Winter Garden’s Wrigley Bates, 13, is using the summer to work on his pitching.

An ongoing column where this oft-described “redneck” learns to play the gentleman’s game.

Although sports are now slowly trickling back, the loss of athletics has had psychological impacts in the local sports community.

Bumpers, who was brought on earlier this year as the new head football coach, cited concerns over the handling of COVID-19 by the state in regard to the upcoming school/athletic year and issues with OCPS as the reasons for his departure.

The camp will be put on by the Well Activity Center in Apopka, and feature instruction including former Wekiva High School star Miles Dargan, Ocoee High School basketball coach John "Sarge" Siers and Apopka High School head coach Scott Williams.

The GoFundMe page was set up to help pay medical bills for Noegel, who was recently in a car accident.

Gabriel Cleto, a Winter Garden resident and former collegiate tennis player, now offers local tennis lessons.