With the 2017-2018 high school basketball season officially getting underway on Monday, there were numerous tournaments taking place across the state on the evening. I decided to attend a charter school tournament for the time first time ever, as the annual Turkey Shootout took place on Monday with numerous teams in action. Organized by Skyline Prep HS and head coach Jace Romero and his staff, this event annually features some of the state’s top charter school programs. With numerous teams in action on the evening, I was able to catch an evening game between AZ Compass Prep’s high school team…
Author: Anthony Ray
The 2017-2018 Arizona high school basketball season is set to get underway this week around the state with numerous Thanksgiving pre-season tournaments – setting up another exciting high school basketball season. There will be hundreds of teams and players getting underway this week, and it will be another exciting season of basketball. In the former words of past South Mountain High School head coach, now current UCLA assistant David Grace, “I know it’s going to be a good day, because I hear balls bouncing.” This season will be an exciting one again as it will be highlighted by several teams…
On day two of this year’s Duel in the Desert showcase event, the day was highlighted by two games in the evening which featured a nice match-up between Prolific Prep (CA) and Bella Vista Prep, and then another exciting match-up between Hillcrest Prep and Findlay Prep (NV). While both games would attract a lot of fans and excitement, only one of the games would deliver. Bella Vista would fall on a last second shot to undefeated Prolific, while Findlay Prep would roll against a talented Hillcrest Prep team. The Duel in the Desert event is part of the Grind Session…
Shadow Mountain High School has completely dominated the state of Arizona’s basketball opposition for numerous years now, and this up-and-coming high school basketball season will, not only, be much of the same, but this season the Matadors will have their most loaded team of all. Rather than focus on simply another state championship this high school season, Shadow Mountain will be on completely another level, as they set their sights on a national championship. Shadow is coming off their first scrimmage this week against Horizon High School – a scrimmage which they won by more than 70 points! This week’s…
Shadow Mountain High School has completely dominated the state of Arizona’s basketball opposition for numerous years now, and this up-and-coming high school basketball season will, not only, be much of the same, but this season the Matadors will have their most loaded team of all. Rather than focus on simply another state championship this high school season, Shadow Mountain will be on completely another level, as they set their sights on a national championship. Last season’s Shadow Mountain (27-1) ballclub finished with a perfect season in Arizona, before traveling to New York at the end of the season to face…
The season off to a great start in the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (ACCAC), as teams are now positioning themselves for a strong start on the season, until league play begins. Cochise, Chandler-Gilbert and South Mountain JC are each 4-0 to start the season, while Arizona Western fell to 4-1, after an overtime re-match loss (83-82) to Howard JC (TX). Arizona Western started off the season extremely hot, after big road wins over top-rated South Plains (TX) and Howard (TX) on the road. Here are the Players of the Week in the ACCAC, as selected by the league .…
Day one of this weekend’s Duel of the Desert prep event on the Grind Session circuit proved to be about the return to the state of Arizona by Prolific Prep (CA) 6-foot-5, 195-pound senior guard Jared Martin (Montana State commit). Martin decided to leave the state for his senior season for the lure to play for one of the elite prep programs in the West. On Friday evening, he made his return to the state and led his program with some terrific shooting in a 82-61 win over Taylor Made Prep. In the win, Martin led the way for his…
AZ Compass Prep traveled to the state of Nevada this week to take on high school power Findlay Prep (NV) in their second game of the high school season. AZ Compass would make it a good contest, until falling to Findlay Prep, 102-84. In the loss, 6-foot-3 senior guard Dwayne Walker would come up big – scoring 37 points in his team’s loss. Walker is a native of Milwaukee, WI, and moved to the state this high school season to improve his exposure to college coaches and develop as a player, while playing for AZ Compass Prep. Walker attended Juneau…
Recently, Hillcrest Prep received a nice addition to their program, when former 2017 Basha High School graduate Gabe McGlothan decided to join their program. The ultra-athletic and talented 6-foot-6, 210-pound recently decided to leave Army West Point this fall and re-open his college recruitment. McGlothan and athletic 6-foot-3 prep guard Demarius Jacobs will now join the program’s National team for the high school season- teaming up with top-rated national prospect Kyree Walker (Arizona State commit), 6-foot-10 senior post KJ Hymes (University of Nevada commit), , 6-foot-9 junior Dischon Thomas (University of Nevada commit), 6-foot-9 junior post JB Mukeba and 6-foot-3…
AZ Compass Prep’s new National High School team is very talented this high school season. The program had their first big win of the high school season on Monday evening – an 86-82 win over a talented Hillcrest Prep Post-Graduate team at home. The game was a very exciting contest between two of the state’s top teams. Here is a highlight video of the AZ Compass Prep program by AZ Finest Mixtape – the best in the business . . . Join the Forum discussion on this post