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Community theatre to debut ‘Rocky Horror Show’
Usherettes Stephanie Zajac, left, and Allison Sayer open the show. ALEX RICKERT/Keys Weekly
‘Rocky Horror Show’ comes to Marathon Community Theatre
ABIGAIL HADDOCK
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Just in time for Halloween, the Marathon Community Theater is putting on “The Rocky Horror Show,” the cult classic musical. For the uninitiated, “Rocky Horror” is a campy, fun and sometimes bizarre musical that begins with two sweethearts – Brad (MCT funnyman John Schaefer) and Janet (Jeanie Schwenke) – getting trapped inside the mansion of mad scientist Dr. Frank N. Furter (John Journell, star of MCT’s drag queen bingo), all with a rock soundtrack. Many on the stage are new to MCT, and some are even new to musical theater, but they are, as Schwenke very modestly put it, “musically inclined.” From the very opening number by the “usherettes” (Allison Sayer and Stephanie Zajac) to dance solos from Columbia (Michelle Dobler) and an impressive and hilarious series of hot dog-related belting from Magenta (Abbi Colella), the music of this show is sure to stick with an audience. “Rocky Horror” isn’t just a musical though. It’s a musical comedy, and the Narrator (Dion Watson) is the comedic voice of the show, responding to hilarious planned outbursts from the crowd as they follow along with an “audience participation” script. “I remember at 19 or 20, taking my mother to see ‘Rocky’ at midnight,” said Watson. “So now I want to be a part of it. But there are a lot of people who don’t know it, or who have only seen the movie, and you have got to see the real show. This is what it’s all about, and this time my mom has front-row seats.” Schwenke’s family also had connections to “Rocky Horror.” “I grew up on ‘Rocky Horror,’” she said. “Both me and my sister did the ‘Time Warp’ at our weddings, and we went all out, crashing to the floor at the end and everything.” Schwenke’s castmates confirmed that she knew every line from the start, calling her the “one-woman show” of the cast. Not all the cast were lifelong “Rocky Horror” fans. Steve Emmerling listened to the soundtrack for the first time after it was suggested by his neighbors, and then auditioned for the mansion’s mysterious butler Riff Raff. “I thought the most exciting part was just getting picked (for the role),” he said. “But then I met the others, and they’re all just as excited. What a glorious thing, meeting people who are all as excited about this as you.” Above all, the cast hopes that audiences come ready to be part of the show, an interaction made easier by audience participation bags to be distributed to patrons on entry. “Rocky Horror” is an interactive show, and the audience is encouraged to cheer, react, laugh and have fun with the cast. By the end of the show, it’s impossible not to want to dance along with them. “The Rocky Horror Show” is directed by Jim Zimmerman and opens on Thursday, Oct. 27. It runs on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. until Nov. 12, with a special 3 p.m. matinee on Sunday, Oct. 30. Tickets are $33 and are available at www. marathontheater.org or by calling 305-743-0994. The show contains adult themes and language, and is recommended for mature audiences.
THE CAST
Usherettes - Stephanie Zajac, Allison Sayer Brad - John Schaefer Janet - Jeanie Schwenke Phantoms - Sharon Young, Karen Shotwell, Catherine McCole, Chiino Rios Narrator - Dion Watson Riff Raff - Steve Emmerling Magenta - Abbi Colella Columbia - Michelle Dobler Frank N. Furter - John Journell Rocky - Lee Lawson Eddie - Ashley Andrews Dr. Scott - Dayanara Terpos
KEEPING KCB’S SMALL-TOWN FEEL
ALEX RICKERT
alex@keysweekly.com
KCB commission candidates weigh in
In an effort to provide greater familiarity and communication between the Key Colony Beach City Commission candidates and our readers, the Marathon Weekly sent each of them a series of questions concerning their backgrounds and stances on pressing city issues. The Weekly will continue to print each candidate’s responses in a Q&A series leading up to the Nov. 8 election, in which two candidates will win commission seats. This week’s question was submitted to the Weekly by a full-time Key Colony Beach resident unaffiliated with the election.
