March 15th, 7:00pm – Eagle’s View vs Palatka – Tournament of Champions (Day 1, Game 2) in Jacksonville, FL
Final FABC-Source Hoops Class 1A-8A Boys Poll
by Cory Rollins (Source Hoops)
Even though there were a few upsets sprinkled throughout the state playoffs, the favored teams walked away with the state titles in the end. Only two of our previous No. 1 teams did not finish on top. Pine Crest was able to defeat previous No. 1 Lake Highland Prep in the Class 4A championship game 63-57, while Dr. Phillips was upended in the Class 8A region 1 semifinal by West Orange. Hialeah Gardens would eventually win the Class 8A state title in impressive fashion. The remaining No. 1 teams (Chipley 1A, OCP 2A, Tampa Prep 3A, Lake Wales 5A, Norland 6A, Ely 7A) showed why they were heavily favored as they walked into the playoffs with a bulls eye on their back and waltzed out of the Lakeland Center with gold around their necks.
Here is a complete look at the Final FABC-Source Hoops Class 1A – 8A Boys Poll.
CLASS 1A
RANK SCHOOL CITY
1 Chipley (26-3) Chipley
2 West Gadsden (27-3) Greensboro
3 Malone (25-4) Malone
4 Holmes County (19-6) Bonifay
5 Hawthorne (22-8) Hawthorne
6 Graceville (16-13) Graceville
7 Cottondale (19-9) Cottondale
8 Paxton (21-7) Paxton
9 Union County (16-14) Lake Butler
10 Jefferson County Monticello
CLASS 2A
RANK SCHOOL CITY
1 Orlando Christian Prep (28-4) Orlando
2 Champagnat (25-5) Hialeah
3 Grandview Prep (21-5) Boca Raton
4 Florida A&M DRS (16-15) Tallahassee
5 Hollywood Christian (15-11) Hollywood
6 North FL Educational (14-9) Jacksonville
7 Trinity Christian Academy (22-7) Deltona
8 Westwood Christian (20-10) Miami
9 Lake Worth Christian (17-12) Boynton Beach
10 Faith Christian (21-7) Orlando
CLASS 3A
RANK SCHOOL CITY
1 Tampa Prep (31-1) Tampa
2 Sagemont (25-8) Weston
3 First Academy (27-5) Orlando
4 Providence (27-4) Jacksonville
5 Coral Springs Christian (26-4) Coral Springs
6 Summit Christian (24-3) West Palm Beach
7 Father Lopez (26-5) Daytona Beach
8 Florida Air (21-5) Melbourne
9 Archbishop Curley (23-3) Miami
10 Shorecrest Prep (23-9) St. Petersburg
10 Mckeel Academy (25-2) Lakeland
CLASS 4A
RANK SCHOOL CITY
1 Pine Crest (24-7) Ft. Lauderdale
2 Lake Highland Prep (29-4) Orlando
3 University School (24-5) Ft. Lauderdale
4 Amos P. Godby (30-3) Tallahassee
5 Berkeley Prep (22-8) Tampa
6 Bishop Verot (25-5) Ft. Myers
7 Jones (19-9) Orlando
8 Cardinal Gibbons (13-6) Ft. Lauderdale
9 St. Andrews (23-3) Boca Raton
10 Monsignor Pace (14-16) Miami
CLASS 5A
RANK SCHOOL CITY
1 Lake Wales (30-4) Lake Wales
2 Terry Parker (25-6) Jacksonville
3 American Heritage (25-6) Plantation
4 Jesuit (27-2) Tampa
5 Nature Coast Tech (29-2) Brooksville
6 Eastside (20-4) Gainesville
7 Rutherford (21-4) Panama City
8 Jensen Beach (22-6) Jensen Beach
9 Dillard (18-7) Ft. Lauderdale
10 Mariner (24-7) Cape Coral
CLASS 6A
RANK SCHOOL CITY
1 Norland (29-3) Miami
2 Pembroke Pines Charter (19-5) Pembroke Pines
3 Leesburg (21-10) Leesburg
4 Wolfson (26-6) Jacksonville
5 Barron Collier (23-3) Naples
6 Winter Haven (21-8) Winter Haven
7 Pine Forest (26-6) Pensacola
