PALM BEACH COUNTY – The FHSAA’s Girls Basketball Selection Show from yesterday (Feb. 5) was a reveal that showed a few surprises for our area’s teams.

For starters, we have six district champions that were crowned this past Friday night (Feb. 3).

They are as follows:

•District 8-1A: Glades Day (9-7)

•District 14-2A: Berean Christian (17-6)

•District 8-3A: King’s Academy (20-4)

•District 7-7A: Palm Beach Gardens (15-8)

•District 8-7A: Palm Beach Central (17-8)

•District 13-7A: Boca Raton (20-7)

All six of our aforementioned girls basketball teams qualified for the FHSAA state playoffs.

In addition to that, we ended up with nine at-large selections for the state’s postseason.

They are as follows:

•Class 2A: Atlantic Christian (13-3), Boca Raton Christian (16-8)

•Class 3A: Benjamin (13-8), Cardinal Newman (17-10), St. Andrew’s (13-8)

•Class 4A: Somerset Academy Canyons (17-7)

•Class 6A: Dwyer (13-7), Seminole Ridge (14-6)

•Class 7A: Park Vista (15-6)

This is how we got 15 girls basketball teams into the FHSAA postseason.

Now with that said, let us get right to the FHSAA regional quarterfinal – or semifinal – matchups for our area teams.

We have three rematches in Palm Beach County for the FHSAA regional quarterfinal round. They took place either in the district semifinal round (Feb. 1) or in the district title game (Feb. 3).

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

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

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

Here are our other FHSAA regional quarterfinal – or semifinal – matchups:

CLASS 1A-REGION 4 SEMIFINAL: No. 4 seed Glades Day (9-7) at No. 1 seed Wildwood (21-1)

CLASS 2A-REGION 4 QUARTERFINAL: No. 7 seed Atlantic Christian (13-3) at No. 2 seed Miami Christian (12-14)

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

CLASS 3A-REGION 4 QUARTERFINAL: No. 8 seed St. Andrew’s (13-8) at No. 1 seed Miami Country Day (20-7)

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

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

CLASS 6A-REGION 4 QUARTERFINAL: No. 7 seed Dwyer (13-7) at No. 2 seed St. Thomas Aquinas (19-8)

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

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

NOTE: All games are set to take place on Thursday (Feb. 9). 

Tip-off times are likely to be set at 7 p.m. for most teams, but some may get moved up to 6 p.m.

We will likely find out within the next 48 hours for the official tip-off times with all of our teams. Stay tuned for a schedule update.

PHOTO CREDITS: Christian Proscia