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The American Heritage-Plantation boys’ golf team won the District 15-2A Championship at the Pompano Beach Golf Club (Pines Course) with an impressive team score of 295 in very wet and windy conditions.
That makes 22 district title in the program’s history.
At the 2026 version, the Patriots, coached by Brandt Moser, were led by seniors Nate Burkhalter and Sohan Patel, who finished first and second, respectively. They were the only two golfers in the field to shoot under par with scores of 69 and 71.
American Heritage junior Brookman Tyrer tied for seventh with 76. Coral Springs Charter was runner-up at 300 with players Kolton Viveros (fourth, 74), Hudson Fee (tied for fifth, 75), Liam Johnston (tied for fifth, 75), Bento Assis (tied for seventh, 76) and Joshua Fleming (11th, 78), also advancing to regionals next week.
Qualifying for regionals individually were seventh grader Eli Widom of North Broward Prep, who was third at 1-over 73, and seniors Sarp Gurdogan and Alen Gurdogan from American Heritage-Delray Beach, tying for ninth at 5-over 77.
American Heritage-Plantation made it a sweep by the winning the girls’ team title and the girls’ individual title with district champion Aryanah Ahmad shooting 73. Laura Monsalve (third, 78), Myla Kumar (tied for fourth, 79) and Ella Fleischmann (tied for sixth, 81) also fared well for the champion Patriots.
American Heritage-Plantation totaled 311, 18 shots better than runner-up North Broward Prep. American Heritage-Delray was third (332) and Cardinal Gibbons fourth (364).
Jordan Ellis tied for fourth at 70 to lead North Broward Prep, along with Ava Koury (eighth, 82). Alyssa Cleckley of American Heritage-Delray (second, 76) and Pompano Beach’s Layla Johnston (tied for sixth, 81) qualified for regionals as individuals.
District 16-2A
The Belen Jesuit boys’ golf team won the District 16-2A Championship at Redland Golf & Country Club in Homestead.
The Wolverines posted a winning team score of 304, finishing an impressive 20 strokes ahead of runner-up/region qualifier Gulliver Prep (324). St. Brendan was third (326), followed by Immaculata-LaSalle (331) and MAST Academy (334).
Marley Caudle, a junior, and Ryan Nieto, a senior, led the field with matching rounds of 73, finishing tied for first place after regulation. The two Wolverines then headed into a playoff to determine the individual district champ.
After three playoff holes, Caudle drained a birdie putt just inside 15 feet to secure the individual district title.
Belen also received strong performances from senior Matthew Gonzalez and junior Beckett Castro, who each posted rounds of 79 to finish tied for fourth.
The Wolverines advance to regionals as a team, along with Gulliver Prep. Dylan Shapiro led the Raiders by placing third at 78. Teammate Will Bailine tied for fourth at 79.
St. Brendan teammates John Muniz and Enzo Vidal also tied for fourth at 79 with Downtown Doral’s Andres Vasquez to qualify for regionals.
In the girls’ competition, SLAM won the team title at 312, just two strokes ahead of Downtown Doral.
SLAM was led by individual district champ Ashley Baucom at 73. SLAM’s Emma Suarez and Downtown Doral’s Stella Lind tied for second at 76.
SLAM’s Sophia Coronel and Downtown Doral’s Camila Romero tied for fourth at 77. Teammate Lucia Romero was sixth at 79. Gulliver Prep’s Arya Luthra (seventh, 80) and Lourdes Victoria Tamayo (eighth, 81) also reached regionals.
District 14-1A
Pine Crest is the girls’ team champion in District 14-1A at Boca Raton Golf & Racquet Club. The winning Panthers shot 318, six shots better than runner-up FAU-Boca Raton.
Leading champion Pine Crest were Harper Kiss and Stephanie Weinberg as they tied for third at 77. Teammate Morgan Cole was fifth at 79 and Vanessa Georgescu seventh at 85.
Westminster Academy’s Narine Tokatlian and St. Andrew’s-Boca Raton’s Demi Glenn tied for ninth at 87, advancing to regionals.
Pine Crest swept districts by winning the boys’ team title, too. Jackson Logan (fourth, 78), Finn Foster (fifth, 79) and Ethan Schwartz (sixth 80) keyed the effort.
District 15-1A
Miami Country Day won the District 15-1A title with 302 at Miami Shores Country Club. NSU University School was second at 325.
William Grayson Richards of Miami Country Day won the individual district title at 73, followed by teammates Ari Minski (second overall, 74) and Marek Majercak (third, 76). Ethan Dell of NSU University School was fourth at 78, and teammate Aidi Bhatnagar fifth at 79, tied with Jake Sheppard of Miami Country Day.
Tommy Dajcz of David Posnack Jewish Day School and Judah Wish of Divine Savior tied for seventh at 81 to qualify for regionals as individuals.
