LaSalle cheerleading team takes home national title in Orlando
The LaSalle cheerleading team won a national championship in the Large Non-Tumbling D2 Division during the National High School Cheerleading Championships in Orlando.
The first day of competition was the semifinals, where LaSalle placed second. In the final round on day two, LaSalle was crowned national champion.
LaSalle received a bid to compete at nationals by placing second in December at the UCA Central Florida Regionals at the Tampa Convention Center.
Two weeks prior to nationals, LaSalle won a state championship in 1A Extra Large Non-Tumbling Division at the FHSAA Cheerleading Championships in Gainesville. That marked the Sabres third state title (2020, 2021, 2023).
The state and national champs are: Abrielle Meyer, Alexandria Emirzian, Dafna Law, Daniela Del Valle, Delani Perez, Megan Dominguez, Elena Gonzalez, Gabriella Diaz, Jasmine Gago, Kalina Brana, Annette Labrada, Silvana Levito, Mariette Manso, Isabela Mei-Lin Martinez, Mia Gomez,
Nadia Pages, Natalia Sabbagh, Sofia Plasencia, Samantha Reyes, Zaharie Santana, Sofia Melendez, Renata Vadala, Sofia Lambert.
The head coach is Coral D. Buxeda, and the assistant coach is Karyn Hernandez.
DISTRICT WRESTLING
Here are more local district tournament results for wrestling in 1A, 2A, 3A.
Cardinal Gibbons in 1A and South Dade in 3A continue their district tournament supremacy. Also in 3A, Cypress Bay won its sixth consecutive district title, and Stoneman Douglas added another district team title to its history.
THAT’S 34 FOR CGHS
Cardinal Gibbons wrestling, coached by Jamal and Jamel Morris, won another district title. That makes 34. Quite impressive.
The host Chiefs had 12 district champions and two runners-up at the District 14-1A Tournament.
Cardinal Gibbons also hosts regionals on Friday and Saturday to see which wrestlers advance to state.
District 14-1A at Cardinal Gibbons: Team results: 1. Cardinal Gibbons 294.5; 2. Coral Springs Charter 142.5; 3. St. Andrew’s-Boca Raton 87; 4. Pine Crest 59; 5. American Heritage-Delray Beach 55.
106: 1. Joseph Michaels of Cardinal Gibbons; 2. Brody Cox of St. Andrews.
120: 1. William Parker of Cardinal
Gibbons; 2. Matthew McGarry of St. Andrews. 126: 1. Preston Lindsay of Coral Springs Charter; 2. Ryan Mcwilliams of Cardinal Gibbons. 132: 1. Jonathan
Hudson of Cardinal Gibbons; 2. Blake
Seskin of American Heritage (Delray
Beach). 138: 1. Nicholas Yancey of
Cardinal Gibbons; 2. Logan Bosworth of Coral Springs Charter. 145: 1. Frankie Florio of Cardinal Gibbons; 2. Stefan Lupu of St. Andrews.
152: 1. Bryan Picallo of Cardinal Gibbons; 2. Hunter Perez of Coral Springs Charter. 160: 1. Jason Simmons of
Cardinal Gibbons; 2. Peter Mocco of Coral
Springs Charter. 170: 1. Richard Tauriello of Cardinal Gibbons; 2. Keon Taylor of Coral Springs Charter. 182: 1. Dominic Pantuso of Cardinal Gibbons; 2. Owyn Vargas of Coral Springs Charter. 195: 1. Michael Mocco of Cardinal Gibbons; 2. Benjamin Hirsh of St. Andrews. 220: 1. Nathan Chen of Pine Crest; 2. Grant Cooper of Cardinal Gibbons. 285: 1. Gavin Hooten of Cardinal Gibbons; 2. Ryan Long of American Heritage (Delray Beach).
SOUTH DADE DYNASTY CONTINUES
The South Dade wrestling team, coached by Victor Balmeceda, won its 22nd consecutive district title at the District 16-3A Tournament at Coral Reef High School.
South Dade individual results: 106
Bryan Morales District Champ; 113Guillermo Jaramillo 3rd; 120- Luis Acevedo District Champ; 126- Nate Williams
District Champ; 132- Tyree Williams 3rd; 138- EJ Solis District Champ; 145- Misha Arbos 2nd; 152- Gavin Balmeceda District Champ; 160- Cordell White District
Champ; 170- Lawrence Rosario District Champ; 182- Chris Sanchez District
Champ; 195- Ansel Cervantes; 220
Sawyer Bartelt District Champ; 285
Marcelo Rosario District Champ.
District 16-3A at Coral Reef High School: Team results: 1. South Dade 327; 2. Southwest Miami 234.5; 3. Palmetto 198.5; 4. Southridge 154; 5. Ferguson 87; 6. Braddock 79; 7. Coral Gables 75; 8. Coral Reef 43.5.
106: 1. Bryan Morales of South Dade; 2. Matthew Padgett of Palmetto. 113: 1. Gabriel Tellez of Southwest Miami; 2. Frederick Mitchum of Southridge. 120: 1. Luis Acevedo of South Dade; 2. Ryan Cominsky of Southwest Miami. 126: 1. Nathaniel Williams of South Dade; 2. Angel Delgado of Southwest Miami. 132: 1. Danny Martinez of Southwest Miami; 2. Tyree Graham of South Dade. 138: 1. Elvis Solis of South Dade; 2. Cameron Gallivan of Palmetto. 145: 1. Lester Martinez of Southwest Miami; 2. Misha Arbos of South Dade.
