By Kyle Coppola
East Ridge Middle School Boys Basketball Win District Championship
We want to send a huge congratulations out to the East Ridge Middle School boys basketball team who were able to win agasint Carver Middle School from Leesburg High School. The win was a huge accomplishment for the Spartans who have now won back to back district championships.
We have to give a huge shoutout to 8th Grader Jayden Denmark who wound up scoring 32 points to help the Spartans to victory. Other members of the team include Denzil Brumfield, Tyler Delacruz, Chanze Hardy, Amari Francois, Kayin Janvier, Hunter Lentz, Jonathan Patino Dorado, Tahj Powery, Kaymen Riley, Lucas Rojas and Joshua Rodriguez.
(East Ridge Middle school lifts the District Championship trophy after taking the win against Carver Middle School.)
Coach Belinski took to social media to say “Very proud coach of these boys! Celebrate it! You earned it!” Carver was heading into the game undefeated on the season. Carver put together an incredible effort. Although they came up short, the community was behind them. The Leesburg High School girls basketball team even wore Carver warmup shirts before their game against Lake Wales which they would win to extend their season.
Congratulations to East Ridge Middle School and congratulations on Back-To-Back district championships.
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.
