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THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ◆ THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2011SPORTS3BIN COURTLivan Hernandez facesscrutiny after drug trialHORSE RACINGCollmus to call TripleCrown races for NBCCOLLEGE BASKETBALLRUNNINGMutai gets worldbest, but that’s allSOCCERMessi gives Barcelona2-0 win over MadridSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico —Federal justice officials will meetwith Major League Baseball representativesafter the name ofWashington Nationals pitcherLivan Hernandez surfaced in thetrial of a convicted drug dealer.Prosecutors presentedevidence at the trial endingTuesday that Puerto Rican drugdealer Angel Ayala Vazquezhad a Porsche, a Lamborghiniand a warehouse containing arecording studio, a barber shopand a car repair shop registeredin Hernandez’s name.NEW YORK — Monmouthand Gulfstream Parkannouncer Larry Collmusis the new voice of racing’sTriple Crown.Collmus will call theKentucky Derby, thePreakness and the BelmontStakes for NBC. He replacesTom Durkin, who opted notto re-sign with the network,citing health concerns.Collmus has been callingraces for over 25 years, gettinghis start at Bowie RaceCourse in 1985 at age 18.JESSICA HILL/The Associated PressConnecticut players Alex Oriakhi, Jeremy Lamb and Kemba Walker,from left, wait to enter the governor’s office during Wednesday’sHusky Day at the state Capitol in Hartford, Conn.BOSTON — GeoffreyMutai will have to be satisfiedwith knowing that heran the fastest marathon inhistory.But he won’t get to call it aworld record.Boston Marathon officialshave decided not toask for Mutai’s time of 2hours, 3 minutes, 2 secondsfrom last week’s race to becertified as the world recordby the IAAF, because thecourse is too straight andtoo downhill.MADRID — Lionel Messilit up an ill-temperedChampions League semifinalon Wednesday with twogoals in the last 15 minutesto give Barcelona a 2-0 victoryat 10-man Real Madrid.Messi guided substituteIbrahim Afellay’s crossthrough the legs of goalkeeperIker Casillas to open thescoring in the 76th minute.With 3 minutes to play, heghosted past three defendersbefore clipping the ball pastthe Madrid goalkeeper.Marlins blow lead,lose to Dodgers in 10THE ASSOCIATED PRESSMIAMI — Chris Coghlancame out of Wednesday’s gamewith a sore shoulder, and theFlorida Marlins could haveused him in the ninth inning.Florida squandered a latescoring chance, then gave upa 10th-inning homer by AndreEthier and lost to the LosAngeles Dodgers, 5-4.Coghlan had a three-rundouble in the second andleads the Marlins with 16 RBIfrom the leadoff spot. But hedeparted in the eighth becauseof pain in his shoulder, whichfirst bothered him in springtraining.“It has its good days and itsbad days,” he said. “I couldn’tkeep going... I plan to do treatment,keep doing what I’ve gotto do to be able to keep goingout there.”The Marlins came into thegame with the NL East leadand the second-best record inthe majors. But they blew a4-0 advantage and missed achance to complete a sweep ofthe Dodgers in the bottom ofthe ninth, when Mark Guerrier(2-1) escaped a jam to keep thescore 4-all.Greg Dobbs led off with asingle, and Emilio Bonifaciobeat out a bunt when he triedto sacrifice. Both runnersmoved up on a sacrifice, butScott Cousins struck out andJohn Buck grounded out.Buck batted in Coghlan’sspot.BRAVES 7, PADRES 0SAN DIEGO — Chipper Jones hita two-run triple and finished withthree RBI as Atlanta beat San Diego,leaving Padres ace Mat Latos winlesssince September.Jones moved out of a tie withMickey Mantle and into sole possessionof second place among switchhitterswith 1,512 RBI. Hall of FamerEddie Murray tops the list at 1,917.PHILLIES 8, DIAMONDBACKS 4MLB: ROUNDUPJEFFREY M. BOAN/The Associated PressLos Angeles Dodgers’ Andre Ethier is greeted by teammate MattKemp after hitting a game-winning solo homer off of Florida’s BrianSanchez in the 10th inning Wednesday at Sun Life Stadium in Miami.PHOENIX — Jimmy Rollins homeredand had three RBI and ColeHamels pitched seven solid inningsto help Philadelphia avoid a threegamesweep.Shane Victorino and Ryan Howardeach homered and Placido Polancohad four of Philadelphia’s 12 hits.REDS 7, BREWERS 6 (10)MILWAUKEE — Drew Stubbs hit asolo homer in the 10th inning andJoey Votto drove in four runs to leadCincinnati.NHL PLAYOFFSBruins nip Candiens; Lightning tip PenguinsTHE ASSOCIATED PRESSBOSTON — Nathan Hortonscored 5:43 into overtime to givethe Boston Bruins a 4-3 victoryover the Montreal Canadienson Wednesday night in GameCITIZEN STAFFMIAMI — The Marathon High softballteam hung around with Florida Christianfor a while in Wednesday night’s Class 2Aregional quarterfinal — the Dolphins