The Keys’ only locally-owned coverage of Monroe County sports.
On this episode of the Keys Weekly Sports Wrap Podcast, Sean and Tracy cover the outrage on the lips of sports fans all over Monroe County: the highly-controversial termination of district playoff action due to weather for both Marathon and Coral Shores’ baseball teams. In this can’t-miss episode, you will catch some behind-the-scenes information you won’t hear anywhere else. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this week’s Keys Weekly Sports Wrap Podcast, Sean and Tracy discuss all the games, scores and events of the week. Get your behind-the-scenes information and find out about last-minute schedule changes. This week, you will get an early report on district championship competition from Key West and Coral Shores’ track and field teams. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In this week’s Keys Weekly Sports Wrap Podcast, Sean and Tracy give an early rundown of Monroe County tennis teams’ district performances and spotlight standout baseball and softball athletes who lead their district in various stats. As always, listen in for scores and upcoming games this week as the podcast provides the most comprehensive prep sports coverage in Monroe County. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
This week on the Keys Weekly Sports Wrap Podcast, Sean and Tracy go over all of the scores and events for the past week. Hear some behind-the-scenes details you won’t catch anywhere else. Additionally, you will get a firsthand account of the Marathon vs. Coral Shores baseball game from March 25 before you read about it. If you want to hear how the latest Battle of the Keys went down, be sure to check out this week’s episode. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
On this week’s Keys Weekly Sports Wrap Podcast, Sean and Tracy break down all this week’s scores and events. You can hear all of the latest in prep sports in the Keys, plus some behind-the-scenes details you won’t catch anywhere else. This week, the duo goes in depth on Key West’s baseball season thus far, including highlights, key players and important upcoming matchups. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this week’s Keys Weekly Sports Wrap Podcast, tune in to hear about early district basketball results as well as an in-depth preview on all of our local girls weightlifters who are headed to states next week. Hear what is going on this spring at each high school, and as always, Sean and Tracy will fill you in on all the week’s regularly scheduled events and games. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this week’s Keys Weekly Sports Wrap Podcast, Sean and Tracy will go in-depth on a week full of rivalry basketball games, cover the prep soccer playoffs and dive into the details on girls weightlifting district meets as hardware-winning athletes move on to regional competition. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this week’s Keys Weekly Sports Wrap Podcast, Sean and Tracy will go in-depth on a week full of rivalry basketball games, cover the prep soccer playoffs and dive into the details on girls weightlifting district meets as hardware-winning athletes move on to regional competition. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this week’s Keys Weekly Sports Wrap Podcast, Sean and Tracy McDonald will speak in detail about district soccer brackets and postseason possibilities. They will also hash out this week’s basketball games, many of which are in-county rivalries. Finally, you can learn everything you ever wanted to know about the world of competitive cheerleading, plus much more on the Keys Weekly Sports Wrap Podcast. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Football season is over, and that means the return of the Keys Weekly Sports Wrap Podcast. This weekly show is the perfect call for any Florida Keys high school sports fan. Join hosts Sean and Tracy McDonald as they take you up and down the Florida Keys and discuss the Conchs, Dolphins Hurricanes athletic teams. This podcast will go deep into the inner happenings of Monroe County Prep Sports. Join us, and use this podcast as a companion piece to the print edition of the Keys Weekly Sports Wrap. ...
This week on the Keys Weekly Sports Wrap Podcast, host Sean McDonald sits down with Amber Archer Acevedo, the Deputy Superintendent of Monroe County Schools and a former Key West High School principal. In addition to being integral to the educational experience of students throughout the Keys. Acevedo is a Class of 1980 classmate of legendary Key West High School athlete Robert “Speedy” Neal, who passed away a few weeks ago. Listen as McDonald talks with Acevedo about her earliest memories of Sp...
Xavyer Arrington is a two-time state champion in weightlifting and a dominant defensive lineman for Coral Shores High School. With five college offers before his senior season began, the multisport star has committed to play football for the U.S. Naval Academy. And before graduating, he closed out his high school weightlifting career with a second consecutive state championship, bringing home gold in the Olympic category of the Unlimited weight class on April 15. Listen as host Sean McDonald tal...
Marathon High School pitcher Dylan Ziels is putting the nation on notice. Throughout the spring 2023 season, Ziels has floated throughout the top 10 spots on the national list of strikeout leaders. With 99 strikeouts over 44.1 innings pitched as of the day of this podcast, he currently has an eight-strikeout lead in the state of Florida. Listen as host Sean McDonald sits down with Ziels and MHS head coach Joey Gonzalez to discuss the pitcher’s rise to dominance and the Dolphins’ continued emerge...
Everyone who follows Key West High School sports knows Rick Lopez. The general manager of Florida Keys Media is known as one of the “voices of the Conchs” as he has called Conch baseball games since 1998 and Conch football since 2000. Listen as host Sean McDonald sits down with Lopez to talk about how he got started in sports broadcasting and reminisce about Lopez’s favorite moments in Monroe County Sports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
This week on the Keys Weekly Sports Wrap podcast, host Sean McDonald is joined by Key West’s number one rapper Mike Stack. Shooting to local fame with his single “I’m From Key West,” the rising star will headline the upcoming Garrett Hughes benefit concert on Saturday, April 8 at the Coffee Butler Amphitheater. Proceeds from the family-friendly show will go to the Garrett Hughes Memorial Scholarship, named in honor of the beloved Key West High graduate who lost his life this February. Listen as ...
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Baseball is a proud tradition in Key West, and the consistent success of the Conchs’ program is largely attributed to legendary varsity coach Ralph Henriquez. Over the past two decades, Henriquez has amassed three state titles, with several squads earning top national rankings. More than 120 of his former players have signed college scholarships, with 11 athletes drafted into the pros straight from high school. In part 1 of this two-part episode, listen as host Sean McDonald sits down with Henri...