In girls, Divine Savior is the District 15-1A champion. The region qualifying Sharks were led by district champ Alexa Santiago (first, 79), Isabella Santiago (second, 81) and Valentina Rovero (third, 87).
Martina Serrano (fourth, 89) of Pinecrest Glades and Marley Gonzalez (fifth, 90) of AIE also reached regionals.
District 16-1A
District 16-1A champion Ransom Everglades and runner-up Marathon advance to boys’ regionals. Individual district champion Leo Oberbeck of Riviera Prep and Cole Laffere of True North also qualify for regionals.
The Raiders, coached by David Ragan, overcame high winds and rain to claim the team championship.
DISTRICT 16-1A at Biltmore Golf Course in Coral Gables: BOYS: Team (Par 284): 1. Champion Ransom Everglades 303; 2. Marathon 323; 3. True North 325; 4. Westminster Christian 331; 5. Riviera Prep 339; 6. Palmer Trinity 362.
Individual (Par 71): 1. Champion Leo Oberbeck (RP) 72; 2. Pablo Munoz Montes (RE) 73; 3. Cole Laffere (TN) 75; 4. Zachary Fischer (RE), Emmett Marryman (Mar) 76; 6. Axel Monssoh (RE), Cole Durham (RE) 77; 8. Nolan Fernandez (TN), Jake Suarez (WC), Scout Oliver (Coral Shores) 79.
Carrollton, led by district champ Petra Compton, edged Ransom Everglades for the District 16-1A girls’ team title. Daniella Hernandez of Palmer Trinity and Danica Ortega of Riviera Prep made it to regionals, too.
DISTRICT 16-1A at Biltmore Golf Course in Coral Gables: GIRLS: Team (Par 288): 1. Champion Carrollton 305; 2. Ransom Everglades 308; 3. Riviera Prep 356; 4. Westminster Christian 362; 5. Palmer Trinity 379.
Individual (Par 71): 1. Champion Petra Compton (Carr) 72*; 2. Nina Fischer (RE), Daniella Hernandez (PT) 72; 4. Danica Ortega (RP) 73; 5. Fernanda Carrion (Carr), Ella Wester (RE) 74; 7. Esha Nagalla (RE) 75; 8. Tessa George (WC) 78; 9. Alexandra Marin (Carr) 79; 10. Megan Nieto (Carr), Miranda Borges (RP) 80.
* denotes won in a playoff
District 14-3A
St. Thomas Aquinas won the District 14-3A boys’ title with a 313 at Country Club of Coral Springs.
Stoneman Douglas was the runner-up at 320 to advance to regionals, too. Monarch was third at 385.
Braden Chamberlain shot 71 to win the individual district title, six shots better than runner-up Brody Aucoin of Stoneman Douglas.
Top 10: 1. Champ Braden Chamberlain (STA) 71; 2. Brody Aucoin (SD) 77; 3. Josh Anderson (SD), Will Flury (STA) 79; 5. Matthew Freedland (SD), Ethan Morales (STA) 80; 7. Jason Andree (STA) 83; 8. Jack Finnegan (SD), Fabian Harris (Taravella) 84; 10. Kevin Cronin (STA), Spencer Kibel (SD), Ethan Weiss (Monarch) 87.
Harris and Weiss advanced to regionals as individuals.
Stoneman Douglas won the District 14-3A team title at 351 in the girls’ division, followed by runner-up St. Thomas Aquinas at 424.
Shannon Glynn of Coral Glades won the individual district title with 77, advancing to regionals. South Plantation’s Giuliana Magaddino also reached regionals.
Cooper Aucoin (second, 81) and Andiara Raton (third, 83) led the champion Eagles.Vivienne Van den Berg (fourth 84) was the top golfer for the Raiders.
District 15-3A
Archbishop McCarthy won the District 15-3A girls’ title with Elisa Hernandez winning the individual district title at 77 at Eagle Trace Golf Club in Coral Springs. Royce Jones of Flanagan and Mallaina Williams of Western tied for second at 85 to also advance to regionals.
Archbishop McCarthy swept the team title with the boys scoring 318, 19 strokes better than runner-up Cooper City.
Patrick Pinkney led the Mavericks by winning the individual district title at 72. Teammate Rafael Barreto was second at 80 and Cooper City’s Amari thompson third at 81 with Archbishop McCarthy’s Lucas Lodowski.
Also going to regionals are Jeronimo Cortes (fifth, 83) of Somerset Academy-Pembroke Pines and Jesse Rohal (tied for sixth, 83).
District 16-3A
Columbus won the District 16-3A title at Miami Springs Country Club.
The Explorers fired a winning 294 with runner-up/region qualifier Doral Academy at 329. Miami Palmetto was third at 340 and Southwest Miami fourth at 350.
Jake Williams of Columbus shot 71 to win the individual district championship. Eduardo Perez and Hector Perez Sainz tied for second at 74 for the Explorers. Sebastian Eterovic and Eduardo Marin tied for fourth at 75 as Columbus took the Top 5 spots.
