Boys basketball: Inside the district tournaments
The post-season is here for boys basketball.
Alex Dieudonne (center) and Wellington are the top seed in this week's District 9-8A boys basketball tournament. (Photo by Allen Eyestone)
District tournament competition gets underway Monday and continues through Saturday for area teams. The top two schools from each district advance to the regional quarterfinals.
Here's our preview:
District 9-8A
Favorite: Wellington
Prediction: Wellington over Palm Beach Central in the final
Semifinal and championship games at Palm Beach Central
(5) Seminole Ridge at (4) Palm Beach Gardens, 6 p.m.
(1) Wellington vs. Seminole Ridge/Palm Beach Gardens winner, 6 p.m.; (2) Jupiter vs. (3) Palm Beach Central, 7:30 p.m.
Championship game, 7 p.m.
District 10-8A
Favorite: Park Vista
Prediction: John I. Leonard over Park Vista in the final
All games at John I. Leonard
(4) Santaluces vs. (5) Boca Raton, 6 p.m.
(1) Park Vista vs. Santaluces/Boca Raton winner, 6 p.m.; (2) John I. Leonard vs. (3) Spanish River, 7:30 p.m.
Favorite: Dwyer
Prediction: Dwyer over Lake Worth in the final
Semifinal and championship games at Lake Worth
(8) Forest Hill at (1) Dwyer, 7 p.m.; (7) Olympic Heights at (2) Lake Worth, 7 p.m.
(5) Royal Palm Beach at (4) Palm Beach Lakes 7 p.m.; (6) West Boca Raton at (3) at Atlantic (3), 7 p.m.
Olympic Heights/Lake Worth winner vs. West Boca Raton/Atlantic winner, 6 p.m.; Forest Hill/Dwyer winner vs. Royal Palm Beach/Palm Beach Lakes winner, 7:3o p.m.
Favorite: Pembroke Pines Charter
Prediction: Pembroke Pines Charter over Fort Lauderdale-Stranahan in the final.
All games at Boynton Beach
(2) Stranahan vs. (3) Boynton Beach, 6 p.m.
(1) Pembroke Pines Charter vs. Stranahan/Boynton Beach winner, 6:30 p.m.
Favorite: Suncoast
Prediction: Suncoast over Melbourne-Palm Bay in the final
All games at Melbourne-Palm Bay
(2) Melbourne-Palm Bay vs. (3) Palm Bay-Bayside, 7 p.m.
(1) Suncoast vs. Palm Bay/Bayside winner, 7 p.m.
Favorite: Lincoln Park Academy
Prediction: Lincoln Park Academy over Clewiston in the final
All games at Glades Central
(1) Lincoln Park Academy vs. (4) Pahokee, 6 p.m.; (3) Glades Central vs. (2) Clewiston, 7:30 p.m.
Favorites: Cardinal Newman, St. Andrew's
Prediction: Cardinal Newman over St. Andrew's in the final
All games at St. Andrew's
(4) King's Academy vs. (5) American Heritage, 5:30 p.m.; (3) Inlet Grove vs. (6) Pope John Paul, 7 p.m.
(1) St. Andrew's vs. King's Academy/American Heritage winner, 5:30 p.m.; (2) Cardinal Newman vs. Inlet Grove/Pope John Paul II winner, 7 p.m.
Favorite: Melbourne-Florida Air Academy
Prediction: Florida Air Academy over Melbourne Central Catholic in the final
Semifinal and championship games at Fort Pierce-John Carroll Catholic
(5) Vero Beach-St. Edward's at (4) Benjamin, 6 p.m.; (6) Jupiter Christian at (3) John Carroll, 6 p.m.
(2) Melbourne Central Catholic vs. John Carroll/Jupiter Christian winner, 5 or 7 p.m.; (1) Florida Air Academy vs. St. Edward's/Benjamin winner, 5 or 7 p.m.
Favorite: Coral Springs Christian Academy
Prediction: Coral Springs Christian over Oxbridge Academy in the final
Semifinal and championship games at Oxbridge Academy
(5) Village Academy at (4) Lake Worth Christian, 7 p.m.; (6) Pompano Beach-Highlands Christian at (3) Oxbridge Academy, 7 p.m.
(2) Fort Lauderdale-Westminster Academy vs. Oxbridge Academy/Highlands Christian winner, 5:30 p.m.; (1) Coral Springs Christian vs. Village Academy/Lake Worth Christian winner, 7 p.m.
Favorite: Atlantic Christian
Prediction: Atlantic Christian over Berean Christian in the final
All games at The Pine School
(4) The Pine School vs. (5) Glades Day, 6 p.m.
(2) Berean Christian vs. (3) Community Christian, 5 p.m.; (1) Atlantic Christian vs. The Pine School/Glades Day winner, 7 p.m.
Favorites: Deerfield Beach-Zion Lutheran, Grandview Prep
Prediction: Grandview Prep over Zion Lutheran in the final.
All games at Zion Lutheran
(4) North Lauderdale-Somerset Prep vs. (5) Donna Klein, 5 p.m.; (3) Boca Raton Christian vs. (6) Fort Lauderdale-Upperroom Christian, 7 p.m.
(2) Grandview Prep vs. Boca Raton Christian/Upperroom Christian winner, 5 p.m.; (1) Zion Lutheran vs. Somerset Prep/Donna Klein winner, 7 p.m.
Author Jodie WagnerPosted on January 30, 2015 Categories Basketball, Jodie WagnerTags American Heritage boys basketball, Atlantic boys basketball, Atlantic Christian boys basketball, Benjamin boys basketball, Berean Christian boys basketball, Boca Raton boys basketball, Boca Raton Christian boys basketball, Boynton Beach boys basketball, Cardinal Newman boys basketball, Donna Klein boys basketball, Dwyer boys basketball, Forest Hill boys basketball, Glades Central boys basketball, Glades Day boys basketball, Grandview Prep boys basketball, highschoolbuzz, Inlet Grove boys basketball, John I. Leonard boys basketball, Jupiter boys basketball, Jupiter Christian boys basketball, King's Academy boys basketball, Lake Worth boys basketball, Lake Worth Christian boys basketball, Olympic Heights boys basketball, Oxbridge Academy boys basketball, Pahokee boys basketball, Palm Beach Central boys basketball, Palm Beach Gardens boys basketball, Palm Beach Lakes boys basketball, Park Vista boys basketball, Pope John Paul boys basketball, Royal Palm Beach boys basketball, Santaluces boys basketball, Seminole Ridge boys basketball, Spanish River boys basketball, St. Andrew's boys basketball, Suncoast boys basketball, Village Academy boys basketball, Wellington boys basketball, West Boca Raton boys basketball
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