Ramona’s Trent Thomas 1B SPORTSKEY WEST CITIZEN N Weekend Edition, May 15-16, 2021 HAIL TO THE CHAMPS KEY WEST LITTLE CONCHS BASEBALL LEAGUE HOLDS PLAYOFFS 8B PREP BOYS TENNIS: THE CITIZEN’S ALL-MONROE COUNTY PLAYER OF THE YEAR HORSE RACING: PREAKNESS STAKES Midnight Bourbon, Concert Tour top contenders BY STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer BALTIMORE — Midnight Bourdon hopes to take a path to the winner’s circle at the Preakness that has successfully been run be- fore — 30 years ago. Hansel was the horse hyped to win the Kentucky Derby three decades ago but struggled in the fi rst leg of the Triple Crown. He was an afterthought going into the Preakness before winning it. Dedication and Hansel’s jockey Jerry Bailey sees similar potential in Midnight Coral Shores senior Alex Sternberg played any postion needed Bourbon. Determination for his Hurricanes team this season. “He had been so consistent DEDICATION AND DETERMINATION See PREAKNESS, Page 6B Sternberg’s selflessness and leadership helped better the Hurricanes this season BY J.W. COOKE the best of his teammates and, for JULIO CORTEZ/The Associated Press Key West Citizen that matter, his coaches, in hopes ALL-MONROE COUNTY BOYS TENNIS TEAM Preakness hopeful Concert Tour is of leaving the squad better than Makani Burga, Coral Shores, Freshman walked to the track for a morning Entering the season Alex when he joined four seasons ago. Evan Tiedemann, Coral Shores, Junior exercise at Pimlico Race Course Sternberg was the starting No. 1 His selfl essness showed as the Jonibek Mushinov, Key West, Junior ahead of Saturday’s Preakness for the Coral Shores High boys Coral Shores boys dominated their John Searcy, Key West, Sophomore Stakes in Baltimore. tennis team, but with the amount Keys opponents this season, going Adrian Holdinga, Marathon, Eighth Grader of young talent sitting behind him a perfect 8-0 as did Sternberg, play- For more on the entire All-County team, see Page 6B. in the lineup, he knew it would ing anywhere between the No. 1 FHSAA 1A only be a matter of time before he and No. 3 seed for the Hurricanes, exceeded all of my expectations both singles and doubles compe- would be moved down. leading him to be tabbed this sea- this year as a captain, an athlete, tition this season. STATE FINALS Nevertheless, the senior pushed son as The Citizen’s All-Monroe and a student.” “Alex’s strongest part of his game forward all season, unfazed by County Player of the Year. Browning went on to explain would be his serve and forehand, where or whom he was playing “It has been more than a plea- that Sternberg was “more than but I am always impressed with Petition against but instead concentrating sure to have coached Alex for the deserving of this recognition,” as his consistency,” said Browning. on improving not only his own past four years,” said Coral Shores he put a lot of pressure on himself game while also sacrificing for coach Kim Browning. “He has but it paid off with a 10-1 record in See STERNBERG, Page 6B gets 35K MLB NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION signatures Haslem makes for Games season debut, cancelation BY STEPHEN WADE AND YURI KAGEYAMA ROSS D. FRANKLIN/The Associated Press gets ejected The Associated Press The Marlins’ Jesus Aguilar, BY TIM REYNOLDS right, smiles as he celebrates The Associated Press TOKYO — An online petition with Jon Berti after scoring with more than 350,000 signatures against the Diamondbacks MIAMI — Udonis Haslem fi - calling for the Tokyo Games to be during a 5-1 victory on Thursday, May 13, in Phoenix. nally played, and made an imme- canceled was submitted Friday to diate impact for the Miami Heat. local organizers, the International KEYS CALENDAR He scored twice, making both Olympic Committee and others. his shots. The Olympics are scheduled TODAY IN THE KEYS He took a charge. LYNNE SLADKY/The Associated Press to open in just 10 weeks on July SATURDAY, MAY 15 And then he got ejected. Heat forward Udonis Haslem is escorted off the court after being 23 in the midst of a pandemic Haslem can fi nally say that he charged with a technical foul during the fi rst half against the 76ers on with Tokyo and other areas un- RUNNING has played in 18 NBA seasons — Thursday, May 13, in Miami. der a state of emergency. Cases Keys100 Ultra and it was a memorable, albeit brief, appearance. He got two His fi nal line: 2 for 2 from the home since Nov. 12, 2019. His See OLYMPICS, Page 2B TRACK AND FIELD technical fouls and was ejected fi eld, four points, one rebound, second basket was a baseline with 10:19 remaining in the fi rst two technicals, one ejection, in jumper early in the second quar- Fifth Grade Track Meet at Key half, less than three minutes after about 2-1/2 minutes. ter, and the ejection happened 48 West High Back Yard getting into a game for the fi rst Haslem, who turns 41 on June seconds later. time all season. 9, became the oldest player to At 40 years, 338 days, Haslem SUNDAY, MAY 16 “If this is the last one, I fi nished appear in a game for the Heat was 269 days older than Juwan RUNNING it the only way Udonis Haslem and the oldest to get on an NBA Howard was when he made his could — with an ejection,” fl oor for any team this season. fi nal appearance with the Heat Keys100 Ultra Haslem said. Cleveland’s Anderson Varejao, 38, on April 17, 2013. Haslem has not EUGENE HOSHIKO/The Associated Press SPORTS ON TV He took offense to getting was the oldest to play in the NBA said if he will consider retiring Lawyer Kenji Utsunomiya, a repre- For a complete TV listing, pulled down by Philadelphia’s so far in 2020-21; the next-oldest this summer; the Heat have told sentative of an anti-Olympics group, see Page 2B Dwight Howard, then had words to play this season was Miami’s him that he would be welcomed holds boards showing the current FIND IT ONLINE with the 76ers’ veteran as they Andre Iguodala, 37. back in his unique role — as a fi gure of online petition during a press went nose-to-nose. Haslem and Haslem got a layup with 2.3 captain and behind-the-scenes conference after submitting a petition Howard both got technicals, then seconds left in the quarter, put- leader who doesn’t play — if to the Tokyo government calling for the cancellation of the Tokyo 2020 Haslem got a second one and ting Miami up 38-20 in the early Olympics and Paralympics. was sent off. going. It was his fi rst basket at See HASLEM, Page 2B KEYSNEWS.COM AND SPORTS TOO.