152: 1. Gavin Balmeceda of South Dade; 2. Yainiel Reina of Miami Southridge. 160: 1. Cordell White of South Dade; 2. Adrian Ochoa of Southwest Miami. 170: 1. Lawrence Rosario of South Dade; 2. Ronald Butler of Palmetto. 182: 1. Chris Sanchez of South Dade; 2. Franklyn Ordonez of Southwest Miami. 195: 1. Ansel Cervantes of South Dade; 2. Richard Alexander of Palmetto. 220: 1. Sawyer Bartelt of South Dade; 2. Jonathan Fraga of Southwest Miami. 285: 1. Marcelo Rosario of South Dade; 2. Matthew Rubio of Southwest Miami.
CYPRESS BAY SIX-PEAT
The Cypress Bay wrestling team, coached by Allen Held, won its sixth consecutive district title.
The Lightning celebrated seven individual district champions in this District 14-3A Tournament at West Broward High School in Pembroke Pines.
District 14-3A at West Broward High School: Team results: 1. Cypress Bay 259.5; 2. South Plantation 184; 3. Western 156; 4. Nova 154; 5. Cooper City 141; 6. South Broward 136; 7. West Broward 79; 8. Flanagan 49.
106: 1. Andrew Punzalan of Cypress
Bay; 2. Paul Cristafaro of Western. 113: 1. Logan Shapiro of Cypress Bay; 2. Ignacio Santander of Western. 120: 1. Jordan Escarra of Cypress Bay; 2. Armand Laviola of West Broward. 126: 1. Gabriel Herrero of Cypress Bay; 2. Joshua Whitter of South Plantation. 132: 1. Michael McCallum of Nova; 2. Michael Carsten of Cypress Bay.
138: 1. Cesar Calderin of South Plantation; 2. Tyler Bill of Cypress Bay. 145: 1. Justin Alari of Nova; 2. Gage Oyster of South Plantation.
152: 1. Omar Faris of Western; 2. John Graul Jr of Cooper City. 160: 1. Mateo Martinez of South Broward; 2. Luis Rodriguez of Flanagan. 170: 1. Brian Senalle of South Plantation; 2. Roger Ravelo of Cypress Bay. 182: 1. Zach
Weidler of Cypress Bay; 2. Jean Pierre of South Plantation. 195: 1. Gyani Mosi of Cypress Bay; 2. Kristian Poux of Western. 220: 1. Nicholas Alonso of South Broward; 2. Brensly Louis of South Plantation. 285: 1. Gozie Mosi of Cypress Bay; 2. Maximiliano Taboada of West Broward.
STONEMAN DOUGLAS A DISTRICT CHAMP
Stoneman Douglas, coached by Kenny Gendason, won the District 13-3A title. Eight Eagles won individual district titles to lead the way.
District 13-3A at Taravella High School in Coral Springs: Team results: 1. Stoneman Douglas 271; 2. Coral Springs 195; 3. Taravella 151; 4. Fort Lauderdale 124.5; 5. Monarch 70; 6. Deerfield Beach 50; 7. Coral Gables 47.
106: 1. Rocco Duygulu of Stoneman Douglas; 2. Chase Martin of Coral Springs.
113: 1. James Messmer of Stoneman Douglas; 2. Bendjy Ferdinand of Coral Springs. 120: 1. David Leiva of Stoneman Douglas; 2. Ethan Pierce of Monarch. 126: 1. Trevon Hawkins of Fort Lauderdale; 2. Lorenzo Pellegrini of Stoneman Douglas. 132: 1. Jacob Rosen of Taravella. 138: 1. Lenny Cipolla of Stoneman Douglas; 2. Victor Dixon of Taravella. 145: 1. Luke Szymanik of Fort Lauderdale; 2. Jaylan Brown of Coral Springs.
152: 1. Vincent Dion of Stoneman Douglas; 2. Dante Adams of Coral Springs.
160: 1. Jeremiah Bethea of Fort Lauderdale; 2. Marquez Harris of Taravella. 170: 1. Charles Dion of Stoneman Douglas; 2. Tariq Qaiyim of Taravella. 182: 1. Lucas Sigueira of Stoneman Douglas; 2. Jamie Capricien of Coral Springs. 195: 1. Alexander Kooby of Stoneman Douglas; 2. J`Vier Romeus of Coral Springs. 220: 1. Shai Keery of Coral Springs; 2. Jackson Zajkowski of Stoneman Douglas. 285: 1. Carlos Garcia Ruiz of Coral Glades; 2. Sebastian Bolt of Coral Springs.
NOTE: District team titles won do not include district duals.
LACROSSE
BOYS: Cooper City 6, Florida Christian 4: Offense: Rex Kotzen 2 goals; Jack Keffer 2 goals; Drew Chin 1 goal; Noah Larkin 1 goal; Max Gwaltney 5 ground balls; Logan Doherty 5 ground balls. Defense: Goalie Logan Rajtar 7 saves; Michael Paan 16 ground balls; Zane Jimenez 5 ground balls; Myles Jones, making his freshman start, 3 ground balls; Ryan Goldberg 3 ground balls. CCty (2-0).
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