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Hillsborough Fire Chief William Nesmith retires

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County searches for replacement

By Kyle LoJacono

Longtime Hillsborough County Fire Chief William Nesmith retired Jan. 15 after 41 years working in fire rescue.
Nesmith, 62, started with the county’s fire rescue service as the assistant fire chief in 1994 and became the fire chief in 1996. Prior to that, he worked with Tampa Fire Rescue for 24 years before retiring as the division chief.

William Nesmith

“Over the 41 years of fire service, I have found a second family and the friendships will last forever,” Nesmith said. “I will cherish the time I spent in the fire service.”
Nesmith added he is in good health and just wants to spend more time with his family now that he is 62.
During Nesmith’s tenure, the Hillsborough County Fire Department and Hillsborough County Emergency Medical Services were merged as one. He also saw the growth of the department from 400-850 firefighters and the opening of eight new fire stations.
Additionally, Nesmith won the 1997 Harvey Grant Excellence in Rescue Award presented by the IAFC, the 1998 Hillsborough County Excellence in Government Award and the 2010 Distinguished Service Award by the Hillsborough County Volunteer Services Association.
Nesmith has also served on several committees during his time, including chairman of the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) Transportation Emergency Rescue Committee, president of the Florida Fire Chiefs’ Association and member of the Florida West Central Region Board of Directors. He has also served as an instructor of basic firefighter certification and management level courses at Hillsborough Community College.
Ray Yeakley, department spokesman, said a nationwide search is underway for Nesmith’s replacement.
“We aren’t sure right now how long it will take,” Yeakley said. “It could take months; it could take many months.”
Administration Chief Ron Rogers will be the interim chief while the department seeks a replacement.

Simple beginning leads to business with staying power

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By B.C. Manion

It all began with a rocking chair.
Millie Cornell wanted to buy a rocking chair for her granddaughter to carry on a tradition she’d begun with her oldest grandson.

George Cornell, who goes by the nickname Duke, spends hours most days out behind his house making rocking chairs, wishing wells and other wooden furniture. (Photos by B.C. Manion)

She found one at a store that she thought would be perfect, but as she carried it to the counter to pay for it, it began to fall apart.
She rejected that chair and went home and told her husband Duke (whose given name is George) that she wouldn’t be able to get a chair for Sarah.
Duke told Millie not to worry. He said he’d see if he could make their granddaughter a rocking chair.
So began Grandpa’s Wee Rockers Woodcraftsman, a business that continues to this day at 38133 Fifth Ave. in Zephyrhills.
Duke spends the better part of most days working in the open-air shop out behind their house, a highly visible location near Zephyrhills.
A sign in front of the shop welcomes passersby: “Come See What I Saw,” it proclaims.
Drop by and you’ll likely hear the whirring sound of a drill, as Duke uses 2.5-inch deck screws to bind together parts of a bench. The quick and sure movements of his hands and sawdust on the floor are evidence of a man at work.
Visitors can check out child-sized rocking chairs, wishing wells, Adirondack chairs, a bench swing, picnic tables and single, double and triple gliders on display on the lawn and driveway at the couple’s house.
At one point, Duke set up at a flea market, but there was too much down time in that venture for his tastes, he said.
At another point, he carted chairs to the Northern states because he’d taken one up at someone’s request and found there was a demand for them there.
Now, he’s content to stay at home working in his shop.
The idea of retiring is not even a remote possibility for this 83-year-old.
“I can’t sit around,” said Duke, who speaks quietly and appears to be a man of few words. “You’ve got to do something.”
He cuts pieces of spruce and pressure-treated pine into pieces he needs to make his furniture.
“About 40 pieces go into those rockers,” he said. The sliders have about 40 pieces, too.
The rockers are strong enough to support the weight of a child up to 28 pounds, he said.
Many patrons are repeat customers.
“They keep coming back for grandchildren and great-grandchildren,” he said.
The rocking chairs hold up well, he said. “They hand them down from generation to generation.”
Busy times of the year are typically around the Christmas holidays and just before Mother’s Day, Millie said.
The length of his work day varies, Duke said. “It depends on what I have to build.”
How much he gets done each day varies, too. “It depends on how fast you work and how hard.”
In the summer, he works mostly in the morning because of the afternoon’s stifling heat.
The tools of his trade include a band saw, a sander, a drill, deck screws and wood.
Over the years, the business isn’t the only thing that has grown and prospered.
The couple, who married on April 24, 1947, has five children, 16 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
For more information about items, prices and hours call (813) 788-2984.

