Merritt Island Mustangs Offensive Lineman Gabe Arnold Commits to Western Kentucky College

Mustangs will open the season in opposition to Deltona

I need to thank God first of for this chance and preserving me on the suitable path. And I’m glad to say I dedicated to Western Kentucky College!🔴⚫️🔥@CoachMurray47 @BHerring60 @Coach_Shaq_ @CoachZLankford pic.twitter.com/dQt3HPsVW0

— Gabriel Maximus A Arnold (@GabrielArnold0) August 4, 2023

Merritt Island completed 6-5 final season and is ranked sixth within the House Coast Every day-Friday Evening Locker Room 2023 Brevard Excessive Faculty Soccer Preseason Prime 7 Energy Rankings – see the complete story and full 2023 prep soccer schedule beneath.

BREVARD COUNTY • MERRITT ISLAND, FLORIDA – Merritt Island Mustangs offensive lineman Gabe Arnold dedicated to play school soccer at Western Kentucky College.

The 6-foot-6-inch offensive deal with had a number of gives and selected Western Kentucky over Florida Worldwide, USF, and Marshall to call just a few.

Arnold is getting into his senior season, the Mustangs will open the season with a Kickoff Traditional contest Aug. 18 at New Smyrna Seaside, and can open the common season Aug. 25 at Deltona.

Merritt Island completed 6-5 final season and is ranked sixth within the House Coast Every day-Friday Evening Locker Room 2023 Brevard Excessive Faculty Soccer Preseason Prime 7 Energy Rankings – see the complete story and full 2023 prep soccer schedule beneath.

Under: Cocoa, Rockledge Lead SCD–FNLR 2023 Brevard Excessive Faculty Soccer Preseason Prime 7 Energy Rankings

ABOVE VIDEO: Cocoa Tigers head soccer coach Ryan Schneider sat down with sports activities editor Juan Rodriguez for a one-on-one interview from the House Coast Every day studio in Cocoa. Ranked first within the SCD–FNLR Energy 7 Rating, the Tigers enter the 2023 season because the defending state champions and look to repeat this season. The Tigers shall be put to the check early with matchups in opposition to packages like St. Thomas Aquinas, Jones, and Venice to start out the season. With the consistency and enchancment, now we have seen 12 months in and 12 months out from the Tigers. You possibly can anticipate one other robust season this 12 months for Cocoa.

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – The House Coast Every day–Friday Evening Locker Room staff launched the 2023 Prime 7 Energy Preseason Rankings for Brevard County highschool soccer.

That is the twenty ninth season of highschool soccer protection for the principals of House Coast Every day and the Friday Evening Locker Room – introduced you by Erdman Automotive, Well being First and All Factors.

The 2023 season is full of proficient student-athletes all throughout Brevard County and lots of are being wanted a few of the finest school soccer groups throughout the nation. You possibly can see the complete 2023 House Coast prep soccer schedule beneath.

With many choices to be made by quite a few athletes on the place to pursue their school desires, the House Coast Every day – Friday Evening Locker Room staff is your go-to supply for the most recent bulletins and commitments made by the athletes.

SEE THE FULL 2023 PREP FOOTBALL SCHEDULE BELOW.

2023 Brevard County Excessive Faculty Soccer Prime 7 Energy Rating:

■ 1. Cocoa Tigers: The Tigers enter the 2023 season because the defending State Champions. Cocoa will look to repeat this season and shall be put to the check with early season matchups in opposition to packages like St. Thomas Aquinas, Jones and Venice to start out the season. With the consistency and enchancment, now we have seen 12 months in and 12 months out from the Tigers. You possibly can anticipate one other robust season this 12 months for Cocoa.

■ 2. Rockledge Raiders: The Raiders completed their 2022 marketing campaign 9-3 total and fell brief within the second spherical of the playoffs. That’s a superb season for many packages however it doesn’t lower it for the expectation set by the Rockledge trustworthy. Rockledge enters this season with arguably the very best protection within the county led by 4-star security Jaylen Heyward and UCF commit DJ Mccormick. With the tradition Coach Wayne Youthful has instilled in his soccer program they’ll be within the combine for the highest spot all through the season.

