Venice video recap of contest
https://fan.hudl.com/usa/fl/venice/organization/23729/venice-high-school/team/51250/boys-varsity-football/watch?hr=SGlnaGxpZ2h0UmVlbFN1bW1hcnk2NWRmOWNkNTVjYjM4MjA1MTQ5NmY4MGE=&ot=TEAM&oi=51250

I want to say 34-21 against Columbus and 21 -10 against Riverview. Played a 1/2 against both.

Mark:
Side Note: 247 released its new ranking's and I see Myron Charles (a FSU lean) dropped from 199 to 210 in its national rankings

The Tarpon Class of 2024 arrived during the COVID-19 epidemic, survived the Eye of Cat 4/5 Hurricane Ian, and once again proved the CHS adage, as they did after Hurricane Charley, that "When the going gets tough, the tough get going."

The 2024 Tarpons won a record 14 District titles, Basketball made it to the final four, and Wrestling produced the Tarpons' first-ever female state champ in that sport, junior Iyonna Church-Ross (28-0). Eight (8) Tarpon Head Coaches were named Coaches of the Year by Sun Preps. Our overall Student Athlete GPA was 3.45. The Silver King Marching Band won its highest-ever honor, a Superior rating, and our Robotic Team won State and earned the top spot at the World competition this summer.

THE Academic and Athletic School, Baby!

Have to admit I spent most of my time chatting it up with Mark Cannon, but what I did see pretty much validated my suspicions I had about Manatee going into the game. Primarily the total lack of physicality on the part of the Manatee OL, and then the unexpected domination of a young Vanguard offence over the Manatee supposed strenght.....its defense. Manatee was missing 2 RB's and 2 WR's due to the state track meet where they will be competing to bring home a state titlle in the 4A 4X100 event.........but all in all I believe Vanguard had more to be pleased about, and Manatee has some things it should probably be concerned about heading into the 2024 season.

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Former Sarasota Sailor and USF running back Mike Ford passed away Monday. This is a very tough one for me. I went to school with both of his parents. I never coached Mike but I coached against him many times.

The first time I met Mike my flag football team scrimmaged his team in the now defunct Ringling Redskin league. He was twice the size of practically every player on my team. Of course I wanted to see his birth certificate.

Mike was nice kid and very likable. Many of the players that knew me from coaching called me Coach Mark for years even though I had not coached for some time. Mike was the last one to stop calling me that. I got a kick out of that.

I could go on and on with Mike Ford stories. Right now my heart is heavy and I’m fighting some deep sadness. We communicated last week and now he is gone.

How did the high school football season go overall?

“We went 10-3 and won our district. By most standards it was a pretty good year but at Seminole the ultimate goal every year is a state championship. Personally, I was able to showcase my athleticism as a 2nd year varsity starter. At a school that consistently produces top level college athletes, that is something to be proud of for sure. Primarily I started at receiver plus I got reps throughout the year at TE, RB and QB. I was the punter for the second year in a row too.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?

“I was on the weight lifting team again this year. I traded my track spikes for hockey skates though. My younger brother is a freshman at Seminole and plays AAA travel hockey. I figured if I end up enrolling early next year, this might be my last chance for him and I to play on the same team in any sport so we are playing high school hockey together for Seminole County. I'm playing 7on7 too. It's only players from Seminole High School. We've been jelling and coming together well. We've won 3 tournaments.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?

“We bring a lot of really talented players back on both sides of the ball that are getting offers from the top schools in the country. On offense Rodney Grant III returns in the backfield, Max Bucannon, Jayshawn Woods and Jadon Blake anchor the line and Kenyon Holden and Frank Hicks are ready to step up at receiver. We added one of the top '26 QBs in the nation in Mike Clayton RBs Khamani Robinson and Amari Major plus Devin Voltaire at receiver. Our offense is loaded and will be ready to put on a show.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?

“We open up against Jones High School in Camping World Stadium. Two of the best programs in Central Florida going at each other in the kickoff classic will be electric. We travel to Lake Wales and of course Lake Mary is a district game that is always circled on the calendar.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?

