State champions had been topped in Indiana, Kentucky and Pennsylvania to wrap up the playoffs for the 2024-25 season. All that is left is Chipotle Nationals, set for April 2-5, in Indianapolis. Indiana Class 4A state champ Jeffersonville and Kentucky Candy 16 champ Nice Crossing crack this week’s rankings.
By Ronnie Flores
Fishers Comes Up Quick
The Fishers (Ind.) Tigers had been seeking to make historical past and safe a Prime 10 spot in subsequent week’s ultimate FAB 50 Nationwide Group Rankings powered by Ballislife.com, however Jeffersonville (Ind.) had different concepts when the 2 groups met Saturday night for the Indiana Excessive Faculty Athletic Affiliation (IHSAA) Class 4A state title. Fishers entered the sport driving a 43-game profitable streak, however Jeffersonville snapped it with a 67-66 extra time victory, because the Crimson Devils received its second Indiana state crown.
Jeffersonville guard Elijah Cheeks, a junior, scored on a lay-up with 32 seconds left in extra time that proved to be the distinction within the sport. The result wasn’t determined till Fishers’ Millen McCartney’s final ditch 3-point effort fell in need of the rim on the buzzer and set off a celebration by the Jeffersonville devoted at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
Northwestern-bound Tre Singleton completed with 26 factors, 5 rebounds and 4 assists to information the Crimson Devils to their first state title since 1993 when Indiana nonetheless performed a single-class state match. Sherron Wilkerson, the workforce’s head coach, led that 1993 workforce and was named a McDonald’s All-American.
Fishers, which trialed 45-42 coming into the ultimate interval, was led by sophomore Jason Gardner and Miami (OH) commit Justin Kirby with 15 factors every. Fishers had a terrific season and nonetheless deserves to be FAB 50 ranked after arising an extra time interval in need of an ideal season.
Fishers drops 16 spots to No. 26 and Jeffersonville jumps up from unranked to No. 25 on this week’s FAB 50. Jeffersonville’s 1993 membership completed No. 14 within the Nationwide Prep Ballot (FAB 50 precursor).
First Title For Nice Crossing
Indiana does not use the one-class system anymore that made its state match nationally-known, however Kentucky nonetheless does. On Saturday night, the UK Healthcare Candy 16 title was captured by Nice Crossing (Georgetown, Ky.).
The Warhawks, which misplaced within the state semifinals in 2023-24 and began No. 35 on this season’s preseason FAB 50, needed to win 4 video games in a three-day span to seize the Candy 16. On Saturday morning, Nice Crossing simply dispatched of Montgomery County (Mt. Sterling, Ky.), 70-49, within the state semifinals and later that night took on Bowling Inexperienced (Ky.).
Led by Kentucky Mr. Basketball and future Kentucky Wildcat Malachi Moreno, the Warhawks downed Bowing Inexperienced, 71-61, to seize this system’s first Candy 16 title. Moreno led the best way with 24 factors (on 10-of-11 taking pictures from the sphere), 15 rebounds and three blocked pictures for a workforce that closed its season on a 27-game profitable streak and solely misplaced one sport in-state. Morehead St.-bound Vince Dawson added 15 factors for Nice Crossing, which fielded its first basketball workforce in 2019.
The one in-state workforce Nice Crossing misplaced to, earlier No. 49 St. Xavier (Louisville, Ky.), was upset, 64-59, in its first Candy 16 video games by six-loss Jeffersontown (Ky.), which misplaced its subsequent sport to South Oldham, 76-75. St. Xavier fell out of the rankings and the Warhakws took its spot within the FAB 50 at No. 49.
Successful the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Affiliation (PIAA) Class 6A state title was Father Choose (Philadelphia, Pa.), which defeated Philadelphia Catholic League rival Roman Catholic (Philadelphia, Pa.), 71-60, on Saturday night on the Big Middle in Hershey.
Merrimack-bound Kevair Kennedy netted 29 factors to steer Father Choose, whereas junior Derrick Morton-Rivera added 19. Father Choose beat Roman Catholic thrice in 2024-25, together with within the PCL title sport on February 23.
