Palm Beach County was well-represented on the FABC/Source Hoops Boys Basketball Class 9A All-State Team.
Lake Worth G Joshua Rathell (Yuting Jiang/Palm Beach Post)
Four area players were named to the team, which was released Saturday.
Players were selected based on in-person evaluations, a review of all-area teams selected by media from around the state, and recognition from the Florida Association of Basketball Coaches.
Wellington guard Trent Frazier, the Post’s two-time All-Area Big Schools Player of the Year, was a first-team selection.
Frazier averaged a career-best 27.6 points, 6.3 rebounds and 4.4 assists this season, and helped lead the Wolverines to the Class 9A state semifinals. He will play college basketball at Illinois.
Wellington G Trent Frazier (Allen Eyestone/Palm Beach Post)
Lake Worth senior guard Josh Rathell, who helped lead the Trojans to a regional semifinals berth, was a second-team selection. Boca Raton junior guard Cade Long and Atlantic junior guard Rodwens Albert were third-team picks.
Rathell, Long and Albert were 2017 All-Area first-team selections.
Here is the FABC/Source Hoops Boys Basketball Class 9A All-State Team, with local players highlighted in bold:
FIRST TEAM
Trent Frazier, 6-2 SR, Wellington
Paul Reed, 6-9 SR, Apopka Wekiva
Zach Dawson, 6-4 SR, South Miami
Edwin Louis, 6-0 SR, Deerfield Beach
A.J. Caldwell, 6-4 SR, Sarasota Riverview
SECOND TEAM
Michael Devoe, 6-4 JR, Orlando Oakridge
Miguel Arnold, 5-11 SR, South Miami
Malik Hardy, 6-2 SR, Pembroke Pines Charter
Josh Rathell, 6-2 SR, Lake Worth
Ivan Smith, 6-1 SR, Oviedo
THIRD TEAM
Kevin Morley, 6-7 SR, Coral Gables
Cade Long, 6-3 JR, Boca Raton
Rodwens Albert, 6-1 JR, Delray Beach Atlantic
Brady Fernandes, 6-3 SR, Kissimmee Osceola
Teven Florent, 6-6 SR, Kissimmee Osceola
