Columbus, Pine Crest golf win region titles. Hole-in-one for Tingle. Plus soccer, swimming, more golf
The Miami Columbus boys’ golf team captured its 12th regional title by winning the Region 4-3A Championship at The Park West Palm in West Palm Beach.
The Explorers edged runner-up Lake Worth Park Vista by four strokes. The champs were led by senior Victor Herrera, who placed fourth overall, and sophomore twins Eduardo Perez Sainz and Hector Perez Sainz. Also, senior Nicholas Shortal and senior Carl Tegel.
Miami Palmetto junior Trevor Tingle won the individual title with 4-under par 67, which included scoring a hole-in-one on Hole No.7. He used an 8-iron on that hole, a 190-yard par 3.
Columbus and Tingle advance to state.
BOYS: Region 4-3A: Team: 1. Champion Columbus 297; 2. Lake Worth Park Vista 301; 3. Stoneman Douglas 305; 4. Deerfield Beach 308; 5. Cypress Bay 310; 6. Boca Raton 317; 7. Miami Palmetto 319; 8. Doral Academy 321.
Individuals: 1. Champion Trevor Tingle (Plm) 67; 2. Oscar Crowe (BR) 69; 3. David Peschansky (PV) 71; 4. Victor Herrera (Col) 72; 5. Geoffrey Laklak (Plm), Carson Meredith (SD) and Boden Osler (Wel) 73; 8. Eduardo Perez Sainz (Col), Carter Brooks (Coral Glades), John Buono (Western), Josh Lieberman (SD) and Ignacio Hurtado (CB) 74; 13. Hector Perez Sainz (Col), Jack Nelson (DB), Christopher Zambito (West Lake Seminole Ridge) and Nathan Madden (PV) 75; 17. Nicholas Shortal (Col), Max Rosen (SD), Lorenzo Cantarel (Coral Glades) and Joseph Hendren (DB) 76; 21. Aarron Ghosh (CB), Austin Earle (STA), Ethan Lee (Palm Beach Central), Thomas Nevico (PV) and Logan Wilson (Western) 77.
More region golf
The Fort Lauderdale Pine Crest boys’ golf team qualified for state by winning the Region 4-1A Championship at Miami Shores Country Club.
Senior Alexander Weinberg led the champion Panthers by winning individual medalist honors with 6-under par 65. That helped Pine Crest score 277 as a team to edge North Palm Beach Benjamin by four strokes and West Palm Beach Oxbridge Academy by eight strokes.
Miami Ransom Everglades (Jesse Hellring, Navraj Suri, Axel Monssoh, Cole Durham, Matteo Bloom) received an at-large bid to state, after placing fourth in the Region 4-1A team standings. That makes seven state appearances for the Raiders in the past eight seasons.
Miami Country Day 8th grader William Grayson-Richards tied for 22nd while earning an at-large bid to state, along with Florida Christian.
Remi Bacardi, a senior for Miami Palmer Trinity, and Kayla Bryant, a junior for girls’ region champ Boca Raton FAU HS, tied for first at 1-under par 70. A playoff deteremined the individual region champ with Bacardi winning those honors. She is also a district champ.
Pine Crest girls, led by Madison Logan, took runner-up honors in the girls’ team standings.
The Panthers, Carrollton (fourth at region), Bacardi, Sagemont junior Abby Lee (ninth at region), Palmer Trinity freshman Danielle Hernandez, Divine Savior 8th grader Stella Lind and Riviera Prep sophomore Danica Ortega will be at state, too.
BOYS: Region 4-1A: Team: 1. Champion Pine Crest 277; 2. North Palm Beach Benjamin 281; 3. West Palm Beach Oxbridge Academy 285; 4. Miami Ransom Everglades 302; 5. Boca Raton St. Andrew’s 304; 6. Boca Raton FAU 307; 7. Miami Country Day and West Palm Beach King’s Academy 309; 9. Miami Florida Christian 311; 10. West Palm Beach Cardinal Newman 319; 11. Palmer Trinity 323; 12. Westminster Christian 336.