8 Ridgeview (22-6) Orange Park
9 Gainesville (19-10) Gainesville
10 Edgewater (19-11) Orlando
CLASS 7A
RANK SCHOOL CITY
1 Blanche Ely (23-2) Pompano Beach
2 St. Thomas Aquinas (17-5) Ft. Lauderdale
3 Oak Ridge (20-11) Orlando
4 Northeast (15-8) Oakland Park
5 Oviedo (20-11) Oviedo
6 Atlantic Community (19-7) Delray Beach
7 Poinciana (20-10) Kissimmee
8 Palm Beach Lakes (17-7) West Palm Beach
9 St. Petersburg (20-10) St. Petersburg
10 Martin County (25-4) Stuart
CLASS 8A
RANK SCHOOL CITY
1 Hialeah Gardens (20-5) Miami
2 Hagerty (26-8) Oviedo
3 West Orange (24-8) Winter Garden
4 Miami High (19-6) Miami
5 Dr. Phillips (23-6) Orlando
6 Spanish River (21-5) Boca Raton
7 Olympia (20-8) Orlando
8 Vero Beach (22-6) Vero Beach
9 Deerfield Beach (22-5) Deerfield
10 Killian (20-6) Miami
Providence vs Palatka
March 15th, 4:30pm – Providence vs Palatka – Tournament of Champions (Day 1, Game 1) in Jacksonville, FL
Oak Hall Baseball
March 14, 6:00pm – Join host Mike Ridaught with special guests Todd Gray (Oak Hall baseball coach) and members of the Eagles’ baseball team. Plus, the release of the inaugural softball Prep Zone Power Poll and the first baseball poll of the season, the Trophy Shop Athlete-of-the-Week presented by Mark McGriff’s State Farm Insurance of Gainesville & a recap of the Sonic Players-of-the-Game.
Final FABC-Source Hoops Class 1A-8A Girls Poll
by Cory Rollins (Source Hoops)
Now that the state tournaments are over, we finally got a chance to breathe and release our Final FABC-Source Hoops Class 1A-8A Girls Poll. Special thanks to all of the people that contributed to our poll this season. We will be releasing our Top 10 girls basketball teams regardless of class in the upcoming days.
CLASS 8A
RANK SCHOOL City RECORD
1 Dr. Phillips Orlando 29-3
2 West Orange Winter Garden 25-4
3 Dr. Krop Miami 28-4
4 Palm Beach Central Wellington 22-6
5 University Orlando 23-6
6 Dwyer Palm Beach Gardens 23-5
7 Colonial Orlando 21-6
8 Timber Creek Orlando 21-4
9 Lourdes Academy Miami 15-8
10 Lake Mary Lake Mary 22-8
CLASS 7A
RANK SCHOOL City RECORD
1 Sebastian River Sebastian 25-3
2 Haines City Haines City 31-3
3 Buchholz Gainesville 20-4
4 Nova Davie 25-4
5 Viera Viera 25-5
6 Bartow Bartow 23-8
7 Tampa Bay Tech Tampa 23-3
8 Port Charlotte Port Charlotte 23-6
9 Sarasota Sarasota 23-5
10 Evans Orlando 19-10
CLASS 6A
RANK SCHOOL City RECORD
1 Edgewater Orlando 28-4
2 Norland Miami 26-8
3 Archbishop McCarthy Ft. Lauderdale 25-1
4 Pensacola Pensacola 18-2
5 Choctawhatchee Fort Walton Beach 23-1
6 Winter Haven Winter Haven 20-10
7 Gainesville Gainesville 24-4
8 Melbourne Melbourne 22-6
9 Pine Forest Pensacola 17-7
10 St. Augustine St. Augustine 24-6
CLASS 5A
RANK SCHOOL City RECORD
1 Dillard Ft. Lauderdale 25-4
2 American Heritage Plantation 19-9
3 Bartram Trail St. Johns 23-7
4 Palatka Palatka 24-2
5 Boynton Beach Boynton Beach 19-7
6 Gulf New Port Richey 28-3
7 Lakewood St. Petersburg 15-10
8 Southeast Bradenton 23-6
9 Rickards Tallahassee 21-9
10 Boca Ciega Gulfport 17-10
CLASS 4A
RANK SCHOOL City RECORD
1 Dunbar Fort Myers 30-1
2 Ribault Jacksonville 29-3