This week: With Key Colony Beach implementing a number of recent changes to rules and fees throughout the past few years, how do you feel the city has fared in preserving KCB's small-town feel? What changes, if any, do you feel need to be made in this area?
Answers are printed exactly as submitted by candidates, with responses limited to 100 words.
JOHN DENEALE
KCB is lucky years ago we commissioned a committee of residents, realtors and vacation rental owners who drew up the ordinances we have which are grandfathered under state law. There are no new rules, just better defined. However, fees for renting and violations have been raised because of the increased cost of managing 600 vacation rentals which make up 39% of our residential units. By recently hiring a code officer, we’re doing a better job of consistently enforcing them to protect both our residents and renters. My job as Commissioner is to provide oversight to ensure fair and consistent enforcement.
BETH RAMSAY-VICKREY
Most of our residents moved to KCB because they liked our small-town, well-maintained community, free of noise, trash, and disturbance. But, unfortunately, some of that small-town community feel has been negatively impacted by vacation renters. We welcome those who come with consideration for our residents and appreciation for our community; but not the rowdy and reckless who come without regard, who would disrupt our beautiful island.
In order to uphold our standards, protect your quality of life, and preserve our community character, it’s not so much new rules, as it is enforcing the ones we already have on the books.
FREDDIE FOSTER
The small-town feel has changed over the years. The city has made new rules, regulations, and ordinances with increased fees, fines, while increasing staff to handle these programs. The result of this approach has been considered negative, creating disgruntled homeowners. Although many changes are targeted at renters, the city’s approach to enforcement has affected many residents. Could the city’s new direction be why long-term owners have sold their homes?
We should hold unruly renters accountable, including the property owners, but we must find a balance that works for all, most importantly, the residents.
A MEGA-RARITY DOUBLE SHOT
Ihadn’t met John Groskopf until Friday morning, but man, that guy knows how to royally (screw) up your day, if not your weekend. I was sitting at my desk, dutifully putting together a column about tracking sharpshinned hawks via cell phone towers, and why that was both important and so freaking cool, when I got a text from my friend Mariah, who was working in Marathon. And then a similar text from my friend Elsa, who I believe is in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Both were telling me the same thing – that this John Groskopf person had found a western spindalis over at Fort Zachary Taylor State Park. The western spindalis is a Caribbean species, a smallish songbird, and allegedly non-migratory. It is also a really handsome species, especially the male, with black-and-white referee stripes across its head, and a yellow-orange breast that looks like a freshly stoked fire. Seeing one around here isn’t killer unusual – they get found in the Keys or the South Florida mainland every year or two. Some have even tried to build nests and mate here. Mariah’s text included a screen grab of the bird, which is what got me motivated.
I met up with Mark Whiteside in the Ft. Zach parking lot. Groskopf’s post gave GPS coordinates to the exact ficus tree where he’d seen the bird. We were probably there less than five minutes when Mark spotted the bird about 20 feet overhead. We got some good looks before it flew off, though there were enough branches between it and me that I couldn’t get the camera to focus for a decent shot.
A few minutes later Groskopf and his girlfriend Maria came into the hammock. They were really nice, young birders from Sarasota who’d been in the Keys for a couple days looking for rarities. They said the spindalis would feed for a while in the big ficus, then hit a few spots in some smaller trees near the berm path. A few minutes later the spindalis appeared in those spots and I managed to get a few decent shots.