Individuals: 1. Champion Alexander Weinberg (PC) 65; 2. Pavel Tsar (Benj) 67; 3. Ajax Lanasa (Oxb) 69; 4. Haoting Zhou (PC) and Andrew Tsar (Benj) 70; 6. Jonathan Weinberg (PC), Finn Foster (PC), Charlie Woods (Benj), Brooks Hansen (Pine School) and Joey Iaciofano (Oxb) 71. Also: 14. Axel Monssoh (RE) 73; 19. Matteo Bloom (RE) 74; 22. William Grayson-Richards (MCD), Lance Zhang (MCD) and Kalani Centero (FC) 75.
GIRLS: Region 4-1A: Team: 1. Champion Boca Raton FAU HS 295; 2. Pine Crest 304; 3. North Palm Beach Benjamin 305; 4. Carrollton 318; 5. Ransom Everglades 325; 6. West Palm Beach Oxbridge Academy 332; 7. Palmer Trinity 336; 8. West Palm Beach King’s Academy 344; 9. Westminster Christian 350; 10. Westminster Academy 364; 11. Downtown Doral 366; 12. West Palm Beach Cardinal Newman 370.
Individuals: 1. Champion *Remi Bacardi (PT) and Kayla Bryant (FAU) 70; 3. Maddie Hyndman (Oxbr) 71; 4. Kaitlyn Hummers (Benj) and Staci Pla (WPB Berean Christian) 72; 6. Madison Logan (PC), Reese McMillan (Benj) and Yvette O’Brien (Boca Raton Grandview Prep) 74; 9. Fernanda Carrion (Carr), Abby Lee (Sagemont), Alexandra Phung (FAU), Valentina Guertin (FAU) and Amelie Phung (FAU) 75.
*-denotes won in a playoff
Miami Belen Jesuit boys’ golf team made school history at the Region 4-2A Championships at the National Golf and Country Club in Ave Maria.
Belen qualified for state with an at-large bid after placing third with its best performance ever. The Wolverines top five players shot 3-over par 75 or better. They are freshman Beckett Castro (personal best even par 72), junior Daniel Garcia (+1, 73), senior Lorenzo Rodriguez (+2, 74), sophomore Matthew Gonzalez (personal best +2, 74) and sophomore Ryan Nieto (+3, 75).
The top two teams in each region advance to state with another eight at-large teams from four regions also qualifying.
Sophomore Sohan Patel won the individual title for region runner-up Plantation American Heritage. He shot 9-under par 63, one shot better than freshman Isaac Leonardo and sophomore Sarp Gurdogan of region champ Delray Beach American Heritage.
Coconut Creek North Broward Prep junior Max Gressle fired 1-under par 71, tying for fourth and qualifying for state. Castro tied for sixth overall with Southwest Ranches Archbishop McCarthy senior Gavin Duffy and Miami MAST sophomore Borja Friend. Garcia tied for 11th with Plantation American Heritage freshman Brookman Tyrer at 73.
In a close team battle, Delray Beach American Heritage edged Plantation American Heritage by four strokes. Belen was nine shots back from first.
BOYS: Region 4-2A: Team: 1. Champion Delray Beach American Heritage 284; 2. Plantation American Heritage 288; 3. Belen Jesuit 293; 4. Lake Worth Dr. Joaquin Garcia 296; 5. Stuart South Fork 301; 6. Southwest Ranches Archbishop McCarthy 303; 7. Naples Barron Collier 305; 8. MAST 306; 9. Estero 307.
Making its sixth consecutive trip to state, Belen travels to Mission Resort + Club in Howey-in-the-Hills.
Miami Springs senior Gia Culler-Guerra will be there again, too.
After winning her sixth consecutive girls’ district title, Culler-Guerra captured her third consecutive girls’ region championship, winning Region 4-2A with even par 72 in 20 mph wind and rain at Eagle Trace Golf Club in Coral Springs.
Junior Lilly Riegger of runner-up Plantation American Heritage took runner-up honors individually at 4-over par 76.
Led by freshman Ashley Balcom, senior Dariana Breto and sophomore Sophia Coronel, SLAM won the team title at 324, edging American Heritage by three strokes.
