South Mountain High School (23-5) has had a terrific season, led by a very strong coaching staff and a talented group of young prospects. Hard-working Head Coach Jeremy Soria and his team have the South Mountain community very excited this season, as the Jaguars are looking to win it all this high school season. On Friday evening, South Mountain hosted the quarterfinal 5A State Playoff game, as they would face another talented and focused high school program, Buena High School. Buena (25-4) is always consistent in their annual pursuit for a state title, as Head Coach Dave Glasgow is among…
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On Friday evening, #1 seed Millennium High School for 5A faced off against #9 seed McClintock HS on the campus of Millennium. Both teams have had strong seasons, but Millennium has been playing at a very high level late in the season, and are looking to make a run back to the state championship game. To start the playoff game, it was a back-and-forth fast-paced game for both teams. Millennium jumped out to an 11-8 lead early with 4:30 to go in the first quarter. They were able to stretch that to 14-8 with 3 minutes to go, and eventually…
On Wednesday evening, the 6A State Playoffs began around the state with many exciting first-round match-ups taking place. No first-round match-up was more exciting than a meeting between two of the state’s top 6A programs, #12 seed Perry High School and #5 seed Brophy Prep. Both these two programs were teams that I had predicted before the season would go deep into the 6A State Playoffs, but both programs have seen their struggles this high school season – making for a very exciting playoff contest on Wednesday evening. Perry (14-13) has one of the state’s most talented lineups, led by…
Cochise Junior College 6-foot-7 sophomore forward Naje Smith has been selected as the ACCAC’s Division-I Player of the Week, after the Spokane, Washington native received the honor for the third time this junior college season. Smith averaged 23.5 points and 8.5 rebounds in two Cochise wins last week. Pima Junior College 6-foot-5 sophomore guard Rashad Smith (Grand Canyon University signee) receives the Division-II honor, after Pima JC picked up a pair of wins last week. Smith averaged 25 points in both victories, which inluded a 30-point effort in a win over SOuth Mountain JC. Smith also shot an impressive 65%…
The state playoffs for the 2019-2020 boy’s high school basketball season are well underway in the Canyon Athletic Association (CAA). Here is an update by the CAA for each of their divisions for the state playoffs. Our Arizona Preps’ staff will be out in full force to bring you coverage of our top match-ups, as the 2019-2020 season comes to and end . . . Division 1 Quarterfinals will all be taking place on Tuesday, February 18th. Ville De Marie Academy will be playing Legacy Wickenburg. Pan American High School will be playing Trinity Christian. J ames Madison Prep will…
Scottsdale Junior College 6-foot-5 sophomore wing Xavier Fuller has been selected as the Division-II Player of the Week for the sixth time this season, after averaging 24 points and 9 rebounds during the week of Febuary 3rd through the 9th. During the week, Scottsdale JC defeated Phoenix, but lost to Pima. Fuller was impressive in both contests – shooting 51% from the field. The Division-I winner of the Player of the Week award went to Central Arizona’s 6-foot-2 freshman guard Brenton Woods. Woods, a native of Compton, California’s Scale Prep High School, averaged 17 points and 8 assists in wins…
The state playoffs for the 2019-2020 boy’s high school basketball season have began and it will be a very exciting time for each classification in the state – 1A through 6A. Here are the brackets for each of the divisions for the state playoffs. Our Arizona Preps’ staff will be out in full force to bring you coverage of our top match-ups, as the 2019-2020 season comes to and end. https://www.azpreps365.com/brackets/basketball-boys
It was a showdown between two of the top unsigned prospects in Arizona’s senior class, as Buckeye High School’s skilled 6-foot-1 senior point guard Tay Boothman (pictured) faced off against Shadow Mountain’s talented 6-foot-4 senior guard Shemar Morrow in the first round of the 4A State Playoffs. Buckeye (24-4) has had an excellent season and entered Tuesday night’s first round state playoff match-up as winners of (7) of their last (8) games on the season. Shadow Mountain (15-9) was looking to advance and have a chance to win their 5th consecutive state title, but the road would have to continue…
Shadow Mountain High School (16-8) is beginning their quest for another state championship, their fifth in a row. In the state’s 4A Division, this season the Matadors have had a much tougher road this season, than in year’s past when they absolutely blew out their competition in the division. This season has been a much different experience thus far for Shadow, but the coaching staff believes they are now ready to get it done. The pursuit for this year’s repeat 4A State Title ultimately began on Friday evening in a 4A state playoff play-in game with Seton Catholic HS. Seton…
For the first time in its 19-year history, the Jordan Brand Classic (JBC) will host elite male and female high school senior basketball players in the city where Michael Jordan rose to legend status. The JBC will take place at Wintrust Arena in downtown Chicago on March 27th, with the girls game tipping off at 6:00pm followed by the boys game at 8:00pm CST. Additional information on the Jordan Brand Classic, along with full rosters for the girls and boys teams can be found below. Past JBC participants include Carmelo Anthony, Anthony Davis, Kevin Durant, Blake Griffin, LeBron James, Chris…