MARK
HEDDEN ... is a photographer, writer, and semi-professional birdwatcher. He has lived in Key West for more than 25 years and may no longer At home again, I realized I was going to have to scrap the column about sharp-shins and put together something about the western spindalis. be employable in I had a lot of jumbled ideas about the bird, the real world. He like how there were five subspecies of the western is also executive director of the Florida Keys Audubon Society. spindalis spread out across the islands of Cozumel, Grand Cayman, the Bahamas and Cuba, but how this bird had a green back – a patch of feathers that spread across its mantle like a fashionable shawl – and that there were only two greenbacked subspecies, the closest one being native to Cuba. And how this new bird was only the second green-back western spindalis recorded in North America, both in Key West. And how the name “spindalis” meant “type of Indian bird” in Greek, though autocorrect kept trying to change the word to “spindles” every time I turned my back. I was also working up to a recollection about that first green-backed western spindalis, which was seen in Key West’s Indigenous Park in 2005. I’d been guiding quite a bit at the time, and the bird stuck around for most of the winter afterward. It had this really high, soft seeping call, and I made bank finding it for older guys who’d lost the ability to hear in that upper range. But now, 17 years later, I was terrified I’d become one of the older guys who couldn’t hear it, until the bird flew and gave out its high, soft, seeping call and I heard it loud and clear. While I was trying to organize all this into a column I got another text from Elsa, and then another text from Mariah, and then a phone call from Reinhard, who’d been at Ft. Zach with us, all of them telling me that Groskopf had found another mega-rarity – a pair of red-legged honeycreepers – at Key West Tropical Forest & Botanical Garden. And now the western spindalis column was out the window. Red-legged honeycreepers breed in large swaths of South and Central America, as well as Cuba. The Cuban population was first recorded about 150 years ago, and some believe the species was introduced there. The only previous accepted North American sighting had been in Texas in 2014.
Left: A red-legged honeycreeper seen this week at Key West Tropical Forest & Botanical Garden. Right: A western spindalis seen this week at Fort Zachary Taylor in Key West. MARK HEDDEN/Keys Weekly
There had been red-legged honeycreeper sightings in the Keys before – one at Fort Zachary Taylor in April 2003, and another a few weeks later at the Dry Tortugas. But those sightings were rejected by the Florida Ornithological Society records committee, due to the fact that red-legged honeycreepers were sometimes sold in the cage bird trade in Miami, even if an escaped pet was highly unlikely to make it all the way to the Tortugas.
A few things made it more likely these would be accepted, though. For one, the records committee seems to have become less conservative in recent years. But also, the day before Groskopf’s sighting, the crew at the Florida Keys Hawkwatch had caught video of a pair of red- legged honeycreepers landing in a tree at Curry Hammock, perching for about five minutes before moving on south.
There was also the fact that, before I could even leave the house, another pair was reported in Louisiana. And two days later a third pair would be reported in Homestead, near a canal, and a single honeycreeper would also be reported in extreme south Texas. Further, both Hurricane Ian and Tropical Storm Karl swept through their breeding habitat quite recently, possibly pushing those birds this way. Groskropf was still at the Botanical Garden when I got there, along with a few other birders, all of them staring up into the canopy. Male red-legged honeycreepers in their breeding plumage are an intense blue that doesn’t fully come through in photographs, but this bird was in non-breeding plumage, and more of a watery green, though he kept his sporty scarlet legs. The female, a similar watery green, was further out on the branch. Both of them had the distinctive long, decurved, sickle-shaped bills.
It was just so gobsmacking that two rare species would be spotted in Key West on the same day. So much so that I forgot to complain to John Groskopf about ruining my day.
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We be back October 14, 2023!
Every Halloween we at the Keys Weekly strive to expand your cultural palate by providing our Top 10 seasonal songs for your playlist. So whether you’re cruising the Zombie Bike Ride in Key West, hitting all of your favorite spots behind the airport in Marathon or getting lost on the spooky streets of Plantation Key Colony, these Halloween jams will impress all of your neighbors and candy bandits alike. So here are our 2022…
10. “Superstition” by Stevie Wonder (1972). Favorite lyrics: “13-month-old baby… Broke the looking glass… Seven years of bad luck… Good things in your past.”
9. “Mind Playing Tricks on Me” by Geto Boys (1991): Favorite lyrics: “At night I can’t sleep I toss and turn. Candlesticks in the dark, visions of bodies being burned.” (NOT for a kid’s playlist)
8. “Dragula” by Rob Zombie (1998). Favorite lyrics: “Dead I am the sky, watchin’ the angels cry. While they slowly turn, conquering the worm.”
7. “Highway to Hell” by AC/DC (1979). Favorite lyrics: “Don’t need no reason, Don’t need rhyme, Ain’t nothin’ that I’d rather do Goin’ down, party time.”
