In Keys boys tennis action, Coral Shores swept Key West on Feb. 27, with wins coming from the entire ’Canes team. Makani Burga, Aidan Althouse, Johann Smith, Erik Moerner and Corden Dean all won their singles matches. Burga and Althouse, plus Smith and Moerner, teamed up in doubles action to add another two wins for Coral Shores.
The Conchs were the big winners the following day against the traveling Marathon Dolphins. Adrien Holdinga was the lone winner for the Fins while Key West’s Martin Burnett and Devon Soni registered singles wins for the Conchs. John Picco and Burnett also won the only doubles match against a short-handed Marathon.
In girls tennis, Coral Shores defeated Key West on Feb. 27. Key West’s Gabriela Aguero won the No. 1 singles match and Leyla Atilla won the No. 5 match for a pair of Conch wins. Olivia Hughes, Kai Guth and Kai Redruello all registered ’Canes wins in singles while Charlotte MacEachern and Hughes, plus the duo of Guth and Redruello, teamed up for two wins in doubles for Coral Shores.
The following day, Key West hosted Marathon for a clean 7-0 sweep of the Fins. Eva Drozdetskaia, Gabriella Aguero, Leyla Atilla, Juliana Strunk and Violet Jangraw won in their singles matches. Drozdetskaia teamed up with Zoe Gehin to win the first doubles match while Aguero and Strunk won the second. All three teams will become more familiar with each other this week. Key West is at Coral Shores on Thursday, March 7. Key West will face Marathon on Monday, March 11, and Coral Shores is at Marathon on Thursday, March 14.
