Patricia Albano competeted against 6 other girls in the first round of the
BCAA 3 point competition. She had a total of 7 points in the first round
which qualified her to advance to the second round where she shot against
6 other girls finishing with a total of 13 point and winning the
competition.

The Miami Suns Girls Basketball Middle School (Team Larkins) will be holding a Second tryout on Sunday, February 12, 2012. The tryout will be held at American High School and will begin at 1PM.

If you’d like to pay and register online for Sunday’s Team Larkins tryout, please click here.

BY: Matt Porter, The Palm Beach Post — PALM BEACH GARDENS — No. 1 Dwyer and No. 4 Palm Beach Central have played each other twice this season. It’s a good bet they’ll meet again in the District 9-8A girls basketball tournament final.

“I’m expecting that,” Dwyer coach Jeryl Akins said. “We’ll be the one [seed], they’ll be the two. But Lexus will be back.”

Akins was referring to Palm Beach Central 6-foot-1 senior Lexus Love, who watched Wednesday night’s game from the stands. Love, who is expected to miss two weeks with a toe injury, left Central with a size deficit it couldn’t overcome.

Dwyer (20-3, 8-0) grabbed a 60-50 win and the district’s No. 1 seed, thanks to talented sophomore Keyanna Harris, whose triple-double included 18 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists.

To start the fourth quarter, the 5-11 wing drained a pair of 3s with a hand in her face, then knocked down a jumper to put Dwyer up 12. She put home the game’s final points after a crossover in traffic and a drive to the basket that would raise Tim Hardaway’s eyebrows.

“She can do that,” Akins said. “We rely on our big people, but she’s proving she’s another weapon.”

Dwyer’s posts also came to play. Junior Samantha Glodis scored a game-high 20 with 12 rebounds. Junior Kai James added 17 and 13.

The Broncos (13-4, 6-2) hung with Dwyer, thanks mainly to 6-1 senior post Mariah-Caurhyn Smelser (19 points, 7 rebounds) and 5-11 freshman wing Crystal Primm, who put up 12 points and five assists while defending James (6-5) and Glodis (6-3).

“I’m proud of my girls, no doubt about that,” Palm Beach Central coach Bruce Gaffney said.

Playing a focused road game, Central led at the outset by filling passing lanes and hitting open shots. But Dwyer grabbed a four-point lead at the half and kept it up for most of the stretch run.

“We started off kind of slow,” said Akins, who added that early nerves played a role. His team hadn’t played a home game since before Christmas. “Once we got settled, we were OK.”

After a phenomenal 2011 year, The Miami Suns Basketball Program are back in 2012 and are hungry for more. This years Miami Suns staff have been working around the clock to put together a great schedule for the year of 2012.

Miami Suns basketball Tryouts will begin at the beginning of the year. In February, Team Larkins will have tryouts. Please view tryout information below.

The other Miami Suns Basketball squads (High School Teams – Class of 2013, 2014, 2015) will hold tryouts on March 3-4, 2012.

To pay for the Tryout Registration fee ($20), please click on the button below. Make sure you enter the participating player’s name below as well.

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The Miami Suns will once again have activity in May of 2012 with their Memorial Day weekend classic. The 2012 version of the Suns Memorial Day Weekend event will be held in West Palm Beach, FL on May 25, 2012 through May 27, 2012. Event Location to be determined.

With already having the success of the Miami Suns Exposure Weekend in October, the new year will bring a new event that will certainly bring the best of High School Girls Basketball all to one place. 2012 will mark the 1st annual Miami Suns Summer Exposure event. This event will be held in sunny Orlando, FL on July 5, 2012 and will run through July 7, 2012.

Please stay tuned to miamisuns.org for more event details and team schedules within the next few weeks.