- February 17, 2026
After years of rebuilding, Seabreeze and Flagler Palm Coast’s boys basketball teams and FPC’s girls basketball team are all on an upward path. Each of those teams reached the regional quarterfinals this season after long playoff droughts.
All three saw resurgent seasons end in the regional quarterfinals.
Seabreeze had not made the playoffs since 2015. This year, Ray Gaines’ squad compiled a 21-8 record. The fifth-seeded Sandcrabs lost 58-53 in a Region 2-5A road game to No. 4 Auburn on Feb. 14.
Seabreeze had not finished with a winning record since 2016. The Sandcrabs’ top four scorers all return next season, led by Jeremiah Outler (16.8 points per game) and AJ Brown (13.6 points).
Greg Shirley's FPC boys team finished with a 17-11 record and reached the playoffs for the first time since 2019. The sixth-seeded Bulldogs lost to No. 3 Atlantic Coast 56-43 on Feb. 14. It was the third time this season that FPC lost to the Stingrays. Atlantic Coast edged FPC 40-36 a week earlier in the District 1-7A championship game.
The Bulldogs were a senior-dominated team, led by leading scorers Nate Perry (15.7 points), Anthony Hampton (14.0 points), Siah Sanders (8.7 points) and Nateshawn Royal (8.1 points). But they return five juniors including starter Tony Coates.
The seventh-seeded FPC girls fell to No. 2 Orlando Colonial 59-47 in the Region 1-7A quarterfinals. The Bulldogs finished the season at 18-6, their best record in George Butts’ three seasons as the team's head coach.
The last time the FPC girls team had made the playoffs was 2020 under coach Javier Bevacqua. The Bulldogs return four starters next season, including leading scorer Ava Works.
