Kingdom of the sun field

[james ricks]

With football season being almost over it's about that time to turn full attention to basketball season and with that comes one of the top high school basketball tournaments in the country over Christmas break the kingdom heading into it's 43rd year, the 2nd longest running tournament in the state of Florida, a year behind the city of palms in ft Myers. Here are 1st round matchups for this years kingdom taking place at Vanguard high school in Ocala from December 27th- 30th:

 

10:00 am North Marion ( Citra ) vs Madison Memorial ( Wisconsin )

 

11:30 am Lakeland ( Florida ) vs Forsyth Country Day ( North Carolina )

 

1:30 pm Florida Prep ( Melbourne) vs Georgetown Prep ( DC )

 

3:00 pm Royal Palm Beach ( Florida ) vs Cincinnati La Salle ( Ohio )

 

4:30 pm Lakewood Ranch ( Bradenton ) vs Peachtree Ridge ( Georgia )

 

6:30 pm Calvary Christian ( Ft Lauderdale ) vs Meadowcreek ( Georgia )

 

8:00 pm Vanguard ( Tournament Host ) vs P.K. Yonge ( Gainesville )

 

9:30 pm Westminster Academy ( Ft Lauderdale ) vs Frederick Douglas Academy ( New York )

[SportsNut25]

Some pretty solid teams in the tournament this year -- very nice. 

[“PANTHER NATION(CODE BLUE)]

Very solid can't wait to see the results.

[james ricks]

Yea it's pretty rock solid every year as this is a well known national tournament drawing teams from all over the country, and I'll update post scores and updates on this thread instead of just making another one

[james ricks]

Very solid can't wait to see the results.

One of the Ft Lauderdale teams trying to make it 3 for 3 for that area in the last 3 years winning the tournament.. Joining Cardinal Gibbons in 2014 and of course your Panthers in 2015

[james ricks]

Tournament time tomorrow😃😃😃

[“PANTHER NATION(CODE BLUE)]

Cant wait to see the results

[james ricks]

This had to be the longest day in tournament history, it seemed it was never going to end with the last game finishing up 30 minutes ago, some really good basketball teams and players on day 1,

 

Day 1 results:

 

Madison Memorial 53 North Marion 31

 

Lakeland 63 Forsyth Country Day 58

 

Florida Prep 53 Georgetown Prep 44

 

La Salle 52 Royal Palm Beach 44

 

Peachtree Ridge 66 Lakewood Ranch 61

 

Meadowcreek 52 Calvary Christian 43

 

Vanguard 62 P.K. Yonge 50

 

Westminster Academy 67 frederick Douglas 44

 

 

8 more games Tomorrow:

 

Day 2 Schedule

 

Consolation Quarterfinals

 

9:30 AM North Marion Vs Calvary Christian

 

11:00 AM Lakewood Ranch vs Georgetown Prep

 

1:00 PM Forsyth Country day vs P.K. Yonge

 

2:30 PM Royal Palm Beach vs Frederick Douglas

 

Championship Quarterfinals

 

4:00 PM Florida Prep vs Peachtree Ridge

 

6:00 PM Madison Memorial vs Meadowcreek

 

7:30 PM Vanguard vs Lakeland

 

9:00 PM La Salle vs Westminster Academy...

[“PANTHER NATION(CODE BLUE)]

See CC got handled the first night

[james ricks]

See CC got handled the first night

yea finished 8 of 24 at the foul line, not going to win to many games shooting like that.. But they rebounded nicely this morning and ran over North Marion

[james ricks]

Day 2 in the books:

 

Today's results

 

Consolation Quarterfinals

 

Calvary Christian 61 North Marion 28

 

Georgetown Prep 85 Lakewood Ranch 74

 

Forsyth Country Day 75 P.K. Yonge 54

 

Royal Palm Beach 54 Frederick Douglas 40

 

Peachtree Ridge 55 Florida Prep 52

 