evenheld a brief lead — but the Patriots provedtoo strong in the end.Florida Christian turned it on late andscored eight runs in the fifth inning toinvoke the mercy rule and take a 13-3 winto advance in the state tournament. Theloss ended Marathon’s season.Despite the early playoff exit, Dolphinscoach Andrea Murphy said she wasproud of her team’s effort. The teamswere matched up in this same gamelast year, and Florida Christian easilySoftballContinued from page 1Bour hits, but you know something?It makes me want to trythat much harder next year.”The Chiefs’ Taylor Michalickigot things going with a doubleand scored on a sacrifice flyby Ganna Sandstrom. Cleanuphitter Nichole White blasteda shot to deep center, butRaquel Schoneck made anover-the-shoulder catch just afew feet from the fence to haltthe rally.Key West senior Leci Archerbroke up Sandstrom’s no-hitterwith a bloop single to centerand stole third, but was left7 of their first-round playoffseries.The Bruins will play thePhiladelphia Flyers in theEastern Conference semifinalsfor the second consecutiveyear.stranded in the bottom of thesecond.In the fourth, Gibbons threatened,but left two runners onbase. Liz Spence lined a hardshot to left and the Conchs’Taylor Averette picked up a ballon the run and made a pinpointthrow to Archer behindthe plate, who tagged BaileySpence to stop that threat.Key West got somethinggoing in its half of the fourth.Lauren Schoneck started theinning with a shot up the middleand Devin Osterhoudt executeda nice sacrifice bunt toadvance Schoneck to second.Conchs cleanup hitter CeciCervantes grounded the ball tosecond and Schoneck took offTim Thomas stopped 34shots for the Bruins.LIGHTNING 1, PENGUINS 0PITTSBURGH — Dwayne Rolosonmade 36 saves for his second NHL playoffshutout, Sean Bergenheim scored,and Tampa Bay completed a big seriescoasted to a 25-2 win en route to the 2AFinal Four.“We made big strides,” said Murphy,whose team held a 1-0 lead in the thirdand trailed by just two runs going into thefifth. “They’re just a better team. To holdthem close for so long, it looks like we’reclosing the gap and are competing withthese kind of teams.”Marathon (12-7) took the early lead onan RBI single by Kelley Struyf in the thirdinning. The Dolphins had a chance to addon to the lead in the inning when theyloaded the bases with one out, but they hitback-to-back line drives right at defendersto end the threat.Florida Christian went up 2-1 in the bottomof the third and then added three morefor home, but got caught in arun-down. She still somehowmanaged to slip past White,who dropped the ball, to tie thegame at 1-1.Gibbons came alive in thefifth, rocking starting pitcherRachel Quad for three runs ontwo outs and a 4-1 advantage.In the sixth, the Chiefs addedfour more runs to silence thelarge Key West crowd.Wells relieved Quad, aftershe gave up two more runs,with fellow junior SavannahHawthorne, who immediatelyyielded a two-run double toWhite and that put Gibbonsahead, 8-1.The Conchs got one morerun in the sixth, but that wascomeback and eliminated Pittsburghwith a shutout win in Game 7.Roloson became the second goalieto go 6-0 in elimination games.Tampa Bay erased a 3-1 seriesdeficit. The fifth-seeded Lightningwill face the top-seeded WashingtonCapitals in the Eastern Conferencesemifinals.PREP SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS: FLORIDA CHRISTIAN 13, MARATHON 3Patriots KO Dolphins, 13-3 in first roundruns on four hits and a pair of Marathonerrors in the fourth.The Dolphins cut their deficit to 5-3in the top of the fifth on an RBI single byJordan Roney and a sacrifice fly by Struyf.After that, though, it was all Patriots, asFlorida Christian plated eight runs in thehome half of the fifth on six hits, two walksand two more errors.“They just started shelling the ball andfinding the gaps,” Murphy said.Marathon finished with three hits —one each from Roney, Struyf and MichelleMcKenna — as the Patriots racked up 10.Roney was the Dolphins’ starting pitcher,but was pulled in the fifth after taking apair of line drives back at the circle, one ofthem injuring her wrist.all the Chiefs would allow. Withone out, Lauren Schoneckslapped an infield single andOsterhoudt slugged a basehit that scored Schoneck andreduced the deficit to 8-2.Archer drilled a shot to deepcenter, which got the crowd’shearts going for one last second,but Gibbons made thefinal out.“We had great support fromour fans. It was another greatcrowd out here,” Wells said.“I’m at a loss for the girls. Theyworked hard this year. We’regoing to get better, guaranteewe’re going to get much betternext year. I’m looking forwardto it.”rcooke@keysnews.comConchsContinued from page 1Bthe same and not try to puttoo much importance intoit. It’s the same as we talkedabout before Tuesday’s game:It’s not about who we play orputting any extra pressureon ourselves, it’s about doingwhat we do and controllingourselves and everything elsewill take care of itself.”