Dwyer basketball head coach Fred Ross has been coaching the Panthers for 30 years now, but even he has never seen a team overcome obstacles the way Dwyer has this season. "This type of season with ...

Ross, who saw the Dwyer court named after him during a ceremony on Nov. 19, 2024, took the quarter-century distinction to heart. “It’s a program well-deserving of that honor,’’ Ross said.

Undoubtedly, Dwyer goes down as the No. 1 Palm Beach County high school boys basketball program of the first 25 years of the 21st century. ... Fred Ross, who started Dwyer basketball in 1991-92.

Dwyer's fourth state championship broke a tie with Pahokee (1983, 1982, 1977) and Suncoast (1990, 1985, 1984), who won all of their state titles before Dwyer was founded in 1991.

William T. Dwyer head coach Fred Ross gives instructions during practice in Palm Beach Gardens on November 10, 2014. “Players from the 1990’s still support us and go to games,’’ Ross said.