6. “Closer” by Nine Inch Nails (1994). Favorite lyrics: “You can have my isolation. You can have the hate that it brings. You can have my absence of faith. You can have everything.” (NOT for a kid’s playlist) 5. “Sympathy for the Devil” by the Rolling Stones (1968). Favorite lyrics: “And I was ’round when Jesus Christ had his moment of doubt and pain. Made damn sure that Pilate washed his hands and sealed his fate.”
4. “Ghostbusters” by Ray Parker (1984). Favorite lyrics: “Mmm, if you’ve had a dose of a freaky ghost, baby you better call, Ghostbusters!”
3. “Werewolves of London” by Warren Zevon (1978). Favorite lyrics: “He’s the hairy handed gent who ran amok in Kent. … Lately he’s been overheard in Mayfair…”
2. “Monster Mash” by Bobby Pickett (1962). Favorite lyrics: “The ghouls all came from their humble abodes … to get a jolt of my electrodes.”
1. “Thriller” by Michael Jackson (1982). Favorite lyrics: “And grizzly ghouls from every tomb … Are closing in to seal your doom.”
BE LIKE MIKE
Honoring a community icon by paying it forward
For the month of October, the Keys Weekly Newspapers are partnering with United Way of Collier and the Keys to remember and honor the life of Mike Forster. A business owner and community advocate, Forster led the effort to feed the Florida Keys in the days following Hurricane Irma and throughout the COVID pandemic. He served on various boards, including the United Way, and went on mission trips to Uganda to serve the hundreds of children living in orphanages. An Islamorada councilman and Monroe County commissioner, Forster passed away on Sept. 6, 2021 at the age of 61 following a battle with COVID. Forster’s good will and generosity has inspired many Keys residents to carry on the spirit of giving and kindness to the island chain and those in need. In continuing the legacy of Forster, United Way of Collier & the Keys and the Keys Weekly Newspapers are highlighting some of the folks in the island chain that continue to pay it forward to help their neighbors. The community is invited to spend the week leading up to Forster’s birthday, Oct.17-21, to promote good will and generosity through random acts of kindness and sharing to social media and other channels as #BeLikeMike. Visit UWCollierKeys.org/BeLikeMike to learn more about the various ways to get involved.
THIS WEEK’S “BE LIKE MIKE” FEATURES: JENNIFER POWELL
You’d be hard-pressed to find a community endeavor or nonprofit that this week’s Marathon honoree hasn’t been a part of at one point or another. The current president of the Domestic Abuse Shelter, Powell has served on the organization’s board since 2010, along with tireless volunteer efforts with Pigeon Key, Dolphin Research Center, the Marathon Community Theatre, Island Harmony, women’s rights and voter registration events, and much more. She’s a battle-tested Keys resident, moving to the islands in 2005 “just in time” for hurricanes Dennis, Katrina, Rita and Wilma.
What inspires you to give back
to the community? I’ve always been that way, even before I moved here. I was a volunteer at Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore and Grady Hospital in Atlanta, holding and feeding babies in the NICU going through drug withdrawals who had to stay a few extra days. I’ve always felt like I’ve had a good life, and whatever community I’m in needs us. It takes a village, and I’m a part of that village no matter where I live.
What’s the most enjoyable part about helping your community and
neighbors? The most enjoyable part is getting to meet all the people and getting to make connections with those who live in this community.
What kind of impact did Mike Forster have on your life or your
community? During COVID, I went down to Key West to the food bank and was a volunteer helping to distribute food. I think Mike got that started, the whole issue of feeding people here at that time. I’ve always had a special passion for feeding people; I think we live in a world where no one should be starving.