“We want to keep theenthusiasm (from Tuesdaynight) obviously, but we’ve gotto move forward,” Menendezadded.The coach doesn’t have tolook too far back for an exampleof that excitement not carryingover to the district tournamentchampionship game.In 2009 — which was thelast time Key West made thestate playoffs — the Conchscame from behind againstMonsignor Pace in the tournamentsemifinals for an emotionalvictory that clincheda berth in that year’s statetournament. Two days later,against — guess who — BelenJesuit, Key West struggled outof the gate as it fell behind bysix runs almost immediatelyand was forced to go to thebullpen in the first inning ofan eventual 9-2 loss.“I think we lost focus,”Menendez said of the 2009tournament. “It’s kind of thesame scenario this year. Wewant to come out and finishthe job (tonight). The job’s notover, we’re only half-way done.Yes, we’re in the playoffs, andthat’s great, but we want towin the district so we can hostsome playoff games.”Senior J.P. Malott, who hashad an up-and-down season,will get the start on the moundfor the Conchs tonight. Malott(3-3) has a 4.76 ERA with31 strikeouts in 32 1 ⁄3 inningspitched this season. His laststart was the regular-seasonfinale last week againstBishop McLaughlin, duringwhich he took the loss aftergiving up four runs on eighthits with three strikeouts infour innings.“He’s a senior and he’s beenhere before,” Menendez saidof Malott. “(Tuesday) nighthe was dying to get in theGuidesContinued from page 1Bare just people that have beenfishing with me for the last25-30 years,” said Stomberg.“But word of mouth is stillour biggest thing, because welike to go out and have a goodtime. After three days mostpeople have caught all thefish they want to catch, butwe still want to show them agood time.”Part of the enthusiasmthat is brought to the tripsis the excitement Stombergstill said he gets when a fishhits the line. For the nowveteran captain, he said hestill feels the same as he didwhen he hooked his first bigfish aboard the Cowboy withCapt. Hans Baumgarten.“Fishing… it’s just fishing,”said Stomberg. “I’ve worked“We want to comeout and finish thejob. The job’s notover, we’re only halfwaydone.”Miguel MenendezKey West coachgame and wanted the baseballand now he’s going to gethis chance. He’s shown flashesof being what we thought hewas capable of being, and he’sshown flashes of not beingthat guy. Hopefully he’ll comeout focused and do what he’scapable of.”Key West suffered its mostimprobable loss of the year inits lone matchup against Belenduring the regular season onApril 1 at Mater Academy’shome field. The Conchs ledthe entire game until theWolverines’ Sheehan Planas-Arteaga blasted a three-runwalkoff homer in the seventhto give Belen a 6-4 victory. Thehome run was the second of thegame for Planas-Arteaga, whoalso had a triple and five RBI.Despite losing, Menendezsaid his team can take someconfidence from that game.“We know if we come outand play our game and takecare of the little things andplay good, clean defense, we’regoing to compete with them,”he said. “I think we’re fairlyevenly matched, we just needto play mistake-free. If we dothat, we’ll be there in the endand we’ll see what happensfrom there.”The team is hoping it willhave another large crowdtonight after feeding off aplayoff-like atmosphere at RexWeech Field on Tuesday night.Menendez said he would liketo see even more fans in thestands tonight as the Conchsgo for a district title.“The crowd (Tuesday) nightwas huge for us, especiallyin the last inning,” the coachsaid. “The more people we getout here, the better it’ll be forus. The kids fed off it, and notonly that, but I think it rattledMater at the end of the game.Teams aren’t used to playing infront of those kind of crowdsand it gives us a lot of energyand emotion.”wjacobson@keysnews.comshrimp boats, lobster boats,fish trap boats, long lineboats, but this is the mostrelaxing and most enjoyable,being on a charter boat. Forme I’m getting paid to domy hobby. I’m 56 years oldand been doing this all thoseyears, but still I enjoy goingout there and fishing.”Four decades later the kidthat ran away from home togo fishing, is now the captainand ringleader, awing hisaudience.“What I especially enjoy isgetting a bunch of teenagekids out there and showingthem how to fish so they canhook into a big one,“ saidStomberg. “I like the experienceof teaching people. Forsomebody that hasn’t beendown here and hasn’t seenit, they are going to have anunbelievable time.”jwcooke@keysnews.com