May 2, 2024
Mount Dora High Football Player Tommie “Deuce” Wheeler Signs with Dodge City Community College
By Kyle Coppola
Mount Dora High Football Player Tommie “Deuce” Wheeler Signs with Dodge City Community College
Mount Dora High School football star Tommie “Deuce” Wheeler has signed his college commitment letter with Dodge City Community College in Kansas where he will continue his academic and playing career.
Wheeler was a standout player for Mount Dora High School playing defense. He was the team’s lead linebacker last year and had 82 tackles on the season. He caused a fumble and had a few sacks last year. Wheeler was very impressive on defense. He is also listed as a tight end but his focus especially last year was playing at the linebacker position.
(Tommie “Deuce” Wheeler signing his college commitment letter to Dodge City Community College in Kansas.)
In attendance were family, friends, and coaches including Luke Hutchinson who is the head coach for Mount Dora High. Coach Hutch as he is known by his players has been building the Mount Dora High program the past few years into a winning school. The past two seasons Mount Dora has had winning records under his leadership.
Tommie “Deuce” Wheeler was a huge reason for the team’s success on the defensive side of the ball this season along with players like Russell Fickett and Anthony Dawson who are also graduating.
The defense will look a bit different in 2024 but this group of seniors along with Wheeler have left a great legacy for the upcoming underclassmen. Mount Dora is bringing back a strong core group of offensive players and defensive players who will be exciting to watch this year.
We want to congratulate Tommie “Deuce” Wheeler on this big commitment and we are so excited to watch him continue his academic and playing career on the gridiron in 2024!
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.
