The King’s Academy Has Prospects For 2021
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It wasn’t that long ago when head coach <strong>Keith Allen</strong> and his West Palm Beach King’s Academy Lions played for the 3A state title.
In the nearly four years since this program lost that contest to Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna, the team has certainly stayed in the mix – with tremendous coaching and outstanding athletes.
<img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-113094" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/redzone/uploads/2021/02/OntheSideline-Logo-9-300x188.jpg" alt="2021 The King’s Academy Football" width="300" height="188" />Coming off a 4-2 season – with Covid taking center stage, the Lions came up with big wins against Jupiter Christian (44-7), Boca Raton St. John Paul II Academy (28-21), Glades Day (41-20) and Englewood Lemon Bay (33-27).
The season came to an end with a playoff loss against Fort Lauderdale Calvary Christian, but there was plenty of optimism – with some very talented players coming back for 2021.
<strong>USING ATHLETES ALL OVER THE FIELD</strong>
Being a smaller school, mostly every player competes on both sides of the ball – as well as on special teams.
The Class of 2022 reflects that with<strong> Will Barnowski</strong> (OL/DE, 6-2, 185), <strong>Kyle Garcia </strong>(OL/DL, 6-2, 245), <strong>Drew Kerr</strong> (RB/CB, 5-10, 170), Preston <strong>Martin </strong>(WR/DB, 6-1, 170), <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="111590" first="Stephen" last="Scroggins"]</strong> (OL/LB, 6-2, 215), <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="50216" first="Dominick" last="Ratty"] </strong>(RB/DB, 5-9, 165) <strong>and Taiyo Yamada </strong>(RB/LB, 5-8, 160).
In the classroom, Scroggins (3.85 GPA), Kerr (3.83) and Martin (3.4) are all getting it done.
<strong>2023 PROSPECTS ARE TOP-FLIGHT</strong>
In the 2023 Class, the Lions also boast a pair of future standouts, who are getting it done now.
Quarterback <strong>Will Prichard </strong>(6-3, 195) is among the best in the nation already. He is accurate and very athletic with a big arm.
<strong>Zakiah Saez </strong>(TE/DE, 6-5, 220) is also an impressive football talent that runs well (4.7 – 40) and is strong.
Both Prichard (3.1 GPA) and Saez (3.3 GPA) get it done in the classroom as well.
<strong>PHOTO COURTESY OF THE KING’S ACADEMY</strong>
<strong>Y<em>ou Can Contact [player_tooltip player_id="111610" first="Larry" last="Blustein"] with prospect or team information at: Foridakids1@aol.com. We are also on Social Media on @PrepRedzonefl.</em></strong>
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