Competition will require county to be quicker, clearer

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By B.C. Manion

If Pasco County wants to gain a competitive edge in attracting businesses and jobs, its land development code needs to be more specific so people who want to build or expand their businesses will know exactly what to expect.
The county also needs to shorten the time it takes to get through the process, to eliminate duplication in reviews and to refrain from adding last-minute requirements for issues that should have been covered earlier through staff reviews.
Those are among the general recommendations offered during a 2 ½-hour meeting Friday morning of the Competitive Task Force of the Pasco Economic Development Council Inc.
The task force — made up of experts from the development community — is weighing in on a county effort to make itself more attractive to employers by streamlining the land development code.
In making the changes, it is important to eliminate language that is overly broad, task force members agreed. When the language is too broad, it is too hard for businesses to predict what will be required and how long it will take for approvals.
It is also important to eliminate logjams, they said.
One of the biggest obstacles is how long it can take to get a final plat, they said.
The final plat has a 30-page checklist and is often used by county staff to address issues that should have been addressed earlier in the process, they explained.
Another problem can occur at the front end of the process, when agreements reached between the applicant and staff are not written down and made binding.
There are also issues with the county’s parking requirements, duplicative stormwater reviews and lengthy delays between parts of the process, task force members said.
When it comes to parking, for instance, the standard for spaces at industrial sites should be based on the number of employees there during its peak period of operation, not on how many workers are employed by the company.
At a retail site, on the other hand, the number of employees at the business is less important than the people using the business.
When it comes to stormwater reviews, the county’s stormwater department is reviewing the same things as the Southwest Florida Water Management District — with SWFMD sometimes issuing a permit before the county review is even done.
The county should also take a look at creating a faster process for small projects which already have proper zoning and comply with the county’s master plan.
The county also may want to consider creating a “glitch committee” which would look at issues that continue to pop up, as applicants work their way through the process. The committee could address issues that keep popping up and suggest ways to fix the problems.
Recommendations from the task force will be considered by county staff before it takes its final recommendations on the streamlined code to the Pasco County Commission, which has the final say.

Columnist exits stage left

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I had to meet you here today
There’s just so many things to say
Please don’t stop me ’til I’m through
This is something I hate to do.
-Kiss and Say Goodbye, The Manhattans

By Randall Grantham

After more than six years and 300 columns, this will be my last article for this newspaper.  It’s been a good run, but, as they say, all good things must come to an end.  I know it’s been good for me, and I hope you’ve enjoyed my rants, revelations, teasings and shameless plugs, at least on occasion.
Writing a weekly commentary in your hometown newspaper is a “bully pulpit,” to coin a phrase.  It’s a lot of work putting out a piece every week, but it’s rewarding and can be exciting. It’s like having an intimate, personal conversation with a dear friend, hundreds of times over.  Many of you have expressed how the articles made you feel like you knew me, and I certainly came to know many of you out there, and I hope I’m a better person for it.
It seems like just yesterday that it started.  Our relationship was fresh and new.  I could spend hours searching for just the right song for you.  And I would (sometimes) inadvertently set you off into a letter-writing frenzy with a thoughtless or glib remark.
But you got me backstage passes to concerts and events like South Beach Food and Wine and I took you on vacations to the islands, New Mexico and diving the Blue Hole in Belize.  We explored new restaurants together and made many new friends. (Although I stopped writing about restaurants after the fourth of four went out of business, I do not believe in the “Grantham Jinx.”)
We’ve gone through personal setbacks and family losses together. You’ve often been a shoulder for me to lean on.
I’ve learned a lot from you and, hopefully, have become a better person from our interactions.  I learned some moderation from some of our give-and-take, and, when I didn’t learn to moderate, Editor simply … edited. I probably earned the “left-leaning libertarian lawyer” tag you gave me, but have broadened my views thanks to you.
Our time together has also been good to my career. Appearing here every week has given me some recognition in the community that I would not otherwise have had. And the weekly chore of organizing my thoughts, writing them down and then cutting and rearranging them has helped me become a better lawyer.
But, over time, I’ve been forced to become more politically correct.  Because of self-imposed and outside editing of my thoughts, it feels like the thrill has gone.
And times have changed.  This paper has gone from one of many to the big dog on the block and more room is needed for “community news.” So, as our newly elected politicians will also soon be learning, something has to be cut, however painful it may be.
I will continue to write, of course. But without the weekly deadline, I doubt I’ll write as often.  Maybe I’ll start a blog, as some of you have suggested.

