The AIA Boy’s Basketball State Playoffs for the AIA will get underway this week in every division across the state. The Arizona Preps’ staff will be out this week 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 each division. Here are the individual playoff brackets for each division in the state’s AIA state playoffs . . . 2019 AIA Boys Basketball 6A State Championship 2019 AIA Boys Basketball 5A State Championship 2019 AIA Boys Basketball 4A State Championship 2019 AIA Boys Basketball 3A State…
Author: Anthony Ray
Eastern Arizona Junior College (15-9, 8-9) is playing their best basketball of the junior college season, but so is Glendale Junior College, as the two teams battled on Saturday afternoon on the campus of Glendale JC. The two teams would come into Saturday’s match-up with two completely different stories surrounding their programs. Eastern Arizona is a very athletic team team with loads of talent this season. Unfortunately for Head Coach Maurice Leitzke, the team has underachieved thus far this season, but are now playing their best basketball of the season, and will look to capitalize on their success from Saturday. …
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 15-2 conference record. Cochise currently stands alone in first place by (3) games for division-I programs. Arizona Western JC is in second place, with a 12-5 conference record…
One of the top unsigned prospects in Arizona’s 2019 senior class is AZ Compass Prep 6-foot-5 senior guard Carlos Ramsey. A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he attended Destiny High School, Ramsey moved to the state of Arizona this fall to attend AZ Compass for his senior season. Ultimately, the move was predicated on raising his overall college recruitment, and, even though his recruitment has yet to fully take off, Ramsey proved this week in his team’s loss to Hillcrest Prep that he is worthy of some serious recruiting attention. Currently, Ramsey has one scholarship offer to his credit from…
Tuesday evening was a very exciting evening for basketball enthusiasts in the state of Arizona, and especially anyone involved with the Hillcrest Prep or AZ Compass Prep programs. These two powerhouse prep programs faced off with loads of division-I talent on the floor for spectators to marvel at. The atmosphere was intense as both programs looked to stake their claim with the big victory. Both claims for both programs were different in nature though. For the loaded Hillcrest Prep program, who has been the established top prep program in the state for some time now, and is looking to take their…
The Super Bowl Prep Showcase took place this weekend and was presented by Planet Athlete and Tournament Organizer Eric Bowman. Held on the campus of AZ Compass Prep, the event featured such local prep programs as Hillcrest Prep, AZ Compass Prep and Planet Athlete, and also featured some prep programs from abroad. Bowman put together a good event for the weekend, just before the Super Bowl took off on Sunday. The event was well organized and included some good solid talent to take a look at. I was able to catch some of the action on Saturday, and here are the…
The Hillcrest Prep basketball program has consistently climbed to new heights over the past (5) years, and is on another level these days in the state of Arizona – bringing loads of national attention and respect to the state of Arizona. Recently, the prep program took it to a completely next level, as they took a long international trip to China and faced off with top-rated talent around the country. Hillcrest was led by the terrific play of 6-foot-5, 205-pound junior guard Kyree Walker, who exploded on the tour – averaging more than 30+ points per/game and leading Hillcrest to a very…
Shadow Mountain High School is the class of the state of Arizona, and has been the state’s most dominant basketball program for many years now – almost unbeatable for any program in Arizona. Led by former NBA point guard and Arizona basketball legend Mike Bibby, the program continues to reach new heights each season. Recently, Shadow Mountain faced undefeated and top-ranked McEachern High School (GA) in an epic showdown at the Bass Pro Tournament of Champions. This game was one of it’s kind in terms of defensive effort and overall intensity. Here is a highlight video of this epic contest .…
Pinnacle High School’s superstar 6-foot-3 senior guard Nico Mannion (University of Arizona signee) is the best overall guard in the nation’s 2019 Class. Recently, Mannion was selected as a 2019 McDonald’s All-American. Mannion will compete on a loaded roster of players at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia on March 27th. Joining Mannion on the West Roster will be former Arizona high school basketball product Josh Green (University of Arizona signee). Green left the state of Arizona last season to play for a dominant IMG Academy in Florida – leaving Hillcrest Prep after they had just won a National Championship on the Grind Circuit. Green will have two teammates from IMG joining…
The University of Arizona has come back in a major way after a spring recruiting season (2018) where they saw several of their top-rated prospects de-commit from the program. Just a recruiting period later, the program returned to dominance – landing several of the top prospects in the country, each with Arizona ties. After signing superstar guard Nico Mannion of Pinnacle HS and Josh Green of IMG Academy (FL), a former Arizona product, the Wildcats also signed Bella Vista Prep’s gifted 2019 prospect, 6-foot-7, 175-pound senior wing Terry Armstrong. Armstrong is among the top prospects in the country’s 2019 class. He emerged at Bella Vista Prep last season, after relocating…