The Wooden family from Ridgefield WA enjoyed Florida Keys fishing with SeaSquared. An offshore reef trip netted this great catch of dolphin, wahoo and snapper.
Dolphin season 2012 is shaping up to be a good one.
Posted: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 08:01 AM EDT
The late Keys fishing legend Billy Pate with some of his trophies and awards.
The extensive collection of the late Billy Pate, Hall-of-Fame Keys fishing guide, will be auctioned Saturday, May 19, at his home in Islamorada.
Posted: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 08:01 AM EDT
Key West High volleyball star Olha Morekhodova (right) has signed with Indian River State College. Here, she celebrates with her coach, Jessy Hulme Archer on Thursday.
It was late last summer when Ukraine-born Olha Morekhodova moved from Argentina to Key West. This week, she was honored as the first Key West High School volleyball player to win a full college scholarship to play that sport.
Posted: Saturday, May 12, 2012 10:30 AM EDT
Beneath a sign that reads "INSPIRE," Johnny Hughes, the new Key West High School football coach, was checking out new uniform styles on the computer in his office before practice Thursday afternoon.
Posted: Saturday, May 12, 2012 11:00 AM EDT
Island Christian School's Eagles got a taste of the state Class 2A baseball regional playoffs this spring, and decided they want more.
Posted: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 09:55 AM EDT
Conch seniors with coach Miguel Menendez (rear center) are (front from left) Tommy Ruffennach, Garrett Pita, manager Devin Barber and Donjae Valdes; and (back) Matt Chelekis, Michael Abreu, Joseph Varela and Reny Garcia.
When rain cancelled the Key West High School baseball team's final regular-season game on April 21, it also washed out the traditional night that honors the team's seniors.
Posted - Wednesday, May 09, 2012 09:53 AM EDT
Marathon High offensive and defensive linemen square off in practice drills Thursday. The Dolphins began spring practice last week in anticipation of a May 24 scrimmage against Coral Shores High School and Keys Gate Academy.
Marathon High School will unveil a new offense for its first season in the newly formed Southeast Football Conference.
Coach Lance Martin said with seven starters returning on that side of the ball, it's time to open up the playbook. He's installing an I-formation offense in place of the run-heavy wing-T Marathon ran in 2011.
Posted - Wednesday, May 09, 2012 09:50 AM EDT
The 'Spiegel Grove' turns turtle on May 17, 2002 -- sinking prematurely and ending up on its side. Three years later, Hurricane Dennis did what man couldn't -- got the ship to sit right side up.
It was a story that could have been scripted for a major motion picture, but no writer could have conceived the plot of the sinking of the Spiegel Grove.
Posted - Saturday, May 05, 2012 11:00 AM EDT
Two Upper Keys runners scored Top 8 finishes at state-championship track meets last weekend.
Posted - Wednesday, May 02, 2012 10:42 AM EDT
Clive Georges and Lindsay Cowpland show their state medals.
Clive Georges became the seventh Key West High track champion in an individual event when he won the 400-meter dash at Saturday's Class 2A state meet at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville.
Georges also medaled in the 100, the 220 and the triple jump, and fellow senior Lindsay Cowpland won a medal by finishing eighth in the girls discuss throw. An athlete had to finish in the top eight to receive a medal.
Posted - Wednesday, May 02, 2012 10:41 AM EDT
