Charles King

It’s been an eventful three months since we last met

My life changed drastically three months ago.

After years of grinding my way through freelance writing assignments and radio shows, I finally latched on full-time as a multimedia sports reporter at the Orlando Sentinel newspaper. There, the grind carries on.

I’ve been busy since the end of July on the high school and local sports beat at the Sentinel, which encompasses much more than you’d care to read about at this point.

The exciting part has been the high school football coverage we’ve been doing for the 76 area programs (yes, 76 high school football teams) through print and online video features.

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Carnahan Coverage: Central Florida All-Star Game & Orange County Senior Bowl video highlights

Florida’s high school football season came to an end this past weekend. While the remaining handful of teams were prepping for championship matchups at the Florida Citrus Bowl, plenty of other kids were playing in their final prep game as part of local all-star teams.

I shot video of both the Central Florida All-Star Game and Orange County Senior Bowl last week for the Orlando Sentinel. View the results at the links below.

The West broke a five-year losing streak in the 16th Central Florida All-Star Game at Lake Brantley High School on Thursday, winning 28-17.  (Orlando) East River High School’s Tanner Hearn and (Orlando) Boone High School’s Logan Smith each threw for two touchdowns. Smith’s high school teammate Adam Anderson caught two TDs in the first half and was named West Player of the Game.

( – Click here to see J.C.’s highlights of Central Florida All-Star Game – )

In the 21st edition of the Orange County Senior Bowl on Wednesday at West Orange High School in Winter Garden, Gunner Ballant threw for two scores on his home field and (Apopka) Wekiva High School’s Jarvis Scott scored twice to help the West beat the East 36-20.

( – Click here to see J.C.’s highlights of Orange County Senior Game – )

Carnahan Coverage: East River Drops Thrilling Spring Football Game to Titusville

My second video assignment was much more interesting than the first.

Last night Tanner Hearn threw four touchdown passes and Aldo Barahona booted two long field goals for the Falcons, who lost 35-34 to Titusville. Although these spring football games don’t count for much, they do make for a nice highlight reel.

(– Click here to watch my footage of the East River-Titusville game for Orlando Sentinel –)

Carnahan Coverage: Wekiva Hosts Mount Dora in Spring Football

I made my debut behind a video camera Tuesday night for the Orlando Sentinel during a meaningless spring football game at Wekiva High School in Apopka, Florida. As I attempted to keep up with each run play or pass attempt, Wekiva managed to hold off Mount Dora for a 10-7 win.

The standout of the evening was Wekiva running back Jarvis Scott, who broke a couple big runs including a slo-mo worthy effort that went for a huge gain.

( – Click here to view my video highlights of the Wekiva-Mount Dora game – )