PALM BEACH COUNTY – We are very close to the official start of the FHSAA state playoffs.

As we are now in district tournament mode, all teams who have advanced will be playing for their respective district titles tonight (Feb. 3).

This includes our No. 1-ranked team, which is King’s Academy (19-4). 

On Wednesday (Feb. 1), the top-seeded Lady Lions defeated fifth-seeded Somerset College Prep Academy (13-8) in the District 8-3A semifinal round by a score of 66-31. 

They will now host third-seeded Cardinal Newman (17-9; No. 5-ranked team in Palm Beach County) in the District 8-3A title game, which is set for 6 p.m. at King’s Academy.

With that being said, our third set of rankings come exclusively from MaxPreps. And moving forward, all weekly rankings from next week until the end of this month will be based on MaxPreps.

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

1. King’s Academy (19-4); No. 17 in Florida [Previous: 1]
2. Seminole Ridge (14-5); No. 41 in Florida [Previous: 2]
3. Somerset Academy Canyons (17-6); No. 46 in Florida [Previous: 3]
4. Boca Raton (19-7); No. 67 in Florida [Previous: 5]
5. Cardinal Newman (17-9); No. 75 in Florida [Previous: 6]
6. Palm Beach Gardens (14-8); No. 84 in Florida [Previous: 7]
7. Benjamin (13-8); No. 99 in Florida [Previous: 4]
8. Palm Beach Lakes (14-7); No. 109 in Florida [Previous: 8]
9. Dwyer (13-7); No. 116 in Florida [Previous: 9]
10. Berean Christian (16-6); No. 132 in Florida [Previous: Not Ranked]

Dropped from Top 10: Former No. 10 Atlantic (Delray Beach) (13-5); No. 152 in Florida

Close to 10: Palm Beach Central (15-8); No. 136 in FL, Atlantic (Delray Beach) (13-5); No. 152 in FL, Park Vista (15-5); No. 163 in FL; St. Andrew’s (13-7); No. 168 in FL, Boca Raton Christian (16-7); No. 187 in FL

DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES

NOTE: All games tonight will tip off at 6 p.m. unless otherwise noted

DISTRICT 7-7A: No. 6/No. 2 seed Palm Beach Gardens (14-8) vs. No. 8/No. 4 seed Palm Beach Lakes (14-7)

DISTRICT 13-7A: No. 4/No. 1 seed Boca Raton (19-7) vs. No. 2 seed Park Vista (15-5) – Deerfield Beach High School in Deerfield Beach

DISTRICT 13-6A: No. 2/No. 2 seed Seminole Ridge (14-5) vs. No. 1 sees Blanche Ely (19-3)

DISTRICT 13-4A: No. 3/No. 2 seed Somerset Academy Canyons (17-6) at No. 1 seed North Broward Prep (19-6)

DISTRICT 8-3A: No. 1/No. 1 seed King’s Academy (19-4) vs. No. 5/No. 3 seed Cardinal Newman (17-9)

DISTRICT 13-3A: No. 2 seed St. Andrew’s (13-7) at No. 1 seed Somerset Prep (17-8) – 7:30 p.m. tip

DISTRICT 14-2A: No. 10/No. 1 seed Berean Christian (16-6) vs. No. 2 seed Boca Raton Christian (16-7)

NEXT UPDATE: Anywhere between Monday, Feb. 6 and Wednesday, Feb. 8

PHOTO CREDITS: Christian Proscia