December 2, 2024
Eustis High Senior Luke Van Dyke Represents At FHSAA State Golf Championship
By Kyle Coppola
Eustis High Senior Luke Van Dyke Represents At FHSAA State Golf Championship
HOWEY-IN-THE-HILLS, Fla. — Eustis High School’s boys’ golf season came to a picturesque conclusion on Saturday, as senior Luke Van Dyke capped off an impressive campaign with a solid showing at the FHSAA State Finals.
(It was a beautiful day at the FHSAA State Championships. Luke Van Dyke prepares to putt. Photo Credit – Eustis High.)
Competing at the historic “El Campeón” course at Mission Inn Resort & Club over two days of ideal golfing conditions, Van Dyke became the first Eustis golfer to reach the State Finals since Justin Rickerson in 2017. Van Dyke carded an 80 on Friday and followed it up with an 81 on Saturday, finishing 39th overall in a highly competitive field of nearly 100 of Florida’s top high school golfers.
(Luke Van Dyke holds the FHSAA District Runner-Up trophy that he and his teammates won earlier this year. Photo Credit – Eustis High)
Van Dyke’s performance, was fantastic and we are very proud of his accomplishments this season which included a District Championship Runner-Up finish and a strong performance at Regionals in order to make the FHSAA State Finals. He represented Lake County well and we are so proud of him.
Winning the overall competition was Sohan Patel a sophomore from American Heritage in (Broward) who won with an impressive 134 shooting a 68 on the first day and a 66 on the second day. Fleming Island would win the team competition in boys Class 2A.
Congratulations to Luke Van Dyke on an outstanding achievement! We wish him the best of luck with the rest of his senior year.
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.
