By Kyle Coppola
Lake Minneola Rally’s Late for 4-3 Win Against South Lake High
The Lake Minneola Hawks had to battle it out on Friday night, but wow, what an incredible game this was. South Lake jumped out to an early 1-0 lead after the first inning. It took a few innings for pitcher Brady Montrowl to get settled in, but once he was through the first two innings, he pitched a terrific game. By the third inning, it was 3-0 South Lake.
A scoreless top of the third inning gave Lake Minneola a chance to eat into the lead. The Hawks would score 2 runs to cut the score to 3-2. The score would remain that way until the bottom of the 7th inning. With 3 outs remaining in the game, South Lake looked like they might pull the upset, but Lake Minneola was able to score 2 runs and win the game 4-3 in epic fashion.
(Josh Schaller makes a great leaping grab as he attempts to tag 1st base.)
Jose Taveras had a huge day with 2 hits and 2 RBIs. Rylan Zinn also had an RBI, while sophomore Fabian Antonsanti would score 2 runs and lead the Hawks in that category. Brady Montrowl pitched 5 innings and gave up 7 hits. He had 5 strikeouts but only gave up 3 runs. He was replaced by Jacob Cali, who pitched a nearly flawless game as the reliever. He went 2 innings and only gave up 1 hit and struck out 3 batters.
(Fabian Antonsanti turns for home. He would score 2 runs on the evening to help Lake Minneola to the 4-3 victory.)
All in all, this was a huge team victory for Lake Minneola. This team is trending in the right direction. They are 9-4 and will have some big games coming up against Leesburg, Osceola, and Tavares this week before another meeting at South Lake next week, which should be another fun showdown.”
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.
