Surprising, Young Lake Minneola Stepping Up
When Lake Minneola steps on the field with St. Augustine on Friday night, history will be made for the Hawks.
No team in school history has advanced this far on the football field – and while many haven’t paid much attention to this team, they are indeed loaded and for real.
Outscoring the opposition by nearly 400 points in the 11 games played, this is a program loaded with gifted playmakers with plenty of talent – on both sides of the ball.
As good as this team is, they will also be solid against next – as 16 of the 22 deep will be back!
HOW THE HAWKS GOT TO 10-1
Suffering just one setback this year – to 8A power Sanford Seminole (25-13), this program cruised this season.
Wins over Kissimmee Tohopekaliga (41-8), Clermont East Ridge (42-0), Dade City Pasco (41-3), Bushnell South Sumter (21-13), Tavares (63-0) and Leesburg (67-8), showed how impressive and talented this team was.
Playoff wins against Land O’Lakes (54-0), Gulfport Boca Ciega (42-14), Largo (56-0) and previously unbeaten Tampa Gaither (35-14) gave the rest of the state a look at very talented team that outscored the opposition, 475-85, heading into Friday’s game against 10-2 St. Augustine.
THE HAWKS FILE
SCHOOL: Lake Minneola
HEAD COACH: Walter Banks
2020 RECORD: 10-1
CLASSIFICATION: 6A
HAWKS TO WATCH
2021 – Ennis Barrow, OL
2022 – Tre Bush, OLB
2022 – Nicholas Campbell, TE
2022 – Ethon Cole, S/WR
2022 – Braden Davis, QB
2021 – Tyler Fields, LB
2022 – Brendan Flakes, DL
2022 – Tyler Fordham, WR/CB
2022 – Drake Harwell, DT/OLB
2021 – Aiden Lee, OT
2022 – Kyeaure Magliore, CB/RB
2023 – Miles Mitchell, LB
2022 – Jamari Moton, RB/LB
2022 – Ralph Ortiz, FS
2021 – Matthew Pierre, OL
2021 – Robbie Sanders, Athlete
2022 – Isaiah Shannon, QB/WR
2022 – Jojo Smiley, WR
2023 – Dylan Thomaselli, LB
2022 – Antwan Walden, CB
2021 – Sidarius Walker, RB
2022 – Wyatt Watson, LB
2021 – Miguel Watts, OLB
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