{"id":218160,"date":"2026-04-04T00:53:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T00:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/218160\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T00:53:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T00:53:09","slug":"miami-herald-high-school-athlete-of-the-week-winner-week-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/218160\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Herald High School Athlete of the Week Winner Week 27"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ransom<\/p>\n

Ransom Everglades Water Polo Invitational<\/p>\n

Carl Kafka<\/p>\n

Carl Kafka<\/p>\n

Aston Gould of the Ransom Everglades boys\u2019 water polo team is the Miami Herald Athlete of the Week for Week 27.<\/p>\n

The junior scored the winner in overtime as the Raiders came from behind to edge St. Thomas Aquinas 12-11.<\/p>\n

It was a battle of the top two teams in the state, making Gould\u2019s goal even bigger.<\/p>\n

Other nominees were: Billy Essig, Belen Jesuit volleyball; Lucas Albert, Gulliver Prep lacrosse; Sophia Kingston, Gulliver Prep water polo; Charlie Friguls, Columbus volleyball; Marcos Sanchez, True North volleyball; Marcelo Mantecon, Belen Jesuit track & field; and Kevin Mu\u00f1oz, Southwest volleyball.<\/p>\n

To be considered for a nomination as a Broward or Miami-Dade high school varsity athlete, email hssports@miamiherald.com.<\/p>\n


\n \"Profile
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Jim Varsallone<\/a><\/p>\n

Miami Herald<\/p>\n

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\u2019s 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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