For the first time in 24 years, the St. Thomas Aquinas boys basketball team is headed to the FHSAA State Semifinals.
The Raiders scrapped their way to a 62-54 victory over Coral Springs in the Class 6A Regional Championship. Despite going down 13-0 to start the contest, the confidence of the group never wavered.
STA has 28 wins on the year, already the most in program history. Two more wins and they will clinch just the second state title in school history, and the first since 2001.
Senior Dwayne Wimbley Jr. led the Raiders with 24 points, hitting four threes in the first half and willing the Raiders out of their early deficit.
STA will play Charlotte on Thu., March 6 at 11:00 a.m. at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland, Fla.
The game will be live streamed on the NFHS Network.