Endrick Gonzalez led Doral by placing eighth at 80. Mattias Aquilar (10th, 82), Tomas Vargas (13th, 83) and Lucas Romeo (15th, 84) also paced the Firebirds.
Qualifying for regionals as individuals are Southwest teammates Mason Rodriguez (sixth, 76) and Damian Rodriguez (seventh, 79).
Doral Academy won the girls’ team title. Doral’s Arabell Telez (70), Tatyana Villegas (77) and Diya Bhatt (79) went 1-2-3. Lexi Weissman (fourth, 80) of Miami Beach and Olivia Palacios (seventh) of Coral Gables also can compete at regionals.
Sohan Patel, a senior at American Heritage-Plantation, earned an international victory representing Team USA at the 2026 Junior Presidents Cup at Medinah Country Club near Chicago.
Selected as one of only 12 of the best junior golfers in the nation, Sohan helped Team USA secure a 17.5-6.5 victory over Team International.
Organized by the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA), this prestigious event features the nation’s premier amateur talent. Being part of Team USA’s victory at Medinah places Patel’s name alongside future stars of the game on a high-visibility developmental platform backed by the PGA Tour.
Region champions advance to the FHSAA State Final Four in each classification.
It took the limit, five sets, for Pine Crest to upset defending state champ North Broward Prep. Trailing 2-1, the Panthers won 25-20 to force a fifth set, where they clinched the region championship at 15-12.
Region 4-3A Championship: Pine Crest d. North Broward Prep 20-25, 29-27, 15-26, 25-20, 15-12.
Region 4-2A Championship: Westminster Christian d. True North 22-25, 25-20, 25-22, 25-22.
Region 4-1A Championship: Boca Raton Christian d. The Pine School-Hobe Sound 25-13, 25-19, 25-18.
Region 4-6A Championship: Doral Academy d. Miami 25-25, 25-16, 25-14.
Region 4-5A Championship: Archbishop McCarthy d. St. Thomas Aquinas 21-25, 25-20, 25-22, 26-24.
Region 4-4A Championship: Legacy-Port St. Lucie d. Lourdes Academy 25-16, 25-19, 25-21.
Gulliver Prep is one of eight teams in the new Open Division of the state tournament. The Open Division features the top teams in Florida, regardless of classification.
FHSAA State Girls’ Volleyball Championships
Dates: November 2-7, 2026
Location: Polk State College – Winter Haven Health Center
Host: Polk County Public Schools
Divisions Featured: Open Division (inaugural year), Classes 6A, 5A, 4A, 3A, 2A, 1A, and Class Rural
Admission: $14 per day with advance purchase or $17 on the day of the event via GoFan
(Click on classification)
Broadcasting / Livestream: Available on the NFHS Network
Friday: Ransom Everglades at Palmer Trinity 4; Archbishop McCarthy vs. True North at Tropical Park 7; Avon Park at North Broward Prep 7; Boyd Anderson at Blanche Ely 7; Calvary Christian at American Heritage-Delray Beach 7; Chaminade-Madonna at Coconut Creek 7; Cocoa Beach at Coral Shores 7; Coral Gables at Doral Academy 7; Coral Springs at Taravella 7; Coral Springs Charter at Bayside-Palm Bay 7; Dillard vs. Plantation at PAL Field 7; Goleman vs. Hialeah at Ted Hendricks Stadium at Milander Park 7; McArthur at Western 7; Miami vs. Miami Beach at Memorial Field at Flamingo Park 7; Miami Carol City vs. Miami Central at Adidas Field at Traz Powell Stadium 7; Miramar at Everglades 7; NextGen Prep-Pompano Beach at St. Petersburg Catholic 7; NSU University School at Florida Christian 7; Palm Beach Christian Prep at Pompano Beach 7; Parkridge Christian-Coral Springs at Marathon 7; Piper at Cardinal Gibbons 7; Sarasota at Belen Jesuit 7; SmartEn Sports Academy at Cardinal Mooney-Sarasota 7; Somerset Academy-Pembroke Pines at Evangelical Christian-Fort Myers 7; Somerset Charter-Silver Palms at New Smyrna Beach 7; South Plantation at Cooper City 7; St. John Paul II-Boca Raton at Pine Crest 7; St. Thomas Aquinas vs. West Broward at Flanagan 7; Stoneman Douglas vs. Coral Glades at Coral Springs SportsPlex 7; Westminster Academy at Monsignor Pace 7; American vs. South Dade at Orange Bowl Field at Harris Stadium 7:30; Gulliver Prep at St. Brendan 7:30; Key West at Barron Collies-Naples 7:30; Miami Jackson at Miami Southridge 7:30; Miami Palmetto at Naples 7:30; North Miami Beach at St. John Neumann-Naples 7:30.
Saturday: Miami Norland vs. Mater Academy at Ted Hendricks Stadium at Milander Park 7:30.
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Compiled by Jim Varsallone