ARMCHAIR COMMENT

Wells, Miller making marks at FSU baseball

BY RALPH MORROW

MANAGING EDITOR

With a runner on first, the batter sliced a double off the wall in right, but Steven Wells was on the spot to help throw out the runner trying to score from first. Nothing Key West High School fans haven’t seen, but this was in Tallahassee and the teams were the Gold and Garnet of Florida State, where freshmen Wells and Darren Miller got plenty of action in the fall, although catcher-infielder Miller is still rehabbing the arm he injured while a senior with the Conchs. Next up is the season opener Feb. 13. In that fall scrimmage game, Wells also drove in a run with a single for the Garnet, while Miller was the DH for the Gold.

Wells and Miller are just two of several Key West grads involved in college athletics. As he does every year, Conch coach Judd Wise shares with me so that I can share with you where the grads have landed. Unfortunately, there are no college records for many of the athletes on his list.

Freshman Ryann Appleby was a middle blocker for Methodist University’s volleyball team and was second on the team with 277 blocks and 227 kills as the Monarchs went 15-18 on the season, playing in USA South. Appleby played in all 125 sets for Methodist.

At South Florida, junior Ohla Morekhodova came off the bench on Sept. 13 and recorded a double-double with 13 assists and 11 digs from her setter position for the Bulls.

Last spring, senior Brittany Wagoner topped 3.79 meters in the pole vault in taking first for North Florida in the UNF Spring Invitational. Indoors, she placed fourth at 3.68 meters in the Atlantic Sun Championship. The previous year, her best vault was 12 feet, 3 inches. Wagoner also tried the long jump twice last spring, with her best being 5.32 meters.

Clive Georges, listed as a redshirt sophomore running back, had no record this year for the Arizona football team. Likewise, Elliott Valdez was a freshman running back at Santa Monica Community College, while Garrett Osteen was a redshirt freshman linebacker at Lyon College.

 

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