I want to thank everyone who has taken the time to read my musings.  Thanks to those who have written me in response, positively or negatively, and I greatly appreciate all of those who took the time out of  their busy life to stop me and introduce themselves and tell me that they enjoyed or appreciated my efforts.  It made it all worthwhile and kept me going for at least one more column.
But now it’s time for me to stand down.  To ride off into the sunset.  To walk before they make me run.
To you, loyal readers, I say keep it between the ditches.  And when you don’t, call me.

Randall C. Grantham is a lifelong resident of Lutz who practices law from his offices on Dale Mabry Highway. He can be reached at . Copyright 2011 RCG. To comment on this or anything else, email the editor at and for past columns go to lakerlutznews.com.

It’s OK to treat yourself — in moderation

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By Samantha Taylor

I have to admit, I am not one to splurge on expensive dinners in fancy restaurants, but I have heard so much about Ruth’s Chris Steak House in Tampa and have been intrigued by the specials they were running that I decided to take my personal trainers there for our Christmas dinner.
Ruth’s Chris may sound high for a special, but it’s actually a great price for a five-star restaurant.
The atmosphere didn’t impress me; I felt it lacked in décor and ambience and to my surprise, it actually had a cafeteria-style vibe to it.  The four of us were seated in a cozy booth with “mood lighting” that we could hardly see each other, although I think it is romantic and perfect for lovers celebrating a Valentine or anniversary dinner.  But, never mind the ambience, the steak was so worth it.
We started with crab-stuffed mushrooms, which I really liked.  They were pretty good and not as fattening as the ones I have had in other restaurants. It is not at all bad to enjoy just one piece.
Ruth’s Chris deals included a three-course meal for $39.95 which had salad, steak and dessert.  That may sound high, but if you buy these meals “a la carte” at other fancy restaurants, paying individually for salad, entrée and veggies would really jack up your bill.
I didn’t have that. Instead, I splurged on the salad, steak, lobster and side special that cost $49.95.  I never spend this much on a meal, but this once is a treat. My order came and I had a taste of their heart of palm salad and it was quite delectable. The steak — oh the steak — was as perfect as I heard it to be!  It melted like butter in my mouth and, oh, it would now be hard to eat an Outback steak after having Ruth’s Chris!  The lobster was a real huge tail of a Caribbean lobster, which was rather tough.  I wouldn’t personally order this kind of lobster as the ones I’m used to having are very soft.  I didn’t eat too much of it as I already felt full from the other food I ate, so I packed it up for leftovers tomorrow.
As for the dessert, this may sound weird coming from an ex-sugar addict, but I actually found it too sweet.  Ha, I never thought I would say that!
I’d rate the experience as so-so for how much the bill was for four people, but the steak was so spectacular and I had an awesome time with my friends that I’d say those two points are worth going.  Plus, there is just something about dining in those fancy restaurants occasionally.

Stokes to lead Cowboys

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By Kyle LoJacono

When the Gaither High football team begins spring practice in May, Jason Stokes will be their new coach.

Stokes, who led Middleton’s program the previous two seasons, was named the Cowboys new head man Jan. 14. He takes over a program that went 3-7 in 2010.

“We felt he is a great fit for our football program,” said Gaither principal Marie Whelan.

Stokes was not available for comment before press time, but Whelan said he is excited about the chance to lead the Cowboys program. He met with his team for the first time the day he was named coach.

Whelan was an assistant principal at Middleton when Stokes was hired as coach in 2009. She left that summer to join her alma mater at Gaither before Stokes started as a teacher at Middleton.

Middleton went 10-10 with Stokes as the coach, but he was let go in November following the season. Last year his team went 5-5, 3-3 in Class 2A-District 5 including three of the last four contests to end the year. He also coached at Bloomingdale High before moving to Middleton.

