South Mountain Junior College (7-1, 2-0) has been through some changes this season, after re-hiring former long-time head coach Dan Nichols just before the start to the season. While the coaching change would be an adjustment for this year’s Cougars’ team, the group has not missed a beat this season, as they are off to an excellent start. On Wednesday evening, South Mountain would host a talented Arizona Western team that would be without the services of several key players. South Mountain would capitalize on the evening, as they would look very confident in the contest – getting what they…
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The season off to a great start in the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (ACCAC), as teams are now beginning league play. Here are the Players of the Week in the ACCAC, as selected by the league . . . ACCAC D-I Player of the Week: Rayvaughn Bolton – Freshman Guard – Eastern Arizona College Bolton had 29 points while shooting 66% from the field and 50% from 3-point range, 3 assists, and 2 rebounds, in a conference win for Eastern to move them to 6-2 on the season. ACCAC D-II Player of the Week: Jacob Inclan – Sophomore Forward – South Mountain Community College…
Now that the 2017-2018 junior college basketball season is now underway, it is time to turn our attention to the junior college ranks and look out for the top prospects to watch in the conference this season. The conference is loaded with talent this season at the freshman level. Here are the top overall freshman prospects in the ACCAC to look for this junior college season (In no particular order). Most of these individuals likely will need two years in the junior college ranks before moving on to a four year school, due to academics . . . Trever Irish …
The season off to a great start in the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (ACCAC), as teams are now beginning league play. Here are the Players of the Week in the ACCAC, as selected by the league . . . ACCAC D-I Player of the Week: Chaz Mack – Sophomore Forward – Cochise College Chaz Mack is off to a strong start in the conference. He scored 22 points, while shooting 50% from the field and collected 8 rebounds in a win for Cochise to move them to 5-0 on the season. ACCAC D-II Player of the Week: Dom Bradley – Sophomore Forward -…
It just might have been a preview to this year’s 5A State Championship game, as the state’s top team teams in the division faced off in exciting fashion in the finals of this year’s Hoopsgiving pre-season tournament at Sunnyslope High School on Friday evening. Sunnyslope (3-1) would host in the event, and look to win the tournament championship again, after appearing in the 5A state finals the last two seasons, and winning the 2017 State Championship. Deer Valley High School (4-0) is our favorite this high school season to get there as well, as the team is absolutely loaded with…
Arizona high school student-athletes today do not know much about Arizona’s rich high school basketball tradition, but the state of Arizona has produced a large number of top college and professional players over the years. While the state is not widely recognized as a hotbed for basketball talent around the country, when you stop and think about it, if you know anything about our rich history, you would realize that the state has produced many great players at every college level – players that have paved the way for many Arizona high school basketball players today. Two of the best…
We would like to wish everyone in the Arizona basketball community a Happy Thanksgiving from the entire Arizona Preps’ staff, which includes a large number of people that have helped to make this website one of the best in the business – covering Arizona high school and junior college basketball since 1999. To all the high school, prep school and junior college coaches and players in the state, we would like to give thanks to all of you for your efforts in coaching and playing the game to the best of your ability every night. We would also like to…
Sunnyslope High School (3-0), the defending 5A State Champions, are already rolling this high school season – sporting a very poised team that has done this before, several times. Led by the overall play of 6-foot-4, 175-pound senior forward Kyle Fischer and an experienced and balanced attack, the Vikings would cruise past a very talented Rancho Solano Prep (2-1) team on Wednesday evening in the semi-finals of their annual Hoopsgiving Pre-season Tournament – advancing to the tournament’s championship game. Rancho Solano is one of the state’s most talented teams, but they are still very young. It would show on Wednesday…
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame’s Hoophall West High School Invitational will again be held at Chaparral High School on December 8-9, 2017 and will, again, be loaded with top-rated national talent from across the country. Our Arizona Preps’ staff will be in attendance again for this year’s event, and will bring you complete coverage of the event’s top performers. Here are the exciting details for this year’s event . . . American Family Insurance Hoophall West Game Schedule Friday, December 8th 3:30 PM Oak Hill Academy, VA vs. Lone Peak High School, UT 5:15 PM Shadow Mountain High…
AZ Compass Prep’s National Team is very talented in their first season. After coming back from their biggest test of the season, where they faced a gifted Findlay Prep (NV) team, which resulted in a loss, the team was ready to get back to business in a local prep match-up at home with CGM Prep Academy on Tuesday evening. CGM Prep Academy is a new prep program in Arizona, that features (7) different post-graduate teams – compiling close to 100 different student-athletes in their program. Led by Greg Strickland, Derrick Ulrich and former division-I basketball coach and player Tony Miller, the program…