The Arizona State Team Camp was held this past weekend on the campus of Arizona State University in fine fashion, as the ASU staff hosted their 4th Annual Team Camp. Organized by Director of Operations Derrick Wrobel and the ASU coaching staff, this weekend’s camp was the 4th and best installment for the Sun Devil staff, as the camp featured many top high school programs from the state and the West, and also included a prep school and a few club teams. Millennium High School would continue to prove why they are a favorite to win it all in the AIA’s 6A…
Author: Anthony Ray
The AZ Compass Prep program has developed a great deal over the past three years, since the emergence of the program’s desire to create a national prep basketball program. After two consistent seasons where the program has produced some top-rated collegiate talent, the program prepares to enter the 2019-2020 basketball season with the program’s best collection of talent yet. This week, the program announced that 6-foot-11, 210-pound rising senior post Fallou Diagne would be joining the Chandler-based prep program. The move comes in very surprising fashion as Diagne was very happy with Tri-City Christian High School, also located in Chandler.…
One of the elite prospects in America’s 2020 Class is Bella Vista Prep’s 6-foot-7, 195-pound rising senior guard/forward Addison Patterson. A native of Milton, Canada, Patterson came to Bella Vista Prep last season, and helped the program win a Grind Session National Championship. One of the top recruited prospects in the class, Patterson is now mulling over his options for the future, as he considers whether to be a part of the 2019 or 2020 Class. Currently, Patterson is thinking things over and could decide to attend a college program this fall, or he could attend another year of prep…
Reggie Fox Takes the Helm at Bella Vista Basketball, Coach Kyle Weaver to Develop His Third Prep Program PHOENIX, June 28, 2019 – Bella Vista College Prep has named Reggie Fox to succeed Kyle Weaver as the Director of men’s basketball and Head Coach of the Bella Vista College Prep Boy’s National Team. Fox brings a wealth of coaching and playing experience to Bella Vista, as the program looks to continue to build on a remarkable season last year that culminated with hoisting the trophy at the 2019 Chick-Fil-A National Division Championship, as well earning the title of Grind Session…
In breaking news on Friday morning, former Bella Vista Prep Head Coach Kyle Weaver announced that he would be leaving Grind Session National Champion Bella Vista Prep to build the new Dream City Christian basketball program – taking over the former Joy Christian basketball program, and developing a new prep basketball program in the Northwest valley. After helping build the historic Hillcrest Prep basketball program, and then moving on to build and develop the Bella Vista Prep program, local valley basketball aficionado Kyle Weaver has now decided to build his third national prep basketball program, Dream City Christian Prep. Weaver…
In one of the first events of its kind, the Section 7 Basketball Event, put on by the Arizona Basketball Coaches Association, set what now should be the standard on high school organized live-period events. With over 300 hundred college coaches in attendance, the ABCA showcased a ridiculous amount of games and prospects. With it virtually being impossible to take in all the action, here are the prospects who stood out that I had the opportunity to see . . . Tyler Patterson, 6 ft 6, SG, 2020, Mount Si High School Tyler is a player with good size on the high school…
One of the top overall prospects from last weekend’s Section 7 Tournament proved just how dominant a guard prospect that he is, as Cesar Chavez High School’s talented 6-foot-4, 180-pound rising junior guard Ty Ty Washington took center stage with his high school program and demanded the attention of college coaches in attendance. Washington has been regarded as one of the elite guard prospects in the state for some time, and now, as he prepares to enter his senior season, many college programs are now lining up to land the gifted combo-guard prospect for the future. As a result of…
The state of Arizona has seen it’s level of basketball extend to completely another level over the past several years, as more and more basketball talent has moved to the state through the introduction of new prep schools in the state. This past weekend though, the state saw it’s level of basketball rise to an even new level as the state introduced the Section 7 Basketball Team Camp to the valley – a tremendous success for everyone involved. It has been quite a long time since anyone has seen a large number of college basketball coaches in the state of…
Hillcrest Prep 6-foot-7 rising senior forward prospect Andre Harris is no stranger to scholarship offers. In fact, he has many of them already on the table from schools at numerous different levels. But this week, Harris received one of his biggest offers to date, as he earned a scholarship offer from a program in the Big-East Conference. Harris earned the offer from strong play on the spring club circuit, while traveling with the California-based Compton Magic (CA) program. The team is absolutely loaded with talent and Harris has been a big piece for the heavily Adidas-sponsored national program. On the…
One of my favorite prospects this spring that I witnessed in action was Paradise Valley High School’s skilled and rugged 6-foot-7 rising junior wing prospect Moses Demalek. Demalek emerged as one of the better prospects in Arizona’s 2021 Class this spring with numerous strong performances – proving his overall value amongst the class. Demalek is different, in the fact that he is a very skilled and athletic wing prospect with an ability to score the basketball from many different areas of the floor, while also being able to facilitate for others. He is a tough, hardnosed defender as well, his…