Edgewater Is Back & Ready To Contend
Coming into last year’s 7A state championship game against national powerhouse St. Thomas Aquinas, nobody was giving the Eagles a shot at keeping the game close against the Raiders.
The entire week before the contest in Daytona Beach, this program was told that this is a different stage – and even though they rolled over another state power, Seffner Armwood, there was simply no way that they had a chance.
Perhaps they didn’t realize that head coach Cameron Duke has been down this road before – and his lineage in this sport went back decades with some impressive teams, players and coaches.
When then junior Christian Leary Christian Leary 5'11" | 185 lbs | WR Orlando Edgewater | 2021 State FL began to rip off long runs and pulled away from the speedy Raiders’ secondary more than one time, it was certainly game on – and Edgewater football was going to be a player last season and for years to come.
It took a game-ending interception in the end zone for the unbeaten Raiders to beat Edgewater 28-23, but it also served notice that this program was indeed one that was not going away, and as they approach the 2020 season, the schedule is a lot tougher, but the objective is the same – and will be the same as long as Duke and this coaching staff are in place.
The Alabama-bound Leary, Arizona State commitment Tommi Hill Tommi Hill 6'2" | 190 lbs | DB Orlando Edgewater | 2021 State FL and University of Miami linebacker commit Deshawn Troutman Deshawn Troutman 6'1" | 205 lbs | LB Orlando Edgewater | 2021 FL are back and so are the Eagles.
THE EAGLES FILE
SCHOOL: Orlando Edgewater Eagles
HEAD COACH: Cameron Duke
2019 RECORD: 13-2
CLASSIFICATION: 7A
EAGLES TO WATCH IN 2020
2023 – Cedric Baxter, RB
2021 – Kenneth Brown Kenneth Brown 6'2" | 255 lbs | DL Orlando Edgewater | 2021 FL , DL
2021 – Kevin Butler, S
2022 – Jeremiah Connelly, Athlete
2021 – Johnnie Dassie, CB
2022 – Dante Finley, OL
2021 – Christopher Fulse Jr., S
2021 – Zatrell Garrett, DL
2021 – Devin Hevener, OL
2021 – Tommi Hill Tommi Hill 6'2" | 190 lbs | DB Orlando Edgewater | 2021 State FL , WR/S
2021 – Christian Leary Christian Leary 5'11" | 185 lbs | WR Orlando Edgewater | 2021 State FL , WR
2021 – Francisco Mendez, OL
2021 – Canaan Mobley, QB
2021 – Kye Rivers, WR
2021 – Diante Shepherd, DL
2021 – Deshawn Troutman Deshawn Troutman 6'1" | 205 lbs | LB Orlando Edgewater | 2021 FL , LB
2022 – B.J. Williams, CB
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