IN PICTURES: KEY WEST GIRLS, CORAL SHORES BOYS TENNIS TRADE WINS IN THE SOUTHERNMOST CITY

Coral Shores made the trip to the Southernmost City on Feb. 18 to take on the Conchs in boys and girls tennis. The Hurricane boys won 5-2, with wins coming from their top four players in singles. Aidan Althouse, Erik Moerner, Zach Bolano and Jaden Heilbron all picked up wins for Coral Shores. Althouse and Max Smith teamed up in the No. 1 doubles match for win number five. Key West’s Mason Martel won the No. 5 singles match while Wyatt Bowtels and Hubert Konopka won in No. 2 doubles for Key West’s second point. 

The Lady Conchs won 6-1, with Eva Drozdetskaia, Gabriella Aguero, Hamida Mohsinova and  Leyla Atilla winning the No. 1 through 4 singles matches. Drozdetskaia and Aguero and Mohsinova and Atilla teamed up for wins in No. 1 and 2 doubles. Kai Redruello scored the lone point for the Lady ’Canes, winning the No. 5 singles match. 

Tracy McDonald
Tracy McDonald fled to the Keys from the frozen mountains of Pennsylvania hours after graduating from college and never looked back. She is a second generation coach and educator, and has taught in the public school system for over 25 years. She and her husband met at a beginning teacher meeting in 1997 and have three children born and raised in Monroe County. In her free time, McDonald loves flea markets, historical fiction and long runs in the heat.