The ACCAC Division-I & II Tournament will begin this weekend on Saturday, March 2nd for Division-I schools, and will pick up on Wednesday, March 6th for Division-II programs. #1 seed Cochise College will face Eastern Arizona on Saturday evening, while Arizona Western will take on Mesa Junior College for Division-I programs in the ACCAC. #1 seed Pima Junior College will face Glendale Junior College on Wednesday, while Scottsdale Junior College and Chandler-Gilbert will match-up. Here is the schedule for the ACCAC’s tournament . . . Sat. 2 Eastern Arizona College Cochise College 7:00 PM Division 1, Region 1 Tournament – Semifinals Wed.…
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The Spring Break High Intensity Skills Clinic will be held for middle school prospects and high school-aged prospects on March 11 – 12th @ The PHHacility. The clinic will be organized by former division-I coach and NBA skills trainer Phil Beckner. This is a high-level event that will be limited to 50 prospects. Join the Forum discussion on this post
It was a match-up that had many basketball enthusiasts had been excited about for some time, as it would be a rematch game between AZ Compass Prep and Bella Vista Prep. Last season, the two programs had faced off in epic fashion on the AZ Compass campus. After an amazing first half-performance by Bella Vista’s Terry Armstrong (University of Arizona signee), AZ Compass Prep would come from behind in the game’s second half to win it, led by the play of now University of Utah freshman guard Both Gach. The performances by Gach and Armstrong were terrific last season and…
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. Long-time highly successful head coach Jerry Carrillo and Cochise College have taken over first place in the division among Division-I programs in the ACCAC, and have widened the gap between them and the rest of the league. Cochise continues to hold on the conference lead with a nice 18-2 conference record. Cochise currently stands alone in first place by (4) games for division-I programs. Arizona Western JC is in second place, with a 14-6 conference record among…
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. Long-time highly successful head coach Jerry Carrillo and Cochise College have taken over first place in the division among Division-I programs in the ACCAC, and have widened the gap between them and the rest of the league. Cochise continues to hold on the conference lead with a nice 18-2 conference record. Cochise currently stands alone in first place by (4) games for division-I programs. Arizona Western JC is in second place, with a 14-6 conference record among…
The recruiting process is now finally over for Hillcrest Prep’s talented 6-foot-9 senior forward Dischon Thomas. After a long recruiting process, where Thomas first gave a verbal commitment to the University of Nevada, then decided to re-open his college recruitment, he has now made his college decision once again. After thinking over his options for the spring, Thomas has found his right fit before the start to the late signing period. This weekend, Thomas decided to end his college recruitment and give a verbal pledge to Colorado State University and Head Coach Niko Medved and his coaching staff – a very nice…
Apollo High School (25-3) has their sights set on winning another state championship this high school season, after a tremendous run in the early 2000’s by the program. For this Apollo program, there was no better way to continue their state championship goal than to dethrone the two-time defending state champion Sunnyslope Vikings (18-9). The quest to win a state title should go through the defending state champion, and that is exactly what happened on Friday evening for Apollo, as they would face the 5A defending champions at home. The match-up would become an absolute statement game for the top overall…
Brophy Prep (14-12) has had a very interesting season and has been hard to figure out for Head Coach Matt Hooten and his coaching staff. After a very slow start to the high school season where they lost 5 of their first 6 games, Brophy would upset then #1 Mountain Pointe (63-61). They would then win 7 of their next 8 contests on the season. But then Brophy would struggle late in the season, as the team prepared for this year’s 6A State Playoffs – losing (3) games in a row, before getting a big win over Hamilton and entering…
It is easy to forget this season that as we entered the Division-II State Playoffs for the Canyon Athletic Association (CAA), Skyline Prep High School, which lost a lot to graduation last season, entered this year’s state playoffs as the two-time defending State Champions. After winning their second-consecutive state championship last season, the program graduated key members to last season’s team and former successful and hard-working Head Coach Jace Romero left the program to pursue other endeavors. The program returned this season with a completely new lineup and a new leader, as former New York basketball legend and former Villanova…
The CAA Boy’s Basketball State Playoffs for the CAA is already underway and will continue this week for the Division-I and Division-II state playoffs across the state. The Arizona Preps’ staff will be out in full force to bring you coverage of some of the top match-ups in the state playoffs, until we crown the state champions for both divisions. Here are the individual playoff brackets for both divisions in the state’s CAA state playoffs . . . CAA Division-I State Playoff Brackets CAA Division-II State Playoff Brackets Join the Forum discussion on this post