Key West’s boys tennis team swept Miami Killian on March 4 in Miami. John Picco, Nicholas Burnett, Sharun MacAlearney, Nate Bergh and Martin Burnett all defeated their opponents in singles. Picco and Nicholas Burnette combined to win the first doubles match and MacAlearney and Bergh won the second. The Lady Conchs completed the clean sweep of the Cougars with singles wins from Eva Drozdetskaia, Gabriella Aguero, Amalia Strunk, Zoe Gehin and Claudia Steling. Drozdetskaia and Aguero, then Strunk and Steling, paired up for a set of doubles wins to blank Killian.
The tables would turn on March 7 when the Conchs traveled to Coral Shores. The Hurricanes swept the Conchs in boys action. Makani Burga, Aidan Althouse, Johann Smith, Erik Moerner and Corden Dean registered wins for the ’Canes, with the doubles duos of Burga/Althouse and Smith/Moerner claiming wins as well. For the girls, it was much closer, with the Lady ‘’Canes edging the Lady Conchs 4-3 for the team victory. Drozdetskaia, Aguero and Strunk won their singles matches for the Conchs’ three points. For Coral Shores, Kai Redruello and Macy Cakans won their singles matches while Redruello and Kai Guth plus Olivia Hughes and Charlotte MacEachern combined to win both doubles matches for a Lady ’Canes win.
