Dwyer, Gardens each put 3 on All-State teams

Five area schools landed players on the Associated Press Class 8A and 7A All-State Football Teams released Monday.

Those schools include Dwyer (Cameron Jonas, Jakairi Moses, Jamal Gates); Atlantic (Corey Gammage); Palm Beach Lakes (Gurvan Hall); Palm Beach Central (Mikey Garofalo, Anthony Wynds); and Palm Beach Gardens (Amari Carter, Jerry Drake, Jake Birmelin).

Drake, a lineman who has enrolled at Pitt, was named to the fifirst team offffffffffffense in Class 8A. Carter, a defensive back who now is at UM, was a third team defense selection; and Birmelin, a wide receiver who has committed to Princeton, was named honorable mention.

Wynds, a running back; Garofalo, a lineman who has committed to Air Force; and Gammage, a junior wide receiver, were named second team offffffffffffense in Class 8A.

In 7A, Hall, a junior defensive back/wide receiver, was a fifirst team offffffffffffense selection as a utility player.

Moses, a running back who has committed to Western Kentucky, was a third team offffffffffffense selection; while Jonas, a junior defensive back; and Gates, a defensive lineman who has committed to Colorado State; were honorable mention selections.

All but Jonas, Hall and Gammage are seniors.

All seven seniors are ranked on the Post’s Class of 2017 Big Board.

Go to t he Hi g h S c hool Buzz bl o g at PalmBeachPost.com/sports to see the entire Class 8A and 7A All-State teams.

Girls basketball: Games to watch this week

Grandview Prep (11-7) at No. 2 Oxbridge Academy (17-5), 5:30 p.m. Thursday: The ThunderWolves got back on track the last week after dropping games to top teams from around the state. Oxbridge beat district rival Newman and had no issue with King’s Academy. Grandview Prep has been on a roll of late, though. The reigning Class 2A semififinalist has won its last fifive games and six of its last seven. Junior guard Megan Rampersad has led the way for the Pride, averaging 17.9 points per game this season.

No. 8 Benjamin (17-4) at No. 10 Lake Worth Christian (20-5), 4:30 p.m. Friday: A battle of two of the top small schools in the county, this game is a great chance for both of these teams to prove themselves — especially for the Defenders, who lost to Benjamin 73-20 when the two teams played at the beginning of the season. Both teams have been rolling lately, with the Bucs’ offffffffffffense putting up 150 points in its last two games and the Defenders winning nine of their last 10.

Boys basketball: Games to watch this week

No. 1 St. Andrew’s ( 20-1) at Fort Lauderdale-Calvary Christian (15-3), 7 p.m. today: The Scots dropped their fifirst game 1. St. Andrew’s (20-1) 2. Grandview Prep (20-1) 3. Palm Beach Lakes (16-3): 4. Wellington (18-3) 5. Dwyer (14-5) 6. Lake Worth (12-3) 7. Suncoast (15-5) 8. Cardinal Newman (15-5) 9. Oxbridge Academy (11-6) 10. Atlantic (14-7)

Royal Palm Beach (128), Village Academy (15-5), Atlantic Christian (13-3) 1. Boca Raton (18-6) 2. Oxbridge Academy (17-5) 3. Palm Beach Lakes (15-5) 4. Wellington (17-3) 5. Cardinal Newman (17-5) 6. Suncoast (13-4) 7. PB Gardens (15-8) 8. Benjamin (17-4) 9. West Boca Raton (14-6) 10. LW Christian (20-5)

Grandview Prep (117), Santaluces (14-8), St. Andrew’s (9-4)

of the season last week at the MLK Classic, falling 80-64 to state-ranked and Class 2A state title contender Miami Christian. St. Andrew’s faces another out-of-county test against the state-ranked Eagles, who have won six in a row and have lost just once to a team from Florida.

That loss came Dec. 9 to nationally ranked Montverde Academy. Still, Calvary Christian could have its hands full with combo guard Anthony Polite, an FSU signee who has made things miserable for opposing defenses all season.

No. 2 G r a n dv i e w ( 2 0 - 1 ) a t No. 9 Oxbridge (11-6), 7 p.m. Thursday: The ThunderWolves and Pride met once before — in tournament play — with Grandview Prep winning 66-51 behind 26 points from Jamal Elllick. That win was the second of what has become a nine-game winning streak for the Pride, who had a 43-game unbeaten streak snapped Dec. 28 against one of New York’s top teams.

Oxbr i d ge h a s won t h re e o f i t s p a s t four, with its lone loss coming to No. 8 Cardinal Newman last week.

No. 3 Palm Beach Lakes (16-3) at No. 7 Suncoast (15-5), 7:30 p.m. Friday: This will be the second meeting of the season between the Rams and Chargers, with Suncoast winning the fifirst contest 79-64 last month on the road. Both teams have been on a roll since, with the Chargers winning seven of their next nine games, and Palm Beach Lakes winning six of seven, including the D-Hop tournament championship. The Rams have gotten great production from seniors Lavorris Givins, Daiquan Wyatt and Tyrese Mapp, while junior Miclenby Gerfard has paced Suncoast.