September 5, 2024
Wildwood RB Tyrese Keiler Showcases Star Potential with Explosive Performances
By Kyle Coppola
Wildwood RB Tyrese Keiler Showcases Star Potential with Explosive Performances
WILDWOOD, Fla. (AP) — Despite Wildwood Middle High School’s 0-2 start this season, running back Tyrese Keiler continues to impress with his stellar individual performances. Keiler, a senior, has been a bright spot for the Wildcats, rushing for 113 yards and scoring two touchdowns across the team’s first two games. Paired with his brother, Taylor Keiler, who plays quarterback, the duo has provided a glimpse of hope for a program looking to turn things around.
(Tyrese Keiler runs past a Villages Charter School defender. Tyrese is a stellar athlete who’s one of the leaders for Wildwood in 2024.)
Last season, Tyrese played in eight games. He averaged 9.7 yards per carry. He finished the 2023 season with 369 rushing yards and six touchdowns. It was a breakout year for Keiler last year. While the first two games of the season proved difficult, Wildwood is coming into winnable stretch of games in the coming weeks.
Wildwood Middle High football is now under the leadership of head coach Lorenzo Fields, a former standout player who led Wildwood to state runner-up finishes in the 1980s and enjoyed a successful college career. He has been given the task of rebuilding the Widcats football team after a challenging 2023 season. Fields is relying on young talents like the Keiler’s to improve the teams performance.
(From left to right – #3 Taylor Keiler, #1 Tyrese Keiler and #7 Keyvonte’ Corbin.)
Tyrese is a special player, he’s got great vision, explosive speed, and the ability to change the game in a moment. We saw his explosive speed during The Villages and Leesburg matchups and regarless of the outcome, he is a fantastic athlete.
(Like Tyrese, Taylor Keiler has also had an impact at the quarterback position. He and fellow wide receiver Keyvonte’ Corbin have connected on many passes this season.)
Wildwood will look to notch its first win of the season in their upcoming matchup against at Citrus tomorrow night at 7pm.
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.
