District tennis results; Belen, Westminster district lacrosse; Southwest baseball and more
District tennis champions were crowned with No.1 singles and No.1 doubles winners automatically qualifying for state.
In the team division, district champs and district runners-up advance to regionals.
For the 28th consecutive season, the Miami Country Day boys’ tennis team won the district championship.
Riviera Prep girls won the District 16-1A title in an 11-team field and history made for Westminster Christian tennis.
Plenty of program team sweeps as noted below by the usual state contenders.
DISTRICT 16-1A
True North is a young athletic program that continues to do well in a short period of time. The boys’ won the district championship for the fifth consecutive season, while Riviera Prep won the girls’ team title.
True North features Zander Guevara (Sr), Krishang Badwal (Sr), Tomas Rheault (Jr), Dan Horowitz (Jr), and Caleb Chow (Sr).
For the first time in school history, Westminster Christian celebrated a doubles team advancing to the state championships by winning districts. No.1 boys’ doubles district champs Gabriel Delgado and Jose Padron, two seniors, earned their place among the top competitors in the state. Teammate Santiago Delgado, a 7th grader who is Gabriel’s brother, was runner-up at No.5 singles.
Boys: Champion True North; Runner-up Ransom Everglades.
No.1 singles winner Caleb Chow (TN) d. runner-up Alexander Arias (Riviera Prep) in the finals.
No.1 doubles winners Gabriel Delgado and Jose Padron (Westminster Christian) d. runners-up Caleb Chow and Dan Horowitz (TN) in the finals.
Girls: Champion Riviera Prep; Runner-up True North.
No.1 singles winner Luciana Chica (TN) d. runner-up Sasha Kilgour.(RP) in the finals.
No.1 doubles winners Sasha Kilgour and Leyla Kilgour (RP) d. runners-up Luciana Chica and Andrea Palacios (TN) in the finals.
No.2 singles winner Leyla Kilgour (RP)
No.3 singles winner Isabella Paradisi (RP)
No.4 singles winner Fabiana Martinez (TN)
No.5 singles winner Victoria Pineres (RP)
No.2 doubles winners Isabella Paradisi and Trinity Kilgour (RP).
DISTRICT 15-1A
Boys: Champion Miami Country Day; Runner-up Divine Savior.
No 1 singles winner Lorenzo Lopez (MCD).
No 1 doubles winners Lorenzo Lopez/Lucas Bacardi (MCD).
The team champs are Sam Minski, Niko Skokna, Lorenzo Lopez, Lucas Bacardi, Emilio Lopez, Bento Queiroz.
Girls: Champion Divine Savior; Runner-up Miami Country Day
No 1 singles winner Martina Roversi (DS).
No 1 doubles winners Martina Roversi/Maria Yano (DS).
DISTRICT 16-2A
Gulliver Prep had some work to do but got it done for district team titles in boys’ and girls’ divisions.
Girls: Team results: Champion Gulliver Prep 20, Runner-up MAST 11, LaSalle 5, Key West 4, J.C. Bermudez 3, St. Brendan 3.
Individual finals results: No.1 singles winner Mika Ringel (GP) d. runner-up Eva Drozdetskaia (KW) 6-0, 4-6, (11-9).
No.2 singles winner Siena Ringel (GP) d. runner-up Beatriz Crisofaro (M) 6-2, 6-3.
No.3 singles Valentina Donoso (GP) d. runner-up Jaclyn Gasso (M) 6-2, 6-2.
No.4 singles winner Nila Nahuz (M) d. runner-up Hanna Matuk (GP) 7-5, 7-6 (7-3).
No.5 singles winner Juliette Le Bona (GP) d. runner-up Annika Risvaer (M) 6-2, 6-3.
No.1 doubles winners Mika Ringel/Valentina Donoso (GP) d. runners-up Daniela Mendoza/Daniela Sanchez (J.C.B) 6-0, 6-4.
No.2 doubles winners Hanna Matuk/Maya Quintero (GP) d. runners-up Beatriz Crisofaro/Jaclyn Gasso (M) 6-4, 6-2.
Boys: Team results: Champion Gulliver Prep 20, Runner-up MAST 15, LaSalle 6, Key West 5, J.C. Bermudez 2.
Individual finals results: No.1 singles winner Sasha Zelenov (GP) d. runner-up Ricardo Watson (M) 6-2, 6-7, (10-8).
No.2 singles winner Maximo Lopina (GP) d. runner-up Nicola Ibrichimov (M) 6-2, 6-1.