“We consistently play against some of the best players in the state week in and week out. But honestly the dudes we line up against in practice every day are the best of the best. Its a blessing to battle with top recruits Ethan Pritchard, Juan Berchal and the younger guys like Rasheem Turner, David Coleman and Jalin Chaplin. They help our offense prepare. If we can move the ball against those guys, we feel like we can play with anybody.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?

“I will be playing D1 football in college. The only question is what position? I can play anywhere on offense and special teams and have been getting a number of schools asking about defense too. Finding the right fit and the program where I can be challenged and grow both physically and mentally is key.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?

“Dartmouth, Duke, Liberty, Middle Tennessee State, Navy, NC State, North Dakota State University and South Florida have all shown significant interest. Columbia, Southern Illinois, New Hampshire and Yale have reached out in the last few weeks. Eastern Michigan, Marshall, Tulane and UNLV came by earlier this year and are planning to come by this spring.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?

“Liberty was the first to offer and has remained in contact. I visited for Junior Day and was truly impressed by everything they have to offer.”

Have you made any college trips yet?

“I've been to about 20 schools over the past 2 years. Most recently the Naval Academy, NC State and Liberty. I'm fortunate to have visited everything from the biggest SEC schools to multiple Ivys to some schools that have a smaller enrollment than Seminole's 4,600 students.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?

“I'm planning to get back to NC State and Navy in June. Last spring we had more than 40 schools come through to watch practice. I will wait to see what offers are made available before I decide on any other visits this summer.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?

“Florida State.”

What have you been doing as of late with off-season workouts?
“This off-season I’ve been weight training in the mornings and after school getting my bench up to 350 as well as doing speed training trying to get my 40 down to a 4.4 (it's at 4.5 right now) and trying to gain muscle.”

What do you feel you have improved on most since last football season?
“I feel that my tackling has improved the most this offseason from wrestling which I did this offseason.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I believe we are a state championship caliber team and have the pieces to make a run.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Week 1, Cardinal Gibbons.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“The toughest individual player that I know of as of now will probably be Tavion Swint (UCF RB commit).”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I would love the opportunity to play football at the next level.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Currently right now I have no offers as of now, only interest.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“N/A.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I went up to Navy and attended their junior day.”

Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“Currently I have plans to make some trips up on the camp circuit this summer.”

What camps are you planning to do this summer?
“Some camps this summer that I’m going to attend are the mega camp at Mercer, a camp up at UMass, and all of the Florida camps (UCF, UF, USF, FIU).”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Growing up I didn’t really favor any team.”

What have you been doing as of late with off-season workouts?
“I haven’t stopped working since the season ended, but as of late, in the last couple weeks I’ve been doing two-a-days with my team, along with a Saturday scrimmage on the first week we padded up.”

What do you feel you have improved on most since last football season?
“I think I’ve improved most on my size (muscle wise) and all around becoming more athletic.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I think my team and I will do great next season, we have a lot of football to look forward too and the sky's the limit with these boys.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“The team that I feel will be our toughest competitors is Zephyrhills. They always have some GUYS every year.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“From an all-around athletic standpoint, Zephyrhills DJ Picket will probably be the toughest athlete we will face.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I want to play college football.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I have an offer from Grinnell College, but some schools that have been recruiting me are Wofford, UPENN, Dartmouth, and Cornell.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“The school that is recruiting me the hardest is kind of a toss up of the schools I listed previously.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I went on a visit to Dartmouth and USF.”

Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“I don’t plan on going on any college trips unless I’m invited, besides the camps of course.”

What camps are you planning to do this summer?
“I plan on going to the Mercer mega camp, a Dartmouth camp, Cornell camp, UPENN camp, Wofford camp, and possibly some other like the USF mega camp.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“The University of Florida was always my favorite college as a kid, I’ve always liked the Gators and wanted to be a Gator.”

What have you been doing as of late with off-season workouts?
“As for the offseason, I have been working on continuing to build strength and become more explosive and faster.”

