



I get my best stuff from my readers. This first item came from Key West High coach Danny Jiminez through coach Judd Wise.
Key West grad Terrence Moore, who will be a senior wide receiver at California University of Pennsylvania, has been named to the second team of the preseason NCAA Division II All-America squad.
Moore, who previously played at Mesa Community College, finished his first season at California with 1,094 yards, good for second in the Pennsylvania SA Conference, 13 touchdowns and 58 receptions.
He is one of only four players in school history with 1,000 receiving yards in a season.
Big things are expected of his team this year as well. California was ranked No. 7 in the D2Football.com Top 25 poll. A teammate, senior Dan Jordan, was also named to the preseason second team.
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From the Toronto Blue Jays' Billy Wardlow comes this nugget.
When Tampa Bay rookie pitcher Jeremy Hellickson won his debut, defeating Minnesota, 4-2, he became the first pitcher to beat a team with at least an eight-game win streak since 1974. That was when New York Mets pitcher Randy Sterling defeated the Montreal Expos.
Sterling, a Key West native, was New York's first round draft pick (No. 4 overall) out of Key West High School in 1969.
On that Sept. 16, 1974 day, he went 5⅔ innings, picking up the 3-2 victory (Tug McGraw got the save) that broke Montreal's win streak. He never won another game in the Majors. He did get another start, but lasted less than two innings and relieved in a third game, finishing his MLB career with a 1-1 win-loss record and an earned run average of 4.82 over 9⅓ innings.
For many years, the 59-year-old has served Key West as its Parks and Recreation manager.
His name still makes it into the sports pages when he and his son, Capt. Randy Sterling Jr., win competitive fishing tournaments aboard the Reel Conch.
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When I checked in on the First State Bank's streaming of Key West's very impressive victory over Homestead Friday night, the site noted that a few more than 100 were taking advantage of "seeing" the Conchs in action. The week before, it said 40 viewers when I turned it on. I would have thought there would be more.
No, the picture is not TV or even computer quality. It's about 3 inches by 2 inches, but you can blow it up to the size of your computer screen, although you'll lose a lot of quality in the picture.
And, while you're waiting to read Willis Jacobson's account in the next day's Citizen, you can punch a few more buttons and listen to Rick Lopez's play-by-play on WKWF. I'll warn you: The picture and radio are not in synch.
But, for the Conch die-hards, it's a great service.
Sports Editor Ralph Morrow's Armchair Comment appears exclusively each Sunday in The Citizen. He can be reached at 305-292-7777, Ext. 264, at Rmorrow@keysnews.com and by Fax at 305-295-8016.