One of Arizona’s top overall prospects in the 2017 class is Desert Vista High School’s talented 6-foot-6, 190-pound junior wing Caleb Simmons. While most prospects in the class are still in the process of defining themesleves as college prospects, Simmons emerged early in the class as a top-rated prospect. As a result, Simmons has garnered much recruiting attention early from numerous college programs, and has five different scholarship offers on the table for himself. I watched Simmons this week as his team defeated a visiting Hamilton High School team, 61-49, on Tuesday at Desert Vista HS. In the aftermatch of…
Author: Anthony Ray
The 2015-2016 junior college basketball season in the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (ACCAC) is now in full swing. Here are this week’s Players of the Week in men’s basketball in the conference . . . ACCAC D-I Player of the Week: Darrian Ringo, Eastern Arizona Darrian Ringo had a great week for Eastern Arizona – averaging 25.5 points, 7.5 assists, 6 rebounds and 3.5 steals in two ACCAC wins. Ringo shot 55% from the field for the Gila Monsters and made an impressive 15 of his 16 free throw attempts. ACCAC D-II Player of the Week: Connor MacDougall, South Mountain Connor MacDougall…
The 2015-2016 junior college basketball season in the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (ACCAC) is now in full swing. Here are this week’s Players of the Week in women’s basketball in the conference . . . ACCAC D-I Player of the Week: Tania Pierre-Emile – Eastern Arizona Eastern Arizona’s Tania Pierre-Emile averaged 12 points and 8 rebounds in wins over Glendale and Chandler-Gilbert JC last week. She also added 2 steals and 4 blocks in the two contests. ACCAC D-II Player of the Week: Alexis Delgado – Phoenix College In big wins over Arizona Western and Pima JC last week, Phoenix College’s Alexis…
The Southwest Showcase Middle School Discovery Camp took place this Saturday afternoon in Chandler, Arizona. Organized and directed by tournament organizers Ron Coleman and Chad Groth, this event included some of the state’s top prospects from middle school and younger – including prospects from 5th through 8th grades. The event was filled with instruction and camp games and included lunch for the participants. The Arizona Preps’ staff was in attendance for this year’s event. Here were the top performers we saw from this year’s event, led by co-Tournament MVP’s, 6-foot 8th grader Zeke Thompkins and 5-foot-10 8th grader Bo Williams…
South Mountain Junior College (12-9, 8-5) is one of the hottest teams in the ACCAC Conference – winners of their last (3) games on the season. The team has had consistent and strong play this season from several players, but much of the reason for the team’s resurgence has been the play of 6-foot-4, 195-pound freshman wing Terrence Johnson. Johnson has been on a tear as of late, and has moved into the conference’s league leaders among scorers in the conference. Johnson was recently selected as the ACCAC’s Player of the Week after a huge 36 point, 6 rebound performance…
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Arizona’s 2018 class of prospects got much better this off-season when 6-foot-7 sophomore forward Dischon Thomas moved to the state of Arizona from North Carolina. Thomas immediately became one of the top prospects in the class as a result, and has proven himself this high school season after transferring into Cesar Chavez High School. Thomas comes from great basketball bloodlines, as his father Howard Thomas is a former top-rated basketball player and also a coach and student of the game. His father formerly coached one of the nation’s top shoe-sponsored club programs, D-One Sports (NC). As a result, Dischon was…
The 2015-2016 junior college basketball season in the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (ACCAC) is now in full swing. Here are this week’s Players of the Week in women’s basketball in the conference . . . ACCAC D-I Player of the Week: Laure Assena – Arizona Western Laure Assena helped the Matadors to a 2-0 record last week, including a double-double against Glendale Junior College (16 points & 17 rebounds). ACCAC D-II Player of the Week: Sydni Stallworth – Pima Pima went 2-0 last week, led by Sydni Stallworth who scored 35 points in the two games, including 25 points against Scottsdale JC. …
The 2015-2016 junior college basketball season in the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (ACCAC) is now in full swing. Here are this week’s Players of the Week in men’s basketball in the conference . . . ACCAC D-I Player of the Week: Kyle Bingham, Mesa Kyle Bingham led Mesa to two big league wins this past week – averaging 14 points, 7 rebounds and 2 blocks per game. He shot 59% from the field for the week, as Mesa moved into a first-place tie in the ACCAC. ACCAC D-II Player of the Week: Terrence Johnson, South Mountain Terrence Johnson led South Mountain this…
While Tohono O’odham Community College (5-14, 2-9) has struggled this season in the ACCAC to win ball games, 6-foot-4 sophomore guard Devin White has flourished in helping his team compete each night. The hard-working sophomore guard is a bright spot for head coach Matt Vargas – ranking among the scoring leaders in the ACCAC Conference. This season, White has averaged 17.7 points per/game on the season – ranking second among scoring leaders in the conference. White also is averaging 4.6 rebounds per/game from the guard position. White is shooting 41% from the field and 36% from the three-point line on…