By Kyle Coppola
Mikeen Harrison Poised for Massive Year With The Villages High
Mikeen Harrison has transferred to The Villages Charter High School for the 2024 football season. Harrison is a great player and we look forward to seeing what he can do this upcoming season.
Coming off a 4-6 season, The Villages is looking to rebound. They have a lot of talent this upcoming season, and Harrison will provide plenty of depth at the linebacker position. The 6’2”, 233-pound linebacker had a very productive year in 2023. Mikeen’s productivity on defense yielded 52 tackles, 45 assisted tackles, along with 6 tackles for a loss, 4 sacks, and he’s coming into 2024 with a ton of momentum.
Mikeen posted on social media the other day and was fired up: “I got 0 stars, 0 offers and I’m not ranked at all so when I say ya’ll gonna feel me the rest of the season, believe that!” says Mikeen.
Mikeen is not just a good football player, he is also a good basketball player and just an overall solid multi-sport athlete who excels in anything he puts his mind to.
Harrison is a quick defender. He’s also good at watching plays develop. That takes a lot of time to teach, but Harrison is the kind of player who picks things up very fast out on the field. The Villages is no doubt a great spot for him where he will have a big impact this season. Likewise, South Sumter has a good group of returning players this year both offensively and defensively and should be one of the top teams in Central Florida once again.
We don’t get to see The Villages or South Sumter play each other in 2024. Hopefully we get to see the cross town rivalry renewed at some point in the coming years but for now the teams will adjust to their new districts.
We look forward to watching Mikeen Harrison’s senior year and wish him the best of luck!
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.
