Week in High School Sports: Cole Castro wins Golf Regional; Volleyball, Swimming Postseason

  Cole Castro of South Dade outlasted a field of impressive golfers to notch a thrilling victory in the Region 4-3A Finals at Weston Hills Country Club.

  Castro played a strong round to finish with an even par round of 72 at the Broward golf course, forcing a playoff with Sharif Amastha of Columbus.

  The first hole of the playoff proved to be the decisive one as Castro birdied to win the tournament.

  “Winning regionals as an individual is very, very hard,” said South Dade Athletic Director Michael Polizzano. “Cole played very good.”

  Castro will now travel to the Mission Inn and Resort in Howey-in-the-Hills, Fl. for the FHSAA State Championship tournament November 3-4.

  Admission is free to fans with a $10 parking fee that goes to support local courses.

Palmer Trinity Strong At Regionals

  Palmer Trinity’s golf team took to the Crandon Golf Course in Key Biscayne in the Region 8-1A Championships and came away with several strong results.

  As a team, the Falcons finished in fifth overall.

  They were led by Jack Fumagalli’s round of 80, slotting him into fourth overall as an individual.

  Teammate Kristian Fortis finished eighth with a round of 82.

Coral Reef Girls Finish Second

  Coral Reef’s girls golf team took second overall in the Region 8-31 tournament, losing out to CypressBay for the top spot.

  Individually, Abigail Chai Onn took fourth overall with a round of 82, followed by teammate Anna Timmon’s eighth place result.

Swimmers Shine At District 12-1A Meet

Athletes from Westminster Christian and CoralShores took to the pool at Ransom Everglades in the District 12-1A tournament.

  On the boys side, Westminster Christian took fourth overall, followed by CoralShores in sixth.

  CoralShores got the only individual victory for any of the local schools participating, winning the event in diving thanks to Miles Miller’s stellar performance.

Westwood Eliminates Princeton

  Princeton Christian shocked Westwood Christian in the first set of the District 16-2A volleyball semifinals, but fell in four sets to be eliminated from the playoffs (17-25, 25-20, 25-20, 25-21).

Jisely Lopez of Westwood led all athletes with 16 kills, two assists, six digs, and an ace to help sink Princeton Christian’s hopes of a finals appearance.

Westminster Turns Back Carrollton

  Westminster Christian defeated Carrollton in straight sets (25-14, 25-18, 25-13) in the District 16-4A semifinals to advance in the postseason.

Nikkia Benitez was stellar, notching 21 kills, 10 digs, and 10 service points to help power the Lady Warriors to victory.

  Isabella Hernandez added six kills while Quinn Blanco tallied 31 assists, three kills, and 14 digs.

  Priscilla Hernandez posted 14 kills and 14 digs as well.

Coral Reef Upset

  In one of the most surprising results this season, Coral Reef were eliminated from the playoffs thanks to a comeback five set loss (19-25, 26-28, 25-23, 25-20, 17-15) to Killian.

  After capturing the first two sets in the match, Coral Reef lost three sets in a row to the Lady Cougars to fall.

  Coral Reef were picked by many to win the district as well as once again contend for a regional title en route to the state finals.

Colonial Advances To Finals

ColonialChristianSchool’s volleyball team defeated Island Christian in the District 16-2A semifinals in four sets (25-18, 26-28, 25-21, 25-22) to advance to the District finals.

  Ariana Long was impressive, notching 14 kills and six aces.

  Cynthia Suarez added 12 aces and nine kills while teammate Toni Torres added 18 assists.

Coral Reef Falls In GMAC Bowling

  Coral Reef’s girls bowling team were strong enough so far this season to garner an invite to the GMAC tournament, but the Lady Barracudas fell in the tournament semifinals.

  Coral Reef defeated Goleman in the first round with a 3-0 victory, but faced up against Braddock in the semifinal round.

  Braddock proved too much for Coral Reef in a closely contested match, ultimately eliminating the Lady Cudas in a 3-2 decision.

  The Bulldogs went on to win the GMAC finals against Ferguson.