The King’s Academy boys volleyball team captured its first state championship in school history with a 25-14, 25-14, 27-25 victory against SLAM (Tampa) in the Class 1A state championship at Polk State College in Winter Haven on Saturday afternoon.
King’s Academy (22-5) had a dominant performance in the first set. It jumped out to a 7-1 advantage, extended the lead to 19-9 and won by 11. The Lions had a 15-12 advantage in the second set and finished strong with a 10-2 run. King’s Academy trailed 25-24 in the third set before rallying for the final three points to earn the victory.
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LSU’s Mason Taylor, the son of Jason Taylor and nephew of Zach Thomas, both Hall of Fame defensive players for the Miami Dolphins, was selected as a tight end with the 42nd selection in the 2025 NFL draft on Friday night.
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Taylor became the 38th graduate of St. Thomas Aquinas High School to be drafted into the NFL.
Taylor, a 6-foot-5 pass-catcher, hauled in 129 passes for 1,308 yard and six touchdowns in his three years at Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Jason Taylor, in the penultimate season of his...
Here are the winter 2025 All-County honorees, covering top high school athletes from Palm Beach County in basketball, soccer, wrestling, girls weightlifting and cheerleading. The section will be published in the newspaper on Sunday.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Palm Beach 7A-5A boys basketball player of the year: Tor-El Robinson, Wellington senior
Palm Beach 4A-1A boys basketball player of the year: Javian Jones, King’s Academy senior
Palm Beach 7A-5A boys basketball first team, second team, honorable mention, coach of the year
Palm Beach 4A-1A boys basketball first team, second team, honorable...
Here are the winter 2025 All-County honorees, covering top high school athletes from Broward County in basketball, soccer, wrestling, girls weightlifting and cheerleading. The section will be published in the newspaper on Sunday.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Broward 7A-5A boys basketball player of the year: Dwayne Wimbley Jr., St. Thomas Aquinas senior
Broward 4A-1A boys basketball co-players of the year: Shon Abaev, Calvary Christian senior; Ricky Liburd, Sagemont senior; Christian Yeargin, Stranahan junior
Broward 7A-5A boys basketball first team, second team, honorable mention, coach of the year
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It is hard to believe that St. Thomas Aquinas senior quarterback Andrew Indorf hasn’t found a college suitor for his services.
DJ Khaled’s song lyric, “All I do is win” definitely applies to Indorf. He rescued the Raiders in the regional finals against host Atlantic as he rallied St. Thomas from a two-touchdown deficit to pull out the 49-42 victory in double-OT and then the following week helped the Raiders to a 16-13 win over Bradenton Manatee.
“I always believe in myself, and I always believe that I am the best,” said Indorf, who ran for one TD and passed for another in a 34-0 Class 5A...
Here’s how 247Sports ranked the 2024 football recruiting classes for national leaders and Florida’s top college teams. The ratings are based on commitments heading into Wednesday’s early NCAA signing period:
1. Georgia
2. Alabama
3. Oregon
4. Miami
5. Ohio State
Other Florida schools
12. Florida State
13. Florida
39. UCF
50. USF
79. FAU
110. FIU
Jasleen Green from American Heritage. March 12, 2024. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun Sentinel)
Jasleen Green, CG, American Heritage junior: Two-time Sun Sentinel Class 5A-1A girls player of the year led the Patriots to the state championship last year after losing to Daytona Beach Mainland by a point the year before; team captain averaged 23.2 points, 2.1assists, 3.4 rebounds, 1.9 steals, and 0.7 blocks in 28 games; team captain entering her third season on varsity; surpassed 1,000 career points states.
Jaelynn Housey from Nova High School photographed on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024 (Mike...
Regional finals
Friday
7A
Miami Columbus 27, Western 25
6A
West Boca Raton 17, Wiregrass Ranch 0
Miami Southridge 23, West Broward 8 (2nd Q)
5A
Atlantic 35, St. Thomas Aquinas 35 (OT)
4A
American Heritage 35, Miami Norland 14
1A
Cardinal Newman 27, Naples First Baptist 9 (4th Q)
Chaminade-Madonna 49, Miami Edison 6
State semifinals
Friday
6A
West Boca Raton vs. TBA
West Broward (3)-Miami Southridge (1) winner vs. TBA
5A
St. Thomas Aquinas (2)-Atlantic (1) winner vs. TBA
4A
American Heritage vs. TBA
1A
Naples First Baptist (2)-Cardinal Newman (1) winner vs. TBA
Chaminade-Madonna vs. TBA
The weather usually starts to get colder this time of year, but football teams like nationally-ranked St. Thomas Aquinas and Chaminade-Madonna heat up and this season is no exception.
Those two programs are bidding to extend their consecutive winning streaks at the state championships, and both rolled to easy wins in the first round of the playoffs.
No. 32 ranked St. Thomas Aquinas, winners of a state-record five state titles in a row, will host Blanche Ely in a 5A regional semifinal, while No. 15 Chaminade, winners of three consecutive state championships, hosts St. Andrew’s in a Class 1A...