By: Tracy and Sean McDonald
Photos by Tracy McDonald
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VOLLEYBALL ENTERS POSTSEASON PLAY POSTSEASON PLAY
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Prep volleyball closed out the regular season on Oct. 15, sending each of the three Keys teams into the opening rounds of district playoffs. Key West began its postseason quest against Miami Sunset at home on Oct. 18, with the 10-10 Conchs needing to get past the 8-6 Knights in order to advance. Further up the Keys, Marathon and Coral Shores battled it out for the fourth time this season on Oct. 17, with Coral Shores claiming a 3-0 win in order to advance to the semifinal match on Oct. 19 against Somerset Academy South Homestead. With the loss, Marathon fell to 2-17 on the season. In the last week of regular season play, Key West beat Hialeah Educational Academy 3-0 on Oct. 13. Coral Shores played two matches, defeating Marathon at their home Senior Night on Oct. 13 before hitting the road the next day and falling to Carrollton School, 3-0.
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1. A win isn’t a win until you shake.
2. Marathon’s Kiki Hewlett and Marquisha Abraham block a Coral Shores hit.
3. The Lady ’Canes’ Lana Tiedemann (8) sets up the attack.
4. Coral Shores’ Brooke Mandozzi (14) prepares for a hit against Marathon’s Cassandra Brezil (7).
5. Marathon’s Malena Rocafort (3) hits the ball over as Coral Shores’ Crystal Gutierrez-Sandoval (4) waits.
6. Marathon’s Kayesha Christian, left, and Kiki Hewlett, second from left, get vertical to block a hit from Coral Shores’ Addison Morris (20).
GOLFERS POLISHING THEIR GAMES FOR DISTRICT PLAY
Marathon played at Redland Golf and Country Club on Oct. 11 against Cutler Bay and Keys Gate. Marathon’s Fisher Coleman-Sayer won the match, edging out teammate Billy Martin by seven strokes. Fellow Fins Ethan Sauders, Aiden Richard and Casey Horvat placed fifth, sixth and seventh in the event. Summer Haines, Marathon’s lone female golfer in the match, made it count, claiming first place in the event and beating the next golfer by more than 20 strokes. Key West made the trip to Ocean Reef to play a round against Coral Shores on Oct. 13 at the Hammock course. Key West’s Roco Twyman,
Devon Gilday and Andrew Bassett swept the top three spots in the boys matchup. Coral Shores’ Aiden Althouse took fourth place. The girls’ match had similar results, with
Conchs at the top of the leaderboard. Claudia
Sterling took first place, followed by Savannah
Oropeza. Key West’s Kaylee Arsenault and Coral
Shores’ Gabby Thomas tied for third. Prep golf will move into district play beginning Monday, Oct. 24 for Key West and Tuesday,
Oct. 25 for Coral Shores and Marathon. The
Conchs will play at Grand
Palms Golf Course in
Pembroke Pines, and the ’Canes and Fins will head to Normandy Shores
Golf Club in Miami
Beach.
By: Tracy and Sean McDonald
THE SCOREBOARD
Team Sport Opponent Date Result
Marathon Boys Golf Cutler Bay 10/11 W, 116-200
Key West Volleyball Hialeah Ed. Academy 10/12 W, 3-0
Key West Golf Coral Shores 10/13 W Coral Shores Volleyball Marathon Coral Shores Volleyball Carrollton 10/13 W, 3-0
10/14 L, 3-0
Key West Football Estero 10/14 L, 42-37
Marathon Football Miami Country Day 10/14 W, 57-21
Key West Swimming Barbara Goleman 10/14 Boys - W, 125-105 Girls - W, 131-95
JAMES REYNOLDS
— Johnny Hughes, Key West head football coach
Key West Senior, Running Back
THIS WEEK IN KEYS SPORTS
Date School Sport Opponent Time
10/20 Marathon Cross Country @ Districts (Greynolds Park)
10/20 Coral Shores Golf Marathon (Ocean Reef CC) 4 p.m.
2:30 p.m.
10/20 Key West Golf @ Mater Lakes CC 2 p.m.
10/20 Marathon Football Palm Glades 7 p.m.
10/21 Coral Shores Football Key West 10/24 Key West Golf @ Districts (Grand Palms) 7 p.m.
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10/25 CSHS & MHS Golf @ Districts (Normandy Shores) 7:30 a.m.
10/25 Coral Shores Swimming @ Districts (Ransom) 3 p.m.
10/28 Key West Swimming @ Districts (Gulliver) 10 a.m.
