With lacrosse district brackets set to begin the week of April 10, the Conchs are sitting on a 6-2 record. At the halfway point in the season, Key West has defeated two of the other four teams in the district, including an impressive 9-3 victory over a high-ranked Ransom Everglades on March 9. But if the Conchs want to secure a district championship, they will have to get past Gulliver. On March 5, the Raiders beat the visiting Conchs 15-4. Key West picked up an additional win at home March 8 against Coral Reef for win number six this season.
The Lady Conchs played three district matchups last week. On March 5, they lost to Westminster 9-4. Deanna Mercier scored half of Key West’s goals, with the others coming from Eisley Whitehead and Maeve O’Hearn. Whitehead also secured 5 ground balls while goalkeeper Courtney Grabus had a dozen saves. In a March 8 win against Gulliver, Mercier netted 4 while O’Hearn, Colbie Turner and Kaitlyn Piloto scored 2 apiece. Turner was also credited with 3 caused turnovers for the Conchs. Taylor Gibson had one goal in the 11-3 win and Grabus saved 5 from scoring. In their final game of the week, Key West lost to Ransom 11-10 on March 9, putting them at 3-5 thus far this season. Like Coral Shores, Key West has the ability to beat its district opponents when things fall into place for the young team.
The Lady ’Canes remain 2-3 with no games scheduled last week, but their most recent stats just became available. In a narrow loss to Key West on March 1, goalkeeper Sidney Friedman helped keep the score close with a 76% save percentage. Nicole Gray and Leyla Ochoa each netted 3 goals in the 7-6 loss. Against Westminster Christian, the Lady ’Canes had better luck, winning 9-7. Ochoa scored 4 while Shay Stober and Iona Holmquist found the goal twice. Gray scored the final Hurricane goal. Ivy Tiedemann scooped up 7 ground balls while Makayla Hann had 2 interceptions and 8 ground balls in the win. The Hurricanes’ record does not accurately reflect their game play this season; Coral Shores has not lost by more than 3 goals all season and are capable of winning against any District 16 opponent on any given day.
Coral Shores’ boys are 1-6 after a pair of losses last week. The first came from Miami Country Day on March 5 and the second two days later against Coral Reef. The ’Canes have a chance to pick up a pair of district wins to improve their bracket standings with games against district opponents Key West and Westminster Christian coming up on their schedule.
