IN PICTURES: CONCHS SCORE 5 AGAINST CANES IN GIRLS SOCCER

Coral Shores High School Soccer team takes on Key West at CSHS Tuesday, November 30, 2021. Photo by Doug Finger

The Key West girl’s varsity soccer team traveled north to face the Coral Shores Hurricanes on Nov. 30. In the end, the Lady Conchs were too much offensively for the Canes in a 5-2 victory. Teams went back and forth going into the first half with the Conchs up 2-1. In the second half, the Conchs scored three goals en route to victory. The Lady Conchs, 3-4, head on the road for a game at Somerset Academy Silver Palms, 3-0, on Friday, Dec. 3 at 3 p.m. The Lady Canes, 4-1, will go on the road to face St. Brendan in Miami on Monday, Dec. 6 at 6 p.m. 

— Weekly staff report

 

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.