No.3 singles winner Lorenzo Martinez (GP) d. runner-up Niccolo Collins (M) 6-1, 6-2.
No.4 singles winner Jack O’Brien (GP) d. runner-up Diego Huidobro (M) 6-0, 6-3.
No.5 singles winner Giuseppe Palanda (M) d. runner-up Juan Beltran (GP) 4-6, 7-6, (13-11).
No.1 doubles winners Zelenov/Lopina (GP) d. runners-up Watson/Ibrichimov (M) 6-2, 6-0.
No.2 doubles winners O’Brien/Nicolas Sacerdote (GP) defeated Huidobro/Byrne Corbin (M) 6-1, 4-6, (10-8).
DISTRICT 14-2A
Always competitive between American Heritage-Plantation and Pine Crest. This time Pine Crest claimed both team titles. Somerset-Pembroke Pines senior Patricia Acra won at No.1 girls’ singles, and American Heritage-Plantation’s Motian Qian and Alejandro Palacios won at No.1 boys’ doubles to avoid a Pine Crest clean sweep.
Boys: Team: Champion Pine Crest; Runner-up American Heritage-Plantation.
Individual final results: No.1 singles winner Koray Abramson (PC) d. runner-up Motian Qian (AHP).
No.2 singles winner Jose Vasquez (PC) d. runner-up Alejandro Palacios (AHP).
No.3 singles winner Zachary Khieu (PC) d. runner-up Gautum Arun (Coral Springs Charter).
No.4 singles winner Colton Hooper (PC) d. runner-up Michael Berger (AHP).
No.5 singles winner Ethan Nickels (PC) d. runner-up Daniel Yosefor (AHP).
No. 1 doubles winners Qian/Palacios (AHP) d. runners-up Abramson/Sebastian Yeagley (PC).
No. 2 doubles winners Vasquez/Nickels (PC) d. runners-up Berger/Zachary Cooper (AHP).
Girls: Team: Champion Pine Crest; Runner-up American Heritage-Plantation.
Individual final results: No.1 singles winner Patricia Acra (Som) d. runner-up Sophia Ead (PC).
No.2 singles winner Brynn Edwards (PC) d. runner-up Bella Falagan (AHP).
No.3 singles winner Oceanna Baker (PC) d. runner-up Angelina Lin (AHP).
No.4 singles winner Dasha Sowers (PC) d. runner-up Viyana Bhagwanani (AHP).
No.5 singles winner Gaby Meinbach (PC) d. runner-up Ellie Bill (AHP).
No.1 doubles winners Ead/Edwards (PC) d. runners-up Acra/Isabella Salamanca (Som).
No.2 doubles winner Baker/Gia Cacenco (PC) d. runner-up Lin/Bhagawanani (AHP).
DISTRICT 13-2A
American Heritage-Delray swept the district team titles. North Broward Prep was runner-up in the boys’ division.
DISTRICT 16-3A
Boys: Team: Champion Belen Jesuit; Runner-up TERRA.
Individual finals results: No.1 singles winner Julian Vinals (Bel) d. runner-up Anand Thampy (T) 6-2, 6-2.
No.2 singles winner Sebastian Vinals (Bel) d. runner-up Trevor Bamonte (T) 6-0, 6-4.
No.3 singles winner Joey Shriver (Bel) d. runner-up Thierry Santos (Miami Beach) 6-0, 6-0.
No.4 singles winner Gabriel de Solo (Bel) d. runner-up Marcelo Lugo (T) 6-3, 6-0.
No.5 singles winner Jude Rosen (Miami Beach) d. runner-up Gonzalo Garcia (Bel) 7-6 (7-4), 6-4.
No.1 doubles winner Julian Vinals/Sebastian Vinals (Bel) d. runners-up Thampy/Bamonte (T) 6-1, 6-3.
No.2 doubles winner Gabriel de Solo/Dylan Senaris (Bel) d. runners-up Lugo/Justin Cabrero (T) 6-2, 6-4.
Girls: Team: Champion Our Lady of Lourdes; Runner-up TERRA.
Individual finals results: No.1 singles winner Isabella Giordano (T) d. runner-up Veronica Suarez (Lour) 6-2, 6-1.
No.2 singles winner Amanda Alfonso (Lour) d. runner-up Lea Scheuermann (Varela) 6-2, 6-1.
No.3 singles winner Paloma Diaz (Lour) d. runner-up Sophie Gutierrez (T) 6-4, 6-1.
No.4 singles winner Angelina Codeso (Lour) d. runner-up Antonella Siefert (T) 6-0, 6-0.
