Three South Florida high school coaching icons with 14 state titles among them will grace the sidelines April 1 at the McDonald's All-American High School basketball game.

Monsignor Pace's Mark Lieberman, who has led the Spartans to four state titles, and Darryl Burrows, who has guided powerhouse Fort Lauderdale Dillard to five state titles since 2000, will guide the boys' East team.

South Broward boys' coach Abby Ward, who led the South Broward girls' team to five of its six state titles, will guide the girls' East team when the s All-American game makes its Florida debut at UM's BankUnited Center.

The boys' game will be broadcast live on ESPN starting at 8 p.m. and will be preceded by the girls' game on ESPNU at 5:30 p.m.

The roster won't be announced until Feb. 19 on ESPNU, but anticipation is building that one of those players will be homegrown star Kenny Boynton Jr., a high-scoring guard for Plantation American Heritage.

BOYS' BASKETBALL

• Coral Reef 83, Krop 81 (OT): In a battle of two top-ten teams in the state, seventh-ranked Coral Reef defeated fifth-ranked Krop 83-81 in overtime.

Senior Jerron Granberry scored 37 points to lead the Barracudas. Granberry scored nine of the Barracudas' 11 points in overtime. Frank Tameze came off the bench in the fourth quarter and had six points and four blocks. Tameze had a key block in overtime with ap seconds left to play. Angel Rodriguez of Krop hit a three-pointer as regulation time expired to send the game into overtime. Coral Reef (16-3): Granberry 37, Hankerson 19, Lopez 16, Tameze 6, Palmer 2, Vickers 2, Strawder 1. Krop (16-4): Rodriguez 30, Dahari 18, Thomas 10, Ramos 6, Long 6, Kirkpatrick 5, Houghton 4, Groebe 2. Halftime: Krop 44-33. Three-pointers: Lopez 1, Granberry 4, Hankerson 3, Rodrigez 6, Vahari 5, Long 1, Kirkpatrick 1. Rebounds: Granberry 10. Assists: Lopez 7. Steals: Lopez 4, Hankerson 4.

• Braddock 62, Goleman 47 -- Braddock (16-6): Guerrero 9, Novo 17, Portillo 26, Perez 6, Valle 2, Voux 2. Goleman: Alan 4, Jordan 6, Thomas 6, Josh 9, Dave 22. Halftime: GOL 24-20. Three-pointers: Jordan, Josh, Guerrero, Novo. Rebounds: Portillo 10. Assists: Novo 6. Steals: Novo 4, Perez 4.

• Southridge 58, Ferguson 55 -- SR (10-9): Whitley 8, Simmons 16, Burden 2, Wright 21, Farrell 1, Hunter 8, Gardner 2. Ferg: Rodriguez 16, Medina 3, Davis 2, Porter 7, Del Castillo 28. Halftime: SR 25-24. Three-pointers: Whitley 1, Simmons 2, Rodriguez 4, Medina 1, Porter 1, Del Castillo 1. Rebounds: Wright 10. Assists: Whitley 5. Steals: Simmons 5.

• Westwood Christian 62, Miami Christian 51 -- Miami: Odio 15, Rizzo 12, Marrero 13, Dimitrevitch 11. Westwood (14-6): Espino 11, Gonzalez 2, Gaston 16, Burgos 13, Delgado 12, Pillery 8. Halftime: WES 27-25. Technicals: Odio, Miami bench. Three-pointers: Burgos, Delgado 2, Odio 2. Rebounds: Espino 8. Assists: Pillery 5. Steals: Burgos 3, Delgado 3.

• LaSalle 75, St. Brendan 54 -- LaSalle (11-10): Campbell 25, Miller 9, Davis 10, Greenspan 6, Garcia 12, Portillo 5, C. Pellot 3, Torres 5. St. Brendan: Lopez 4, Cintra 11, Edwards 13, Olson 3, Rios 8, Santiesteban 7, Garrido 8 . Halftime: LAS 36-31. Fouled out: Torres. Three-pointers: Campbell 5, Miller, Davis 2, Garcia 2, Portillo, Cintra, Santiesteban, Garrido 2. Rebounds: Greenspan 7. Assists: Campbell 5. Steals: Campbell 4.

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