PH Florida — FHSAA State Champions Crowned

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The state championship tournament is here folks and Prep Hoops is here to highlight some of the notable state championship winners. This series will include title earners and player standouts. We will follow these teams into the postseason for more updates.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"style":{"typography":{"fontSize":"20px"}}} --> <p style="font-size:20px">1A&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"style":{"typography":{"fontSize":"17px"}}} --> <p style="font-size:17px"><strong>Williston (29-2) </strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>What a way to cap off such a successful and dominant season that ended with a 61-53 defeat over Hilliard to earn back-to-back 1A state championships. The Red Devils now have won the only two state titles in program history in the last two years. Head Coach Jim Ervin noted that the team's tough regular season schedule is what prepared them to get back to glory. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Key Players:&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1830234' first='Kyler' last='Lamb'] | F | 2024&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2299651' first='Deandre' last='Harvey'] | 2026 |&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Reggie White | G | 2024&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1859290' first='Aramys' last='Rodriguez'] | G | 2024</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"style":{"typography":{"fontSize":"20px"}}} --> <p style="font-size:20px">2A&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"style":{"typography":{"fontSize":"17px"}}} --> <p style="font-size:17px"><strong>Sagemont (25-6)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Sagemont has now defeated Orlando Christian Prep by a combined four points to win back-to-back state championships. Sagemont defeated OCP 50-47 in a highly competitive matchup with 6-7 sophomore [player_tooltip player_id='2134660' first='Kevin' last='Thomas'] leading all scorers with 19 points.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Key Players:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1879504' first='Patrick' last='Liburd']&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2134660' first='Kevin' last='Thomas']&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2197299' first='Jordyn' last='Kee']&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"style":{"typography":{"fontSize":"20px"}}} --> <p style="font-size:20px">3A</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"style":{"typography":{"fontSize":"17px"}}} --> <p style="font-size:17px"><strong>Riviera Prep (25-8)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>We have another back-to-back state championship winner in Riviera Prep earning the hardware after a 67-57 win over Windermere Prep. The Bulldogs were given a much-needed boost from 2027 F [player_tooltip player_id='2294414' first='Jeremy' last='Jenkins'], who is a physical prospect with football experience that helped him dominate in certain positions. Riviera Prep held off a fourth-quarter push from a talented WP team to earn the trophy. Consecutive solid seasons for this program will look for a three-peat next season.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Key Players:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1301788' first='Dante' last='Allen']&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2294486' first='Myles' last='Fuentes']&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2294414' first='Jeremy' last='Jenkins']&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"style":{"typography":{"fontSize":"20px"}}} --> <p style="font-size:20px">4A&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"style":{"typography":{"fontSize":"17px"}}} --> <p style="font-size:17px"><strong>Gibbs (27-5)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>History was made this season as the Gibbs Gladiators used a productive second-half push to beat Andrew Jackson in a 49-43 showdown for the FHSAA 4A state championship, their first one since 1969. This kid has done it all season but no other performance was bigger than 2025 Jeremy Daniels'  22 points against a talented Andrew Jackson team. Gibbs has finally gotten over the hump and will return a lot of production for a repeat. This team got it done with no seniors on the roster.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->