Girls Basketball: King’s Academy ends regular season at No. 1

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Naji Tobias New Era Prep Staff Writer

PALM BEACH COUNTY – The regular season is about to reach its climax point.

All regular season games will end either tonight (Jan. 27) or tomorrow (Jan. 28), if they have not already happened with our Palm Beach County girls basketball teams.

For top-ranked King’s Academy (18-4), its regular season ended last night (Jan. 26) at home against Wellington (11-13). It resulted in a 56-21 win.

Lady Lions senior Janessa Williams reached the 1,000-point milestone on Senior Night, as she helped lead her team to victory.

King’s Academy girls basketball head coach Chris Race embraces senior Janessa Williams after she reaches 1,000-point milestone in their regular season finale on Thursday, January 26, 2023 against Wellington. This moment was held at the King’s Academy gymnasium in West Palm Beach, Fla.

Photo credits: Sandra Watson

As a result of this win, King’s Academy will remain at No. 1.

And just to make this crystal clear, our second set of rankings come exclusively from MaxPreps. And moving forward, all weekly rankings from next week until the end of February will be based on MaxPreps.

Let us get to the Top 10 and Close to 10 girls  basketball team rankings.

  1. King’s Academy (17-4); No. 22 in Florida [Previous: 1]
  2. Seminole Ridge (11-5); No. 55 in Florida [Previous: 3]
  3. Somerset Academy Canyons (16-6); No. 61 in Florida [Previous: 2]
  4. Benjamin (13-6); No. 70 in Florida [Previous: 4]
  5. Boca Raton (18-7); No. 78 in Florida [Previous: 6]
  6. Cardinal Newman (14-9); No. 99 in Florida [Previous: 7]
  7. Palm Beach Gardens (12-8); No. 101 in Florida [Previous: 5]
  8. Palm Beach Lakes (12-6); No. 117 in Florida [Previous: 9]
  9. Dwyer (12-6); No. 120 in Florida [Previous: Not Ranked]
  10. Atlantic (Delray Beach) (13-4); No. 131 in Florida [Previous: 10]

Dropped from Top 10: Former No. 8 Palm Beach Central (14-8); No. 141 in Florida

Close to 10: Palm Beach Central (14-8); No. 141 in FL, Berean Christian (13-6); No. 146 in FL, Park Vista (12-5); No. 186 in FL; St. Andrew’s (11-7); No. 204 in FL, Boca Raton Christian (14-6); No. 214 in FL

Waiting in the wings: Atlantic Christian (11-2); No. 223 in FL

NEXT UPDATE: Anywhere between Monday, Jan. 30 and Friday, Feb. 3

PHOTO CREDIT: Christian Proscia and Sandra Watson

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