{"id":59627,"date":"2025-12-04T17:35:50","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T22:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=59627"},"modified":"2025-12-04T17:35:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T22:35:55","slug":"east-swanforce-esports-teams-as-they-brought-home-some-major-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2025\/12\/04\/east-swanforce-esports-teams-as-they-brought-home-some-major-wins\/","title":{"rendered":"East SwanForce Esports teams as they brought home some major wins!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Guy LaLonde Jr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These kids went head-to-head against teams across Seminole, Clearwater, Pinellas, Hillsborough, and Port Orange\u2014and Lakeland absolutely showed out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"\ud83c\udfc6\" Fortnite Champions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lakeland A finished 12\u20130 and dominated the final bracket, taking home 1st place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SwanForce also earned two legendary trophies: \u201cThe Soul Breaker\u201d and \u201cMr. Clutch.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\ud83c\udfc6\" Marvel Rivals Champions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lakeland A also captured 1st place in the Marvel Conference with a strong 9\u20131 season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We had solid performances across all divisions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Lakeland B (10\u20132) \u2013 2nd in the Cracked Conference<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Lakeland C (8\u20134) and Lakeland E (6\u20136) in the Sweat Conference<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Lakeland D (5\u20137) competing hard in the Cracked Conference<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Individual standouts included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Graham, Trevor, Corey, Mitchell, Joaquin, Ellis, Dallas, Jonah, Daron, Angelyn, Kyle, Colton, Walter, and Leon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A special shout-out to Coach David Collingsworth and the entire coaching staff for their time, commitment, and sacrifice. Their leadership continues to open doors and build confidence in our young people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I\u2019m incredibly grateful for our City of Lakeland Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Arts Department<\/a> Esports staff for building something meaningful for our youth. And a sincere thank-you to MIDFLORIDA Credit Union<\/a> for believing in this program from the very beginning\u2014helping it grow into eight counties and expanding daily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Proud of our students, proud of our coaches, and proud of what this program means for the future of our kids.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Guy LaLonde Jr. These kids went head-to-head against teams across Seminole, Clearwater, Pinellas, Hillsborough, and Port Orange\u2014and Lakeland absolutely showed out. Fortnite Champions Lakeland A finished 12\u20130 and dominated… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59633,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"12","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":true,"token":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvaTAud3AuY29tXC9sYWtlbGFuZGdhemV0dGUuaW5mb1wvbmV3c1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMTJcLzU5NDQ4NDA5OV83MTAyNjMyODIxMzk1MDJfNjczNjAzNzc0NDEyMTQxODEyMV9uLndlYnA_Zml0PTEwMjQlMkM3Njgmc3NsPTEiLCJ0eHQiOiJFYXN0IFN3YW5Gb3JjZSBFc3BvcnRzIHRlYW1zIGFzIHRoZXkgYnJvdWdodCBob21lIHNvbWUgbWFqb3Igd2lucyEiLCJ0ZW1wbGF0ZSI6ImhpZ2h3YXkiLCJmb250IjoiIiwiYmxvZ19pZCI6MTYzMDQwNjYxfQ.J2HFn0bqUYZkfDygmpMnfbj5XQYK_-XmvEM1MCnv6DYMQ"},"version":2,"attached_media":[{"id":59633,"url":"http:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/594484099_710263282139502_6736037744121418121_n.webp","type":"image\/jpeg"}]},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[12768],"class_list":["post-59627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-news","tag-east-swanforce-esports-teams-as-they-brought-home-some-major-wins"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59627"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59636,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59627\/revisions\/59636"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}