Madison Memorial 46 Meadowcreek 43

 

Vanguard 61 Lakeland 47

 

La Salle 53 Westminster Academy 46

 

Vanguard could be without senior PG Phillip Ortiz tomorrow night who went down in the opening quarter with an ankle injury and didn't return. Talked to coach Phillip Small after tonight's final game and he said that as of right know Ortiz is out but will see how he feels when he wakes up on it tomorrow as Vanguard is going to need him to try to get to the KOTS finals for the first time since 1993, Vanguard has been to the semifinals 4 out of the last 5 years

[james ricks]

Tomorrow's schedule of games:

 

9:30 AM- 0-2 game. P.K. Yonge vs Frederick Douglas

 

11:00 AM- 0-2 game. North Marion Vs Lakewood Ranch

 

1:00 PM- 5th place semifinal. Florida Prep vs Meadowcreek

 

2:30 PM- 5th place semifinal. Lakeland vs Westminster Academy

 

4:00 PM- Consolation Semifinal. Calvary Christian vs Georgetown Prep

 

6:00 PM- Consolation semifinal. Forsyth Country Day vs Royal Palm Beach

 

7:30 PM- Championship semifinal. Vanguard vs La Salle

 

9:00 PM- Championship Semifinal. Peachtree Ridge vs Madison Memorial.

 

La Salle going for their 4th overall championship game appearance, won this tournament in 2002 and 2006 and finished as Runner up in 2010 to Dwyer and Last year to Dillard, looking to join Vanguard as the only teams to ever win this tournament 3 times, Vanguard's last Championship came back in 1981.

 

Peachtree Ridge and Madison Memorial both making their first ever appearances at the KOTS

[james ricks]

Day 3 results:

 

P.K. Yonge 54 Frederick Douglas 53

 

Lakewood Ranch 69 North Marion 47

 

Florida Prep 64 Meadowcreek 51

 

Westminster Academy 81 Lakeland 54

 

Georgetown Prep 53 Calvary Christian 42

 

Royal Palm Beach 63 Forsyth Country Day 56

 

La Salle 46 Vanguard 35

 

Madison Memorial 46 Peachtree Ridge 31.

 

Not the 2 best semifinal games scoring wise but plenty of defense throughout both contests

 

Final Day schedule tomorrow:

 

5th Place Final:Noon. Melbourne Florida Prep vs Ft. Lauderdale Westminster Academy

 

Consolation Final: 1:30 PM. Georgetown Prep ( DC ) vs Royal Palm Beach

 

3rd Place: 5:30 PM. Vanguard vs Peachtree Ridge Georgia

 

KOTS Championship: 7:00 PM. Cincinnati Ohio La Salle vs Madison Memorial Wisconsin..

 

Tournament will have a out of state champ for the first time since 2012 when Louisville Kentucky Ballard High beat Deerfield Beach in the Finals

[james ricks]

2 early game finals

 

5th place game: Westminster Academy 66 Florida Prep 61.

 

Consolation Final: Georgetown Prep 62 Royal Palm Beach 55 in Overtime,

 

Westminster Academy and Yale Commit Paul Atkinson finished on all tournament team and had 72 points in 4 games

 

Florida Prep Dejuon Small on all tournament team and leads all tournament players with 77 points in 4 games

 

Georgetown Prep's jared Bynum and Royal Palm's Leonard Thorpe JR. finished all tournament team with 54 and 51 points

[james ricks]

3rd Place game.

 

Vanguard 74 Peachtree Ridge 68, Knights take 3rd place for 2nd straight year

 

Kingdom Championship Game.

 

Madison Memorial 43 La Salle 38, Lancers from Ohio settle for tournament Runner up for the 2nd straight year and 3rd time overall and their attempt to tie Vanguard's Championship Record at 3 will have to wait another year

[“PANTHER NATION(CODE BLUE)]

Awesome tournament thanks for the updates