The Coral Shores and Marathon golf teams participated in a home-and-home set of matches last week, playing at Marathon’s Florida Keys Country Club on Sept. 18, then Ocean Reef Hammock Course on the 20th. In girls’ play, Marathon’s Summer Haines and Coral Shores’ Gabby Thomas traded places, each winning at the visitor’s course and placing second at home. They were the only two girls to play at Ocean Reef, but ’Canes senior Mattie Johnson and Fins freshman Makenna Haines joined them at Marathon to place third and fourth, respectively.
The boys also did some trading of spots at each event. At the Marathon match, Dolphin golfer Michael Merryman took first place with a low score of 44, followed by teammates Leo Mendez, Mason Thornton, Dylan Ziels, Roco Piscetello, Cullen Coleman-Sayer and Ethan Sauders, who placed second through seventh. Walter Hussey and Dylan Lindman made the leaderboard for the Hurricanes, and Marathon’s Aiden Richard rounded out the top ten.
At Ocean Reef, it was Thornton in first with a 44 while Mendez, Merryman, Piscetello and Sauders came in second through fifth. Preston Carroll was first for the ’Canes in sixth place with Coleman-Sayer in seventh, Coral Shores’ Aidan Althouse in eighth, Ziels in ninth and Coral Shores’ Tanel Irons in 10th.
Key West had a week off, but resumed competitive play on Sept. 25 at Marathon and Sept. 28 at home. The Conchs were to be joined by the ’Canes and Fins for both matches (results not available at press time). District action is set for October 23 for 1A and 2A divisions, which includes all three Keys schools.
