One of the top senior prospects in the state is off the recruiting board, and not at a college program that you would expect for her level of talent. Liberty High School’s ultra-talented 6-foot senior forward Courtney Christmas is one of the state’s elite performers and top overall statistical producers on the basketball court throughout her high school career. While it was thought that Christmas would land at a division-I program, as a result of her athletic talents, she has instead chosen to sign early with a local NAIA college program. I had not followed up with Christmas on her…
Author: Anthony Ray
St. Mary’s High School (10-7) has now won four games in a row since losing five games in a row and losing star 6-foot-1 sophomore guard Marcus Shavers to injury in this year’s Visit Mesa.com Basketball Tournament over the holidays. Shavers, who is among the leading scorers in the state, averaging 24 points per/game, injured his hip in the first game of the Visit Mesa.com event – a 70-61 loss to Gilbert Christian High School. Shavers would miss the remainder of the tournament. As a result, the Knights would lose each of the remainning games in the tournament and also…
One of the elite boy’s basketball prospects in Arizona’s 2016 class is Gilbert Christian High School’s 6-foot-3, 175-pound junior guard Cameron Satterwhite. One of the most athletic prospects in the state, Satterwhite is now coming into his own this high school season. As a result, Satterwhite has developed quickly into one of the most sought after recruiting targets in the state. Gilbert Christian is one of Arizona’s premier basketball programs, and has developed into a basketball power over the past several years. Satterwhite is one of the program’s original prospects and this young man has developed under the influence of…
Corona Del Sol High School’s stellar 6-foot-10 freshman post Marvin Bagley is already the best prospect ever in the state of Arizona. He is already a ridiculous basketball prospect with amazing NBA potential for the future. While not even finishing his first varsity season of high school basketball, Bagley was seen on ESPN this week. College coaches are already taking strong notice as well, as this rare-level talent has emerged in the forefront of the minds of elite-high major college programs in America. Bagley will be as good as he wants to become and reminds me of current NBA post…
Casa Grande High School’s lady Cougars won this year’s Lady Badger Invitational this weekend – a Prescott holiday tournament. Casa Grande, led by dynamic head coach Ursula Doll, defeated Copper Canyon High School in the championship game, 47-34. “We had amazing team play, as well as we played through injuries,” said head coach Ursula Doll. 5-foot-10 junior forward Ciera Walker led Casa Grande in the tournament final with a game-high 19 points. Terrific freshman guard Veronica Perez scored 10 points and 6-foot senior forward Sarah Hill (pictured) contributed 7 points. The Lady Cougars improved to a 12-2 overall record on…
The exciting Hoophall West basketball tournament took place on Saturday in fine fashion. With the first two games on the day showcasing blowout victories by out-of-state national powers over top-rated Arizona opposition, the evening’s final match-up of the event proved the be the best game of the year – featuring nationally ranked opponents, Arizona’s top program Corona Del Sol and one of the nation’s top teams, Sierra Canyon High School (CA). It was a night where Arizona’s top two available prospects, while being very young in age and class, proved just how big time they are and will be. Super…
This week, Basha High School’s gifted and athletic 6-foot-10 junior post Devin Kirby suffered a horrific injury during the McClintock Holiday Shootout basketball tournament on the campus of McClintock High School. The injury came in the championship game of the event, as his team faced rival, Perry HS. Just before the end to the first quarter and with 1 minute on the clock, Kirby would fall to the floor after attempting to make an offensive play. Kirby would lie on the floor in absolute and sheer pain – screaming as a result of the injury. Kirby would eventually receive assistance…
Cesar Chavez High School has consistently ranked among the elite high school programs in the state of Arizona since it’s development in 2004. Still a fairly new school in the valley, Chavez has posted consecutive winning seasons in each of their 10 seasons of existence in Arizona. Behind the leadership of their only high school head coach at the program, Gary Lee, the Champions have played like Champions each season – wining more than 20+ games in each season since the school’s development in South Phoenix. While Gary Lee is not often mentioned among the list of elite coaches in the state,…
The final night of this year’s McClintock Holiday Shootout would be a crazy one, filled with severe injuries to two different star player/prospects. The gymnasium would be filled with parametics throughout the evening as two of the state’s elite prospects would suffer injuries. There were also loads of fans in attendance on the evening, as two of the state’s top rivals, Basha and Perry High School, would both meet up in the championship game of this year’s event. Basha High School (12-3) would finally put it all together behind head coach and former college coach Mike Grothaus – winning this…
On Monday evening, after numerous games took place on the day, four teams would meet up in the semi-finals of this year’s 2014 McClintock Holiday Shootout for the right to advance ot this year’s tournament championship game. In the first semi-final match-up of the evening, Basha High School (11-3) would face Westview. Westview (7-6) was coming off a big win over host McClintock, but would struggle, as many teams have, against the size and physical toughness of the Basha team. Westview would struggle scoring the basketball against Basha’s defensive pressure, as Basha would jump out to a big 23-8 halftime…