Poll: Vote for the Miami Herald High School Athlete of the Week (21)

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 soccer and wrestling.

Take our poll below to cast your vote. The poll will be open until Thursday, Feb. 12 at around 10 p.m. You may vote as often as you like until then.

Here are the candidates:

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Sebastian Barrientos, Belen soccer: the junior scored 1 goal in a 3-1 district semifinal win over St. Brendan and 1 goal in a 3-0 district final win over TERRA as the district champion Wolverines improved to 15-5-5

Tomas Campian, Columbus wrestling: the sophomore at 36-3 won the boys’ 157-pound weight class to lead the Explorers to the boys’ team title at the 11th Annual Tri-County Championships in Boca Raton.

Mia Conard, Cardinal Gibbons soccer: the senior had 1 goal in a 3-0 district semifinal win over Coral Springs Charter and 2 goals in a 5-3 district final win over NSU University School as the district champion Chiefs improved to 17-0-2.

Zoe Delgado, Florida Christian School wrestling: the freshman won the girls’ 140-pound weight class at the Annie Oakley Showdown in Kissimmee as she improved to 19-2 on the season.

Lincoln Derby, South Plantation wrestling: the senior at 24-3 won the boys’ 120-pound weight class for the runner-up Paladins at the 11th Annual Tri-County Championships in Boca Raton.

Viktoriya Devochkinn, North Miami wrestling: the senior won the girls’ 155-pound weight class to help lead the Pioneers to the girls’ team title at the 11th Annual Tri-County Championships in Boca Raton.

Cristina Echeverri, LaSalle soccer: the freshman had 2 assists in a 3-1 district final win over Gulliver Prep as the district champion Royal Lions improved to 8-7-1.

Tiffany Francisco, Western wrestling: the junior at 21-3 won the girls’ 105-pound weight class for the runner-up Wildcats at the 11th Annual Tri-County Championships in Boca Raton.

Alana Garcia-Menocal, Lourdes soccer: the freshman scored 1 goal with 2 assists in a district semifinal win over North Miami and scored 3 goals with 1 assist in a district final win over Varela as the district champion Bobcats improved to 12-3.

Josmel Nunez, Miami Beach soccer: the senior scored 2 goals in a 3-0 win over Coral Park in a district semifinal and added 1 goal in a 5-0 district final win over Homestead as the Hi-Tides (15-1-3) won their fourth consecutive district championship.

This story was originally published February 8, 2026 at 1:53 AM.

Jim Varsallone

Miami Herald

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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