In Pursuit of Par — On Thursday, Aug. 27, Sophia Christy, a junior golfer from the King’s Academy, finished second at the Archbishop McCarthy Maverick Invitational golf tournament. It was meant to be an 18-hole event at the Coral Springs Golf Course, but it was reduced to 11 holes due to excessive rain. For those 11 holes, Christy finished at even par on the day.
Veteran Coach — Bethany Avila, the head coach of the girls varsity volleyball program at the King’s Academy, is in her third season at the school and 28th year of coaching volleyball, which includes being the head coach at the Master’s University and Palm Beach Atlantic University. She also has 14 years in volleyball club coaching in California and Florida, after an 11-year playing career, where she was an outside hitter at UC Santa Barbara and the Master’s University.
Successful Swimmer — In late August, Berean Christian School swimmer Raelyn Martini had a strong opening week of competition. During a recent meet at the King’s Academy, Martini finished second in the 50-yard butterfly, and on Aug. 28 at the Cardinal Newman Invitational, which was held at Lake Lytal Park in West Palm Beach, Martini had a third-place finish in the girls 100-yard butterfly, and she won the girls 50-yard freestyle.
Strikes and Spares — The top three bowlers for the Seminole Ridge High School girls bowling team this season are a trio of seniors — Tiffany Finkley, Camila Torres and Caitlyn Kiefer. The team started the season with a win against Suncoast High School. The team’s bowling home is the Lucky Strikes Bowling Center in Jupiter.
Team USA — Royal Palm Beach-based amateur golfer Giuseppe Puebla, 17, will be playing in the Junior President’s Cup, which is being held at the Medinah Country Club in Illinois on Sept. 20-21. The Junior President’s Cup is a biennial, two-day team match-play golf competition between the United States and an international team representing the rest of the world, excluding Europe. The President’s Cup is organized by the PGA Tour and the American Junior Golf Association and is held just days before the main President’s Cup, which is also being held at Medinah. In the Junior President’s Cup, each team has 12 golfers, and each golfer must be at least 12 years old at the start of the event and under age 19, and not yet graduated from high school as of Jan. 1 of the competition year. The golfers must be amateurs, not in college and not part of a competitive collegiate golf program.
