A 1-under 71 on the golf course, a blazing 18:39.3 in cross country, and quarterbacks slinging for 29 touchdowns this season: the individual county and district championships just wrapped up, and some serious talent is hitting the ballot for this week’s Tremendous 10 poll. These athletes absolutely rose to the occasion, laying down performances that are impossible to ignore as the regular season winds down in football and regional playoffs heat up in volleyball.
These County Champs Are Playing on Another Level
We’re talking about pure dominance here. McKeel junior Georgia Grace Spence walked onto Cypresswood Golf Course and dropped a 1-under 71 to snag the girls title at the 2026 Polk County Championship. That’s serious business. On the cross country trails at Holloway Park, All Saints eighth-grader Charlotte Roy didn’t just win, she *smoked* the girls race with an 18:39.3, and Lake Wales senior Gabriel Harris took home the boys title with a blistering 16:04.1. Then you’ve got George Jenkins senior Nico Lee tearing it up in the pool, winning the 100-yard butterfly in 53.4 and setting a personal record in the 100 breaststroke with a 59.89 at the Class 4A, District 7 meet. These are championship-level performances, folks, and they’re earning every single nomination.
Football and Volleyball Stars Are Heating Up
The gridiron is seeing some explosive playmakers too, especially with the football regular season one week from wrapping. Lakeland Christian senior quarterback Brody Brenneman is having an absolute monster year, completing 104 of 147 passes for 1,785 yards and an insane 29 touchdowns with two interceptions on the season! He also put up a huge game, completing 18 of 25 passes for 227 yards with two scores. Haines City senior QB Blake Herrington wasn’t far behind, racking up 163 total yards in the Hornets’ victory over Davenport, with 66 yards and two touchdowns through the air and another 97 yards rushing on eight carries. And don’t sleep on Winter Haven senior running back Tiberius O’Neil, who steamrolled defenses for 236 yards and two touchdowns on 35 carries. He’s already stacked up 925 yards and eight touchdowns on 115 carries for the season. Even Frostproof’s EJ Stoudemire got in on the action, completing 8 of 15 for 126 yards and a touchdown in Frostproof’s 14-6 victory over Fort Meade.
On the volleyball court, Winter Haven senior Sophie Whitaker is crushing it. She tallied 14 kills and four aces in the Blue Devils’ 3-1 regional semifinal victory against West Orange. For the season, she’s leading Winter Haven with a massive 208 kills, plus 26 aces to her name. Rounding out the golf dominance, All Saints junior Alex Kruschwitz shot a 3-over 75 to win the boys title at the Polk County Championship. The talent pool this week is seriously deep.
Last week’s poll saw Winter Haven’s Taylor Warren take 57 percent of the vote, but with this kind of raw talent hitting the ballot, who knows what’s going to happen. This week’s Tremendous 10 poll is officially open, and you’ve got until noon on Thursday to cast your vote. With football’s regular season finale just around the corner, these athletes are making sure they finish strong, and we’re hyped to see who takes home the top spot in the poll this time!
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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