What do you feel you have improved on most since last football season?
“I feel that I have improved on my speed since last season because I’ve lost 15 pounds since the season ended and I worked with our school's track coach to improve on my speed.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel that my team will do great this year! We have a very strong senior class that are hungry and ready to compete.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I feel that a team that will be decent competition to us will be palm beach central, but I’m very confident that we will come out and handle business when we play them in week 4.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“The toughest individual on our team will probably be 2025 Ath Israel “Izzy” Marion. Izzy is really dynamic, he’s really explosive and makes big plays @ slot and outside WR. This year he’s going to be playing RB, Slot, Outside WR, and DB.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes, I want to play football in college.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Keiser, Cornell, Yale, Brown, Ithaca, UPenn.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“I would probably say Keiser has been recruiting me the hardest because they offered me, but I have been building connections with other schools.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I made a few college trips to Cornell, Ithaca, Syracuse, Florida.”

Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“Yes.”

What camps are you planning to do this summer?
“I plan on attending the Mercer mega camp and other 7on7s with my team this summer.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“I did, LSU.”

What have you been doing as of late with off-season workouts?
“Training with my team and my trainer at Delacruz Sports Performance.”

What do you feel you have improved on most since last football season?
“Spent a lot of time watching film so football IQ would be one of the biggest improvements.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“If we work as a team and trust each other the sky's the limit. We have talent all over the field.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“We play one of the toughest schedules in the state. Every game is a challenge and we need to be locked in every week.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Looking forward to playing against a good friend and old Pop Warner teammate of mine Semaj Fleming (Edgewater).”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“My dream is to play football in college so yes.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I have offers from FIU and Marshall University.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“Many schools have shown interest lately.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I have visited UCF FSU and Vanderbilt.”

Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“Yes my school is going on a campus tour over summer; I will be at many different universities this summer.”

What camps are you planning to do this summer?
“UCF, GA Tech, USF, FIU are the ones I know for sure, maybe a couple more.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“I grew up a Huge UF Gator fan, also UCF is my Mom’s Alma Mater so I grew up going to their games as well.”

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Q&A with Bokey athlete David Parks​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I will be playing D1 football in college. The only question is what position? I can play anywhere on offense and special teams and have been getting a number of schools asking about defense too. Finding the right fit and the program where I can be challenged and grow both physically and mentally is key.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Dartmouth, Duke, Liberty, Middle Tennessee State, Navy, NC State, North Dakota State University and South Florida have all shown significant interest. Columbia, Southern Illinois, New Hampshire and Yale have reached out in the last few weeks. Eastern Michigan, Marshall, Tulane and UNLV came by earlier this year and are planning to come by this spring.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“Liberty was the first to offer and has remained in contact. I visited for Junior Day and was truly impressed by everything they have to offer.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I've been to about 20 schools over the past 2 years. Most recently the Naval Academy, NC State and Liberty. I'm fortunate to have visited everything from the biggest SEC schools to multiple Ivys to some schools that have a smaller enrollment than Seminole's 4,600 students.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“I'm planning to get back to NC State and Navy in June. Last spring we had more than 40 schools come through to watch practice. I will wait to see what offers are made available before I decide on any other visits this summer.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Florida State.”


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Q&A with The First Academy linebacker Noah Maddox​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“My dream is to play football in college so yes.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I have offers from FIU and Marshall University.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“Many schools have shown interest lately.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I have visited UCF FSU and Vanderbilt.”

Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“Yes my school is going on a campus tour over summer; I will be at many different universities this summer.”

What camps are you planning to do this summer?
“UCF, GA Tech, USF, FIU are the ones I know for sure, maybe a couple more.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“I grew up a Huge UF Gator fan, also UCF is my Mom’s Alma Mater so I grew up going to their games as well.”


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Q&A with Santaluces linebacker Tre Robinson Jr.​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes, I want to play football in college.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Keiser, Cornell, Yale, Brown, Ithaca, UPenn.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“I would probably say Keiser has been recruiting me the hardest because they offered me, but I have been building connections with other schools.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I made a few college trips to Cornell, Ithaca, Syracuse, Florida.”

Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“Yes.”

What camps are you planning to do this summer?
“I plan on attending the Mercer mega camp and other 7on7s with my team this summer.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“I did, LSU.”