■ 3. Eau Gallie: Final 12 months we noticed the Commodores bounce again from a down season again in 2021 the place they completed 3-7. Coach Sands led his staff to a 7-4 report in 2022 and a playoff look for the second time in three seasons. With Eau Gallie trending in the suitable course, and the quantity of expertise on their roster. The Commodores ought to have a powerful 2023 marketing campaign.

■ 4. Heritage Panthers: Heritage spent the offseason revamping its soccer program after a 5-5 season in 2022. Panthers shall be led by first-year head coach Mykel Benson who was lately the staff’s offensive coordinator. Heritage has a number of transfers that may play a giant function this 12 months in Clemson commit Adam Kassayi and Isaiah Cordero who each got here from Bayside. Quarterback Joseph Tenta seems to have a profession 12 months as he enters his junior season. This staff has the possibility to shock lots of people in 2023.

■ 5. Palm Bay: The Pirates went by way of a training change this low season. Palm Bay made an in-house rent by selling House Coast Sports activities Corridor of Famer Dan Burke to Head Coach of this system as soon as once more. spent the previous few seasons as defensive coordinator for Palm Bay. The staff completed 8-4 in 2022, with a change at head coach and a few key items transferring onto the subsequent stage. It’s laborious to place the Pirates forward of the opposite groups listed above.

■ 6. Merritt Island: The Mustangs completed final season 6-5 beneath first-year Head Coach Tyler Murray. With a second season beneath the present management, Merritt Island will probably be a lot increased on this checklist down the road. The Mustangs may have a superb alternative early on with 4-straight dwelling video games to start out the season.

ABOVE VIDEO: Coach John Holmes and the Titusville Terriers soccer staff hit the burden room this summer time. The Friday Evening Locker Room’s Orville Susong and Steve Wilson discuss with Coach Holmes and a few the gamers.

■ 7. Titusville: Titusville shall be getting into its second season beneath Heach Coach John Holmes. The Terrier made an incredible leap in 2022 after ending the season 1-10 the season earlier than. Final season the staff completed 7-4 total together with a playoff berth. Coach Holmes and the Terries will look to construct off final season’s success and proceed to determine a tradition at Titusville Excessive Faculty.

JUST MISSED THE CUT:

■ Melbourne Bulldogs

■ Melbourne Central Catholic Hustlers

■ Satellite tv for pc Scorpions

This 12 months’s protection on House Coast Every day TV will as soon as once more characteristic a dynamic broadcast lineup that was the primary official media entity to carry prep soccer play-by-play protection on radio and TV to Brevard County.

The House Coast Every day – Friday Evening Locker Room principals and broadcast staff have greater than 100 years of expertise overlaying youth and highschool sports activities in Brevard County.

House Coast Sports activities Corridor of Famers Steve Wilson and Orville Susong of the Friday Evening Locker Room will as soon as once more carry you all of the dwell motion from the published sales space. As well as, Tom Palermo, Jim Palermo, Giles Malone, Zach Clark, Juan Rodriguez, Ron Lighthall, Terry Spain, Matt O’Hern, Gavin Keith and Brian Dillon will anchor or produce play-by-play broadcasts this season.

Don’t miss these dwell sports activities broadcasts that includes cutting-edge protection on the streaming House Coast Every day TV, together with participant interviews, replays, highlights, pre-game and post-game evaluation, and rather more!

House Coast Every day’s Skilled, Skilled and Devoted Employees Gives Brevard’s Most Trusted Information and Sports activities Protection

The House Coast Every day staff brings you the perfect Brevard County information and sports activities protection. That is the fourth decade of highschool sports activities protection for the principals of House Coast Every day and the Friday Evening Locker Room.

In 1997, Dr. Jim Palermo, now Editor-in-Chief of House Coast Every day, and Tom Palermo, now House Coast Every day president and writer, known as the first-ever Brevard County highschool soccer sport on the radio.

From 1997 by way of 2000, the Palermo brothers known as highschool soccer motion on WMEL and beneath is a clipping selling the broadcasts out of the August 26, 1999 version of House Coast Press newspaper, which was owned and revealed by Tom Palermo. Gannett bought the Press from Palermo in July 2000.

