Walter Villa

1 week ago | miamiherald.com | Walter Villa

Last year, having lost her confidence, Bridget Chalich quit tennis. On Friday morning – in the final match of her incredible comeback season – the Pine Crest senior won the Class 2A individual state championship, beating Baron Collier’s Chelsea Casapu, 6-2, 1-6 (11-9), at Sanlando Park in Altamonte Springs. When the match was over, Chalich dropped her racquet and started sobbing.

2 weeks ago | miamiherald.com | Walter Villa

When the phone rang, Andre Chow didn’t bother to say hello. The True North Titans boys’ tennis team had just won its first state title, and Chow could not conceal his excitement. “We did it!” said Chow, who – along with Wilson Usina – coaches True North’s boys’ and girls’ tennis players. “We did it, sir! it took us four years, but we did it!”Indeed, True North defeated Boca Raton’s St. Andrew’s, 4-1. on Tuesday, winning the Class 1A state title at Red Bug Lake Park in Altamonte Springs.

2 weeks ago | miamiherald.com | Walter Villa

Running back Rontavious Farmer made history on Sunday, becoming the first player in St. Thomas University history to get invited to an NFL mini-camp. Farmer was invited by the New York Giants. The expectation is that if Farmer performs well at mini-camp, he will be offered a contract as an undrafted free agent. “It’s truly a blessing,” Farmer told the Miami Herald. “Now I’ve got more work to do.”Farmer did a lot of work during his STU career.

2 weeks ago | miamiherald.com | Walter Villa

Even though she is just 21 years old, Oyinlomo Quadre – a Nigeria native – has already traveled to the United States; France; Italy; Turkey; South Africa; Tunisia; Algeria; Lithuania; Macedonia and United Arab Emirates. This weekend, Quadre can add another place to the list as her FIU Panthers women’s tennis squad will travel to Lubbock, Texas to compete in the NCAA Tournament. FIU (15-4) will play Stanford (15-8) on Friday in the opening round.

2 weeks ago | miamiherald.com | Walter Villa

FIU Panthers baseball standout Brylan West stepped on first base and took a very wide turn, racing past center field and sprinting toward the left-field corner, where he took off his jersey before roughly 30 teammates who were chasing him could rip it off. That was the crazy scene late Wednesday night, seconds after West chopped a single off the glove of Miami Hurricanes third baseman Daniel Cuvet. It was ruled a hit, and it gave FIU a 5-4 walk-off win in 10 innings.