Polk County Edition: Playoff Update

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The high school basketball regular season has concluded with district playoffs and semi-final games having been tipped off this week. Prep Hoops scout Andrew Johnson will be providing postseason schedules and results from schools in the Polk County area. Here is an updated list of results and standouts from this week's district playoff games.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"style":{"typography":{"fontSize":"18px"}}} --> <p style="font-size:18px"><strong>Lakeland beats Lake Gibson 93-60</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Lakeland Dreadnaughts (21-4) have put together a solid season behind the efforts of senior Navy commit [player_tooltip player_id='814549' first='Rolijah' last='Hardy']. Lakeland will play the Bartow Yellow Jackets on Friday at home. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"style":{"typography":{"fontSize":"18px"}}} --> <p style="font-size:18px"><strong>Bartow defeats Kathleen 64-46</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Bartow Yellowjackets (14-12) defeated the Kathleen Red Devils on Wednesday to move on in district play. Bartow has been led by junior small forward Jayson Williams, averaging 12.3 points and 7.9 rebounds.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"style":{"typography":{"fontSize":"18px"}}} --> <p style="font-size:18px"><strong>Winter Haven defeats George Jenkins 77-41</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Winter Haven (22-4) has really led the Polk County area this season in rankings and strength of schedule and has utilized its big talented big four to defeat formidable opponents. The Blue Devils defeated the Eagles on Wednesday and will play Plant City (22-4) for the District Championship on Friday. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"style":{"typography":{"fontSize":"18px"}}} --> <p style="font-size:18px"><strong>Auburndale defeats Lake Wales 69-68</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The senior combo guard [player_tooltip player_id='1060163' first='Kervin' last='Knaggs'] scored a game-winning last-second layup to defeat Lake Wales, earning his team a spot to play for the District Championship game at Jones High on Friday, Feb. 10th. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Lake Wale's junior point guard [player_tooltip player_id='1578326' first='Sevastian' last='Rosado'] scored 28 points and 4 steals in the Highlanders' final regular season game. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"style":{"typography":{"fontSize":"18px"}}} --> <p style="font-size:18px"><strong>Sante Fe defeats Seffner Christian 61-45</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Sante Fe (17-10) has been led by sophomore guard [player_tooltip player_id='1450225' first='Tate' last='Darner'] with 14 points and 4 assists and [player_tooltip player_id='1295941' first='Hudson' last='Dykhuizen'] with 10.0 points and 4.9 rebounds. The two helped the Hawks defeat All Saints Academy to move on for a matchup with Bell Creek Academy who has the freshman phenom Jermal Jones (18.7 ppg). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"style":{"typography":{"fontSize":"18px"}}} --> <p style="font-size:18px"><strong>Victory defeats All Saints 74-39 </strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Victory Christian Storm (21-5) will play against the City of Life Christian Academy (14-7) at home on Friday. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->