“One of the crucial memorable moments throughout these years was once we broadcast the Palm Bay – Dillard 2000 state championship sport again to Brevard from the Swamp in Gainesville,” mentioned Jim Palermo.

Dan Burke’s Palm Bay Pirates defeated Dillard 10-6 to win the 6A title that 12 months.

The Palermo’s turned over the reins of the broadcasts to the Friday Evening Locker Room staff starting in 2001. Since then, the Friday Evening Locker Room hasn’t missed a beat as Steve Wilson and Orville Susong start their twenty second full season broadcasting prep sports activities on the House Coast.

In 2012, House Coast Every day and the Friday Evening Locker Room solid a partnership to carry Brevard County a one-of-a-kind complete, cutting-edge multimedia youth and highschool sports activities protection, together with soccer, volleyball, basketball, baseball, softball, soccer, observe and area, wrestling, bowling and extra.

Ever the innovators, the House Coast Every day – Friday Evening Locker Room staff offered House Coast sports activities followers the primary net dwell streams and Fb Dwell play-by-play motion and are devoted to being the preeminent purveyor of multimedia sports activities protection on the House Coast for a few years to return.

House Coast Every day excels throughout all mediums, together with social media, the online, print and grassroots occasions, such because the House Coast Sports activities Corridor of Fame, which House Coast Every day based in 2011.

SEE THE FULL 2023 PREP FOOTBALL SCHEDULE BELOW.

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2023 PREP FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

Astronaut Warfare Eagles

2022 Document: 2-8

August 18 – @ East River
August 25 – MCC
September 1 – @Sebastian River
September 8 – @ Merritt Island
September 15 – New Smyrna Seaside
September 22 – Satellite tv for pc
September 29 – Palm Bay
October 6 – @ Winter Springs
October 13 – House Coast
October 20 – @ Cocoa
October 27 – @ Titusville

Bayside Bears

2022 Document: 4-6

August 17 – Sebastian River
August 25 – Palm Bay
September 1 – Holy Trinity
September 8 – Open
September 15 – @ Rockledge
September 29 – Satellite tv for pc
October 6 – @ Viera
October 13 – @ Merritt Island
October 20 – Eau Gallie
October 27 – @ Jensen Seaside
November 3 – @ Heritage

Cocoa Tigers

2022 Document: 11-3 (reigning state champs 2-S)

August 18 – @ Satellite tv for pc
August 25 – @ Jones
September 1 – Venice
September 8 – @ St. Thomas Aquinas
September 22 – Eau Gallie
September 29 – Treasure Coast
October 6 – Seminole
October 13 – @ Titusville
October 20 – Astronaut
October 27 – Palm Bay
November 3 – @ Rockledge

Cocoa Seaside Minutemen

2022 Document: 6-3

August 18 – @ Orangewood Christian
August 25 – @ Holy Trinity
September 1 – Basis Academy
September 8 – Taylor
September 22 – Halifax Academy
September 29 – Windemere Prep
October 6 – St. Edward’s
October 13 – Out of Door Academy
October 20 – MCC

Eau Gallie Commodores

2022 Document: 7-4

August 18 – Titusville
August 25 – @ Springstead
September 1 – @ Bishop Moore
September 8 – Winter Haven
September 15 – Satellite tv for pc
September 22 – @ Cocoa
September 29 – @ Merritt Island
October 6 – Flagler Palm Coast
October 20 – @ Bayside
October 27 – Rockledge
November 3 – @ Melbourne

Heritage Panthers

2022 Document: 5-5

August 18 – @ Jensen Seaside
August 25 – @ Satellite tv for pc Seaside
September 1 – Palm Bay
September 8 – Centennial
September 14 – @ Oviedo
September 22 – Merritt Island
September 29 – @ Viera
October 6 – @ Central
October 13 – @ Melbourne
October 27 – Concord
November 3 – Bayside

Holy Trinity Tigers

2022 Document: 6-5

August 25 – Cocoa Seaside
September 1 – @ Bayside
September 15 – @ Merritt Island
September 22 – @ @Father Lopez
September 29 – @ Halifax Academy
October 6 – House Coast
October 13 – MCC
October 20 – @ American Heritage
November 3 – Calvary Christian