The top two individuals from each region who are not on a state qualifying team automatically advance to state. Then from the four regions, eight at-large selections will compete at state as well.
Gulliver Prep seventh grader Arya Luthra made school history by becoming the first Raiders girls’ golfer to qualify for state.
At that Region 4-2A Championship, Luthra tied for 14th of 71 competitors. She earned a trip to state as one of the state’s eight at-large selections in 2A girls.
GIRLS: Region 4-2A: Team: 1. Champion SLAM 324; 2. Plantation American Heritage 327; 3. Archbishop McCarthy 345; 4. Naples Barron Collier 360; 5. Lourdes 368; 6. North Broward Prep 383; 7. Delray Beach American Heritage 388; 8. Naples Aubrey Rogers 392; 9. Stuart South Fork 398; 10. Cardinal Gibbons 408; 11. Fort Myers 411; 12. Estero 465.
Miami-Dade golf advancing to state:
BOYS: Team: 1A Florida Christian and Ransom Everglades; 2A Belen Jesuit and MAST; 3A Columbus.
Individuals: 1A William Grayson-Richards (Miami Country Day); 3A Trevor Tingle (Palmetto).
GIRLS: 1A Carrollton and Ransom Everglades; 2A Lourdes and SLAM; 3A Doral Academy.
Indivduals: 1A Remi Bacardi (Palmer Trinity), Danielle Hernandez (Palmer Trinity), Stella Lind (Divine Savior) and Danica Ortega (Riviera Prep); 2A Gia Culler-Guerra (Miami Springs) and Arya Luthra (Gulliver Prep).
Broward golf advancing to state:
BOYS: Team: 1A Pine Crest; 2A Plantation American Heritage and Archbishop McCarthy; 3A Deerfield Beach.
Individuals: 2A Max Gressle (North Broward Prep).
GIRLS: Team: 1A Pine Crest; 2A Plantation American Heritage, Archbishop McCarthy and North Broward Prep.
Individuals: 1A Abby Lee (Sagemont); 3A Bianca Gibbs (Coral Glades) and Yool Her (Flanagan).
Region swimming
Miami Braddock boys and Weston Cypress Bay girls won team titles at the Region 4-4A Swimming Championships, hosted by Davie Nova High School.
Robert Alvarez, George Gonzalez and Anthony Pineiro led the champion Bulldogs. Naiyla Di Sanro, Tania Mantilla and Natalia Ortiz guided the champion Lightning. Top local individuals also included Laila Harran of West Broward and Elyse Wood of Braddock.
BOYS: Team: Top 10: 1. Champion Braddock 412; 2. Cypress Bay 202; 3. Wellington 191; 4. Cooper City 150; 5. Boca Raton 138; 6. Columbus 127; 7. Stoneman Douglas 122; 8. Boca Raton Spanish River 121; 9. Coral Reef 119; 10., Western 109.5.
Individuals: 200 medley relay: 1. Brd (Pineiro, Anthony; Alvarez, Robert; Ferguson, Dylan; Gonzalez, George) 1:32.32. 200 free: 1. Serrano-Pena, Andy (Brd) 1:41.60. 200 IM: 1. Alvarez, Robert (Brd) 1:54. 50 free: 1. Gonzalez, George (Brd) 21.22. Diving: 1. Brisson, Matthew (SpR) 452.70. 100 butterfly: 1. Pineiro, Anthony (Brd) 48.96. 100 free: 1. Gonzalez, George (Brd) 45.22. 500 free: 1. Kokidko, Nicolas (Brd) 4:34.32. 200 free relay: 1. Wel (Da Silva, Andreas; Fergus, Everhart; Metz, Dillon; Granison, Julian) 1:25.61. 100 back: 1. Pineiro, Anthony (Brd) 48.69. 100 breast: 1. Alvarez, Robert (Brd) 57.19. 400 free relay: 1. Brd (Gonzalez, George; Pineiro, Anthony; Ferguson, Dylan; Selts, Peyton) 3:02.09.