Chipotle Nationals Wraps Season Up
One of many groups Nice Crossing misplaced to was No. 1 Columbus (Miami, Fla.), which is the highest seed at Chipotle Nationals, set for April 2-5, at Hamilton Southeastern Excessive Faculty (Fishers, Ind.). The ten-team subject was introduced on March 13.
The ten-team, end-of-season match begins with two play-on video games on April 2 between tenth seed Dynamic Prep (Texas) and seventh seeded Montverde Academy (Fla.). The second sport pits ninth seeded Wasatch Academy (Mt. Nice, Utah), the No. 8 workforce within the FAB 50, versus eight seeded IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.), the No. 19 workforce within the FAB 50. Columbus will play the Wasatch Academy-IMG Academy winner in its quarterfinal contest on April 3.
Up to date FAB 50 Nationwide Group RankingsPowered by Ballislife.com
(fifteenth ballot of 2024-25 common season; Via video games performed on Sunday, March 30; *Signifies forfeit wins, forfeit losses not included; **Signifies forfeits and defaults not included; ***Signifies season not full)
No. Prev. Excessive Faculty (Metropolis)Document
11Columbus (Miami, Fla.)27-3***
22Link Academy (Branson, Mo.)20-8***
33Long Island Lutheran (Glen Head, N.Y.)21-6***
44Roosevelt (Eastvale, Calif.)35-2
55Brewster Academy (Wolfeboro, N.H.)27-4***
66CIA Bella Vista (Phoenix, Ariz.)21-5***
77Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.)19-7***
88Wasatch Academy (Mt. Nice, Utah)24-5**
99Prolific Prep (Napa, Calif.)34-5***
1011Calvary Christian Academy (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.)22-1
1112Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks, Calif.)28-8
1213Paul VI (Chantilly, Va.)27-6
1314Harvard-Westlake (North Hollywood, Calif.)31-3
1415Gonzaga (Washington, D.C.) 29-5
1517St. Joseph (Santa Maria, Calif.)31-2
1618Perry (Gilbert, Ariz.) 27-2
1716John Marshall (Richmond, Va.)24-2
1819Sunrise Christian Academy (Bel Aire, Kan.)16-7
1920IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.)21-7***
2021Highland (Warrenton, Va.)39-6
2122AZ Compass Prep (Chandler, Ariz.)15-7
2223Wheeler (Marietta, Ga.)29-3
2324Utah Prep (Hurricane, Utah) 22-12
2425Duncanville (Duncanville, Texas)27-7
25NRJeffersonville (Jeffersonville, Ind.)24-5
2610Fishers (Fishers, Ind.)30-1
2726Hoover (Hoover, Ala.)35-0
2827Bellaire (Bellaire, Texas)26-11
2928Brennan (San Antonio, Texas)33-3
3029Bishop O’Connell (Arlington, Va.)23-10
3130Archbishop Stepinac (White Plains, N.Y.)26-4
3231Oak Park (Kansas Metropolis, Mo.)31-1
3336Allen (Allen, Texas)34-2
3432Webb (Knoxville, Tenn.)34-2
3533Bullis (Potomac, Md.)23-7
3634Sidwell Pals (Washington, D.C.)24-6
3735DME Academy (Daytona Seashore, Fla.)24-12
3837Our Girl of Mt. Carmel (Baltimore, Md.)34-4
3938St. Thomas Aquinas (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.)30-2
4039North Mecklenburg (Huntersville, N.C.)30-3
4140Chris Faculty (Arden, N.C.)28-3
4241Reidsville (Reidsville, N.C.)31-0
4342Winston-Salem Christian (Winston-Salem, N.C.)35-7
4443DePaul School Prep (Chicago, In poor health.)33-4
4544Thomas Jefferson (Brooklyn, N.Y.)30-2
4645Patrick Faculty (Hackettstown, N.J.)29-7
4746Vashon (St. Louis, Mo.)27-2
4847Olentangy Orange (Lewis Middle, Ohio)26-2
49NRGreat Crossing (Georgetown, Ky.)35-4
5048East Lansing (East Lansing, Mich.)27-1**
Dropped Out: Earlier No. 49 St. Xavier (Louisville, Ky.), No. 50 Wisconsin Lutheran (Milwaukee, Wis.).
