gulliver Prep 365; 4. St. Brendan 379; 5. MAST 402; 6. Key West 413; 7. ATM 566; 8. Miami Springs; 9. Pembroke Pines Charter.
Individuals: 1. Champion *Gia Culler-Guerra (MSp) and Brianna Breto (SLAM) 69; 3. Dariana Breto (SLAM); 4. Megan Bermejo (Lourdes) 74; 5. Ashley Balcom (SLAM) and Oakley Sever (TERRA) 75; 7. Gabriella Barcia (Lourdes) 76; 8. Sophia Coronel (SLAM) 78; 9. Sophia Corps (Lourdes) 79; 10. Arya Luthra (Gulliver Prep) 80; 11. Carmela Pulido (Lour) 83.
▪ BOYS: District 16-2A: Team: 1. Champion Belen Jesuit 290; 2. MAST 313; 3. Gulliver Prep 315; 4. Key West 340; 5. St. Brendan 356; 6. ATM 371; 7. Pembroke Pines Charter, Mater Lakes Academy and TERRA.
Individuals: 1. Champion Lorenzo Rodriguez (Belen) 63; 2. Ryan Nieto (Belen) 73; 3. Matthew Antuna (ATM) 75; 4. Daniel Garcia (Belen) 76; 5. Cipriano Montoya (MAST), Alfonso Goyeneche (MAST), Eddie Castro (Gulliver Prep) and Conrad Weeman (Gulliver Prep) 77; 9. Matthew Gonzalez (Belen) 78; 10. Christian Rodriguez (MAST) and Beckett Castro (Belen) 79.
*-denotes won on fourth playoff hole
In District 14-1A at Eagle Trace Golf Club in Coral Springs, Fort Lauderdale Pine Crest’s boys won the team title, and Pine Crest’s girls were runners-up.
Senior Alexander Weinberg led the Panthers by placing runner-up for the boys’ individual district title in a playoff. He tied senior Ethan Hyman of Davie NSU University School and 8th grader Bento Assis of Boca Raton FAU HS at 73, which resulted in extra holes. Assis won with a birdie on the second playoff hole.
Pine Crest teammates Ryan Altschul and Jonathan Weinberg, two juniors, tied for fifth at 75.
In the girls’ competition, senior Ariana Silva of Weston Sagemont was the top Broward finisher at 71, good for runner-up honors overall and just one shot back of champion Alexandra Phung, an FAU HS freshman.
▪ GIRLS: District 14-1A: Team: 1. Champion FAU HS 289; 2. Pine Crest 307; 3. Westminster Academy 367; 4. Boca Raton St. Andrew’s 427; 5. Chaminade-Madonna 480; 6. Boca Raton Grandview Prep; 7. Sagemont; 8. Boca Raton SLAM; 9. NSU University.
Individuals: 1. Champion Alexandra Phung (FAU) 70; 2. Ariana Silva (Sage) 71; 3. Kayla Bryant (FAU) 72; 4. Angelina Guertin (FAU) 73; 5. Valentina Guertin (FAU) and Amelie Phung (FAU) 74; 7. Morgan Cole (PC) and Abby Lee (Sage) 75; 9. Madison Logan (PC) 76; 10. Yvette O’Brien (GP) 77; 11. Vanessa Georgescu (PC) and Stephanie Weinberg (PC) 78; 13. Lily Wang (StA) 79; 14. Ada Kim (PC) 82; 15. Sara Davey (WA) 85; 16. Isabella Volkert (WA) 86; 17. Giuliana Walker (CM) 89; 18. Olivia Faber (WA) and Maria Weimerslage (WA) 98.
▪ BOYS: District 14-1A: Team: 1. Champion Pine Crest 302; 2. FAU HS 321; 3. St. Andrew’s 322; 4. NSU University 335; 5. Boca Raton St. John Paul II; 6. Chaminade-Madonna; 7. Boca Raton Donna Klein Jewish Academy; 8. Westminster Academy.
Individuals: 1. Champion *Bento Assis (FAU), Alexander Weinberg (PC) and Ethan Hyman (Univ) 73; 4. Liam Ly (StA) 74; 5. Ryan Altschul (PC), Jonathan Weinberg (PC) and Chase Curry (StA) 75; 8. Jaden King (SJP) 77; 9. Cristian Scardeanu (FAU) 78; 10. Finn Foster (PC) 79; 11. Matthew McIntosh (CM) and Grant Garrison (SJP) 81; 13. Tevvy Rabinowitz (Univ) and Haoting Zhou (PC) 83; 15. Jack Helmke (StA) 84; 16. Julien Paruas (CM) 85.
*-denotes won in playoff
The Parkland Stoneman Douglas girls’ golf team won the District 14-3A title at The Country Cub of Coral Springs.
Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas was runner-up. The Eagles and Raiders advanced to regionals.
Football
▪ St. Brendan 24, Gulliver Prep 21: 1st Q: Nathan Avael 80-Yd TD Run (Adam Pineiro Kick) StB 7-0; 2nd Q: Nick Castro 72-Yd TD Pass From Nicholas Gobel (Adam Pineiro Kick) StB 14-7; Nicholas Gobel 2-Yd TD Run (Adam Pineiro Kick) StB 21-7; 4th Q: Adam Pineiro 31-Yd Win FG StB 24-21.
Game stats: N.Gobel 7-of-9 passing, 133 yds, 1 TD, 3 car, 1 yd, 1 TD; N.Avael 19 car, 163 yds, 1 TD, 1 KO ret, 18 yds; N.Castro 7 rec, 123 yds, 1 TD; H.Boyd 3 rec, 15 yds; C.Becker 6 tkls, 1 ast, 4 sacks, 4 TFL; B.Perez 3 tkls, 9 asts, 1 sack, 2 TFL; M.Aguliar 3 tkls, 6 asts; M.Naranjo 2 tkls, 2 asts; J.Valero 1 INT; A.Pineiro 4 punts, 35.0 avg. StB 4-6, GP 4-6.
Soccer
▪ GIRLS: MAST 8, North Miami 0: Camilla Flack 3 goals; Florencia Alvarez 3 goals; Mencia Delafuente 1 goal. MAST 1-0.
▪ BOYS: Coral Gables 4, Miami High 3: Anthony Marrero 2 goals, 1 assist; Sky Carrizo 1 goal; Lekyam Rodriguez 1 goal, 1 assist; Nelson Villamar 1assist; Victor Fialho Ribeiro 1 assist. CG 1-0.
▪ BOYS: NSU University School 2, Cardinal Gibbons 0: Julius Bullock 1 goal; Philippe Kompatzki 1 goal; Matias Winterman 1 assist; Raul Leyva 1 assist; Gkp Matthew Jean Baptiste 1st shutout. Univ 1-0, CG 0-1.
This story was originally published November 4, 2024 at 11:02 PM.
