Now that the holidays have subsided and we are set for the second-half of the junior college season, one of the best junior college performances ever witnessed in Arizona took place over the holidays, as Central Arizona Junior College 5-foot-11 sophomore guard Andrew Leonard exploded for a magnificent 50-point effort in his team’s 115-82 win over Bismarck Junior College (ND) in the Fiesta Bowl Shootout event held at Mesa Junior College. In the epic performance turned in by Leonard in his team’s win, Leonard would go off – connecting on (13) three-pointers in the contest. The scoring outburst by Leonard…
Author: Anthony Ray
The 2018-2019 junior college basketball season is now in full swing and has taken shape. First-year Head CoachDuane Eason and his Phoenix College team have taken over first place overall in the conference, and are the top Division-II team in the ACCAC – standing alone in first place overall in the conference. Chandler-Gilbert and Pima JC are tied for second place among Division-II schools with a 4-2 conference record. Arizona Western and Cochise JC are currently tied for first place among Division-I programs in the conference. Here are this week’s Players of the Week in the ACCAC for the week of 1/8 .…
The 2018-2019 junior college basketball season is now in full swing and has taken shape. First-year Head CoachDuane Eason and his Phoenix College team have taken over first place overall in the conference, and are the top Division-II team in the ACCAC – standing alone in first place overall in the conference. Chandler-Gilbert and Pima JC are tied for second place among Division-II schools with a 4-2 conference record. Arizona Western and Cochise JC are currently tied for first place among Division-I programs in the conference with a 4-2 record as well. Here are this week’s Players of the Week in the…
Since arriving to the state of Arizona this fall and landing at AZ Compass Prep, 7-foot-2 senior post Chol Marial has not seen any action on the basketball court. In fact, he has not played any organized basketball for some time. After recovering from several nagging injuries to his legs, Marial has now recently been cleared to return to action and will look to pick up his play in January for AZ Compass Prep – a nice shot in the arm for the program, which has gone through a coaching change over the last month. Marial, the nation’s former #1 ranked…
Day one of this year’s McClintock Holiday Shootout took place on Wednesday on the campus of McClintock High School, with each of the teams in action on the day. Each year, and for many years now, this annual event’s tournament champion has given us a glimpse into the eventual state champion in a particular division. Day one of this long-time annual event kicked off with no real surprises. The biggest and maybe only surprise of the day though was featured in one of the evening games on the day, as Liberty High School (7-7) would lead Arcadia (8-6) for the…
The 12th annual VisitMesa.com Basketball Challenge will once again be held at Mesa Mountain View High School on December 26 – 29th, and will feature many of the state’s top high school programs, as well as some top-rated high school programs from the West. Our Arizona Preps’ staff will be in attendance throughout the week to bring you our top individual performers from the event. The action will begin on Wednesday and will conclude on Saturday with selected match-ups, which will be based on each team’s performance throughout the event. Here is this year’s schedule for this year’s exciting event . . . 2018 VMBC …
The annual and exciting McClintock Holiday Shootout will take place once again on the campus of McClintock High School from December 26 – 29th. The action will begin on Wednesday (12/26) morning and take place all day, until late in the evening. The action will carry over until Saturday evening, as this year’s champion will be crowned. The McClintock tournament always has exciting bracket play, and our Arizona Preps’ staff will be on hand this week to bring you our top performing teams and players from the event. This year’s field of teams will feature some excellent match-ups as the tournament progresses,…
With the passing of Christmas and the New Year upon us, our staff from Arizona Preps would like to wish all of our loyal viewers, subscribers and the entire basketball community in the state of Arizona and around the country a joyous holiday season! We wish everyone a wonderful time with your families and friends, and hope that you will all enjoy some much needed time off to reflect on all of the many blessings that we each possess and enjoy daily. Thank you to all of you that have supported our Arizona Preps website (19 years in operation, since…
The 2018-2019 junior college basketball season is now in full swing and is taking shape. Arizona Preps will be covering the season this year and will be bringing you coverage of the games, top performers and Players of the Week each week during the season. First-year Head CoachDuane Eason and his Phoenix College team have taken over first place overall in the conference, and are the top Division-II team in the ACCAC – standing alone in first place overall in the conference. Chandler-Gilbert and Pima JC are tied for second place among Division-II schools with a 4-2 conference record. Arizona Western and Cochise JC…
After recently opening up his college recruitment after de-committing from Santa Clara University, Mountain Pointe High School’s 6-foot-9 senior post Jalen Graham has found a new college home – giving a verbal commitment to Head Coach Bob Hurley and the rising Arizona State Sun Devils. The commitment and future signing of Graham is a big one for the Sun Devils, as Graham is a top-rated local product that has seen his college recruitment soar over the last (6) months, as he has become one of the elite 2019 post prospects in the West and even the country. Graham is coming…