Doral, Mater Lakes win Dade All-Sports Awards. Columbus, Northwestern, Westminster also honored
Doral Academy and Mater Lakes Academy are the winners of the Miami Herald's All-Sports Awards in Miami-Dade County for the 2024-2025 athletic season.
In addition to the overall All-Sports award, the Herald also gives out the Boys' Major Sports Award, which recognizes success across six sports (football, basketball, soccer, baseball, track and field, and wrestling), and the Girls' Major Sports Award, which looks at how schools fared across five sports (indoor volleyball, basketball, soccer, track and field, and softball).
Doral was a double-winner, also taking home the Girls' Major Sports Award in the large school division. The other winners: Columbus for the Boys' Major Sports Award in large schools, Northwestern for the Boys' Major Sports Award in small schools, and Westminster Christian for the Girls' Major Sports Award in small schools.
Doral Academy's biggest success this season came in softball, with the Firebirds winning their second state title in the sport. Beyond that, Doral had state runner-up finishes in both competitive cheerleading and boys' tennis as well as a state semifinal berth for girls' basketball plus regional final appearances in boys' soccer and baseball.
The Firebirds' girls' golf team finished ninth at state, the highest finish among teams from the county. Girls' volleyball, football, boys' basketball and girls' soccer also made appearances in their respective regional tournaments.
Columbus won its fourth consecutive state title (and a national title) in boys' basketball as well as its second consecutive state title in track and field. The Explorers also reached the state semifinal in football and finished fifth at state in Class 3A for wrestling.
Mater Lakes had a breakout year. The Bears won three state titles in boys' swimming and wrestling, sweeping the duals and individual bracket tournament formats. They also had four teams — girls' swimming, girls' volleyball, boys' soccer and boys' water polo — finish as state runner-up. The girls' basketball team also made the regional final, the boys' cross country team finished eighth at state and 12 of the school's 20 teams won district titles.
Northwestern won the Class 3A state title in football, finished fourth at state in boys' track and field and went 23-4 in boys' basketball before falling in the regional semifinal.
(While this doesn't factor into their award, the Bulls also finished as state runner-up in girls' track and field.)
As for Westminster Christian, the Warriors won a state title in girls' volleyball, reached the state semifinal in softball and made regional appearances in both girls' basketball and girls' soccer.
Other schools of note (in alphabetical order)
▪ Belen Jesuit: The Wolverines won state titles in boys' cross country and boys' track and field while also making regional final appearances in boys' soccer, baseball and boys' tennis. They also finished eighth at state in boys' swimming.
▪ Booker T. Washington: The Tornadoes reached the state semifinals in football.
▪ Braddock: The Bulldogs won a state title in boys' swimming - the school's first in any sport - while also finishing sixth at state in girls' swimming and ninth in girls' cross country.
▪ Brito: The Panthers reached the state semifinal in baseball.
▪ Carrollton: The Cyclones won a state title in girls' track, finished fourth at state in girls' cross country and advanced to the regional final in girls' basketball
▪ Edison: The Red Raiders won a state title in flag football and reached the regional final in football
▪ Florida Christian: The Patriots made it to the state semifinal in boys' soccer and the regional final in softball
▪ Gulliver Prep: The Raiders won a state title in girls' water polo; were state runner-up in boys' tennis; finished third at state in girls' swimming; made it to the state semifinals in girls' volleyball, boys' soccer and girls' tennis; and advanced to the regional final in boys' basketball.
▪ Homestead: The Broncos were state semifinalists in flag football.
▪ JC Bermudez Doral: The Thunder were state semifinalists in boys' volleyball.
▪ LaSalle: The Royal Lions were state runners-up in competitive cheerleading and reached the regional final in both football and boys' volleyball.
▪ Lourdes: The Bobcats won a state title in competitive cheerleading, were state runners-up in girls' volleyball and girls' soccer, reached the regional final in girls' tennis and finished seventh at state in girls' cross-country.
▪ Mater Academy: The Lions won a state title in baseball.
▪ Miami Christian: The Victors reached the state semifinal in softball.
▪ Miami Country Day: The Spartans won a state title in girls' basketball, advanced to the state semifinal in girls' water polo, and made regional final appearances in boys' basketball, boys' tennis and boys' water polo.
▪ Miami Springs: The Golden Hawks won a state title in baseball - the school's first in the sport and first overall since 1988.
▪ Palmetto: The Panthers won a state title in girls' tennis, reached the state semifinal in flag football, finished fourth at state in boys' wrestling and made a regional final berth in boys' tennis.
▪ Ransom Everglades: The Raiders advanced to the state semifinal in girls' soccer and the regional final in both boys' and girls' water polo.
▪ Reagan: The Bison made the state semifinal in boys' volleyball.
▪ Riviera Prep: The Bulldogs won a state title in boys' basketball and reached the regional final in girls' tennis.
▪ SLAM Academy: SLAM was the state runner-up in girls' golf, reached the state semifinal in girls' basketball and made regional final appearances in boys' soccer and flag football.
▪ Somerset Silver Palms: The Stallions won their first state title in softball.
▪ South Dade: The Bucs won two more boys' state wrestling titles and finished third at state in girls' wrestling.
▪ Southridge: The Spartans had a pair of state runner-up finishes in girls' basketball and boys' wrestling plus a state semifinal berth in football.
▪ Southwest: The Eagles were state runners-up in boys' volleyball and finished third at state in wrestling.
▪ St. Brendan: The Sabres won a state title in cheerleading and made the regional final in boys' basketball and baseball.
▪ True North: The Titans won state titles in both boys' and girls' tennis while reaching the state semifinal in boys' volleyball.
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