Melbourne Bulldogs

2022 Document: 9-3

August 18 – Lake Brantley
August 25 – @ Titusville
September 1 – @ Merritt Island
September 8 – Satellite tv for pc Seaside
September 14 – Orange Park
September 22 – @ Tohopekaliga
September 29 – Concord
October 6 – @ Palm Bay
October 13 – Heritage
October 27 – @ Viera
November 3 – Eau Gallie

Melbourne Central Catholic Hustlers

2022 Document: 2-8

August 18 – Atlantic
August 25 – @ Astronaut
September 1 – @ House Coast
September 8 – Cypress Creek
September 15 – @ Viera
September 22 – St. Joseph Academy
September 29 – @ Father Lopez
October 6 – @ Mount Dora Christian Academy
October 13 – @ Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy
October 20 – Cocoa Seaside
October 27 – Halifax Academy

Merritt Island Christian Cougars

2022 Document: 6-4

August 18 – Outdated Plank Christian Academy
August 25 – @ Donahue Catholic
September 1 – @ Metropolis of Life Christian Academy
September 7 – @ Florida Faculty for the Deaf & Blind
September 15 – @ Calvary Chapel Academy
September 22 – Geneva
September 29 – Grasp’s Academy
October 6 – Liberty Christian Prep
October 13 – Hernando Christian Academy
October 20 – Lake Mary Prep

Merritt Island Mustangs

2022 Document: 6-5

August 18 – New Smyrna Seaside
August 25 – Deltona
September 1 – Melbourne
September 8 – Astronaut
September 15 – Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy
September 22 – @ Heritage
September 29 – Eau Gallie
October 13 – Bayside
October 20 – @ Rockledge
October 27 – @ Satellite tv for pc
November 3 – Eustis

Palm Bay Pirates

2022 Document 8-4

August 25 – @ Bayside
September 1 – @ Heritage
September 8 – Concord
September 15 – Titusville
September 22 – @ Central
September 29 – @ Astronaut
October 6 – Melbourne
October 13 – @ Sebastian River
October 27 – @ Cocoa
November 3 – Satellite tv for pc

Rockledge Raiders

2022 Document 9-3

August 18 – Carrollwood Day
August 25 – @ Seminole
September 1 – @ Duncanville (TX)
September 8 – @ Viera
September 15 – Bayside
September 22 – @ Osceola
September 29 – @ Trinity Christian Academy (JAX)
October 13 – @ Satellite tv for pc
October 27 – Merritt Island
October 27 – @ Eau Gallie
November 3 – Cocoa

Satellite tv for pc Scorpions

2022 Document 5-6

August 18 – @ Cocoa
August 25 –  Heritage
September 1 – Viera
September 8 – @ Melbourne
September 15 – @ Eau Gallie
September 22 – @ Astronaut
September 29 – @ Bayside
October 6 – @ Seabreeze
October 13 – Rockledge
October 27 – Merritt Island
November 3 – @ Palm Bay

House Coast Vipers

2022 Document 1-9

August 18 – Atlantic
August 25 –  @ Lake Howell
September 1 – @ MCC
September 8 – Holy Trinity
September 15 – @ Cocoa
September 22 – Tohopekaliga
September 29 – @ Titusville
October 6 – @ Palatka
October 13 – Astronaut
October 20 – Palm Bay
November 3 – @ Satellite tv for pc

Titusville Terriers

2022 Document 7-4

August 18 – @ Eau Gallie
August 25 – Melbourne
September 1 – @ Yulee
September 8 – Celebration
September 15 – @ Palm Bay
September 22 – Fleming Island
September 29 – @ House Coast
October 6 – Calvary Christian Academy
October 13 – Cocoa
October 20 – Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy
October 27 – Astronaut
November 3 – @ Viera

Viera Hawks

2022 Document 0-10

August 18 – @ New Smyrna Seaside
August 25 – South Fork
September 1 – Satellite tv for pc
September 8 – Rockledge
September 15 – MCC
September 22 – @ Baker County
September 29 – Heritage
October 6 – Bayside
October 13 – @ Concord
October 27 – Melbourne
November 3 – Titusville

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