Coach Judd Wise returns to the podcast to discuss his list of the best Key West High School athletes, the end of the 2022-2023 winter sport season, and the beginning of spring sports. Listen as host Sean McDonald sits down with coach Wise to discuss the recent success of Key West High School wrestling and recent athletic happenings at the southernmost high school. Wise also includes some new additions to his famous list of best athletes he has watched at Key West High School. See omnystudio.com/...
Carl “Chef Flavor” Stanton is best known around the Marathon community as an assistant football coach and one of the town’s foremost flavor authorities as he oversees the culinary program at Marathon High School. But as we find this week with coach Sean McDonald, there’s much more to Stanton’s story than most know, including his time at T.C. Williams High School as the brother of a famous football player from “Remember the Titans.” The two discuss Stanton’s memories and athletic career at T.C. a...
Junior Mikkel Ross is a resilient athletic star at Marathon High School. A multi-sport athlete, she just returned from the Florida state championship weightlifting meet with some hardware, claiming a fifth-place medal in traditional lifts for her weight class. Listen as coach Sean McDonald sits down with Ross to discuss her journey to a state championship medal, how cross country has helped her attain this goal and her ability to bounce back from a devastating knee injury 13 months ago. In addit...
The Coral Shores Hurricanes boys basketball team literally does not know how to lose in 2023. The team is currently riding a 12-game win streak, and while the old adage is that athletes win games, head coach Jarrod Mandozzi undoubtedly deserves a good portion of the credit for his team’s incredible run. Coach Mandozzi took over the team in 2017 and has transformed the program into the top boys basketball team in the Florida Keys. Listen as host Sean McDonald and Mandozzi discuss the process that...
Coach Judd Wise is a football assistant known throughout the Keys as one of the “voices of the Conchs.” A teacher and coach in Key West since 1983, he taught at Mary Immaculate High School before his current post at Key West High School. Coach Wise has had almost every job at the southernmost high school that has to do with athletics. Listen as host Sean McDonald sits down with Judd and discusses the longtime coach’s list of his top athletes to ever play at Key West High School. The top name jus...
On this edition of the Keys Weekly Sports Wrap podcast, host Sean McDonald sits down with Colin Thompson, an NFL tight end whose professional career has taken him through stints with the New York Giants, Chicago Bears and Carolina Panthers. Thompson will soon make the trip to the Southernmost City as he hosts the Thompson Family Football Camp on Saturday, Feb. 4 from 12-2 p.m. at the Truman Waterfront Park. The camp is free for players ages 5-14. Listen as Thompson discusses his NFL career thus ...
Chaz Jimenez is the boys and girls wrestling coach at Key West High School. His wrestlers are coming off impressive performances to start the new year, including a second-place showing at the 12th annual Somerset Scuffle by the boys team on Jan. 6 and 7 and a pair of first-place finishes by Lady Conchs Lola Jaime and Natalie Arguello at the Rumble at the Ridge hosted by Seminole Ridge High School. Listen as host Sean McDonald sits down with Jimenez to discuss the newly-sanctioned Lady Conchs wre...
PART 2: Key West and the Conch Republic recently received some very exciting news: 1984 baseball state champion Joey Wardlow was inducted to the University of Tampa Athletic Hall of Fame. His career took him through the minor leagues of professional baseball to winning a state championship as an assistant coach for Key West under Ralph Henriquez in 1994 and 1995. He has also won a state championship as the head coach for south Florida powerhouse St. Thomas Aquinas. Coach Wardlow talks about grow...
With more than 20 offers on the table, standout Key West lineman Christopher Andre Otto is arguably the most sought-after athlete in Monroe County’s Class of 2023. Ranked as a three-star prospect and the No. 93 offensive tackle in the country, the three-sport athlete closed 2022 by declaring his intent to play for the Florida State Seminoles starting next year. Listen as host Sean McDonald sits down with Otto to get the inside scoop on his decision making process and his academic goals in Tallah...
Key West and the Conch Republic recently received some very exciting news: 1984 baseball state champion Joey Wardlow was inducted to the University of Tampa Athletic Hall of Fame. His career took him through the minor leagues of professional baseball to winning a state championship as an assistant coach for Key West under Ralph Henriquez in 1994 and 1995. He has also won a state championship as the head coach for south Florida powerhouse St. Thomas Aquinas. Coach Wardlow talks about growing up i...
December 9 brought the renewal of an in-county hoops rivalry as Key West made the trip up U.S. 1 to take on the Marathon Dolphins. Key West picked up its first win of the season in the contest, riding freshman James Osborne’s game-high 15 points to a 50-36 win. Listen as host Sean McDonald sits down with Key West and Marathon coaches Dexter Butler and Kevin Freeman to discuss the storied matchup, their seasons so far and what they look forward to for their squads in the start of the new year. Se...
Jarrod Mandozzi pulls double duty in the winters at Coral Shores, currently serving as the head coach for the Hurricanes’ boys basketball team while filling in as the interim coach for the girls squad as well. Under his guidance, both teams are off to respectable 2-2 starts, with each group putting on some offensive shows in blowout wins to start the season. Now in his sixth season, Mandozzi began his Keys coaching career at Island Christian School before moving up the road. Listen as coach Sean...
In part two of a highly popular Sports Wrap Podcast episode, host Sean McDonald sits down once again with legendary Conch football alumnus Robert James. Growing up in Key West, James spent his early life on the football field. At 11 years old, the 5’6’’, 110-pound player was initially put at tight end. Eventually he would find his way as a running back. In the interview’s second installment, McDonald and James discuss James’ transition from Key West to Florida A&M, where he eventually gradua...
