No. 9 Lake Wales Higlanders
Head Coach: Tavaris Johnson
2013 Record: 9-5
Spring game result: Miramar 28, Lake Wales 7
Key Addition: QB Xavier Gaines (transfer from Frostproof)
Key Returners: WR/DB Marcus Walker, DB Darion Staton, RB Justin Henderson, OL Luke Hiers, LB Eddie Joseph, TE Leon Hawthorne, LB Jamal Shipman, RB Earnest Hamilton, TE Robert Wimbley, OL Ean Biancardi, DL Chosney Christian, DB Lorenzo Howard
Key Losses: QB Railond Garrett, TE/LB Davi’on Riley, ATH Ryan Marell, LB Shaka McGriff
Team Update: Walker injured his wrist this offseason and will be out for a while, but the addition of Gaines beefs up the Highlanders offense and gives them some versatility.
The BHSN Top 20 Football Team was voted on by members of the Tampa Bay area Bright House Sports Network staff that cover our seven-county region.