One of the elite prospects in Arizona’s 2015 class of seniors is Tucson’s Sahuaro High School’s athletic 6-foot-7, 170-pound senior forward Nate Renfro. Renfro really helped himself last spring with his play and, as a result, saw his college recruitment take off – leading to a commitment and signing with Grand Canyon University in the fall. This week, Renfro and Grand Canyon decided to part ways – leading Renfro back to the list of unsigned recruits in the state’s 2015 class, and a hot prospect for mid-major college programs. According to sources close to the GCU program, Renfro and GCU…
Author: Anthony Ray
After seeing his two club teammates, Sammy Thompkins and Lyrik Shreiner, give verbal commitments this weekend, Empire High School’s 6-foot-8, 210-pound senior forward Deion James decided to end his college recruitment as well on Monday. After taking an official recruiting visit to North Carolina A&T this weekend, and with several division-I programs looking to get involved, James decided to give a verbal commitment to the MEAC program and head coach Cy Alexander. In the final season of his high school career, James produced a great deal – averaging 21.2 points and 12.2 rebounds per/contest. In his junior season, James poured…
With the spring evaluation period coming in April and college coaches across the country looking to finalize their rosters for next season, college coaches are scouring the country for top-rated unsigned basketball talent. Two of the top unsigned guard prospects in America played together in the backcourt for the same club basketball program last spring and summer – the Arizona Magic Elite. Planet Athlete Academy’s 6-foot-3 senior guard Sammy Thompkins and Hillcrest Academy 6-foot-3, 200-pound prep guard Lyrik Shreiner have had very similar pasts and are forever linked together. Both prospects were almost forgotten by numerous college programs in the fall,…
With the high school basketball season coming to a close this week, showcase events and club tournaments will now begin to take center stage throughout the spring and summer. Event organizer Chad Groth has made showcase events and club tournaments his specialty, and he kicked off the spring season with this year’s Arizona Spring Showcase last weekend on the campus of Arizona Christian University. Arizona Preps was in attendance for last weekend’s showcase event, alongside several other scouts and college coaches, which included top-rated national scout Jerry Mullens – one of the elite basketball scouts of all time in America.…
For the 3rd consecutive year and the 7th time in 11 seasons, Phoenix College (27-5) has won the Region-I Division-II title with a big 84-65 victory Friday evening over Tohono O’odham Junior College. The win came at home in front of a sellout crowd. Phoenix College also won this year’s ACCAC Conference title this season under head coach Matt Gordon and his staff. It was the second consecutive year that Phoenix College faced Tohono O’Odham JC in the D-II championship game. Tohono O’Odham was seeking their first-ever Region-I Championship in just their 4th year of existence under terrific and passionate…
Phoenix College (26-5) has been absolutely terrific the last two years – winning the Division-II national championship last year, and then returning this season to win the ACCAC Conference Championship. Phoenix College head coach Matt Gordon and his star player, terrific sophomore guard Brandon Brown, were both selected as Coach of the Year and Player of the Year selections this season. So when Phoenix College and Scottsdale Junior College met up on Wednesday evening, it was a tale of two different programs. Phoenix College riding very high on success, while Scottsdale Junior College has yet to even name their full…
5-foot-6 senior point guard Dyesha Stahley was not about to sit out the state championship game – an opportunity for her Dobson team to prove that they were destined to win it all this season. Dobson (30-2) had a terrific season, but many basketball enthusiasts in the state were beginning to believe that other teams would get it done instead. Stahley was not about to pass up this chance to go out as a champion in her senior season. Stahley had injured her knee in Dobson’s semi-final victory over Liberty High School, and had returned to the court in the…
The Phenom Regional Camps will be coming to the state of Arizona soon. Here is some more information on these exciting camps that will allow top-rated young Arizona basketball prospects an opportunity to get invited to the national Phenom Camps. Here is a flyer with more information for this year’s camps . . . Join the Forum discussion on this post
The 4-peat is now complete for Corona Del Sol High School! Unreal and consistent total dominance from the Aztec basketball program, that won their 70th game in a row against Arizona high school competition on Monday evening at Gila River Arena. The 70th consecutive victory also meant a fourth-straight Division-I State Championship for the Aztecs. It was thought to be a very good contest between Corona (33-1)and a talented Desert Vista ballclub, especially after Chaparral High School gave the Aztecs all they could handle in the semi-finals on Saturday. But that would be very far from reality, as Desert Vista would struggle from the…
When Gilbert Christian High School moved up to the Division-II Class in the state, anyone that knows basketball in this state knew it would just become a matter of time before this program began to dominate the Division-II ranks, as they had done in the Division-III Class before it. Well that time has now arrived – again. Gilbert Christian has been a consistent addition to the state finals since the school’s origination during the 2009-2010 high school season. That season Gilbert Christian won the state championship after finishing 32-0. Since that season, Gilbert Christian has been an almost unstoppable force. This…