One of the most athletic junior college talents in the country has had to overcome a lot of diversity for himself. After academic issues and a troubled past, the gifted 6-foot-7 sophomore forward Kwintin Williams has seriously improved his academic resume, and is now on pace to graduate. As a result, many college programs are now in pursuit of Williams. He will take his first official recruiting visit this weekend to a program in the Big-West Conference. On Friday morning, Williams will take a flight to California for an official recruiting visit to Cal State Northridge. Williams took an unofficial…
Author: Anthony Ray
The 2016-2017 junior college basketball season in the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (ACCAC) is in full swing now for women’s junior college basketball. Here are this week’s Players of the Week in women’s basketball in the conference . . . ACCAC D-I Player of the Week: Veronica Preciado – Eastern Arizona Eastern Arizona’s Veronica Preciado averaged 21.5 points, 3 rebounds and 2 steals per/game – helping the Gila Monsters to wins over Chandler-Gilbert JC and Central Arizona JC last week. Preciado has won this honor numerous times this year, and is having an excellent season. ACCAC D-II Player of the Week: Bree…
The very coveted 6A State Championship is the top state class of it’s kind in the state of Arizona, and this season the Arizona Interscholastic Association (AIA) introduced the 6A Division for Arizona high school basketball. Whether it was the 6A trophy or last year’s Division-I trophy, the Basha Bears (31-1) had an amazing season – finishing with an a near perfect record and defeating former state juggernaut Corona Del Sol 75-65 for the 6A State Championship. In front of a ridiculous crowd at Grand Canyon University for the second night in a row, the state’s top two teams in…
It was the third time these two teams would meet this high school season, and it would be no different, as the last two meetings were much of the same – exciting, electric basketball action between these two teams of players. While Apollo (26-4) had won the last two close games, and the last meeting resulting in an amazing triple-overtime victory by Apollo, Monday evening would see the tables turned, as Sunnyslope (27-4) would become the victor in the final game of the season, the one that mattered the most – winning this year’s 5A State Championship with a 58-57…
It was a big contest for both Mesa and Pima Junior College on Saturday evening, as both teams are in the playoff hunt in the ACCAC. These two teams would not disappoint as they would fight hard until the end, before Mesa JC would pull out the exciting home victory in overtime, 94-93, despite 27 points and 11 rebounds from Pima 6-foot-8 sophomore forward Deion James. Both teams competed hard for the entire game but in the first half, the teams looked to gain an edge on one another consistently. Mesa JC hard-working and gifted 7-foot freshman post James Hampshire…
The future is superbly bright for Pinnacle High School’s star 6-foot-2 freshman combo-guard prospect Nico Mannion. After a ridiculous freshman season for this young man, many high-major division-I programs are already looking to stake claim on the young phenom. This week, after Mannion recently received a huge offer from the University of Arizona, he would receive another huge offer from top-ranked UCLA. Mannion also already has offers from Arizona State and Cal State Northridge, with many more scholarship offers on the horizon. Mannion led his Pinnacle HS team this season to a 22-7 overall record, and a 6A state playoff…
Chaparral High School’s gifted guard prospect, 6-foot-2 unsigned senior point guard Colton Kresl, is among the most talented performers in the state, but has flown well below the recruiting radar. While Kresl has received loads of division-I interest from college coaches, he has not generated many college scholarship offers. This week, UNLV’s coachings staff expressed their desire to make Kresl a Running Rebel. UNLV assistant coach Andre LeFleur came out to see Kresl earlier this season in a workout at Chaparral High School and left impressed with the guard prospect. LeFleur called this week and expressed interest in having Kresl…
How sweet it is for Skyline Prep head coach Jace Romero, after winning this year’s CAA State Championship on Friday evening at Talking Stick Resort Arena. The championship victory came in an epic 69-65 overtime win over favored Tri-City Christian High School. Tri-City had blown out Skyline Prep at home earlier in the season (72-47). “I didn’t think we could do it,” said Romero after the game. “We worked on sharing the basketball and shooting all week. We really came out hot in the first half.” Skyline Prep came out firing on all cylinders in this game. With UCLA assistant…
The Final Four for 2017 will be held in the state of Arizona the week of March 30th with much anticipation. With the event being held in Arizona for the first time this year, Arizona Preps will be hosting (2) different parties for the week of the event. While we will be providing much more information in the up-and-coming weeks for college coaches, here is some brief information on two events that we will be hosting for college coaches, scouts and media the week of the exciting event, including our exciting exposure event, the Arizona Preps Spring Classic on Sunday,…
Anthem Prep High School’s 6-foot-8, 185-pound junior post Trey Wood made a significant jump in our recent 2018 Class Player Rankings for our Arizona Hoop Review Scouting Report, which we provide directly to college coaches. Wood put up serious numbers this high school season after missing much of the 2016 club season with an injury. Wood will soon begin to receive loads of college recruitment this spring, as he is a very unique talent. The level of college that Wood lands at will be very interesting, and will be determined a great deal by his performance next spring and summer.…