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Q&A with Gulf tight end/defensive end Aiden Holewski​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I want to play college football.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I have an offer from Grinnell College, but some schools that have been recruiting me are Wofford, UPENN, Dartmouth, and Cornell.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“The school that is recruiting me the hardest is kind of a toss up of the schools I listed previously.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I went on a visit to Dartmouth and USF.”

Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“I don’t plan on going on any college trips unless I’m invited, besides the camps of course.”

What camps are you planning to do this summer?
“I plan on going to the Mercer mega camp, a Dartmouth camp, Cornell camp, UPENN camp, Wofford camp, and possibly some other like the USF mega camp.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“The University of Florida was always my favorite college as a kid, I’ve always liked the Gators and wanted to be a Gator.”


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Q&A with Lake Mary outside linebacker Luke Prieto​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I would love the opportunity to play football at the next level.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Currently right now I have no offers as of now, only interest.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“N/A.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I went up to Navy and attended their junior day.”

Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“Currently I have plans to make some trips up on the camp circuit this summer.”

What camps are you planning to do this summer?
“Some camps this summer that I’m going to attend are the mega camp at Mercer, a camp up at UMass, and all of the Florida camps (UCF, UF, USF, FIU).”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Growing up I didn’t really favor any team.”


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Q&A with Bokey athlete David Parks
How did the high school football season go overall?
“We went 10-3 and won our district. By most standards it was a pretty good year but at Seminole the ultimate goal every year is a state championship. Personally, I was able to showcase my athleticism as a 2nd year varsity starter. At a school that consistently produces top level college athletes, that is something to be proud of for sure. Primarily I started at receiver plus I got reps throughout the year at TE, RB and QB. I was the punter for the second year in a row too.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I was on the weight lifting team again this year. I traded my track spikes for hockey skates though. My younger brother is a freshman at Seminole and plays AAA travel hockey. I figured if I end up enrolling early next year, this might be my last chance for him and I to play on the same team in any sport so we are playing high school hockey together for Seminole County. I'm playing 7on7 too. It's only players from Seminole High School. We've been jelling and coming together well. We've won 3 tournaments.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“We bring a lot of really talented players back on both sides of the ball that are getting offers from the top schools in the country. On offense Rodney Grant III returns in the backfield, Max Bucannon, Jayshawn Woods and Jadon Blake anchor the line and Kenyon Holden and Frank Hicks are ready to step up at receiver. We added one of the top '26 QBs in the nation in Mike Clayton RBs Khamani Robinson and Amari Major plus Devin Voltaire at receiver. Our offense is loaded and will be ready to put on a show.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“We open up against Jones High School in Camping World Stadium. Two of the best programs in Central Florida going at each other in the kickoff classic will be electric. We travel to Lake Wales and of course Lake Mary is a district game that is always circled on the calendar.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“We consistently play against some of the best players in the state week in and week out. But honestly the dudes we line up against in practice every day are the best of the best. Its a blessing to battle with top recruits Ethan Pritchard, Juan Berchal and the younger guys like Rasheem Turner, David Coleman and Jalin Chaplin. They help our offense prepare. If we can move the ball against those guys, we feel like we can play with anybody.”

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Q&A with The First Academy linebacker Noah Maddox
What have you been doing as of late with off-season workouts?
“Training with my team and my trainer at Delacruz Sports Performance.”

What do you feel you have improved on most since last football season?
“Spent a lot of time watching film so football IQ would be one of the biggest improvements.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“If we work as a team and trust each other the sky's the limit. We have talent all over the field.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“We play one of the toughest schedules in the state. Every game is a challenge and we need to be locked in every week.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Looking forward to playing against a good friend and old Pop Warner teammate of mine Semaj Fleming (Edgewater).”

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Q&A with Santaluces linebacker Tre Robinson Jr.
What have you been doing as of late with off-season workouts?
“As for the offseason, I have been working on continuing to build strength and become more explosive and faster.”

