Favorite: Fort Walton Beach Choctawhatchee Choctaw returns most of its significant players from last year’s runner-up in the classification.  It will help to have do-everything performer 6’6 Diante...

Favorite: Pompano Beach Ely Arguably the most dominant program in the FHSAA since the turn of the century, Melvin Randall’s teams always seems to be reaching its peak at playoff time.  This year sh...

Favorite: Fort Lauderdale Stranahan Last season, this team started four sophomores and a junior.  They reached the regional final where a dream season was ended by the Leesburg juggernaut.  Now, th...

Favorite: NSU University School You would be hard-pressed to find any one that forecasted the kind of year “U-School” had last season.  A City of Palms title; a state title in dominating fashion; a...

Favorite: Orlando Christian Prep On the one hand, this is a simple choice.  OCP has dominated this classification for several years.  The program continually finds and develops talent, plays a chal...

Favorite: Fort Lauderdale Westminster Academy Westminster Academy is on a rare run of success.  Looking to make a fourth straight trip to Lakeland, this version of the Lions will be more balanced o...

Don’t be surprised if this season looks a lot like last season. Favorite: Miami Christian Last season, Miami Christian returned a boat-load of players and that experience led them to a second co...

Favorite: Madison County Madison County made it to the state semi-finals last year and came within two points of eventual champions Wildwood of reaching the title game.  This time around, Madison C...

We finalize our regional previews with a look into South Florida. TOP FIVE “BIG” SCHOOLS (CLASS 9A thru 5A) Fort Lauderdale NSU University School (Class 5A, Region 4, District 13) The Sharks ...

We move onto Southwest Florida for our regional previews. TOP FIVE “BIG” SCHOOLS (CLASS 9A thru 5A) Sarasota Riverview (Class 9A, Region 2, District 6) Riverview will be a young team this com...