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3 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Devoun Cetoute |Andre Fernandez
New details reveal how a Belen Jesuit Preparatory School water polo athlete, who was beloved by the community, died during a tournament last week. Lucas Osuna was with fellow students on the Belen varsity team when he unexpectedly died Friday during the Ransom Everglades Invitational, an annual regular-season tournament. READ MORE: Belen Jesuit student dies at water polo tournament, officials say.
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3 weeks ago | 
miamiherald.com | Andre Fernandez
Lionel Messi arrived at Chase Stadium with his Inter Miami teammates in advance of their clash with fellow Eastern Conference title contender Philadelphia on Saturday night. Messi was in uniform, but he was not listed among the club’s starting XI. Messi is expected to begin the game on Miami’s bench, leaving it unclear how much or if he will play in Saturday’s MLS matchup between the current top two teams in the East entering the weekend.
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3 weeks ago | 
ca.sports.yahoo.com | Andre Fernandez
Messi comes off the bench, scores crucial goal as Inter Miami holds off PhiladelphiaEven when he doesn’t start, and enters a game in the second half, it usually doesn’t take Lionel Messi long to find the back of the net. On Saturday night, it only took him two minutes. Messi began Inter Miami’s matchup against Philadelphia on the bench. He entered in the 55th minute.
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3 weeks ago | 
sports.yahoo.com | Andre Fernandez
Even when he doesn’t start, and enters a game in the second half, it usually doesn’t take Lionel Messi long to find the back of the net. On Saturday night, it only took him two minutes. Messi began Inter Miami’s matchup against Philadelphia on the bench. AdvertisementHe entered in the 55th minute.
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1 month ago | 
miamiherald.com | Andre Fernandez
As he and his teammates prepare to pursue a national championship in the coming weeks, Columbus’ Cameron Boozer has earned another prestigious accolade. Boozer has been named one of three finalists for the 2024-25 Gatorade National Boys Basketball Player of the Year award. Boozer, who is ranked the No. 2 prospect in the country by 247Sports, Rivals and On3, just led Columbus to its fourth consecutive state championship.
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1 month ago | 
miamiherald.com | Andre Fernandez
There was a moment after this week’s GMAC water polo championships had finished where one of the winning coaches congratulated the other. MAST Academy girls’ coach Yuniel Usin’s squad had just won its third consecutive title in the event. But Usin leaned over to Columbus coach Jose Antonio Garcia and said, “Look out, there’s a powerhouse coming.”MAST has been a consistent contender on the girls’ side for several years.
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1 month ago | 
miamiherald.com | Andre Fernandez
Miami Lourdes Academy had a breakthrough season, winning its first state championship. And Miami St. Brendan’s cheerleading squad continued its tradition of success, adding a ninth state championship to its expanding trophy collection. As a result, their coaches - Lourdes’ Victoria McKeon and St. Brendan’s Victoria Sicre - are the Miami Herald’s Miami-Dade Competitive Cheerleading Co-Coaches of the Year.
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1 month ago | 
miamiherald.com | Andre Fernandez
St. Thomas Aquinas felt the pressure mounting. But that was nothing new for the Raiders. At a school known for its vast athletic success in multiple sports, Aquinas’ boys’ basketball team had felt the pressure of expectation to end the program’s long state championship drought all season. So when the Raiders fell behind by 16 points in the Class 6A state championship game on Saturday night at the RP Funding Center, there was only one thing to do.
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1 month ago | 
miamiherald.com | Andre Fernandez
St. Thomas Aquinas could have reveled in the experience of being back at the boys’ basketball state final four for the first time in nearly a quarter of a century. But for the Raiders, it’s always been about accomplishing the ultimate goal of winning a state championship. Aquinas demonstrated that with its play on Thursday as it started strong and never let up during a 69-42 blowout win over Punta Gorda Charlotte in a Class 6A state semifinal at the RP Funding Center.
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1 month ago | 
miamiherald.com | Andre Fernandez
Miami Country Day’s girls’ basketball team has spent over a decade annually coming to Lakeland and often decimating the competition at the state final four. That didn’t happen on Thursday afternoon. The Spartans found themselves in a down-to-the-wire battle for a change as they squared off with Fort Myers Evangelical Christian in a Class 2A state semifinal at the RP Funding Center. While the struggle was something rare for Miami Country Day, its resilience wasn’t.
