By Kyle Coppola
2025 Lake County Florida All-Area Wrestling Team Announced
The 2025 Lake County All-Area Wrestling team has been announced. There is so much talent out there this season and we have seen one of the best years of wrestling in the history of Lake County. This sport continues to grow and we are very excited to announce the 2025 athletes who made the Lake County All-Area team. Not that these are only Lake county programs.
106 Pounds – Damian Quinonez – Mount Dora High
113 Pounds – Brayden Brown – Mount Dora High
120 Pounds – Logan Kelly – Tavares High
126 Pounds – Gabriel Gandolla – Tavares High
132 Pounds – Kollen Staab – Mount Dora High
138 Pounds – Ben Abeele – Tavares High
144 Pounds – Emmanuel Jones-Baez – South Lake High
150 Pounds – Khairi Coleman – Tavares High
157 Pounds – Connor Berry – Mount Dora High
165 Pounds – Colton Fickett – Mount Dora High
175 Pounds – Artavius Riley – Tavares High
190 Pounds – Jeremy Batista – Tavares High
215 Pounds – Jelani Bentley – Tavares High
285 Pounds – Jesus Oquendo – Tavares High
Congratulations to all of these All-Area wrestlers named to the All-Area Lake County Team. We are very much looking forward to the remainder of the season as they all prepare for individual districts and regionals in the coming weeks. Big shoutout to all the parents, coaches, athletes and supports of wrestling. I love to see this sport continue to grow every year. Keep up the great work everyone!
Kyle Coppola was born in Newton, Massachusetts and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Communications from Curry College in 2016. After traveling to Florida on a family vacation, he decided he could not get enough of the warm weather and made the move from snowy Massachusetts to central Florida 8 years ago.
For the last decade Kyle has gained valuable experience in social media content creation, marketing and sales, writing, video production, sports announcing and even broadcasting for local radio stations, such as FM 102.9 in The Villages and FM 91.5 in Massachusetts. Every year he volunteers at The Villages Charter High School as a play-by-play sports announcer for the football games as well as a public address announcer for the basketball games, including the annual Battle at The Villages Tournament.
Outside the office Kyle is a husband and father to two beautiful girls along with their cat. In his spare time he likes to spend time with his family, travel, play golf and swim. He is also a huge sports junkie and even bigger motorsports fan and loves to attend racing events when he can.
