Upper Keys pitcher Nick Perez delivers a strike in the South Pool title game of the Little League Age 9-10 District 8 Tournament. The Upper Keys team beat Homestead, 12-10, to advance in the district playoffs.
Homestead put the tying runs on base in the final inning but Upper Keys second baseman Dalton Falcucci speared a line drive to start the celebration for his team's South Pool championship in the Little League Age 9-10 District 8 Tournament.
Posted: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 09:47 AM EDT
Defense and pitching dominated Monday as the Upper Keys grabbed a 5-1 win over Marathon in the first round of the Little League Age 11-12 District 8 Tournament.
Posted: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 09:50 AM EDT
Upper Keys runner Shawn Walters goes into a slide to steal third base ahead of the throw to Marathon third baseman Sasha Olivera in the Age 9-10 Little League District 8 Tournament in Key Largo. The Upper Keys won the first-round game, 19-2.
In a four-inning game that took four days to finish, the Upper Keys outslugged Marathon for a 19-2 win in the Little League Age 9-10 District 8 Tournament. A Friday evening rain drenched the Key Largo Community Park site of the tournament's South Pool competition, requiring the game to be finished Monday.
Posted: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 11:00 AM EDT
Key West track star Phillip Young, who broke the school record in the triple jump this year, finished just four inches shy of the winner in the 2009 World Youth Track and Field Trials held at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti.
After finishing a close second in two events this week at a qualifying track meet in Michigan, Key West High School's Phillip Young, passport in hand, had anticipated leaving from Detroit today to participate in a prestigious meet in Europe.
Posted: Saturday, July 04, 2009 11:07 AM EDT
Winners in Kids Fishing Derby show their trophies during an awards ceremony at the Key Colony Inn.
Middle Keys youngsters braved the elements on June 24 for the four annual Cities of Key Colony Beach and Marathon Kids Fishing Derby.
Posted: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 12:56 PM EDT
A narrow win this week puts the Upper Keys all-stars in the playoffs of the Little League Age 9-10 District 8 Tournament.
Posted - Saturday, July 04, 2009 11:07 AM EDT
