Arizona Western (5-1, 12-2) improved their ACCAC league-leading record to 5-1 on the season with a nice road win over a tough Phoenix College (4-2, 11-3) team. Arizona Western would get off to an excellent start in this one, and would not look back – posting a narrow 78-75 win after a strong comeback from Phoenix. Arizona Western (AWC) is led by the play of the conference’s top overall freshman prospect, 6-foot-6 freshman wing Andre Jones. The last time I watched Arizona Western defeat Mesa JC on the road, earlier this season, Jones was not in action (injured). This time…
Author: Anthony Ray
The nation’s #1 ranked team, South Plains Junior College (TX) came to Arizona over the winter break – proving their dominance and winning this year’s Fiesta Bowl Shootout at Mesa Junior College. In the tournament’s semi-finals, South Plains (14-0) would knock off the nation’s then #4 team and also the defending junior college national champions, Salt Lake City Junior College (UT). South Plains is absolutely loaded with serious talent and would eventually tire out a talented Salt Lake team – leading to a big 85-69 victory and advancing to the tournament’s final game on Friday. South Plains would utilize an…
Hillcrest Prep Academy 6-foot, 165-pound senior point guard prospect Virshon Cotton has seen his college recruitment soar this fall, and now another school has entered the recruiting fold. On Friday, Cotton received another offer. This time Cotton received anoffer from a school in the Ivy League Conference, as Brown University gave an offer to Cotton. Cotton also possesses division-I scholarship offers from UC-Davis, Northern Arizona, Southern Utah, NJIT, Robert Morris, North Dakota and Winona State. Cotton is one of the shiftiest guard prospects in the West. A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Cotton moved to the state of Arizona this high…
Scholarship offers continue to pour in for St. Mary’s High School’s versatile post prospect, 6-foot-10, 205-pound junior KJ Hymes. The talented and sizeable prospect has received double-digit offers up to this point, and this week he received another offer from a high-major division-I program in the PAC-12 Conference. This week, after already possessing several PAC-12 offers, Hymes received an offer from the University of Colorado and head coach Tad Boyle and his staff. Hymes also already has offers from Michigan, Cal, Virginia, Oklahoma, St. John’s, Washington, Arizona State, Georgia Tech, Clemson, Memphis and Grand Canyon. Hymes has as much upside as…
While there are several top-rated members of the 2019 Class in the West that have not yet received an offer from the University of Arizona, the state of Arizona’s top overall prospect in the class has. Salpointe Catholic High School’s 6-foot-5 superb sophomore wing prospect Majok Deng has received numerous offers of late, but this week he received his biggest offer yet – an offer from the University of Arizona. The offer from the Wildcats came after Deng has taken several unofficial recruiting visits to the school’s campus, since Deng attends school and lives near U of A’s campus. Deng…
While many of the top prospects in Arizona’s 2017 class have already given verbal commitments to college programs across the country, Some student-athletes this spring will still be looking to land a college home. One of those prospects is Mesa High School’s talented 6-foot-5 senior forward DJ Henderson. Among the top available unsigned prospects, Henderson’s situation is a unique one for college coaches to take a look at. What makes Henderson’s situation so unique is that academically, Henderson still has a lot of work to do in the classroom. So much that he will not be able to get it…
In case you missed it, our top overall prospect in Arizona’s girls basketball for the 2017 Class in the state, Valley Vista High School’s 6-foot-2 senior post Kiara Edwards, has signed a division-I scholarship with San Diego State University. Edwards is an elite-level prospect in the state of Arizona, regardless of class. As a result, Edwards played for the Arizona Magic girls program, and finished her club career for the final two seasons with the West Coast Premier (CA), a Nike EYBL team and one of the most successful club programs in the country. Edwards has had an excellent career…
On Wednesday evening at this year’s exciting McClintock Holiday Shootout, as expected, top-ranked Shadow Mountain improved their undefeated record on the season – advancing to the tournament’s championship game after a 77-57 victory over a talented Chandler team. In the final game of the evening, Hamilton, led by head coach Doug Harris and his staff, were able to squeak past Brophy Prep on a last second shot, 46-44. Shadow Mountain (15-0) has been the class of this year’s event and also of the high school season, as the Matadors have displayed a toughness and level of confidence as a team…
The annual Fiesta Bowl Junior College Shootout will take place on the campus of Mesa Community College this week, and will feature several top-rated national junior college programs. The nation’s #1 ranked program, South Plains (TX) and last year’s defending national champion, Salt Lake City JC (UT) will be in competition for this year’s event – making for an exciting tournament. Here is some important information on this week’s event, including the game schedule . . . WHAT: 2016 Fiesta Bowl Junior College Shootout WHEN: December 28 – 30th WHERE: Mesa Community College (Theo Heap Gymnasium) Ticket Prices: (3-day) Tournament…
On day two of this year’s McClintock Holiday Shootout, the day and the performance of the event would belong to Shadow Mountain High School (14-0) and 6-foot-2 sophomore guard Jaelen House. House would explode for a big scoring performance as his team would aboslutely route a gifted and well coached Mountain Pointe team, 96-46, in the second round of this year’s event. In the game, House would score 14 of his team’s first 16 points, as he would score from anywhere on the floor. House was on cruise control and displaying a level of confidence on the floor, that we…