GIRLS: Team: Top 10: 1. Champion Cypress Bay 292.5; 2. Braddock 252; 3. Boca Raton Spanish River 240; 4. West Broward 193; 5. Wellington 173; 6. Boca Raton 168; 7. Stoneman Douglas 161; 8. Doral Academy 144; 9. Western 107; 10. Cooper City 80.
Individuals: 200 medley relay: 1. Brd (Balzano, Gioia; Pelayes, Mercedes; Negrin, Paola; Wood, Elyse) 1:48.08. 200 free: 1. Jorge, Sophia (Ferg) 1:53.04. 200 IM: 1. Metz, Veronica (Wel) 2:09.18. 50 free: 1. Harran, Laila (WB ) 23.97. Diving: 1. Sedlacek, Ava (West Boca) 505.65. 100 butterfly: 1. Wood, Elyse (Brd) 55.82. 100 free: 1. Harran, Laila (WB) 51.37. 500 free: 1. Metz, Veronica (Wel) 5:02.04. 200 free relay: 1. Brd (Wood, Elyse; Negrin, Paola; Jimenez, Nicole; Balzano, Gioia) 1:39.55. 100 back: 1. Gelumbickas, Gabia (BR) 58.29. 100 breast: 1. Di Sarno, Naiyla (CB) 1:)5.71. 400 free relay: 1. WB (Kaplan, Carley; McPherson, Mackenzie; DiSalvo, Fiorella; Harran, Laila) 3:37.46.
Prior to regionals, Cypress Bay swept the District 11-4A championships with Cooper City boys and West Broward girls each placing second. Western was third in both divisions. In Distirct 12-4A, Braddock was first in the boys’ standings, followed by Columbus and Doral Academy. On the girls’ side, Doral Academy won. Braddock was second and Palmetto third.
Soccer
GIRLS: Carrollton 8, Divine Savior 0: Mia Martell 4 goals, 1 assist; Daniela Elijaik 1 goal, 3 assists; Natalia Zurbaran 2 goals; Paulina Ros 1 goal; Gkps Madelyn Althage and Ana Salcedo combined shutout. Carr 1-0-1.
GIRLS: LaSalle 8, SLAM 0: Sofia Cruces 2 goals; Natalie Islami 1 goal; Isabella Studenski 1 goal; Aranxta Santacana 1 goal; Camila Andreu 1 goal; Chiara Gutierrez 1 goal; Anna Baez 1 goal; Gkp Kaya Beckman shutout. LaS 2-1.
GIRLS: LaSalle 2, Doral Academy 0: Valentina Mangles 1 goal, 1 assist; Camila Andreu 1 goal; Gkp Olivia Rodriguez-Salum 1st shutout. LaS 1-1.
GIRLS: Lourdes 2, Westminster Christian 0: Gianna Gray 1 goal; Veronica Aguilar 1 goal; Andrea Mazin 1 assist; Cecilia Martinez 1 assist; Gkp Adrianna Baena shutout. Lour 2-0.
GIRLS: Miami Country Day 8, ATM 0: Mila Gonzalez 3 goals, 2 assists; Kayla Kilstock 2 goals, 1 assist; Lula Arcila 1 goal; Mila Crespo 1 goal; Amelia Zoilkowski 1 goal; Gkps Angie Del Guercia-Moran and Niki Rivero combined combined shutout. MCD 2-0.
GIRLS: Plantation American Heritage 3, Boca Raton 1: Samantha Villaverde 2 goals; Ariana Doles 1 goal; Juliana Soto 1 assist; Emma Torres 1 assist; Courtney Caruso 1 assist. AH 3-0.
BOYS: LaSalle 0, Plantation American Heritage 0: LaS Gkp Max Massat 2nd shutout. LaS 1-0-1.
BOYS: La Salle 1, Archbishop McCarthy 0: George Mavris 1 goal; Santiago Alvarez 1 assist; Gkp Max Massat 1st shutout. LaS 1-0.
BOYS: Miami Beach 2, Downtown Doral 1: Evan Rice 1 goal; Thiago Marchisone 1 goal; Tomas Cortez 2 assists. MB 2-0.
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Roundup compiled by Jim Varsallone
jvarsallone@miamiherald.com
This story was originally published November 11, 2024 at 1:30 PM.