Stokes will finish this year as a driver’s education instructor at Middleton while coaching the Cowboys during spring practices and workouts. He will be a teacher at Gaither next year, but his department has not been decided

Gaither athletic director Henry Strapp said about 30 people applied for the position. One of those was former Land O’ Lakes High coach Matt Kitchie. Stokes was one of five finalists for the job along with former Gaither assistants Brian Emanuel and Kirk Karsen, current junior varsity coach Bob Griffey and former Armwood High assistant Ron Johnson.

Stokes takes over for Mark Kantor, who stepped down from the program in December after learning administration wanted to go in a different direction. He remains as a social studies teacher.

Kantor led the program for nine years, the longest of any coach in Cowboys history, compiling a 42-55 record and three straight playoff appearances from 2006-2008. He is a finalist for the Mitchell High head football opening and has applied for the same position at Land O’ Lakes High.

Shanel Sweet joins 1,000-point club

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By Kyle LoJacono

With 5:56 remaining in the first quarter, Land O’ Lakes High senior point guard Shanel Sweet stole the ball, drove to the basket and sunk an uncontested layup with her right hand.

Land O’ Lakes girls senior point guard Shanel Sweet puts up the layup to go past 1,000 career points in a 65-21 win against Pasco Jan. 13.

Those points helped Gators (16-3) defeat Pasco High 65-27 Jan. 13, but those specific two points meant more than just their place on the scoreboard to Sweet. They moved her past the 1,000-point mark for her high school career.

“As soon as I got the steal, I knew that I’d get it,” Sweet said. “I was just all emotions.”

Sweet had a chance to reach 1,000 points earlier in the quarter when she got two foul shots. She missed the first, but hit the second.

“I talked to my mom before and said watch it be some free throws that I have to make to get 1,000,” Sweet said. “I didn’t want it to be free throws, but I missed the first and thought, I have another chance.”

She finished the game with 21 points, three steals and three assists. She sits at 303 points with three regular season games to go.

Sweet’s journey toward 1,000 started as a freshman at Gaither High, where she scored 65 points. She came back in her sophomore year and scored a career best 354 points, followed by 297 as a junior. Then her family came north of the Hillsborough County line into Land O’ Lakes.

“Playing at Gaither was fun, but it was also hard because we had three different coaches when I was there,” Sweet said. “We had some good players, but we were never able to bring things together.”

To make the regional tournament, a team needs to reach the finals of its district tournament. Jackie Eisenhauer coached Sweet as a freshman, where the Cowboys went 6-14. Andy Alwood led Gaither to a 10-13 season in 2008-09 and J.D. Barreda was her coach last year when the squad went 12-12.

Winning has come easier for Sweet in Land O’ Lakes, which has already clinched a winning season despite having to adjust to her fourth coach in as many years.

“I was hoping for a winning season because I’ve never had one,” Sweet said. “Now we’re going for districts and I think we have what it takes to go far in regionals. Coach has really done a great job with the team.”

Laurie Fitzpatrick became the Gators coach this year and knew the squad would be good when she saw Sweet in her first practice.

“She was passing the ball from behind her back and doing things you don’t expect from a high school player,” Fitzpatrick said. “She’s had some injuries that have made it harder for her to score, but she’s fought through them all. She has a lot of heart and goes for rebounds like a post player. You can see she loves the game.”

Sweet has never been on a team that won a game in a district tournament, but thinks that will change this year

“We’re ready for the districts,” Sweet said. “I know we have what it takes to be district champs.”

-All stats as recorded to Maxpreps.com by coaches.

Gators set to make return to regionals

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By Kyle LoJacono

The Land O’ Lakes High girls basketball team thinks last season was the exception and not the new rule.

The Gators (16-3) went through a 4-12 season in 2009-10, missing the playoffs for the first time since 2003. In steps Laurie Fitzpatrick as the new coach with a pair of new starters and Land O’ Lakes seems set to get back to regionals.

Laurie Fitzpatrick took over the Gators girls basketball and volleyball programs this school year.

“Our goal is to get past districts,” Fitzpatrick said. “We’d like to get to states and I know the girls believe they can do that.”

