Category Archives: Basketball (Girls)
Miami Country Day’s Ochiel Swaby Named Girls’ Basketball Coach of the Year
GAINESVILLE (March 10) – Ochiel Swaby of Miami Country Day School has been named the 2017 Florida Dairy Farmers Girls’ Basketball Coach of the Year following a final round of voting by a statewide panel of high school coaches and…The Prep Zone Power Poll powered by Anytime Fitness of Gainesville – Girls’ Basketball FINAL POLL
Ribault (Jacksonville) finishes first after fourth state title in five years GAINESVILLE — There is one team in Florida with the most girls’ state basketball titles, and that team resides in Jacksonville. And after their record 12th title and fourth…Finalists for Miss Basketball & Coach of the Year
GAINESVILLE (March 4) — The nine individual class finalists for the 2017 Florida Dairy Farmers Miss Basketball and Girls’ Basketball Coach of the Year have been announced following balloting by a statewide panel of high school girls’ basketball coaches and prep…FHSAA Girls’ Basketball State Championships
State Semifinals & Finals (at Lakeland Center) Area teams in bold Friday, February 24 Class 8A Semifinals South Broward (Hollywood) 50, Fleming Island (Orange Park) 35 Thursday, February 23 Class 6A Semifinals Ribault (Jacksonville) 66, American Heritage (Plantation) 36 Lakewood…Sonic Player-of-the-Game for the week of Feb. 13
Our Sonic Player of the Game for Thursday, February 16, is Trent Whittemore of the Buchholz boys’ basketball team. The sophomore scored a game-high 28 points, 14 in each half, in a losing effort as Buchholz dropped its Region 1-8A…FHSAA Girls’ Basketball State Playoffs – Friday, Feb. 17
Regional Finals (Area teams in bold) Class 9A Wekiva (Apopka) 60, Spruce Creek (Port Orange) 51 Class 8A Fleming Island (Orange Park) 63, Lincoln (Tallahassee) 53 Class 7A Fort Walton Beach 50, Nease (Ponte Vedra) 43 Class 6A Ribault (Jacksonville)…Stallions too much for Blue Wave
By Marty Pallman Gainesville Sun correspondent JACKSONVILLE — The P.K. Yonge Blue Wave entered its Region 1-4A girls’ basketball final hoping to advance to the state semifinals in Lakeland for the first time in five years. Despite a big-time effort…State semifinal berth at stake for P.K. Yonge girls
By Jack DaSilva The P.K. Yonge girls’ basketball team has had a tremendous year and remains the only girls’ team from Alachua County still alive in the FHSAA state playoffs. With a 24-2 record, the Lady Blue Wave have been…