Former Deer Valley High School 2020 graduate Jalen James suffered numerous injuries throughout his Arizona high school basketball career, causing him to miss out on a lot of important game action. As a result, James has decided on a year of post-graduate play at PHHoenix Prep, where he will play for the post-graduate team during the 2020-2021 season. James is the son of former Arizona high school star basketball product Tarik James, a former basketball star from Cortez High School, where he broke many of the school’s scoring records. James was also the Head Coach for Cortez for numerous years,…
Author: Anthony Ray
Arizona Preps has covered Arizona boys and girls high school and junior college basketball now since September of 1999. After almost (22) years now of existence, our staff is proud to release our NEW Arizona Preps You Tube Channel. This channel is now available to the public to watch many of the exciting videos taken by our Arizona Preps’ staff over the years. Arizona Preps asks that you log in and subscribe today, as we look to grow this NEW Arizona Preps You Tube Channel. The Channel will feature our many interviews, game highlights and prospect videos from over the…
Girl’s basketball has really grown in the state of Arizona, and much of that reason is a result of the many top-rated prospects that the state now has for college coaches to take a hard look at. One prospect that is helping the state’s reputation nationally is AZ Compass Prep’s talented and skilled 6-foot-1 rising senior guard Kiya Dorroh. Dorroh is fresh off leading the Sabino program to a second-consecutive 3A State Championship, and is currently rated by ESPN among the elite prospects in America’s 2021 Class. Dorroh is among the nation’s top overall 2021 prospects – currently rated by…
PHHoenix Prep has now had several of their top 2021 prospects give verbal commitments during the COVID-19 pandemic in Arizona, and the latest one to fall off the recruiting board for John Ortega’s growing prep program is 6-foot-10, 200-pound senior forward/center Matur Dhal. Dhal has grown up and developed as a player and prospect over the past two years, and this week he gave a nice verbal commitment to a Big-West program on a really cool commitment video that exposed his pledge to the program, and gave thanks to many people that helped him in the process. Dhal is one…
The Southwest Basketball Camp took place over the past two days @ the Arizona Sports Complex Training Center in North Phoenix. Organized by tournament directors Gregg Rosenberg (Arizona Varsity / Prep Hoops) and Justin Vargas (The SHOW), this was the 4th annual installment of the event, and included more than (120) different Arizona prospects from many different classes. One of the few events that have taken place during the COVID-19 pandemic, the event was very well organized and allowed each of the prospects to compete on one main court for maximum exposure. The games were well scheduled by the event…
Chandler High School’s superb 6-foot-7 rising senior wing prospect Isaiah Brody is one of the most talented and versatile overall performers in the state and the West. A very underrated prospect, Brody is among the state’s elite prospects in the 2021 Class, although he has not seen his recruitment really take off yet. Coming off a dominant Tournament Most Valuable Player performance in this week’s Southwest Basketball Camp, held @ the Arizona Sports Complex Training Center in North Phoenix, Brody is ready to break out. Currently, Brody has two scholarship offers to his credit from UC-Santa Barbara and UC-Davis, but…
One of the top overall prospects in Arizona’s young 2023 Class is Centennial High School’s 6-foot-3 rising sophomore guard Emery Young. Young has has excellent work ethic and loves the game, and has really developed over the years as a result. After a good freshman season for himself, where he broke out during the season and had numerous strong performances to build on for his future, Young is now looking to build on his early success and continue to develop into the player and college prospect that he wants to become. Young leads a young and talented group of student-athletes…
Arizona’s 2022 Class of prospects is on another level, as the class is absolutely loaded with numerous prospects for college programs to take a hard look at. While we have already written about many of these talented performers in the group, Sunnyslope High School’s strong and athletic 6-foot-7 rising junior forward Elijah Saunders is another elite prospect in the class. After transferring programs last season and having to sit out many of the season’s early games, Saunders will return as a junior and look to go to another level. As a freshman, Saunders attended Rancho Solano Prep in North Scottsdale,…
The time has arrived after 20 years of events and 20 years of operations for the Arizona Preps website (www.arizonapreps.com), the amazing 22nd Annual Arizona Preps Fall Showcase, Arizona’s original showcase basketball event, will be continuing a new era for our website and this annual event going forward, as we continue the Arizona Preps Fall Showcase Top 25 Invitational. The NEW format of the annual event will invite (25) of the state’s top high school varsity teams (boys and girls) to participate in two games on Saturday, October 31st, 2020. The event again will be making it’s return to the very nice…
The 4th Annual Southwest Basketball Camp – an exposure event, which will be held this week – August 3rd – August 4th, 2020 @ a NEW LOCATION, Arizona Sports Complex Training Center in Phoenix, AZ (Located @ 425 E Pinnacle Peak Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85024). Arizona-based basketball scout, Gregg Rosenberg (Arizona Varsity/ Prep Hoops AZ) will organize this exciting event, powered by The Show 8450. (ZERO FANS ALLOWED IN. GAMES WILL BE LIVE-STREAMED for college coaches to view). Top scouts who have covered this event: Josh Gershon (247Sports), Christian Popoola, Jerina Maydayag, Roy White, Gerry Freitas (Hoopreview.net), Frank Burlison (Burlisononbasketball), Anthony Ray (Arizona Preps) and Chris Karpman (247/SunDevilSource). A complete report of this year’s camp will be provided to college coaches across…