Westminster Tennis Serves Up a Win

The Westminster Christian girls tennis team defeated Archimedean in a 6-1 decision in front of their home crowd.

Taylor Huffman, Sara Fermandez, and Lynda Arostegui got the scoring started with wins in singles competition for the Lady Warriors.

In doubles, the teams of Fernandez and Claire Sessions; and Andrea Espinoza and Samantha Fernandez both saw victory.

PalmerTrinityTennisFalls

The Palmer Trinity tennis team fell in a heartbreaking meet with Miami Country Day.

On the boys side, Waleed Mneimneh, Nico de Sola, Beekman Schaeffer, Keenan Rodriguez, and Michael Eschmann all fell in their singles matches.

In boys doubles, the teams of Mneimneh and Schaeffer, as well as, de Sola and Rodriguez both fell.

The ladies side of the match saw the only win of the meet when Carolina Esslingler defeated her opponent in a 7-6 (3) result.

KeysGateFlagFootballFalls

On a hot day in Homestead, the Keys Gate girls flag football squad took to the field in hopes of nabbing a win over visiting SLAM Charter, but instead saw themselves exit the day as 8-7 losers.

Despite the loss, several Lady Knights had strong showings.

Bailee Sanders, a multi-sport athletic standout, showed off her leaping abilities when she rose above 4 receivers for a goal-line interception just before the half.

Brittany Pinto was also strong on defense, breaking through the offensive lines several times en route to getting three sacks.

Coral Reef Volleyball Drops SLAM

Coral Reef’s boys volleyball team defeated SLAM Charter in straight sets (25-14, 25-23, 25-10) to earn their seventh win of the year.

Hudson Casiple led the way with seven kills, eight aces, and two blocks.

Juan Duplessy added seven kills, 14 assists, and two blocks while Zavier Peart added four kills.

Westminster Football Players Invited To Army All-American Game

After a season that took them all the way to the FHSAA State Semifinals, Westminster Christian football stars Tim Irvin and Jordan Cronkrite will now see the bright lights of the football field take them to the prestigious US Army All-American Bowl.

The annual game is an invite-only game that features the top 50 players in the nation who battle it out for football glory.

Irvin and Cronkrite will take the field for the US Army All-American Bowl in January 2015.

Palmer Trinity Boys LAX Victorious

The Palmer Trinity boys lacrosse team defeated rival North Broward Prep in a 10-6 thriller.

Daniel du Feu and Nic Paz both recorded hat tricks for the Falcons in the win.

Austin Cannon, Mateo Nunez, Daniel Gay Benton, and Sven Schele all scored a goal each as well.

Frank Martinez was perhaps the unheralded hero of the game, registering an assist and adding seven faceoff wins.

Local Teams Shine At GMAC Meet

South Florida’s best track & field athletes descended upon Traz Powell stadium last week for the GMAC Championship meet, with several local teams representing well.

On the ladies side of the competition, Southridge struck first with a bronze in the girls 100m dash by freshman sensation Symone Mason.

Mason struck early again with a silver in the 200m dash.

In a picture perfect example of improvement, Mason then snagged gold in the 400m dash.

Southridge continued to dominate with a bronze by Kayla Johnson in the 800m race.

Coral Reef nearly reached the podium in the 1600m run when Carla Rodriguez just missed out on third place.

Rachael Osman made up for that miss, however, when she took bronze in the girls 3200m run.

Southridge senior Keyosha Lovette next stuck herself onto the podium with a bronze performance in the 100m hurdles.

Lovette nearly finished fourth in the 300m hurdles, missing out on medaling by just 0.15 of a second.

Southridge took bronze once again in the meet, finishing third in the 4X100m relay.

The Lady Spartans one-upped themselves in the 4x400m relay when they took silver, with the team from rival South Dade barely missing out on the podium with a fourth place finish.

Coral Reef and South Dade finished fifth and sixth respectively in the 4x800m relay, with the Lady Cudas taking their first gold of the meet when Taylor Dames captured first in the girls high jump.

South Dade put themselves onto the podium for the first time during the day when DiCaria Alvarez took bronze in the girls pole vault.

Southridge dominated the Long Jump competition with a gold and silver sweep by Dominique Bullock and Courtney Gibson.

Southridge then took silver with Shatorri Faison’s performance in the girls triple jump.

Epiphany Thompson continued her impressive senior season when she took bronze in the shot put competition, barely edging South Dade’s Joan Joseph for the medaling position.

Thompson followed up with a bronze in the girls discus throw event.

The boys took to the field next, with Southridge striking first when Ronald Beasley took bronze in the 200m Dash.

Coral Reef missed out on the podium in the 800m run when Derwin Moultrie finished fifth, less than half a second out of the third place runner’s time.

Southridge’s Damon King as next to make noise when he finished third in the 110m Hurdles race.

Homestead saw success in the boys high jump, with Carl Robertgeau finishing tied for ninth in the event.

Coral Reef once again saw itself miss out on the podium by the slimmest of margins when Marcus Leslie finished fourth in the boys long jump by less than two inches.

Homestead’s Nickoles White saw himself in a nearly identical situation when he finished fourth in the triple jump by two inches.

At the end of the meet, Southridge’s girls squad finished second overall, with South Dade taking fourth, Coral Reef finishing eighth, Homestead taking 17th.

On the boys side, Southridge once again led the local contingent with a 12th place finish, followed by South Dade and Coral Reef in 13th and 14th respectively, and Homestead taking 20th overall.