What do you feel you have improved on most since last football season?
“I feel that I have improved on my speed since last season because I’ve lost 15 pounds since the season ended and I worked with our school's track coach to improve on my speed.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel that my team will do great this year! We have a very strong senior class that are hungry and ready to compete.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I feel that a team that will be decent competition to us will be palm beach central, but I’m very confident that we will come out and handle business when we play them in week 4.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“The toughest individual on our team will probably be 2025 Ath Israel “Izzy” Marion. Izzy is really dynamic, he’s really explosive and makes big plays @ slot and outside WR. This year he’s going to be playing RB, Slot, Outside WR, and DB.”

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Q&A with Gulf tight end/defensive end Aiden Holewski
What have you been doing as of late with off-season workouts?
“I haven’t stopped working since the season ended, but as of late, in the last couple weeks I’ve been doing two-a-days with my team, along with a Saturday scrimmage on the first week we padded up.”

What do you feel you have improved on most since last football season?
“I think I’ve improved most on my size (muscle wise) and all around becoming more athletic.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I think my team and I will do great next season, we have a lot of football to look forward too and the sky's the limit with these boys.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“The team that I feel will be our toughest competitors is Zephyrhills. They always have some GUYS every year.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“From an all-around athletic standpoint, Zephyrhills DJ Picket will probably be the toughest athlete we will face.”

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Q&A with Lake Mary outside linebacker Luke Prieto
What have you been doing as of late with off-season workouts?
“This off-season I’ve been weight training in the mornings and after school getting my bench up to 350 as well as doing speed training trying to get my 40 down to a 4.4 (it's at 4.5 right now) and trying to gain muscle.”

What do you feel you have improved on most since last football season?
“I feel that my tackling has improved the most this offseason from wrestling which I did this offseason.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I believe we are a state championship caliber team and have the pieces to make a run.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Week 1, Cardinal Gibbons.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“The toughest individual player that I know of as of now will probably be Tavion Swint (UCF RB commit).”

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The majority start this week and last through next week. I prefer jamborees because each team plays at least two teams leading to better efforts by each team. It is also more enjoyable to see how teams match up to more than one opponent.

I’m planning to make it to at least two games, one inter squad game and possibly one jamboree. I will stay local to watch Durant’s inter squad and drive to Bradenton for Ocala Vanguard @ Manatee this week. Next week there are quite a few games to choose from. That Friday night I am tempted to make it to Bishop Verot who is hosting Miami Columbus and Sarasota Riverview.

Looks like the 4X100 team took 1st at region, all of which are football players. So including alternates that's 6 skilled players Im not expecting to participate with spring football as I the spring game is the 16th and state track meet is the 18th. Manatee has some huge holes to fill on its OL, as the only returning starter was a soph last season who was largely ineffective last season and was eventually replaced by moving a defensive starter to his position. A number of large number of JV players will be moving up, but I found them while possessing good size, to be slow as well as not displaying much in the way of over-all strength. Manatee will have a 3 year starter at the QB position, a nice mix of talent at the WR position (but the speed guys I'm not anticipating playing, due to the state track meet). Same for the RB position as the top 2 players are on that 4X100 team, but a freshman that was lighting on the JV team last season, should find plenty of opportunity to show what he can do.

On defense Manatee returns 2 3-year staters on the DL, and promising young man moving up from the JV at the nose guard position. Manatee had 2 transfers that Im expecting will play at the LB position, both missed large portions of their seasons last year due to injuries. LB play was a area of major weakness for Manatee last year. DB position should be a position of strength for Manatee, with a number of returning starters or players that saw significant playin time last season

Green vs White Game this Friday at 6 pm. Come get your first look at the 2024 Venice Indians! We are requesting a donation of Tide Pods for admission. May 10th

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Q&A with Sumner defensive lineman Makhi Foster​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes I want to play football but no specific school in mind.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I don’t have any school recruiting me but they will soon.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“Nobody yet.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I haven’t been on any college trips yet but this summer I will.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Yes I plan on going to a lot of camps and trips in the summer.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college team is FSU.”


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Q&A with Menendez outside linebacker Liam Molloy​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Either football or wrestling, I love them both but I’ve had better success on my own in wrestling.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Lenoir Rhyne and West Florida.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“Lenoir Rhyne and West Florida but I’ve only gotten a couple emails from them.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“No but I am in the summer.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“No.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“UF.”


