Girls Basketball: King’s Academy locks down No. 1 spot

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Naji Tobias New Era Prep Staff Writer

PALM BEACH COUNTY – We have finally reached the FHSAA state playoffs.

As we are now in regional quarterfinal mode, most teams in this week’s Top 10 will be vying for a spot in the FHSAA State Final Four Series.

This includes our No. 1-ranked team, which is King’s Academy (20-4). 

With that being said, our fourth set of rankings will come exclusively from MaxPreps. 

We will hold off on ranking teams again until the fifth and final release, which will be toward the end of this month.

Let us get right to our Top 10 basketball team rankings.

NOTE: We will no longer include a Close to 10 section for the rest of this season.

  1. King’s Academy (20-4); No. 17 in Florida [Previous: 1]
  2. Seminole Ridge (14-6); No. 45 in Florida [Previous: 2]
  3. Somerset Academy Canyons (17-7) No. 63 in Florida [Previous: 3]
  4. Boca Raton (20-7); No. 67 in Florida [Previous: 4]
  5. Palm Beach Gardens (15-8); No. 82 in Florida [Previous: 6]
  6. Cardinal Newman (17-10); No. 85 in Florida [Previous: 5]
  7. Benjamin (13-8); No. 106 in Florida [Previous: 7]
  8. Palm Beach Lakes (14-8); No. 116 in Florida [Previous: 8]
  9. Palm Beach Central (17-8); No. 125 in Florida [Previous: Not Ranked]
  10. Berean Christian (16-6); No. 132 in Florida [Previous: 10]

Dropped from Top 10: Former No. 9 Dwyer (13-7); No. 136 in Florida 

REGIONAL QUARTERFINAL GAMES

NOTE: All games tonight will tip off at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted

CLASS 3A-REGION 2 QUARTERFINAL: No. 1/No. 2 seed King’s Academy (20-4) vs. No. 7 seed Edgewood (17-2)

CLASS 6A-REGION 4 QUARTERFINAL: No. 2/No. 4 seed Seminole Ridge (14-6) at No. 5 seed South Broward (20-4)

CLASS 4A-REGION 4 QUARTERFINAL: No. 3/No. 3 seed Somerset Academy Canyons (17-7) vs. No. 6 seed Mater Lakes Academy (9-10)

CLASS 7A-REGION 4 QUARTERFINAL: No. 4/No. 2 seed Boca Raton (20-7) vs. No. 7 seed Park Vista (15-6) – Rematch from District 13-7A title game

CLASS 7A-REGION 2 QUARTERFINAL: No. 5/No. 3 seed Palm Beach Gardens (15-8) vs. No. 6 seed West Orange (13-13)

CLASS 3A-REGION 2: No. 7/No. 4 seed Benjamin (13-8) vs. No. 6/No. 5 seed Cardinal Newman (17-10) – Rematch from the District 8-3A semifinal round

CLASS 7A-REGION 2 QUARTERFINAL: No. 9/No. 7 seed Palm Beach Central (17-8) vs. No. 2 seed Oak Ridge (18-8)

CLASS 2A-REGION 4: No. 10/No. 3 seed Berean Christian (16-7) vs. Boca Raton Christian (16-8) – Rematch from the District 14-2A title game

NOTE: All regional semifinal games will take place on Tuesday, Feb. 14, while all regional final games will take place on Friday, Feb. 17.

The State Final Four Series will take place from Feb. 22-25 at RP Funding Center in Lakeland.

NEXT AND FINAL UPDATE: Monday, Feb. 27 or Tuesday, Feb. 28

PHOTO CREDITS: Christian Proscia 

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