One of the top overall prospects in Arizona’s 2016 class is still a very unheralded prospect with loads of college potential. Fairfax High School’s gifted 6-foot-5 senior wing Dominic Rhymes is a very nice looking prospect that has flown well below the recruiting radar, but is well deserving of some attention. Rhymes is another top-rated prospect in the famous Rhymes family – a family that has produced some of the state’s top high school players of all time. This Rhymes is a very talented prospect with loads of potential for the future and very good length of body. He is…
Author: Anthony Ray
Basha High School’s gifted and athletic 6-foot-11 senior post Devin Kirby suffered a horrific injury last season during the McClintock Holiday Shootout basketball tournament – causing him to miss much of his junior season, and also all of the spring and summer AAU/club competition. Kirby is now back on the basketball court and healthy, and, as a result, college programs are quickly taking notice. While other top-rated Arizona prospects spent the summer months looking to improve their recruiting stock, Kirby would have to watch his closest friends compete on the club circuit – still recovering from his injury, or atleast not…
With the sudden transfer of superstar post Marvin Bagley this week, the recruiting game will not stop for star junior guard Alex Barcello. Barcello is one of the hottest guard prospects in the West’s 2017 class, and, now with the recent transfer of Bagley, Barcello is primed and ready to post some ridiculous numbers this high school season, while also being recruited heavily by some of the top college programs in the country. With a large number of college programs already in hot pursuit of Barcello, this week he received another offer from a program in the SEC Conference – the University of Auburn and head…
It had been thought that Corona Del Sol, winners of the last four-straight Division-I State Championships, would continue their current basketball dynasty for atleast another three high school seasons – for the remainder of the career of superstar 6-foot-11 sophomore post Marvin Bagley Jr. Corona may just be able to continue their dynasty, but now they will do it without Bagley and also former legendary coach Sam Duane Jr. Duane retired from the Corona basketball program at the end of the 2014-2015 season, and decided he had enough of high school basketball. Now Bagley has decided to leave the impressive…
The Scholar Athlete Academic Showcase took place on Saturday at South Mountain Community College. Organized and directed by Chad Groth, this year’s event was very quality as it provided a lot to it’s participants. Each participant received a highlight video from the event, and also received a nice talk from top-rated West Coast scout Dinos Trigonis. There were more than 60+ players in attendance for the event. Each of the prospects were high academic student-athletes, a nice attribute to have in the recruiting process. Here are my top individual performers that I saw perform on the day . . .…
Two champions from two states play in a border battle in December Gilbert, AZ – Monarch Sports Arizona is pleased to announce the inaugural Champions Classic scheduled December 12th at 7PM at Gilbert Christian High School in Gilbert, AZ. The game will feature Crespi (Encino, CA) vs. Gilbert Christian (Gilbert, AZ). Crespi, coached by LA Times Coach of the Year Russell White, is the defending California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Division IV Champion, while Gilbert Christian, led by Kurt Keener, is the defending Arizona Interscholastic Association (AIA) Division II Champion. Defeating Sacramento Capital Christian in the CIF championship game last season,…
The state of Arizona’s 2016 class of prospects got much better this spring after 6-foot-5 senior wing Aaron Weidenaar moved to the state of Arizona. A Montana native, Weidenaar moved to Arizona and enrolled at Horizon High School this spring – instantly improving the number of prospects in the statet. Weidenaar was regarded among the top prospects in Montana before moving to Arizona. He is a good-sized wing prospect with a very nice shooting stroke with range – his best asset. He is able to score inside and out, but becomes a mis-match on the perimeter for players his size. He…
Williams Field High School is not known for producing division-I prospects, but 6-foot-9 senior forward Wyatt Lowell will be their biggest and best, thus far. Lowell helped himself this club season as much as any Arizona prospect, and also proved why he is considered among the elite prospects in Arizona’s 2016 class. Lowell is a long and lean wing prospect with a nice overall skillset and good overall versatility. Lowell traveled the last two spring and summers with former superstar St. Mary’s HS girl’s head coach Curtis Ekmark and his Arizona Warriors club team. “This was one of the first…
Gilbert Christian High School’s talented 6-foot-9 senior post Mitch Lightfoot has been the state’s top recruited prospect in the 2016 class. Lightfoot is coming off a very good spring and summer performance, where he earned significant high-major division-I interest from around the country. This week, Lightfoot chose to narrow down his list of schools, and focus directly on 5 schools. This week, with many schools looking to land the top-rated post prospect, Lighfoott chose to trim his list of college programs to Arizona, Kansas, Utah, Stanford and St. John’s. Each of these five schools are top-rated national college programs, with…
McClintock High School has one of the best backcourts in the state, and as a result, many people often forget about both guard prospects. While senior guard Amiri Chukwuemeka has received a lot of attention for McClintock, 5-foot-11, 165-pound senior guard Malique Washington has been just as good for the Chargers. Washington posted some of the best overall numbers last high school season, and then continued his strong play this spring and summer. Last season as a junior, Washington averaged nice numbers on the season, averaging 18.6 points, 5.2 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 2.9 steals per/contest – very impressive numbers…