Bubble Groups: Archbishop Riordan (San Francisco, Calif.) 29-2; Benet Academy (Lisle, In poor health.) 33-5; Bergen Catholic (Oradell, N.J.) 27-5; Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, Nev.) 24-5; Brother Rice (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 22-3; Chambers (Charlotte, N.C.) 23-9; Mix Academy (Lincolnton, N.C.) 21-7; Cretin-Derham Corridor (St. Paul, Minn.) 29-2; De La Salle (Harmony, Calif.) 28-5; DeMatha Catholic (Hyattsville, Md.) 23-7; Dream Metropolis Christian (Glendale, Ariz.) 23-9; Eaglecrest (Centennial, Col.) 26-2; Father Choose (Philadelphia, Pa.) 24-7; Ft. Bend Marshall (Missouri Metropolis, Texas) 37-3; Glens Falls (Glens Falls, N.Y.) 27-0; Gibbs (St. Petersburg, Fla.) 27-5; Gonzaga Prep (Spokane, Wash.) 26-2; Grayson (Loganville, Ga.) 28-3; Guyer (Denton, Texas) 34-7; Huntsville (Huntsville, Ala.) 32-2; Imhotep Constitution (Philadelphia, Pa.) 26-6; Jordan (Fulshear, Texas) 35-4; Kenwood (Chicago, In poor health.) 31-2; Lake Norman (Mooresville, N.C.) 27-1**; Lake Ridge (Mansfield, Texas) 34-2**; Lincoln (Warren, Mich.) 23-4; Mansfield Summit (Arlington, Texas) 33-7; Milwaukee Academy of Science (Milwaukee, Wis.) 21-1; New Hanover (Wilmington, N.C.) 30-3; Notre Dame (West Haven, Conn.) 26-2; Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) 17-11; Olympus (Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah) 24-3; Owasso (Owasso, Okla.) 24-5; Quincy (Quincy, In poor health.) 31-4; Principia (St. Louis, Mo.) 31-1; Redondo Union (Redondo Seashore, Calif.) 28-6; Reynoldsburg (Reynoldsburg, Ohio) 26-2; Roman Catholic (Philadelphia, Pa.) 25-6; Salesian (Richmond, Calif.) 27-4; Shadow Creek (Pearland, Texas) 32-3; Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.) 27-7; Stranahan (Stranahan, Fla.) 25-7; St. Augustine (New Orleans, La.) 29-4; St. John’s (Washington, D.C.) 21-11; St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.) 26-7; St. Mary Prep (Orchard Lake, Mich.) 19-7; St. Michael’s (Austin, Texas) 32-4; St. Xavier (Louisville, Ky.) 31-3; Tartan (Oakdale, Minn.) 27-1; Tri-Cities (East Level, Ga.) 26-6; U of D Jesuit (Detroit, Mich.) 22-3**; Wayne Memorial (Wayne, Mich.) 25-4; Wayzata (Plymouth, Minn.) 28-4; Weatherford (Weatherford, Okla.) 31-1; Windermere (Windermere, Fla.) 26-6; Wisconsin Lutheran (Milwaukee, Wis.) 28-2; Woodward Academy (School Park, Ga.) 27-5.
Word: The FAB 50 powered by Ballislife.com is a continuation of the Nationwide Sports activities Information Service rankings that started in 1952. These had been the primary nationwide highschool rankings and the late Artwork Johlfs of Minnesota compiled them. They had been compiled for a few years by the late Barry Sollenberger of Phoenix, who merged them into the FAB 50 25 years in the past.
Ronnie Flores is the nationwide Grassroots editor of Ballislife.com. He may be reached at [email protected]. Do not forget to comply with him on Twitter: @RonMFlores