10/28 Coral Shores Football Conference Playoff s TBD
10/28 Key West Football @ Fort Myers Gateway 7 p.m.
10/28 Marathon Football University School 7 p.m. Key West faced what seemed to be insurmountable odds on Oct. 14 against undefeated Estero High, yet managed to stay within striking distance until the fi nal buzzer. The catalyst in that exciting matchup was running back James Reynolds. At times, Reynolds used his speed to break the corner and gain positive yards. Other times, it was his evasiveness that kept him from going down. And when there was no way around the Estero line, Reynolds lowered his head and plowed through it, carrying anyone foolish enough to keep hanging on with him. The Conchs fed him the ball 25 times in the game, which he turned into 175 yards, one touchdown and a 2-point conversion. Coach Johnny Hughes described him as intelligent – his GPA is north of 4.0 – and hard-working, never skipping a practice or workout. Reynolds is a quiet leader, setting the example by his actions and work ethic, making him the Keys Weekly Athlete of the Week.
By: Tracy and Sean McDonald
FOOTBALL KEY WEST CORAL SHORES OCTOBER 21 | 7 P.M.
FOOTBALL MARATHON AT VS PALM GLADES OCTOBER 20 | 7 P.M. | SENIOR NIGHT
TURNOVERS MAKE THE DIFFERENCE IN KEY WEST DIFFERENCE IN KEY WEST BARN-BURNER
The Key West Conchs knew they would need to bring everything to beat the undefeated Estero Wildcats in their first district game this season on Oct. 14. Estero took an early lead, but a penalty held them to six points on the drive. Key West took little time to tie up the game on a 19yard James Reynolds TD run, then took the lead with a Marco Davila kick. Estero answered late in the first quarter, reclaiming the lead for a very short time until Kevon Mills tied it up again with 7:05 left in the half. Key West seemed to be in the driver’s seat with less than a minute remaining in the half, but quarterback Adrian Mira suffered a hard hit, fumbling the ball. Estero’s scoop-and-score on the fumble with the ensuing 2-point conversion put the Wildcats on top 21-13 at the half. The Wildcats scored again on the opening drive of the second half, extending their lead to two scores. Undaunted, Mills went 49 yards for the Conchs, and a Davila kick brought Key West within eight points, eating up most of the third quarter in the process.
Estero then appeared to put the game away, scoring early in the fourth quarter and taking advantage of a third Conch fumble to go up 42-20. But Key West wasn’t finished yet. Running back James Reynolds refused to go down, and when the Wildcats wrapped him up, he carried them with him on a 20-yard run that sparked a Key West offensive drive capped off by a 4-yard Mira TD. Reynolds scored 2 on the conversion, narrowing Estero’s lead to 14. The Conchs’ defense held strong, and Key West methodically moved the ball from their own 10-yard line and made it a one-score deficit with a 67yard touchdown reception from Mira to Jakari Blackman. Davila’s kick gave the Conchs hope, but with just under two minutes left in the game, time was running out. The Conch defense held strong yet again, and rather than punt and chance a big return, Estero opted to run into their own endzone, adding a safety and 2 points to the Key West scoreboard. The 42-37 loss gives the Conchs a record of 2-4 going into an unanticipated county matchup against Coral Shores on Friday, Oct. 21.
FOOTBALL CORAL SHORES VS KEY WEST
OCTOBER 21 | 7 P.M.
CONCHS VS. HURRICANES, FOOTBALL EDITION
Year Winner Score Notes
1994
Key West
35-0 Key West makes it to the state playoff s; Conch wide receiver Michael Dean is named to the All-State team.
2000 Key West 48-0 Coral Shores wins Florida Monthly Magazine’s “Best High School Athletic Program” award, the same year Rich Russell retired. Russell now serves as the athletic director at CSHS.
2001 Key West 18-14 Justin Duck, Cody Granger, Jesse Kehoe and Latron Hickson make the All-State cut for the Conchs; Jordan Schiengner and Daniel Biondoletti make it for the ‘Canes.
