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Coral Shores running back Henry Jacobsen looks for an opening as defender Byron Peixoto closes in during a Hurricane scrimmage May 16, preparing for Thursday's spring jamboree at Marathon High School.
After three weeks of practice under a hot spring sun, football players from rival Marathon and Coral Shores high schools must be eager to hit somebody other than their own teammates.
They get that chance Thursday night when the Dolphins, Hurricanes and Doral Academy meet for a scheduled spring exhibition jamboree in Marathon. Each team is slated to play one half against the other two schools.
Posted: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 09:58 AM EDT
The Key West High School football team will play its spring game at 7 Friday night -- maybe at Tommy Roberts Memorial Stadium.
Posted: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 09:55 AM EDT
Key West assistant softball coach Bubba Osterhoudt travels to the tournament with (from left) Raquel Schoneck, Lauren Schoneck and Devin Osterhoudt.
Three Key West High School seniors closed their Conch athletic careers last weekend by shining brightly at the 24th Florida Athletic Coaches Association All-Star Softball Classic at Forest High in Ocala.
Devin Osterhoudt and the Schoneck twins, Raquel and Lauren, played for the South Team that lost two games in the tourney -- 3-1 to the North team on Friday and 5-4 to the West on Saturday.
Posted: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 09:54 AM EDT
Flanked by his mother, Marie Therese Val, and former coach Jerry Hughes, Key West High football player Roberto Val signs a letter of intent to attend Georgia Military College. In back are trainer Richard Fuentes and Dr. Robert Loeffler.
Roberto Val, a four-year starting defensive end on the Key West High School football team, has been awarded a scholarship to play at George Military College, a junior college in Milledgeville, Ga.
Posted: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 11:00 AM EDT
Spring football practice at Coral Shores and other Florida Keys high schools took on new intensity Monday with the first day of full-contact drills. The three-week spring session ends May 23 with a jamboree at Marathon High School.
Keynoter photo by KEVIN WADLOW
Coral Shores football coaches mean it when they tell their Hurricane players that starting spots are open for the taking.
"Our main priority this spring is to establish our identity as a football team," said third-year head coach Ed Holly, watching the Canes hit during Monday's first spring day of contact practice.
Posted: Wednesday, May 08, 2013 11:01 AM EDT
Repair work is underway on the bleachers at Tommy Roberts Memorial Stadium.
Photo by BERT BUDDE
Patchwork repairs underway at 58-year-old stadium
A dinosaur looming over Kennedy Drive's savage traffic, Tommy Roberts Memorial Stadium -- named for one of the most popular coaches and educators in Key West High School history -- is showing its age.
Home to the Conchs football team, boys and girls soccer teams -- and commencement ceremonies -- the stadium, which seats about 3,000, was built in 1955 and, in the past decade, most notably since 2005's Hurricane Wilma, has been in steady decline.
Posted - Saturday, May 11, 2013 11:01 AM EDT
Pads and helmets were the order of the day as the Marathon High School spring football squad began practice this week.
Keynoter photo by RYAN McCARTHY
Dolphins team begins scrimmages
Spring practice couldn't have come any sooner for the Marathon High School football team.
The Dolphins would surely love to erase the memory of a 1-9 2013 season as quickly as possible, and their young roster will benefit from another month on the field.
"The first few days is just going over the basics. There's a number of new kids that need to learn the basics of football and don't have the background," coach Lance Martin said.
Posted - Wednesday, May 08, 2013 11:01 AM EDT
District competition expanding in 2013-14
Coral Shores boys' basketball Hurricanes return to the court this winter to face three reigning district champions on their regular-season schedule - and all three now play with the Canes inside District 16-4A.
Posted - Saturday, May 11, 2013 11:01 AM EDT
Quarterback hopefuls Trevor Pike (15) and Andrew Freeman (4) throw passes during a drill Monday at Key West High's spring practice.
Photo by BERT BUDDE
Conchs look at QB candidates
Spring football practice is under way at Key West High School, and the hunt is on for a quarterback.
Senior Donald Roberts was at that position last season, helping lead the Conchs to a 6-4 record under first-year coach Johnny Hughes. His backup, Juwan Brown, also got experience running the triple-option office Hughes had installed.
Posted - Wednesday, May 08, 2013 11:27 AM EDT
Lopez out as Key West basketball coach
Anton Lopez, who coached the Key West High boys basketball team the last two seasons -- the first a sensational one, the second a tumultuous one -- will not coach a third one.
Posted - Saturday, May 11, 2013 11:01 AM EDT
