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Sports | Athlete of the Week

  • By Sam Albuquerque
  • September 3, 2025
Athlete of the Week: Gavin Pritzkau, Central Florida Christian Academy football

As an eighth-grader, Gavin Pritzkau is playing a crucial role on CFCA’s varsity football team and its early-season success.

  • Sports
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  • By Sam Albuquerque
  • August 27, 2025
Athlete of the Week: Jacob Finch, Horizon cross country

Horizon’s record-holding long-distance runner, Jacob Finch, has started his senior cross country season with back-to-back top-three finishes.

  • Sports
  • Athlete of the Week
    By
  • Sam Albuquerque
  • August 22, 2025
Athlete of the Week: Cole Simons, West Orange boys volleyball

Standing at 6-foot-3, Cole Simons’ size is matched by an insane vertical, which serves him well on the hardwood during volleyball and basketball seasons for West Orange.

  • Sports
  • Athlete of the Week
    By
  • Sam Albuquerque
  • August 14, 2025
Athlete of the Week: Haley Higgins, Foundation girls volleyball

Foundation girls volleyball junior middle Haley Higgins, a Georgetown commit, is ready to lead the Lady Lions in 2025.

  • Sports
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    By
  • Sam Albuquerque
  • August 7, 2025
Athlete of the Week: Violet Lukens, gymnastics

Just two years into her gymnastics journey, Violet Lukens, 7, already can call herself an all-around Junior Olympic champion.

  • Sports
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  • Sam Albuquerque
  • July 31, 2025
Athlete of the Week: Deuce Forrester, Windermere football

Windermere football’s Deuce Forrester, a three-year varsity starter on the O-line, is ready to lead the Wolverines attack in his final high school season.

  • Sports
  • Athlete of the Week
    By
  • Sam Albuquerque
  • July 25, 2025
Athlete of the Week: Mingbo Jiang, TFA boys golf

After winning the Florida boys junior championship, TFA rising senior Mingbo Jiang — a USC golf commit — is ready to make some noise this fall in his final high school golf season.

  • Sports
  • Athlete of the Week
    By
  • Sam Albuquerque
  • July 18, 2025
Athlete of the Week: Mason Mojica, Winter Garden Squeeze

An Olympia High alum, Mason Mojica, is back on the diamond in Orange County with the Winter Garden Squeeze after his first college baseball season

  • Sports
  • Athlete of the Week
    By
  • Sam Albuquerque
  • July 11, 2025
Athlete of the Week: Abbey Langhoff, Foundation cheerleading

Since joining Foundation Academy cheer as a sixth-grader, rising senior captain Abbey Langhoff has been fundamental to building the Lions dynasty.

  • Sports
  • Athlete of the Week
    By
  • Sam Albuquerque
  • July 3, 2025
Athlete of the Week: Aidan McKee

From Winter Garden Little Leaguer to college-bound, West Orange County's Aidan McKee is now fulfilling his dream to play college ball.

  • Sports
  • Athlete of the Week
    By
  • Sam Albuquerque
  • June 27, 2025
Athlete of the Week: Drew Pynes, Winter Garden Squeeze

Winter Garden Squeeze’s Drew Pynes has been explosive from the batter’s box this season, hitting for an average of .378 with 14 RBI’s and a league-leading three home runs.

  • Sports
  • Athlete of the Week
    By
  • Megan Bruinsma
  • June 18, 2025
Athlete of the Week: Charlotte Ozim, Windermere Girls Little League

Charlotte Ozim Ozim played a key role in Windermere Girls Little League All-Star team's win by hitting .400, bringing in four runs and scoring a total of three times in the series.

  • Sports
  • Athlete of the Week
    By
  • Sam Albuquerque
  • June 11, 2025
Athlete of the Week: Jozef Miesak, Windermere High

To close his Windermere High track career, Jozef Miesak added a state title to his 13 other first-place finishes in 2025 before hitting the track for the Yale Bulldogs.

  • Sports
  • Athlete of the Week
    By
  • Sam Albuquerque
  • June 5, 2025
Athlete of the Week: Anthony Picciano, Winter Garden Squeeze

Former Winter Garden Little Leaguer and current West Texas A&M baseball player Anthony Picciano is back on a West Orange diamond with the Winter Garden Squeeze.

  • Sports
  • Athlete of the Week
    By
  • Sam Albuquerque
  • May 29, 2025
Athlete of the Week: Thomas Achey, The First Academy baseball

TFA baseball’s Thomas Achey has been lights from the mound this season, leading the Royals’ starters with a 1.32 ERA and 70 strikeouts in 42.1 innings pitched.

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