Boys' tennis sweeps district titles
Ransom Everglades boys’ tennis team won all of its finals matches to sweep the team, singles and doubles competitions at the Florida High School Athletic Association Class 1A District 16 championship at Crandon Park on April 14. Sam Gelber ’22 claimed the individual title and shared the doubles championship with Xander Lake ’21.
The boys advanced to the regional playoffs April 20, and Gelber and Lake qualified for the individual draws of the state tournament. Ransom Everglades scored 21 points, topping Riviera Prep (9), Westminster Christian (6) and Palmer Trinity (5). Faculty member Tom Dughi and Peter Lehmann coached the team.
District 16 1A Boys
Final Standings
Final Standings
# 1 singles winner: Sam Gelber ’22 (RE), 6-1, 6-1
# 2 singles winner: Xander Lake ’21 (RE), 6-0, 6-1
# 3 singles winner: Dylan Kauffmann ’22 (RE), 6-0, 6-0
# 4 singles winner: Mikey Zoi ’24 (RE), 6-2, 6-2
# 5 singles winner: Ale Urdaneta ’24 (RE), 6-0, 6-0
# 1 doubles winner: Gelber/Lake (RE), 6-0, 6-0
# 2 doubles winner: Kauffmann/Urdaneta (RE), 6-2, 6-4
Middle School
2045 South Bayshore Drive, Coconut Grove, FL 33133Phone: 305 250 6850
Upper School
3575 Main Highway, Coconut Grove, FL 33133Phone: 305 460 8800
Founded in 1903, Ransom Everglades School is a coeducational, college preparatory day school for grades 6 - 12 located on two campuses in Coconut Grove, Florida. Ransom Everglades School produces graduates who "believe that they are in the world not so much for what they can get out of it as for what they can put into it." The school provides rigorous college preparation that promotes the student's sense of identity, community, personal integrity and values for a productive and satisfying life, and prepares the student to lead and to contribute to society.