The Zane Report: Viera Hawks Boys Basketball Advance, No. 1 Seed Palm Bay Pirates Girls Basketball Play Tonight

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – The first round of the Boys 2024-2025 FHSAA playoffs has come to an end.

Around the space coast, we saw some school’s seasons come to an end and one team remains strong.

One of the more impressive stories has been the Viera Hawks (22-4), coming off a district championship the Hawks were looking to make a splash in the state playoffs. In a matchup of the Hawks, it would be the Viera Hawks defeating the Lake Minneola Hawks 68-54.

Viera will move on to the regional semifinals where they will face the number two seeded Edgewater Eagles on Monday, February 17 at 7 p.m.

After falling just short in their district championships the Melbourne Bulldogs and Rockledge Raiders still earned bids to the FHSAA state tournament.

Melbourne ran into an experienced Edgewater team and would be defeated; Rockledge would also fall to a very talented team in North Marion High School.

Astronaut High School’s Cinderella run through districts leading them to the playoffs ended in the first round of the state tournament at the hands of Villages High School.

GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL

For the girls’ side of the ball, Bayside and Heritage, who just a week ago, met in the district championship, will meet again tonight in the first round of the FHSAA state tournament.

As we highlighted the Viera Hawk boys’ team, the girls are on the road tonight facing the number one seeded Bloomingdale High School.

Looking very strong, the Holy Trinity’s girls (19-6) secured the number one seed in their region and will host Jupiter Christian tonight in the opening round of the FHSAA state tournament.

The Cocoa Tigers have put together a respectable 17-7 season and look to pull off the upset tonight against the number one seed Cardinal Mooney High School.

After winning the Cape Coast Conference tournament and their district tournament, the Palm Bay Pirates are determined to avenge last year’s loss in the regional finals. The No. 1 seeded Pirates will open the FHSAA state tournament hosting the North Marion Colts tonight at 7 p.m.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Space Coast native and Eastern Florida State College journalism student Zane Garcia has joined the Space Coast Day–Friday Night Locker Room team.

Garcia grew up in Rockledge and attended Andersen Elementary and Kennedy Middle before becoming a Rockledge Raider. After moving to Melbourne, he attended Eau Gallie High School, graduating in 2019.

As a youth, Garcia excelled in many sports and played basketball in middle school and all four years of high school, including at Rockledge and Eau Gallie high schools.

“My passion for sports was sparked at a young age, and I look forward to bringing exciting play-by-play action, expert analysis, and highlighting the players and coaches that make sports on the Space Coast special,” said Garcia.

Garcia joins the veteran and expert Space Coast Daily–Friday Night Locker Room team that includes Space Coast Sports Hall of Famers Steve Wilson and Orville Susong of the Friday Night Locker Room, Tom Palermo, Jim Palermo, Giles Malone, Zach Clark, Terry Spain, JC Meyerholz, Matt O’Hern, Gavin Keith, Bobby Freeman and Brian Dillon.

The Space Coast Daily–Friday Night Locker Room principals and broadcast team have over 100 years of experience covering sports in Brevard County and beyond.

Garcia said he looks forward to providing live sports broadcasts featuring cutting-edge coverage on the streaming Space Coast Daily TV, along with player interviews, replays, highlights, pre-game and post-game analysis, and much more!

Space Coast Daily includes all mediums, including social media, the web, print, and grassroots events, such as the Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame, which Space Coast Daily founded in 2011.

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