3 Jones Orlando 26-5
4 Coral Springs Charter Coral Springs 23-7
5 Lake Highland Prep Orlando 16-11
6 Atlantic Port Orange 21-6
7 Lincoln Park Fort Pierce 23-3
8 Cardinal Gibbons Ft. Lauderdale 17-8
9 Florida High Tallahassee 21-10
10 Tampa Catholic Tampa 20-11
CLASS 3A
RANK SCHOOL City RECORD
1 PK Yonge Gainesville 30-1
2 Parkway Academy Miramar 25-4
3 Community School Naples 20-7
4 Father Lopez Daytona Beach 27-3
5 Melbourne Central Catholic Melbourne 23-8
6 Maclay Tallahassee 20-9
7 Calvary Christian Ft. Lauderdale 17-7
8 Miami Country Day Miami 24-5
9 Seffner Christian Sefner 24-5
10 St. Pete Catholic St. Petersburg 25-5
CLASS 2A
RANK SCHOOL City RECORD
1 FAMU DRS Tallahassee 27-4
2 Hollywood Christian Hollywood 21-8
3 Grandview Prep Boca Raton 23-5
4 Academy at the Lakes Land O’ Lakes 23-6
5 Geneva Winter Park 25-5
2A Honorable Mention: Naples First Baptist Academy (23-6), *Lecanto Seven Rivers Christian (Lecanto) (20-6)*, Sarasota Christian (20-7)
CLASS 1A
RANK SCHOOL City RECORD
1 Ponce De Leon Ponce De Leon 29-2
2 Newberry Newberry 27-3
3 Hilliard Hilliard 24-3
4 Holmes County Bonifay 14-13
5 South Walton Santa Rosa 21-9
1A Honorable Mention: Paxton (22-5), Malone (21-5), *Wildwood (20-6), Hamilton Co. (Jasper) (22-3)*, Baker (21-5)
St. Francis at Oak Hall
March 13th, 4:30pm – St. Francis at Oak Hall
PK Yonge Girls Basketball
March 8th, 6:00pm – Tonight on The Prep Zone Live our guests are Coach Willie Powers and the state champion PK Yonge girls’ basketball team.
Prep Zone Power Poll – 2011/2012 Basketball Final
GAINESVILLE – In the closest voting ever, the Providence (Jacksonville) Stallions edged the Terry Parker (Jacksonville) Braves for the top spot in the final basketball all-classification Prep Zone Power Poll.
The Class 3A Stallions (28-3) and the Class 5A Braves (5A) each finished with 97 total voting points, but Providence edged Parker for No. 1 after receiving more first-place votes (3-2). Both teams were district champions and they each advanced to Lakeland, with Providence losing in overtime to eventual state champion Tampa Prep in the 3A semifinals and Parker finishing as state runners-up after a loss to Lake Wales in the 5A championship.
The Prep Zone Power Poll ranks the top 20 high school football, basketball and baseball teams (regardless of classification) across 26 counties in north Florida (Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia, Dixie, Duval, Flagler, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Hernando, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lake, Levy, Madison, Marion, Nassau, Putnam, Sumter, St. Johns, Suwannee, Taylor, Union & Volusia counties). It only considers schools that are eligible for state championships. It is voted on weekly by sportswriters and sportscasters.
The Stallions and Braves finished ahead of Leesburg, Wolfson and Nature Coast. All three teams, which are ranked third through fifth respectively in the final poll, advanced to the state semifinals. However, for the second consecutive year, no team in the Prep Zone Power Poll was able to bring home a state championship.
