Doctors Charter girls’ weightlifting takes 2nd place in Region 4-1A
Doctors Charter in Miami Shores finished second to host Lemon Bay at the FHSAA Region 4-1A Girls’ Weightlifting Championships in Englewood.
AIE Charter of Miami and Coral Shores tied for ninth.
Hannah St. Gerard of Doctors Charter at 119 pounds, Kayla Behrazer of Doctors Charter at 129 pounds and Emma Van Arman of AIE Charter at 139 pounds won region titles.
Girls’ weightlifting is FHSAA-sanctioned. They compete by weight. There are two divisions — Olympic and Traditional. Each consists of two lifts. The combined weights are used for scoring.
Individual regional champions automatically advance to state. The next 16 are from all regions ranked by total weight lifted.
The FHSAA State Girls’ Weightlifting Championships are Feb. 18 in Lakeland.
Region 4-1A: Top Locals: 101: 3. Jessenia Tyler (Keys Gate-Homestead) and Rizzo, Valentina (Coral Shores) 165; 6. Lemus, Camila (AIE Charter) 150. 110: 4. Holland, Kennedy (Doctors Charter) 195; 7. Rusch, Rachel (Coral Shores) and Deterville, Zharick (Pine Crest) 170; 9. Williams,
Jalani (Doctors Charter) 155; 10. Giordano, Elizabeth (Coral Shores) 140. 119: *1. St. Gerard, Hannah (Doctors Charter) 280; 6. St. Hilaire, Haylee (Doctors Charter) 230. 129: *1. Behrazer, Kayla (Doctors Charter) 240; 5. Francois, Gloria (Doctors Charter) 225; 7. Gomer, Kali (Coral Shores) 215.
139: *1. Van Arman, Emma (AIE Charter) 310; 4. Johnson, Bernell (Doctors Charter) 240; 5. Hitchcock, Lily (Coral Shores) 230; 6. Takahashi, Olivia (Gulliver Prep) 225.
154: 5. Israel, Krista (Doctors Charter) 235. 169: 8. Piloto, Emilie (Doctors Charter) and Arias, Jennille (Coral Shores) 235. 199: 5. Esperance, Anaissa (Doctors Charter) 230; 7. Goldner, Sophia (Gulliver Prep) 205; 10. Haycov, Rebecca (Pine Crest) 180. UNL: 5. Gabriel, Vanessa (Coral Shores) 260.
* denotes Region Champion/State Qualifier
DOUBLE FIRSTS
True North Classical Academy celebrated a good Friday last week.
The Titans boys’ basketball team made school history by winning its second consecutive district title, while the girls’ soccer team also notched a first, winning a region semifinal by beating Glades Day-Belle Glade.
To follow up, True
North girls’ soccer (14-3) continued making news by beating South Florida HEAT 4-2 on Tuesday for the region championship. It’s the Titans’ first region title and state semifinal for girls’ soccer.
BASKETBALL: BOYS: District 16-2A Championship: True North 76, Miami Christian 67:
J-Roc Lopez (Fr) 22 pts, 8 rebs, 4 asts, 4 stls, 2 blks; Boosie Swan
(Fr) 18 pts, 5 rebs, 5 asts, 5 blks; Jermaine Freeman (Sr) 16 pts, 15 rebs, 4 stls, 2 blks; Ryan Rodriguez (So) 12 pts, 3 asts, 2 stls, 2 rebs.
True North boys’ basketball (23-5) plays Atlantic Christian (18-4) in a region quarterfinal on Thursday. Miami Christian (15-10) faces Jupiter Christian (21-3).
SOCCER: GIRLS: Region 4-2A Semifinal: True North 6, Glades Day-Belle Glade 1: Aliyana Henry (Jr) 2 goals, 1 ast; Sophia Vega (So) 2 goals; Camryn Corwin (So) 1 goal, 2 asts; Macey Soltis (So) 1 goal. True North (13-3), BG (17-6-1).
MONTES 2,000
Palmer Trinity senior Emily Montes reached the 2,000-point milestone in her high school varsity basketball career. She scored 12 points against Somerset Academy-North Lauderdale to eclipse the mark during a Region 4-3A quarterfinal, which Somerset won 50-45.
Montes played seven seasons of varsity basketball, totaling 2,010 points. She will continue her basketball endeavors at Columbia University in the Ivy League.
WATER POLO
The Ransom Everglades girls’ water polo team placed second at the Forza Stefano Tournament in Pembroke Pines. The Raiders went 3-1. The boys’ team also was 3-1.
MACCABI GAMES
The David Posnack JCC (DPJCC) in Davie hosts the 2023 JCC Maccabi Games & Access, North America's largest Olympic-style competition for Jewish teens, concluding Wednesday.
The JCC Association has proudly added JCC Maccabi Access, a JCC Maccabi Games experience for athletes with intellectual and developmental disabilities, to its signature JCC Maccabi program family. The four-day event ends Wednesday.
TENNIS
GIRLS: Flanagan 4, South Broward
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3: Flan: Singles Winners: Maribel Caraballo, Kylie Solorrano, Abrie Thompson.
Doubles Winners: Luciano Marcano and Natalia Marcano.
BOYS: Gulliver Prep 6, Miami
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Country Day 1: No.1 Tomas Orrego 8th Grader in his debut at No.1 8-1 over Oscar Bergier; No.2 Timeo Milon 8-2 over Francisco Arraiz; No.3 Oliver Lee 8-2 over Francesco Romiano; No.4 Nico Marinelli 8-2 over Cliff Halliwell; No.5 Máximo Lopina
8-2 over Antonio Moira. Doubles: No. 1 Berger/ Romiano (MCD) 9-8 over Verdu/ Stier; No.2 Beltrán/ Marinelli 8-2 over Sturgess/Braverman.
BOYS: South Broward 4, Flanagan 3:
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Flan: Singles Winners: Manuel Ayebah, Melvin Ayebah.
SUBMIT RESULTS
For high schools in Broward and Miami-Dade, if you have varsity results along with top performers and their stats for this column, email hssports@miami herald.com.
Basketball, soccer, weightlifting, wrestling, spring sports.
Roundup compiled by Jim Varsallone jvarsallone@miamiherald.com