An impressive Canes softball season culminated in a 13-3 win over Colonial Christian at Miami Country Day School to become conference champions.jim

The team finished the season with a 17-1 record and undefeated in conference, 9-0. Coach Lesa Bonee was a unanimous selection for conference coach of the year honors while Anna Langley was awarded conference player of the season and most valuable player of the championship.

Langley also received first-team all conference alongside sister Madeline Langley and teammates Atlantis Hofstetter and Keely Flanagan. Lexi Brito and Jenna Jones were selected to the second team, while Dallas Christmas and Emma Lovell were selected to the third team.

“It was a great year with a great group of student-athletes,” Bonee said. “We’re going to be rebuilding next year, but it’s still a good group of kids, and we will have some fun softball to watch.”

Jim McCarthy
Jim McCarthy is one of the many Western New Yorkers who escaped the snow and frigid temperatures for warm living by the water. A former crime & court reporter and city editor for two Western New York newspapers, Jim has been honing his craft since he graduated from St. Bonaventure University in 2014. In his 4-plus years in the Keys, Jim has enjoyed connecting with the community. “One of my college professors would always preach to be curious,” he said. “Behind every person is a story that’s unique to them, and one worth telling. As writers, we are the ones who paint the pictures in the readers minds of the emotions, the struggles and the triumphs.” Jim is past president of the Key Largo Sunset Rotary Club, which is composed of energetic members who serve the community’s youth and older populations. Jim is a sports fanatic who loves to watch football, hockey, mixed martial arts and golf. He also enjoys time with family and his new baby boy, Lucas, who arrived Oct. 4, 2022.