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Q&A with West Orange cornerback Donovan Lanier​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes. I want to continue playing competitive football after high school.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Louisville, Coastal Carolina, Ball State, Florida Atlantic, WKU, Ole Miss, and University of Charlotte.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“I would say Coastal Carolina.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Yes. I’ve visited Louisville, Coastal Carolina, and Florida Atlantic. Also other schools that I’ve been in contact with.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“I would like to visit Ball State and WKU in the near future.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Yes. The University of Miami Hurricanes.”


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Q&A with Sumner running back Jaheim Hudson​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes, Purdue.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Mostly just Purdue, that’s the only college in contact right now.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“Purdue.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Purdue.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Not yet.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“UGA.”


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Q&A with Monarch left tackle Bryan Auguste​

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Definitely football.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Schools like Kentucky, West Virginia, Louisville, and Syracuse.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“Kentucky.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I’ve made trips to Kentucky, West Virginia, Louisville, Syracuse, Liberty, and USF.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Official visit list will be complete VERY soon.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“No.”


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Q&A with Sumner defensive lineman Makhi Foster
How did the high school football season go overall?
“The football season went well. I helped the team a lot more than I did the previous year.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I plan on working out more, crafting my pass rush, moving and getting faster and stronger.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel like we have the talent and the skill to take it all the way to states.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I feel like our toughest team we’ll be Lakeland.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“I don’t think we have to worry about an individual player on any team.”

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Q&A with Menendez outside linebacker Liam Molloy
How did the high school football season go overall?
“Not as we wished it had gone, we had too many games where there were simple mistakes like offsides or false start etc. that always came back to bite us in the end whether that be one game or the season as a whole where we had a good stretch at the end but didn’t capitalize enough in the first half of the season.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Just trying to get better day by day with my coaches and their coaching.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I think better than what people will think, but I think everyone needs to be on the same page or else it’ll turn out badly.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Every team we play has their own way of being difficult from the next, we have to worry about now and work as hard as we can to prepare ourselves 6 months from now.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“St. Augustine.”

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Q&A with West Orange cornerback Donovan Lanier
How did the high school football season go overall?
“The season didn’t go as we planned. We lost a total of 4 games with a TD or less.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Currently we are working in the weight [room] and doing plyometric/speed drills. In addition I do outside DB training.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel that we will do much better than last season and be more competitive with offseason adjustments.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I feel that Dr. Phillips will be one of the tougher teams we face. We always have great games down to the wire.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Joshua Guerrier from Ocoee is a great athlete that plays both sides of the ball. We’ve had some good matchups over the last couple of years.”

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Q&A with Sumner running back Jaheim Hudson
How did the high school football season go overall?
“My season went great, during about the 5th game of the season I had to switch to MLB because of injuries. After the switch I racked about 60+ tackles in those next 5-6 games.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I plan on working with my team, but also my head coach and I have been working out every day in the morning before school.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I’m confident my team will do very well, even with our schedule becoming harder. We work hard, it’s showing.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Armwood.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Great question, I don’t know the answer.”

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Q&A with Monarch left tackle Bryan Auguste
How did the high school football season go overall?
“The season went amazing.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Just focusing on my craft and getting in that weight room.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“We’re going to states for sure.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Chaminade.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Probably Jabari Brady.”

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How did the high school football season go overall?
“The season went amazing.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Just focusing on my craft and getting in that weight room.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“We’re going to states for sure.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Chaminade.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Probably Jabari Brady.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Definitely football.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Schools like Kentucky, West Virginia, Louisville, and Syracuse.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“Kentucky.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I’ve made trips to Kentucky, West Virginia, Louisville, Syracuse, Liberty, and USF.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Official visit list will be complete VERY soon.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“No.”

How did the high school football season go overall?
“My season went great, during about the 5th game of the season I had to switch to MLB because of injuries. After the switch I racked about 60+ tackles in those next 5-6 games.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I plan on working with my team, but also my head coach and I have been working out every day in the morning before school.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I’m confident my team will do very well, even with our schedule becoming harder. We work hard, it’s showing.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Armwood.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Great question, I don’t know the answer.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes, Purdue.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Mostly just Purdue, that’s the only college in contact right now.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“Purdue.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Purdue.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Not yet.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“UGA.”

