Sports Flash as Classes Resume

Greetings, ILS Family.

Here is your Sports Flash as classes resume.

Tennis: This past Thursday and Friday the Boys’ and Girls’ Tennis participated at their district tournament. After two years of great success, both teams looked to continue to their run. At the end of the two days, both boys and girls came in third place, thus missing out on moving forward to regionals. However, over the course of the two days there were some great performances.

Girls: Isabella Rojas again made it to the final of the number 1 position, losing out to the Gulliver number 1 in the final and ending her two-year run of being the district champion. This would be Isabella’s last match for La Salle as she graduated this year and will take her talents to Madrid. Multiple trips to the state championship and recognition as All-Team Dade two years in a row just shows the impact that she has had on the Tennis team.

The rest of the girls also had a great run at districts with everyone making the semi-finals before losing to either Gulliver or MAST, the eventual winner and runners-up of the district tournament. Thank you to all the girls who showed up over their spring break, Valeria Macineiras, Agatha Morrison and Sofia Andux.

Boys: Overall, the boys also had a great tournament, with everyone making the semi-finals in their own spot. Alvaro Casto Mendvil and Patricio Ureta both made it to the final of the bracket. Alvaro had a great win over Gulliver in the semifinal while Patricio made it to the final without losing a single point, which is an incredible achievement.

The best match of the tournament has to go to our number 1 boys double team of Gianmarco Punzo (#1) and Simon Munera (#3) who made life very hard for the Gulliver number 1 team and had a chance to win the match, but unfortunately couldn’t quite make it over the line and lost 9-7. For not having played with each other during the actual season, this was a great match to watch with some incredible tennis.

A huge thanks to everyone involved in making this tennis season a success. Thank you to all the seniors: Gianmarco Punzo, Elio Gonzales, Isabella Rojas and Natalia Heller for their dedication to the team and their overall success on the team.

Upcoming sports Schedule:

Tuesday, April 18, 2023: Boys’ Volleyball travel to American Heritage for a JV and Varsity match up.

Girls’ Softball host Horeb Christian at Palmetto Bay Park.

Baseball hosts Coral Shores at St. Thomas University.

Beach Volleyball Hosts Chaminade Madonna for a 3:30PM match.

Wednesday, April 19, 2023: Track tTeam competes in the District Tournament at Tropical Park. (All Day event, leaving at 7:15 AM)

Thursday April 20, 2023: Softball Hosts PACE for their Senior Night game for a 6PM first pitch.

Beach Volleyball hosts St. Brendan High for a 3:30PM match.

Boys Volleyball (Varsity) travel to Archbishop Carrol for a 5PM match.

Friday April 21, 2023: Boys’ Baseball travel to Coral Gables for a 3:30PM first pitch. (1:15 Dismissal)

Gooo Royals!!