The Ledger's Tremendous 10 Poll in Lakeland: How Voting Works & How to Win

What is The Ledger's Tremendous 10 Poll in Lakeland, Florida?

The Tremendous 10 Poll is a public online poll run by The Ledger, the newspaper serving Lakeland, Florida. Readers vote for local high school sports standouts on a poll whose address is poll.fm/16987306. The poll is a public vote, and the newspaper's name sits on the ballot and in its coverage, which makes the organizer easy to identify for any reader who wants to check the poll.

The poll covers local high school sports in and around Lakeland. Entries listed on the ballot come from several towns and schools across the area, including Lakeland, Lakeland Christian, Lake Wales, Winter Haven, Victory Christian and Auburndale. Readers who want to see the full ballot should open the Crowdsignal page directly, because the list changes from edition to edition.

Poll facts at a glance

Which editions of the Tremendous 10 Poll are confirmed, and when did the window fall?

The Ledger's Tremendous 10 Poll is confirmed for 2024, 2025 and 2026. The 2026 ballot ran in September, with a window from September 1, 2026 to September 30, 2026. The Ledger published coverage dated September 21, 2026, before the window closed, so readers should treat that piece as a mid-window report rather than a final count.

Because the poll has run in three seasons, the September pattern is the best guide a reader has for planning. The organizer has not published a fixed start day for each season beyond the dates above, so readers should not assume the same days apply to a future edition without checking the ballot.

A future edition has not been dated in the material available for this poll, and the window for any season after 2026 is open to the organizer's decision.

How does a reader vote on the Crowdsignal ballot today?

A reader opens the poll at poll.fm/16987306, reads the header to confirm which season the ballot covers, and then chooses from the listed entries. Because the 2026 ballot has closed, the steps below describe the process a reader would follow when a new ballot opens, not a vote that can be cast now.

A supporter who has never used a Crowdsignal ballot should expect a standard web poll: pick an option, submit it, and keep any confirmation the page shows. The organizer's published material does not describe that step in detail, so the live page is where to see how submission works.

A full list of categories is not printed in the material for this poll, so confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

The organizer has not published a vote cap or a per-reader limit for this poll. It has also not published eligibility rules for voters, so anyone planning to vote should check the ballot header and notes before voting more than once or sharing the link widely.

How does this Lakeland poll sit beside other Florida readers' polls?

The Tremendous 10 Poll is a sports poll, while most of the Florida entries nearby are best-of readers' polls for business and local life. The Miami and Orlando readers' polls, along with the Tallahassee and Bay entries, follow the business and lifestyle model. A reader comparing the two should expect a poll built around high school athletes in Lakeland rather than a list of local businesses.

The Florida hub also lists a state awards program and a calendar contest. Those entries are separate programs, so a reader looking for the Lakeland sports ballot should use the Crowdsignal address and not a business poll with a similar name.

For the state overview, see the Florida hub and the wider USA contest guide.

How can supporters build backing for a Lakeland high school athlete?

Supporters can share the Crowdsignal address with classmates, coaches and families, and they can remind people which season the ballot covers. Honest backing starts with the poll's own rules, which decide what counts, and the poll has not published a rule that favours outside help.

Outside services do sell votes, and their pages describe what they offer. No such service can promise a result in a public poll, and a reader weighing that path should compare it with the poll's rules first. The buy votes online guide describes how these services are presented, and it does not change what The Ledger's ballot allows.

For a plain list of ways to build support without buying anything, see the guide on getting more votes online. The legal position is covered in the guide on whether buying votes is legal.