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Lake Minneola humbles Dr. Phillips in high school football

LAKE MINNEOLA — Rhyel Miles-Eubanks and Darien Wharton showed they can be the new quarterback tandem to lead Lake Minneola, combining for five touchdowns Friday to guide the Hawks to a 36-0 victory over Dr. Phillips in preseason football action.

The Hawks had to replace several starters on offense from an 11-2 Class 6A state finalist. Lake Minneola coach Walter Banks said he wasn’t sure what the new guys could do before seeing promising play on Friday.

“A lot of these guys played JV or didn’t play meaningful minutes,” Banks said. “We basically wanted to see how they could handle a varsity game, especially a team from a good program like Dr.