2002 Coral Shores 45-42 Ryan Debenstedt is named to the All-State team for the Hurricanes.
2003 Key West 46-6 Longtime Conch coach Pat Freeman retires.
2004 Key West 63-7 Six Conchs are named to the All-State team including Terrance Moore, Alex Yanovych, Laurence Marius, Daniel Garci, Clinton Storr and Daryl Lewis.
2006 Key West 35-7 Jeff Myers semi-retires as the ’Canes head coach after eight seasons; he takes over again for one year in 2010, the year prior to Ed Holly’s fi rst stint as the ‘Canes head coach.
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2000
2001
Marathon and Coral Shores have the oldest and longest-running football rivalry in the Florida Keys, but it is not the only one. On Friday, Oct. 21, Coral Shores and Key West will meet for the 12th time since the mid-1990s. With Key West’s original opponent for the week unable to play, and Coral Shores willing to fill in a bye week, the stars have aligned to renew a rivalry last seen in 2010. The game will be played in Tavernier, giving the ’Canes the home field advantage, but as far as the rivalry goes, the advantage goes to the Conchs. Ahead of the surprise showdown, Keys Weekly took a look back at the island rivalry thus far:
Key West
15-7 Senior running back and linebacker Ralph Major goes on to win the state championship in wrestling for Key West.
2008 Key West 16-0 Jerry Hughes takes over as head coach for the Conchs.
2009 Key West 28-0 ’Canes go 0-10, Conchs go 6-3
By: Tracy and Sean McDonald
HERCULEAN PERFORMANCE FROM HAWKINS DRIVES DOLPHINS’ HOMECOMING WIN
FOOTBALL MARATHON VS PALM GLADES
OCTOBER 20 | 7 P.M. | SENIOR NIGHT
By Tracy McDonald and Alex Rickert
The Marathon Dolphins gave a big homecoming crowd an impressive show on Oct. 14, treating their fans to the team’s highest offensive output of the season as they bested the Miami Country Day Spartans 57-21. Five different Dolphin players scored touchdowns, but it was Malachi Hawkins who carried the load Friday night. Hawkins rushed for an incredible 324 yards and four touchdowns, all on the ground. “Man, when I saw those gaps the line was creating, I couldn’t think of anything else,” said Hawkins. “They made these gaps. Do something about it. I owed them all the yards they gave me.” “You get a guy like Malachi maybe once every 10 years,” said head coach Mac Childress. “We just try to stay out of his way and not over-coach him, but as he’s developed from his freshman year to his senior year, he’s put in the work to be great.”
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Carlos Lezcano, Thomas Eubank, Sean Hale and Yuni DeLeon all also reached the end zone. Dylan Globe kicked two extra points in the game, and Lezcano and Eubank each ran for a two-point conversion. DeLeon kicked his own post-TD point in the final score of the game. Defensively, the Fins effectively stopped the Spartans’ passing game for the better part of the game. Yaniel Garcia helped out with an interception while Frantz Noel added a monster sack. “Our kids came out hungry tonight, and we talked about taking care of business and they did that,” said Childress. “We’re one win away from a winning season, which we haven’t had in five years, so these guys need to go get that.” Marathon will enjoy another home crowd on Thursday, Oct. 20 when they play the Eagles of Palm Glades Prep at 7 p.m.
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1. Carlos Lezcano (1) takes it into the end zone for Marathon.
2. Yaniel Quintana (14) and Carlos Lezcano (1) celebrate Lezcano’s TD in the end zone.
3. Marathon’s Malachi Hawkins (2) runs over a Miami Country Day defender.
4. Thomas Eubank (32) and Dylan Globe (3) tackle a Spartan ball carrier. Eubank had 18 tackles for the night.
5. Head coach Mac Childress addresses the team during a timeout.
6. Yaniel Quintana (14) intercepts a Miami pass.
7. The Fins’ Sean Hale (7) rushes for a Marathon touchdown.
Photos by BARRY GAUKEL/Keys Weekly. See more game photos at www.shadypalmphotography.com.
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FOOTBALL CORAL SHORES VS KEY WEST
OCTOBER 21 | 7 P.M.
