Mater Lakes Keagan Mesina works his way to a pin against Christian Day from Cocoa Beach during the 1A final at the FHSAA Duals state tournament on Saturday at Osceola High School in Kissimmee.
Bill Kemp
Special to the Miami Herald
This week, we continue a feature where we ask you to vote for the best high school varsity performer of the week (in Broward and Miami-Dade counties).
This week includes nominees from high school baseball, flag football, softball, boys’ volleyball, water polo, wrestling.
Take our poll below to cast your vote. The poll will be open until Thursday, March 12 at around 10 p.m. You may vote as often as you like until then.
NOTE: You should see a Miami Herald box underneath this note for you to type Yes and click Submit. That will ignite the actual poll to vote.
Michael Acosta, South Miami baseball: the senior pitched a complete game shutout (just 75 pitches) against Miami Sunset. He allowed one run, none earned, on three hits with no walks and six strikeouts in seven innings. He also helped his cause, going 1-for-3 and scoring in a 5-1 victory.
Skylar Flowers, Cooper City water polo: at the Venice Tournament, the junior had 11 goals in a win over Gainesville and 4 goals in a win over Venice. She also had 9 goals in a win over Riviera Beach Suncoast and 8 goals in a win over Jupiter.
Kayley Garcia, Hialeah Gardens softball: the freshman went 4-for-4 with 1 double, 1 walk, 4 runs and 2 RBI in a win over Miami Springs, 1-for-2 with 3 walks, 4 runs and 1 RBI in a win over Miami Beach and 1-for-2 against Barbara Goleman.
Caleb Hernandez, Doral Academy baseball: the sophomore went 2-for-2 with 2 runs in a win over SLAM Academy, 2-for-3 with 3 runs in a win over Sarasota Riverview and 3-for-4 with 2 runs and 1 RBI in a win over Coral Reef for the unbeaten Firebirds (10-0).
Keagan Mesina, Mater Lakes Academy wrestling: the sophomore won the Region 4-1A title at 132 pounds to improve to 18-0 on the season, while helping the Bears win the region team title.
Mikeria Miller, Miami Edison flag football: the freshman scored the winner on a pick-six on a 15-yard interception return en route to the Red Raiders 12-0 shutout win over the state’s No.5 Miami Palmetto.
Lucas Riva, Columbus boys’ volleyball: the senior had 18 kills, 4 aces, 3 blocks, and 6 digs in a 4-set win over Cardinal Gibbons.
Tristan Sainz, Somerset Academy Pembroke Pines wrestling: the senior won the Region 4-2A title at 157 pounds to improve to 30-0 on the season, while helping the Panthers win the region team title.
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Jim Varsallone writes a high school sports column twice a week, featuring top performers in all varsity sports (boys and girls) in Broward and Miami-Dade counties. He also covers pro wrestling, something he’s done since his college days in the late 1980s. Now in his fifth decade of coverage, he currently follows WWE (Raw, SmackDown and NXT), AEW, Ring of Honor, TNA Impact Wrestling, MLW, WOW, NWA, and the South Florida indies, mainly CCW. He writes MMA, too — mostly profile stories and video interviews with American Top Team and Sanford MMA fighters in South Florida. As for pro wrestling, he writes feature stories and profile pieces, updates upcoming show schedules in South Florida, photographs the action and interviews talent (audio and video) — sharing the content here and via social media on his Facebook, Twitter and YouTube channel: jim varsallone (jimmyv3 channel).
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