Senior Spotlight: Makalah from Glades Central Community High School 🌟
Makalah was recognized as the 2026 Boys & Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County Youth of the Year. Makalah was celebrated for her leadership, academic success, and community service. She plans to attend the University of North Florida next year to study communications. Congrats, Makalah!
BREAKING: Four-Star OT Kennedee Jackson has Committed to Florida, he tells me for @Rivals
The 6’6 301 OT from Lithonia, GA chose the Gators over Georgia and LSU
He’s ranked as the No. 8 OT in the 2027 Rivals300 🐊
https://t.co/24Urd3wGCf
The membership of the National Basketball Coaches Association joins the NBA family in mourning the passing of legendary Head Coach and Hall of Famer, Rick Adelman.
Rick Adelman coached in the NBA for 29 years, serving as a Head Coach for 23 seasons with the Portland Trail Blazers, Golden State Warriors, Sacramento Kings, Houston Rockets and Minnesota Timberwolves. Over his coaching career, Rick won 1,042 games (10th all-time), was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2021 and received the NBCA Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award in 2023. Coach Adelman also enjoyed an eight-year NBA playing career with the San Diego Rockets, Portland Trail Blazers, Chicago Bulls, New Orleans Jazz, and Kansas City-Omaha Kings.
Adelman will be remembered not only as a coach and a player, but also as a mentor to so many in the basketball community. Rick was a husband to Mary Kay for 56 years; father to Kathy, RJ, Laura, David, Caitlin, and Patrick; and a grandfather of twelve. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the entire Adelman family during this difficult time.
BREAKING: Four-Star LB Ja’Bios Smith has Committed to Florida, he tells me for @Rivals
The 6’3 210 LB chose the Gators over Georgia, Texas Tech, South Carolina, and Texas A&M
He’s ranked as the No. 1 LB in the state of Georgia (per Rivals Industry)
https://t.co/lRgetIqPvY
NEW: UCLA QB Karson Gordon plans to enter the NCAA transfer portal, @PeteNakos confirms.
Gordon will enter as a track athlete but play football.
https://t.co/YcXefxjMlU
The best coaching staffs I’ve been around had this in common:
They genuinely liked being around each other. They could laugh together, hang out together, and talk football for hours.
Yet they still respectfully disagree in a meeting and then walk out aligned. That kind of trust matters, and it’s not easy to build. It takes time and effort.
IMPORTANT clarification about the new FHSAA residency rules:
A student CAN attend an online/private school outside of their county and still play sports in the county where they live.
Example:
A student who lives in Palm Beach County can attend Rise Preparatory Academy (online/private school) while still being eligible to play sports in Palm Beach County — because athletic eligibility is tied to RESIDENCY, not where the online coursework is based.
Rise Preparatory Academy does not offer sports, so students fall under Florida’s “non-traditional student” rules.
Florida law (§1006.15, F.S.) and FHSAA bylaws state that a private school student may participate elsewhere if:
Their school does NOT offer the sport, and They participate at the school tied to their residence/open enrollment eligibility.
FHSAA Non-Traditional Student Rule:
“A private school student may only participate for another school if his/her private school does NOT offer the sport.”
The new rules did NOT ban online students or private school students from playing sports. The rule simply ties athletic participation to the student’s residential eligibility area/county.
So if a student lives in Palm Beach County but attends Rise Preparatory Academy online from Miami-Dade, the student may still play in Palm Beach because that is where the student resides.
Sources:
• Florida Statute 1006.15
• FHSAA Non-Traditional Student Rules
• FHSAA Bylaw 9.2.2.3
Young athletes that want to get recruited:
Get your grades! Don’t be the recruit with all the talent in the world with bad grades. Take pride in paying attention in class. Bad grades will not get you recruited.