Miami Herald High School Athlete of the Week 29: Andres Rodriguez of Westminster Christian

Andres Rodriguez of the Westminster Christian boys’ lacrosse team is the Miami Herald Athlete of the Week for Week 29.

The junior scored a game-high 2 goals and added 2 assists and 5 ground balls as the Warriors won their second consecutive boys’ district title by beating Ransom Everglades 7-4. With that effort, he moved into second in the district in total points.

Other nominees were: Elijah Ponce, Ransom Everglades lacrosse; Euclides Alvarez, Southwest baseball; Evan Alexander, True North baseball; Charlie Friguls, Columbus boys’ volleyball; Sophia Kingston, Gulliver Prep water polo; Dylan De Schryver, American Heritage-Plantation boys’ volleyball; Faith Key, Miami Northwestern flag football.

To be considered for a nomination as a Broward or Miami-Dade high school varsity athlete, email hssports@miamiherald.com.

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