Marathon is holding on to a 4-0 record after wins against Posnack and Miami Country Day last week. The Fins faced Posnak on March 2, pounding out 10 hits in five innings of play. Ryan Yablon fanned 8 batters over 4 innings and Bryan Broche closed out the game, striking out 2 in the final inning. Yablon went on the offensive as well, racking up 3 hits in the game. Tommy Norris added 2 hits and Gabe Leal, Gavin Leal, Mason Thornton, Dylan Globe and Tiago Rivero each added 1 to their stats in the matchup.
Bryan Broche (1) scores for the Dolphins. Photos by BARRY GAUKEL/Keys Weekly. 
Fin’s Bryan Broche (1) hustles back to third. Photos by BARRY GAUKEL/Keys Weekly. 
Marathon’s Dylan Globe (3) steals second. Photos by BARRY GAUKEL/Keys Weekly. 
Marathon catcher Gabe Leal with a force out at home. Photos by BARRY GAUKEL/Keys Weekly. 
Senior Ryan Yablon (7) on the mound for the Dolphins. Photos by BARRY GAUKEL/Keys Weekly.
The Fins won 14-4 in a mercy rule victory, giving them momentum in their home game the following night against Country Day. They won that one 8-0. Marathon ace Dylan Ziels went 7 full innings for the Fins, throwing a 1-hitter while striking out 20 with no walks in the shutout. The Dolphins racked up 11 hits in the game, led by three from Mason Thornton. Gabe Leal, Yablon and Norris each had 2, and Gavin Leal and Dylan Globe had 1 hit each.
The Hurricanes evened out their record to 2-2 with a pair of wins last week, starting with a Feb. 27 home victory over ABF Hialeah. Dylan Bloom, Andrew Putetti and Ian Anderson had 2 hits each while Donovan Thiery and Campbell Lavoie each had 1. Lavoie drove in 5 runs in the 16-7 win. Tate Brumbalow went 5 innings on the mound for the ’Canes, striking out 7, and Riley O’Berry closed out the final 2 innings for Coral Shores.
On March 1, the ’Canes battled Somerset Silver Palms on the road to a 10-8 victory. Lavoie and O’Berry had 2 hits each and Thiery, Putetti, Ezekiel Myers and Steel Mientkiewicz added hits for Coral Shores. Bloom and Thiery teamed up on the pitcher’s mound, striking out 12 in total and securing the win.
Key West lost a pair of games to West Broward this week. On March 3, the Conchs met the Bobcats at Rex Weech Field. Despite hits from Anthony Lariz, Matthew Greenberg, Anden Rady and Wyatt Kuhn and 2 from Jack Haggard, Key West lost 8-5. The following night, Caden Pichardo had a double and a single while Greenberg, Rady, Kuhn, and Haggard logged 1 hit each. The Bobcat bats came alive, though, and 11 hits from West Broward would be too much for the Conchs to overcome. The final score was 14-6, giving Key West a 2-2 record coming into a set of games against 6A Bartow High School on Friday and Saturday, March 10 and 11 at home.
