In their final matches prior to districts, Coral Shores traveled to South Dade High School on April 11 to take on the Buccaneers. The boys swept the Bucs 7-0, with wins from Makani Burga, Aidan Althouse, Johann Smith, Erik Moerner and Corden Dean in singles. In doubles action, Althouse and Smith paired up for a win in the first match and Moerner and Dean picked up another win in doubles match number two. South Dade gave the Lady ’Canes a bit more resistance. Kai Redruello won the No. 4 singles match and Macy Cakans won No. 5. Redruello teamed up with Kai Guth to win the second doubles match, but the Buccaneers pulled off four wins to Coral Shores’ three.
Key West and Marathon also played their final regular-season matches on April 11. Marathon’s boys doubled their wins for the season, defeating the Conchs 5-2. Adrien Holdinga, Tanner Snowden and Matt Delgado won their singles matches and Holdinga and Snowden plus Delgado and Carlos Lezcano picked up a pair of doubles wins for the Fins. Key West won a point from Michael Grodzinski in the singles No. 3 match plus a forfeit at the No. 5 spot.
The Lady Conchs were dominant against the Fins, with wins from Amalia Strunk, Juliana Strunk and Violet Jangraw in singles as well as sweeping the doubles matches. Eva Drozdetskaia and Gabriela Aguero won the first doubles match, then the Strunk sisters won the second. Marathon’s lone win came from No. 2 singles player Rain Banks.
Marathon and Coral Shores, both classified in the smaller 1A division, will compete at their district matches on the campus of Miami Dade Community College. 2A Key West will be at Tropical Park in hopes of sending their athletes to the next round of competition. Districts for both divisions were held April 15 and 16 (results not available at press time).