No.5 singles winner Fernanda Suarez (Miami Beach) d. runner-up Grace Leon (Lour) 6-4, 2-6, (10-8).
No.1 doubles winner Isabella Giordano/Sophie Gutierrez (T) d. runners-up Paloma Diaz/Angelina Codeso (Lour) 6-4, 7-5.
No.2 doubles winner Abigail Pedroso/Amanda Feliciello (T.) d. runners-up Grace Leon/Carolina Leon (Lour) 6-2, 2-6, (10-6).
DISTRICT 15-3A
St. Thomas Aquinas tennis delivered a dominant performance at the district championships with the boys’ and girls’ teams sweeping the team titles.
On the boys side, the Raiders swept Pembroke Pines Charter in singles play. Conor Reeser battled to a 7-6, 6-2 win at No.1, while Philip Paun secured a 6-3, 6-4 victory at No.2. Anthony Nikolov, Mateo Quiroz and Jacobo Santamaria each delivered commanding 6-0, 6-0 wins to complete a boys’ singles sweep. Reeser and Santamaria were runners-up in No.1 doubles.
For the girls, Rowan Cicero finished as district runner-up after falling in the finals to Archbishop McCarthy’s Jessica McLean, while Alexis Bai (8-4) and Annika Hahn (8-3) earned strong wins over Archbishop McCarthy opponents. Ana Sarrago placed runner-up with a 6-2, 6-3 finals setback, and Anna Pitino added a key victory with an 8-3 win over Pines Charter. Cicero and Bai teamed to win districts at No.1 doubles.
For Archbishop McCarthy, McLean is a district champion at No.1 girls’ singles, while teammates Mariana Rueda (No.2) and Alana Fleitas (No.3) were district runners-up. Plus, Milena Arteta and Isabella Rojas were district runners-up at No.2 doubles.
Pembroke Pines Charter twin sophomores Nicolas and Felipe Murillo won districts at No.1 boys’ doubles to qualify for state.
DISTRICT 16-4A
Palmetto easily won district team titles in boys’ and girls’ divisions.
Boys: Team results: Champion Palmetto 14, Runner-up Ferguson 4, Coral Reef 3.
Individual finals results: No.1 singles winner Beau Gibson (Plm) d. runner-up Ander Morgan (Ferg) 4-6, 6-4, (12-10).
No.2 singles winner Austin Siddens (Plm) d. runner-up Aaron Castillo (Ferg) 6-2, 6-3.
No.3 singles winner Xander Cruz (Plm) d. runner-up Prateek Varansi (CR) 6-0, 6-0.
No.4 singles winner Hanno Niemeier (Plm) d. runner-up Anthony Zhu (CR) 6-1, 6-1.
No.5 singles winner Leon Conejeros (Plm) d. runners-up Tristan Fowler (CR) 6-0, 6-0.
No.1 doubles winners Beau Gibson/Austin Siddens-Taco (Plm) d. runners-up Ander Morgan/Aaron Castillo (Ferg) 1-4, 4-1, (11-9).
No.2 doubles winners Xander Cruz/Hanno Niemeier (Plm) d. runners-up Zhu/Varansi (CR).
Girls: Team results: Champion Palmetto 14, Runner-up South Dade 4, Coral Reef 3.
Individual finals results: No.1 singles winner Camille Chellas (Plm) d. runner-up Eva Ramos (CR) 6-4, 6-2.
No.2 singles winner Alessia Franco (Plm) d. runner-up Madilynn Thomas (SD) 6-0, 6-0.
No.3 singles winner Mariangel Permia (Plm) d. runner-up Ana Wieners (CR) 6-0, 6-0.
No.4 singles winner Pearlyn Chewputtanagul (Plm) d. runner-up Chaz Coats (D) 6-0, 6-0.
No.5 singles winner Brooke Goldenberg (Plm) d. runner-up Sofia Martinez (CR) 6-0, 6-0.
No.1 doubles winners Camille Chellas/Alessia Franco (Plm) d. runners-up Madilynn Thomas/Lola Gonzalez-Quevedo (SD) 4-1, 4-0.
No.2 doubles winners Mariangel Pernia/Pearlyn Chewputtanagul (Plm) d. runners-up Russo/Coats (SD) 6-0, 6-0.
DISTRICT 15-4A
Another district tennis team sweep for boys’ and girls’ champion Doral Academy.
That makes nine district girls’ team titles and seven for the boys in program history.
Boys: Champion Doral Academy; Runner-up Columbus.
No.1 singles winner Samuel Rosales (Dor).
