The exciting annual Pangos Full-Court Press All-West Camp, which usually takes place in Los, Angeles, California, and has for 20+ years, was moved this year to St. George, Utah, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Tournament Director Dinos Trigonis brought together one of his best installments of the camp ever last weekend in Utah, as (240) different basketball prospects came together to compete in front of the numerous regional scouts and media in attendance. Prospects from such states as Utah, Nevada, California, Arizona, Oregon, Washington, New Mexico, Wyoming, Missouri and Maryland all competed over the two day camp. Arizona Preps made…
Author: Anthony Ray
On October 31st @ Inspire Courts, the 22nd Annual Arizona Preps Fall Showcase will take place with loads of Arizona’s best high school varsity teams, boys and girls, taking the floor. Arizona Preps is proud to announce that successful Division-I college coach and former South Mountain High School State Champion David Grace will be making his return to speak at this year’s exciting event. Grace coached in the event in the early years, and will be making his return to the Fall Showcase for the first time in (15) years. Grace will be an excellent guest speaker for the event,…
AZ Compass Prep’s 5-foot-11 senior guard Madison Conner (University of Arizona commit) is among the nation’s top overall talents, and she has been for some time. The very gifted and skilled guard prospect has had a tremendous high school career, and is now preparing for her final senior season, where she will hope to lead a loaded AZ Compass Prep program that is is filled with talented prospect, many from different schools. Conner has had a terrific high school career for herself, becoming a star basketball prospect before even entering her high school career. As a mere freshman starter for…
It was another big announcement for an Arizona basketball prospect, and even though he was an implant from Houston, Texas, no effect was no less inspirational as Dream City Christian Prep’s 6-foot-5 senior wing Tyler Simon gave a big commitment to an historic Ivy League basketball program last weekend. In amazing fashion and on a video created by our Arizona Preps’ staff, Simon announced his big commitment to the world. With numerous options for himself from many high-major Division-I programs, Simon decided to pursue a program with the strongest academics, as he chose to give a commitment to Harvard University…
It was another big announcement for an Arizona basketball prospect, and even though he was an implant from Houston, Texas, no effect was no less inspirational as Dream City Christian Prep’s 6-foot-5 senior wing Tyler Simon gave a big commitment to an historic Ivy League basketball program last weekend. In amazing fashion and on a video created by our Arizona Preps’ staff, Simon announced his big commitment to the world. With numerous options for himself from many high-major Division-I programs, Simon decided to pursue a program with the strongest academics, as he chose to give a commitment to Harvard University…
Arizona’s 2023 Class is on the rise in the state and one of the top guard prospects in the class is St. Mary’s High School’s 6-foot sophomore guard Vincent Delano. Now entering his sophomore season as an expected young contributor to the Knight’s loaded varsity program this season, Delano is one prospect with excellent potential for the future, that will look to have a immediate success this high school season. Delano had to wait his turn last season, while being a very highly regarded incoming freshman prospect on a Knight’s basketball program that has developed quickly under the strong leadership…
We recently spoke highly of Sunnyslope High School’s talented and strong 6-foot-8 junior forward Elijah Saunders in August, and the gifted 2022 prospect proved us very right, as he recently showcased his growing talent against some talented opposition in the recent Arizona End of Summer Showcase. Saunders had a big breakout performance in the event, and left scouts in attendance wanting for more. Saunders was set up to play with the heavily Nike-sponsored Vegas Elite club program this spring and summer, but the COVID pandemic caused Saunders to miss out on what have been a huge spring and summer for…
Rarely are top-rated Arizona basketball prospects given the honor of being recognized by national media, boys or girls. Being ranked among the top prospects in the country is one honor every top prospect strives for. Recently, ESPN released their 2021 HoopGurlz Recruiting Rankings for the ESPN Women’s Top 100. With (4) different Arizona girls prospects making the cut, one new prospect to make the list of Top 100 prospects is Chaparral High School’s talented 5-foot-10 senior guard Jess Finney (University of Washington commit). Finney is a unique prospect on the basketball court, so it is only fair that she be…
Arizona Preps has covered Arizona’s top prospects in the state of Arizona now since 1999, and has been the leader in publishing stories and articles regarding Arizona’s top basketball prospects, for boys and girls. Recently, the website decided to pick back up our coverage of girl’s high school basketball in the state, and now to complete our basketball coverage in the state, the website now will be offering Team Rankings for the top teams in the state, and Player Rankings for the state’s best basketball prospects in each class. Arizona Preps will begin these new rankings with our Pre-Season Team…
Arizona Preps is proud to announce a NEW Partnership with Zipps Sports Grill in Arizona. The local growing chain of Sports Restaurants has partnered with Arizona Preps to provide awards and scholarship opportunities for Arizona’s top boys and girls student-athletes throughout the state annually. Zipps Sports Grill is one of the state’s premier and most popular sports grills, and combines homemade food, friendly service and drinks, with top-notch entertainment in your neighborhood. The chain has (14) different locations in the valley, and we encourage the entire Arizona basketball community to visit their locations today! Zipps will be supporting the Arizona…