Fitzpatrick and the Gators are on track to enter the Class 4A-District 8 tournament as the No. 1 seed. Their toughest challengers for the district championship will likely come from Wiregrass Ranch High (13-9) and Citrus High (15-3). Land O’ Lakes have already beaten both the Bulls and Hurricanes this year.

The Gators appear to be hitting their stride at the right time, winning their last 11 straight games. However it has not been easy for the central Pasco County squad.

Fitzpatrick and her new team not only needed to get used to each other, Land O’ Lakes also has two new players who transferred from other schools — Shanel Sweet from Gaither High and Simone Brown from Wesley Chapel High.

“At first it was tough getting to know a new team, but I had to do the same thing last year at Wesley Chapel as a freshman,” Brown said. “Now we’ve meshed a lot together.”

That transition was a little more difficult for senior Shanel Sweet because she is the Gators point guard. She had to learn all new names while being responsible for calling out plays and setting up her teammates with precise passes.

“I’m used to the position,” Sweet said. “I’ve been a (shooting) guard too, but I really like being point. I live for tight games. I love having the ball in my hands.”

Making things even more difficult was the number of injuries and illnesses the squad had early on. Sweet had a badly jammed thumb and a sprained ankle that limited her for the first half of the season and made her miss two games, both losses for the Gators. Seniors Megan Thurston and Nicole Woodard also missed time early.

Shanel Sweet

“I’m hoping the injury bug is out of our system now,” Fitzpatrick said. “We’ll need to be playing our best in the district tournament, and then if we get through to regionals we know we’ll have to go through Gulf.”

Gulf (18-3) reached the regional semifinals last season and do not play the Gators in the regular season.

One thing that helped make the transition easier is Fitzpatrick also coached three of her basketball players on the Gators volleyball team, which include Julia Della Penna, Kendra Sheets and Woodard.

“She’s been the same from when she became our volleyball coach this year,” Della Penna said. “She pushes us sometimes, but then she also lets us chill and relax when she thinks we need it. She’s a great coach.”

Both Della Penna and Woodard said they prefer basketball to volleyball for similar reasons.

“In volleyball you have to wait to hit,” Woodard said. “In basketball you can go get the ball and do what you need without waiting.”

Woodard may prefer basketball, but she keeps the same defense-first mentality in both sports. She led the volleyball team with 136 blocks, tied for the fourth most in Florida. She is also one of the top blockers and rebounders for the basketball squad, leading the team with 43 blocks while adding 83 boards. Sheets has also contributed in the post, adding 96 rebounds and 5.4 points per game.

Della Penna is more of an outside shooter, averaging 8.2 points per game while adding 35 assists and 39 steals. Brown is the Gators second leading scorer, averaging 13.6 points while contributing 33 blocks and a team-high 259 rebounds and 70 steals.

Sweet is the top score with 18.9 per game plus a team-leading 94 assists. Her average of 5.9 per contest is tied for the 14th most in the state.

The district tournament is at Lecanto High beginning on Jan. 31. To make the regional tournament the Gators must reach the championship game.

“I got to play in regionals my sophomore year and I want to get back as a senior,” Della Penna said. “When we started I was hoping to have a winning season. Now I think we have the speed and talent to get past districts and play with Gulf in regionals. We have a great group of players and a great coach.”

The Gators next play against River Ridge High at home Jan. 20 at 7:30 p.m.

-All stats as recorded to Maxpreps.com by coaches.

Gators coaching applicants revealed

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By Kyle LoJacono

There are 10 candidates will have a chance to be the fourth coach in Land O’ Lakes High football history, and one applicant will soon join the faculty.

Brian Wachtel was Mitchell High’s coach the last two years, compiling a 13-7 record, but was dismissed from the position at year’s end. He was originally hired with the Mustangs in 2008 by current Land O’ Lakes principal Ric Mellin.

Additionally, Pasco County School District spokeswoman Summer Romagnoli confirmed Wachtel is joining the Gators staff Jan. 24 as a varying exceptionalities instructor, or someone who teaches special needs students. He had the same job at Mitchell.

Other candidates submitted by Mellin include:

–Luke Chichetto; former University of South Florida’s strength coach from 2003-2004 and current strength coach in the Texas Rangers’ minor league system.

–Brian Colding; former Wesley Chapel High and current Pasco High assistant.

–Ryan Gallogly; coach at Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory in Indianapolis since 2007.