How did the high school football season go overall?
“The season didn’t go as we planned. We lost a total of 4 games with a TD or less.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Currently we are working in the weight [room] and doing plyometric/speed drills. In addition I do outside DB training.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel that we will do much better than last season and be more competitive with offseason adjustments.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I feel that Dr. Phillips will be one of the tougher teams we face. We always have great games down to the wire.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Joshua Guerrier from Ocoee is a great athlete that plays both sides of the ball. We’ve had some good matchups over the last couple of years.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes. I want to continue playing competitive football after high school.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Louisville, Coastal Carolina, Ball State, Florida Atlantic, WKU, Ole Miss, and University of Charlotte.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“I would say Coastal Carolina.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Yes. I’ve visited Louisville, Coastal Carolina, and Florida Atlantic. Also other schools that I’ve been in contact with.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“I would like to visit Ball State and WKU in the near future.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Yes. The University of Miami Hurricanes.”

How did the high school football season go overall?
“Not as we wished it had gone, we had too many games where there were simple mistakes like offsides or false start etc. that always came back to bite us in the end whether that be one game or the season as a whole where we had a good stretch at the end but didn’t capitalize enough in the first half of the season.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Just trying to get better day by day with my coaches and their coaching.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I think better than what people will think, but I think everyone needs to be on the same page or else it’ll turn out badly.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Every team we play has their own way of being difficult from the next, we have to worry about now and work as hard as we can to prepare ourselves 6 months from now.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“St. Augustine.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Either football or wrestling, I love them both but I’ve had better success on my own in wrestling.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Lenoir Rhyne and West Florida.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“Lenoir Rhyne and West Florida but I’ve only gotten a couple emails from them.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“No but I am in the summer.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“No.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“UF.”

How did the high school football season go overall?
“The football season went well. I helped the team a lot more than I did the previous year.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I plan on working out more, crafting my pass rush, moving and getting faster and stronger.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel like we have the talent and the skill to take it all the way to states.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I feel like our toughest team we’ll be Lakeland.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“I don’t think we have to worry about an individual player on any team.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes I want to play football but no specific school in mind.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I don’t have any school recruiting me but they will soon.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“Nobody yet.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I haven’t been on any college trips yet but this summer I will.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“Yes I plan on going to a lot of camps and trips in the summer.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college team is FSU.”

How did the high school football season go overall?
“The season did not go exactly as planned as I got hurt in the first game of the year and was out for 6 weeks. I came back and ended up leading my team to a 4-3 record as the starter while winning our district and making the playoffs. I ended up throwing for close to 600 yards and 5 touchdowns numbers that aren’t bad coming off an injury all and all wasn’t a bad season still got a lot to work on.”

What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“As of now I’m throwing three to four days a week after school as well as lifting 4 days a week and doing a speed workout every Friday.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I have transferred to Port Charlotte high school from Charlotte high school and they are coming off a good season so I think we should be able to follow that up with another strong season with a deep run into playoffs.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I don’t think I could give an overall toughest team but our focus is on teams in our district. Off the top of my head some of the other tough teams would be Venice, FBA and Zephrhills.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Venice’s defensive end Asharri Charles is a good player who may be a difficult task to handle when the time comes.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“It would be a dream come true to play sports in college as it’s something i’ve been working for since I was a little kid. Growing up playing baseball then transitioning more into football I would be blessed to be able to play either sport in college but if I had to decide I would lean more towards the football side.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I’ve talked to Coach Hinshaw at UCF but besides that no other colleges have reached out yet but just staying patient and waiting for my time.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“No schools have really pushed for my recruitment just yet but I’m still just working hard and being patient as I have 3 years of high school ball left.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I have not made any trips to schools yet.”

Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“My preliminary summer trip/ camp schedule is Pitt June 1st, PSU June 2nd, FSU June 7th, FIU June 8th, Miami June 9th and UCF June 18th.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Growing up I watched FSU as both of my parents graduated from there so that would definitely be a favorite school of mine.”