By Kyle Coppola
East Ridge High School Football Student-Athletes Commit to College
Ten East Ridge High School football players signed their commitment letters to play football in college. It was a huge day for East Ridge Football as the Knights have sent 10 players off to continue their academic and playing careers at the next level.
(Ten members of the 2024 East Ridge football team have signed their college commitment letters to continue their academic and playing careers.)
The East Ridge Knights under Head Coach Donnie Burchfield have been putting in a ton of work in the past few years. This team finished 5-5 last year. The year before was 4-6, and just three years ago they were 1-10. Since Coach Donnie Burchfield has taken the helm, East Ridge has shown remarkable improvements.
The school’s social media pages are cranking out content, Donnie Burchfield is showing off the team’s hard work on his social media channels, and the team looks bigger, stronger, and more physical than they have in years. That is due to a great coaching staff and these players believing in the system.
That has resulted in players earning the opportunity to continue their academic and playing careers in college. Ten athletes have signed with schools that will continue to shape them as athletes and students for the years to come. Below is a list of athletes and where they are headed for the 2024 football season.
The list of East Ridge High Football player signings:
- Timothy Moses – Briar Cliff University
- Justin Saunders – Briar Cliff University
- Anthony “AJ” Stoneburg – Southeastern University
- Chase Rampersad – Ave Maria University
- Preston Sepulveda – Norwich University
- Daniel Ortiz – Atlantis University
- Jake Ley – Ave Maria University
- Travarus Boykin – Briar Cliff University
- Eric Anaya – Iowa Central Community College
- Shean Guinane – (Signed)”
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.