–Mark Kantor; coached Gaither High’s program the last nine years. Stepped down from the program following last season.

–Joe Midulla; former Jefferson High and current Alonso High defensive coordinator.

–Stan Robertson; no information provided.

–William Schmitz; former Jesuit head coach from 2003-2004.

–Tim Stevens; coached River Ridge High the last five years. Was dismissed from the program following last season.

–Joshua Weber; current assistant at Alonso High and teacher at Farnell Middle.

The Gators job became vacant after Matt Kitchie, a physical education teacher, was informed before the winter break he would not be rejoining the program. Former cheerleading coach Celisa Cook is also not returning next year, but both remain as teachers.

Kitchie had a 17-3 record leading Land O’ Lakes the last two seasons, but was suspended for the squad’s last two contests including the first round of the playoffs after an off the field incident involving a student. Former defensive coordinator Jason Hatcher and Cook were also suspended for those contests for the same incident. Senior quarterback Stephen Weatherford was also absent as well.

Mellin has said he wants a coach in place well before the start of spring workouts in May, but gave no further timetable.

Sunlake girls show they can lift too

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By Kyle LoJacono

None of the Sunlake High girls weightlifters grew up dreaming of pumping iron, but the Seahawks all agree the activity has positively changed their lives forever.

Celina Romera

“I was very timid before joining the team,” said senior Celina Romera, who has been on the squad for three years. “I wasn’t very confident in any part of my life. As I grew and got stronger I realized what I can do when I set my mind to it.

“It’s not just the physical benefits,” Romera continued. “It’s knowing I can do something that is really hard. It makes me feel like I can do anything.”

Senior Meagan Huynh agrees with Romera despite only joining the team this season.

“I wish I’d found out about it before,” Huynh said. “I love it. I’m very competitive and this is exactly the kind of thing I love doing. You push yourself to be better than the other team.”

Huynh was also on the Seahawks swimming team and is the reigning district champion in the 50-yard freestyle event. She said she tried weightlifting because she has friends on the squad.

“I’m kind of addicted to it now,” Huynh said. “… I’m sure it would have helped with swimming and I’ve had people ask me

Megan Huynh

that, but I never really lifted at all before the season.”

There are two Seahawks who not only have been on the team for all four years, but also made the state meet last season — seniors Nichole Bolt and Melanie Lehmkuhl.

“I’d never heard of girls weightlifting when I came to Sunlake,” Lehmkuhl said. “I wanted to play softball and figured weightlifting would help me make the team. The funny thing is I never played on the softball team. I broke my ankle before my freshman year, but really liked the weightlifting.”

Girls weightlifting was first offered by the Florida High School Athletic Association as a recognized sport in the 2003-04 season. Bolt and Lehmkuhl are the only Sunlake girls to make the state meet since the school opened in 2007.

Denise Garcia has been the Sunlake coach for the last three years and is confident many Seahawks will be represented in states this season.

“I’m expecting at least 50 percent of the team will get to states,” Garcia said. “I’m very confident in them. They’ve put in the work to get better and you can see from their results.”

Romera competes in the 139-pound weight class and is maxing out at 125 and 130 pounds in the bench press and clean and jerk lifts respectively. Huynh is in the 119-pound classification and is at 100 in the bench press and 105 in the clean and jerk. Lehmkuhl is in the unlimited class and can lift 150 in the bench press and 145 in the clean and jerk.

Garcia said she was very into athletics while attending Leto High, playing both volleyball and softball. She decided to become the weightlifting coach because she knew she could help the athletes.

“Being the girls weightlifting coach comes with different challenges from coaching other sports,” Garcia said. “You have to be a mother first. Girls, especially high school girls, take a certain touch to work with, but this team has been great.”

Garcia seems to have that certain touch as all of her athletes speak very highly of her coaching.

“She helps you understand where your potential is and how to get there,” Romera said.

Huynh said of Garcia, “She is so helpful. Anything she can do to help, she does.”

Unlike most sports, girls weightlifting has very few meets and instead teams have to push themselves in practice without much outside competition. Sunlake has completed their regular season with a 3-0 record and will next participate in the Sunshine Athletic Conference tournament Jan. 22 at Fivay High, followed by the sectionals.

-All results as recorded by the Florida High School Athletic Association.