No.1 doubles winners Samuel Rosales/Vincenzo Palmiotto (Dor).
Girls: Champion Doral Academy; Runner-up Coral Gables.
No.1 singles winner Payton Seidle-Lubowitz (Dor).
No.1 doubles winners Payton Seidle-Lubowitz/Stefany Zamora (Dor).
DISTRICT 14-4A
Cypress Bay took both team titles again.
Boys: Champion Cypress Bay, Runner-up Cooper City.
No.1 singles winner Sebastian Elias (CB) d. runner-up Luke Moretti (CC) 7-5, 6-4 in the finals.
No.1 doubles winners Sebastian Elias/Harrison Jang (CB) d. runners-up Luke Moretti/Samuel Diego (CC) 6-4, 2-6, (10-6) in the finals.
Girls: Champion Cypress Bay, Runner-up West Broward.
No.1 singles winner Nicoletta Contento (CB) d. runner-up Zoey Garrick (WB) 6-2, 6-4 in the finals.
No.1 doubles winners Nicoletta Contento/Laura Wassef (CB) d. runners-up Zoey Garrick/Nadya Rahmani (WB) 6-2, 6-1 in the finals.
DISTRICT 13-4A
Boys: Champion West Boca; Runner-up Stoneman Douglas.
Girls: Champion Stoneman Douglas; Runner-up Western..
District lacrosse
The Belen Jesuit boys’ lacrosse team captured its sixth consecutive district championship with a 17-4 victory over NSU University School of Davie.
Matias Cabanas led the offense with an outstanding performance, tallying 4 goals and 3 assists. Jaime Torres and Lorenzo Magarino each contributed 3 goals and 2 assists, while Adrian Navarro added 2 goals. Marcelo Olivella, Andres Lopez-Gottardi, Michael Gonzalez, Jack Consuegra, and Max Erdmann also scored.
In goal, Adrian Bertorelli once again delivered a stellar performance for the Wolverines, recording 15 saves. At the faceoff X, Jack Guitian and Ben Portela controlled possession to set the tone throughout the game.
With the win, Belen (18-2) advances to regionals.
More district lacrosse
Westminster Christian won its second consecutive district title by beating Ransom Everglades 7-4 in the finals.
Andres Rodriguez, a junior, led with 2 goals, 2 assists and 5 ground balls for the Warriors (13-3. including an 11-game win streak). He moved into second in the district in total points (38 goals and 25 assists for 63 points).
Against Ransom during the regular season, Rodriguez scored the final three goals, including the winner with 17 seconds to play in an 8-7 win. A team leader, he’s been playing for Westminster Christian since 8th grade, and he’s a member of the True Florida club team.
Also for the Warriors in the district finals, Jake Austin and Will Haller each recorded 1 goal and 2 assists. Andres Gonzalez added 1 goal and 1 assist, and Anthony Gonzalez totaled 9 ground balls. Austin De Moya and Maddox Gillen scored, too.
District baseball
For the first time in the almost 70-year history of Southwest High School, the Eagles baseball team won the district championships for the third consecutive season.
Southwest (16-7) scored in every inning en route to an 11-4 victory over South Dade to capture the District 16-7A title. Freshman Marcos Veliz pitched the first four innings to earn the win, while senior Tyler Villamor hurled the last three for the save.
Jorge Lacher was 2-for-4 with three RBI, and Dylan Duarte and Max Rico also had two hits each. Bryan Garcia delivered a 2-run double.
More district baseball
District 16-6A Semifinal: Doral Academy 15, Miami Beach 1: Louis Prieto 2-2, 3 R, 3 RBI; Kobe Carrion 2-3, 2 R, 2 RBI; Tyler Rodriguez 1-1, 2 R, RBI; WP Esteban Delaunez 3 IP, 3 K. Dor 23-3.
Boys’ volleyball
Reagan d. Greater Miami Academy 25-11, 24-26, 20-25, 25-22, 15-11: Santiago Mejia 14 kills, 6 aces, 16 serve receive, 18 digs, 15 assists, 2 blocks; Michael Perez 12 kills, 7 aces, 22 assists, 7 digs; Felipe Rivero 13 kills, 24 serve receive, 8 digs, 3 aces; Anthony Cipolla 6 kills, 31 serve receive, 27 digs. Rea 10-9.
Flag football
The Ransom Everglades girls’ flag football team defeated Mater Bay Academy 40-0.
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Compiled by Jim Varsallone
jvarsallone@miamiherald.com
This story was originally published April 20, 2026 at 3:42 PM.
