By Kyle Coppola
Eustis Homecoming Parade Takes Spirit To The Streets
It was a great day for the City of Eustis as the town celebrated its annual homecoming week! Despite thunderstorms in the area, the event went on as scheduled and it was a great time!
The homecoming parade started off with the parade of colors followed by the Eustis Fire Department, The Eustis High School band provided some great acoustics marching through the historic downtown brick streets of Eustis.
The Eustis High School AFJROTC marched through the streets. Eustis Mayor Michael Holland attended along with Miss Eustis and Mini Miss Eustis.
The Eustis Cheerleaders and Jr. Cheer teams participated as did the Eustis Middle School. The Eustis High School baseball team and softball teams were fan favorites and had a ton of supporters.
Perhaps the float that caught everyone’s eye was a giant pontoon boat that made its way down the road decked out in Eustis Blue and Gold along with some disco balls.
Then it was time to welcome the Eustis Junior Varsity and Varsity Football teams along with the Homecoming Representatives who will be crowned this Friday night at the Eustis vs The Villages Football game at 7:00pm.
The entire event ended at the Eustis High School Football stadium where the football team put on a rousing pep rally encouraging the town to come out and support The Eustis Panthers as they attempt to go for a second straight district championship.
District play starts this week against The Villages and the town is buzzing for what would be a huge home win against The Villages, a team that always proves to play Eustis well. Head coach Frank Scott will need everything his team can offer in order to beat The Villages who have a decent defense this year.
There is no question The Villages struggles offensively and Eustis has one of the top quarterbacks in Lake County with Troy Saladin who is now over 1,000 yards on the season through the air and on the ground combined.
The event was great for the town of Eustis and we hope the game between Eustis and The Villages is a good one! We also wish all the Homecoming court at Eustis the best of luck. No matter who the winner is, it’s all about having fun!
Photo Credit:
Cirsty Lee
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.
