High School Sports

Poll: Vote for the Miami Herald High School Athlete of the Week (9)

Zachary Katz, True North
Zachary Katz, True North Courtesy of True North

This week, we continue a feature where we ask you to vote for the best high school varsity performer of the week (in Broward and Miami-Dade counties).

This week includes nominees from high school bowling, football, golf, and volleyball.

Take our poll below to cast your vote. The poll will be open until Thursday, Oct. 30 at around 10 p.m. You may vote as often as you like until then.

Here are the candidates:

NOTE: You should see a Miami Herald box underneath this note for you to type Yes and click Submit. That will ignite the actual poll to vote.

Fernanda Bergamaschi, Divine Savior volleyball: the senior setter had 14 assists, five aces and two digs to help lead the Sharks to the District 14-2A title.

Angelie Brito, Ferguson bowling: the freshman was the closer -- clutch when the Falcons needed 2 or 3 consecutive strikes at the end of a game -- to help the girls’ team win the GMAC title with wins over South Miami and TERRA and also Krop twice at Bird Bowl in Miami.

Mia Gold, Pine Crest volleyball: the senior had 14 kills, 5 aces 1 block, 3 digs, and 9 serve receiving to help lead the Panthers to the District 13-3A title over Boca Raton St. Andrew’s.

Zachary Katz, True North
Zachary Katz, True North Courtesy of True North

Zac Katz, True North football: the junior quarterback completed 11 of 14 passes for 149 yards and three touchdowns and also ran for a touchdown to lead the Titans over Boynton Beach Somerset Canyons 42-0.

Natasha Macau, Coral Gables volleyball: the junior had 26 kills, 2 blocks, 1 ace, 23 digs, 2 assists, and 23 serve receive to help lead the Cavaliers to the District 16-7A title in an exciting 5-set battle over Miami Palmetto.

Pablo Munoz, Ransom Everglades golf: the freshman won individual medalist honors with a 4-under par 32 (including four birdies and an eagle in nine holes) to lead the Raiders over Palmer Trinity at Granada Golf Course.

Isaiah Suarez, Archbishop Carroll football: the junior linebacker recorded a game-high 15 tackles to help lead the Bulldogs over Somerset South Homestead 35-14.

Jake Williams, Columbus golf: the sophomore shot 3-under par 69, his lowest score of the season, to help lead the Explorers over Plantation American Heritage and Cardinal Gibbons at Lago Mar Country Club in Plantation.

Kate Welty, Gulliver Prep volleyball: the junior had 13 kills, 2 aces, 2 blocks, 3 digs and 12 serve receive to help lead the Raiders to the District 16-3A title in a 5-set thriller over Ransom Everglades.

Amy Wood, Chaminade-Madonna volleyball: the sophomore setter had 54 assists, 11 digs and 3 kills in a five-set victory over Miami Country Day for the District 13-2A title.

This story was originally published October 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM.

Jim Varsallone
Miami Herald
Jim Varsallone writes a high school sports column twice a week, featuring top performers in all varsity sports (boys and girls) in Broward and Miami-Dade counties. He also covers pro wrestling, something he’s done since his college days in the late 1980s. Now in his fifth decade of coverage, he currently follows WWE (Raw, SmackDown and NXT), AEW, Ring of Honor, TNA Impact Wrestling, MLW, WOW, NWA, and the South Florida indies, mainly CCW. He writes MMA, too -- mostly profile stories and video interviews with American Top Team and Sanford MMA fighters in South Florida. As for pro wrestling, he writes feature stories and profile pieces, updates upcoming show schedules in South Florida, photographs the action and interviews talent (audio and video) -- sharing the content here and via social media on his Facebook, Twitter and YouTube channel: jim varsallone (jimmyv3 channel). Support my work with a digital subscription
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