Last year, Palatka made its deepest run in over 40 years. Although the Panthers lost in the state semifinals, they were the only team in the poll to advance to Lakeland and finished as the top overall team.
Meanwhile, Providence finishes on top for the second time in three years.
Two years ago, the Stallions won their final 28 games, including the 2A state championship, and finished No. 1. This year, they had to beat previous #1 Father Lopez (Daytona Beach) in the regional finals to advance to the state semifinals. That game was a match-up of the top two teams in the power poll, with Father Lopez (26-4) dropping five spots to sixth in the final poll.
Against Class 3A #1 Tampa Prep, the Stallions had a late lead but couldn’t hold on as they eventually fell to the Terrapins, 56-50 in overtime. The Terrapins (31-1) won their first state title in school history. Ironically, it was Tampa Prep that was beaten by Providence in the state championship game two years ago
Terry Parker defeated Nature Coast, 74-49, in the state semifinals, but they were blown out in the title game against Class 5A #1 Lake Wales, 66-30. However, the Braves, who were ranked #1 in the power poll early in the season, moved up six spots in the final poll to finish second.
Leesburg (22-10), the defending 4A state champions, defeated Wolfson in the Class 6A state semifinals and also lost in the title game as they fell to #1 Miami Norland, 64-36. However, the 3rd-ranked Yellow Jackets knocked off #15 Gainesville twice in the postseason (district championship & regional semifinals) and made the biggest jump in the poll as they moved up 12 spots in the final poll.
Wolfson moved up six spots to fourth. The Wolfpack (25-6) defeated previous #11 Ridgeview (Orange Park) in the regional semifinals and only lost by one point, 57-56, in the 6A semifinals.
Nature Coast rounds out the top five as the Sharks (27-2) finished with only two losses all season – the final loss coming against Parker in the 5A state semifinals. Nature Coast defeated previous #3 Eastside on the road in the regional finals, dropping the Rams (25-5) four spots to seventh.
Sandalwood (Jacksonville) (22-7), Forest (Ocala) (22-6) and Ed White (Jacksonville) (21-6) round out the top 10.
PREP ZONE POWER POLL – BOYS BASKETBALL FINAL POLL
(School, followed by classification, first-place votes, final record & total voting points)
1. Providence (Jacksonville) (3A) (3) (28-3) – 97
2. Terry Parker (Jacksonville) (5A) (2) (25-6) – 97
3. Leesburg (6A) (22-10) – 88
4. Wolfson (Jacksonville) (6A) (25-6) – 86
5. Nature Coast (Brooksville) (5A) (27-2) – 79
6. Father Lopez (Daytona Beach) (3A) (26-4) – 78
7. Eastside (Gainesville) (5A) (25-5) – 67
8. Sandalwood (Jacksonville) (8A) (22-7) – 60
9. Forest (Ocala) (7A) (22-6) – 57
10. Ed White (Jacksonville) (7A) (21-6) – 53
11. Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville) (5A) (23-4) – 46
12. Flagler Palm Coast (8A) (21-6) – 42
13. Ridgeview (Orange Park) (6A) (22-6) – 41
14. Hawthorne (1A) (22-8) – 40
15. Gainesville (6A) (19-10) – 33
16. Williston (4A) (20-8) – 28
17. Eustis (5A) (23-5) – 21
18. Chiefland (1A) (23-4) – 14
19. Columbia (Lake City) (6A) (19-8) – 8
20. Trinity Christian (Deltona) (2A) (21-7) – 5
Also receiving votes (in alphabetical order): Creekside (St. Johns) (5A) (17-7), Mainland (Daytona Beach) (6A) (17-11), North Marion (Citra) (5A) (16-11) and Union County (Lake Butler) (1A) (15-14).
Oak Hall at PK Yonge
March 7th, 2012 – Oak Hall Eagles at PK Yonge Blue Wave
Trenton at PK Yonge
March 6th, 7:00pm – Trenton at PK Yonge