One of the top prospects in Arizona’s 2015 class of rising seniors is Hamilton High School’s tough and hard-nosed 6-foot-7, 235-pound forward James Sosinski. Sosinski is coming off a strong junior season, after emerging as a sophomore starter, a year ago. Sosinski is currently traveling on the summer club circuit, during the month of July, with his club program Arizona Power Black 17U. Sosinski is one tough prospect that is receiving serious college interest in two sports, basketball and football. He is coming off a very good season where his team finished the season with a nice 24-4 overall record, and he…
Author: Anthony Ray
Gilbert Christian High School’s new transfer, 6-foot-8 rising junior post Mitch Lightfoot is beginning to generate loads of division-I interest for himself, and this week he received two big scholarship offers for himself. While already possessing offers, this week Lightfoot brought in offers from two high-major division-I programs. Lightfoot received offers this week from the Arizona State Sun Devils, a member of the PAC-12 Conference, and Creighton University, a high major program in a mid-major conference. Both programs have extended offers to the talented young prospect, who is beginning to generate a lot of interest. Currently, Lightfoot has also received scholarship offers…
The Pangos Sweet 16 NCAA-certified basketball event came to a close on Sunday with many of the teams from this year’s event already heading back home. However there were still many teams in participation on Sunday – competing for tournament titles and others simply still playing, as a result of strong performances throughout the event. Our Arizona Preps staff stayed for the conclusion of the tournament – making for a long drive home late at night, but it was well-worth the effort. On Sunday, we would get to watch Corona Del Sol High School’s superb rising sophomore guard Alex Barcello lead…
On day two of this year’s Pangos Sweet 16 NCAA Certified basketball tournament held in Los Angeles, CA, Arizona Preps was again on hand to catch much of the action from this year’s event on Saturday and watched much of the action again in this year’s top divisions in the 17U & 16U levels. Here are the top individual performers again that we saw on Saturday in the top divisions of this year’s event . . . Lyrik Shreiner 6-3 Prep PG/SG Fishburne Military Prep (VA) – 2015 – Shreiner was the best player on the floor in an exciting…
On Friday, day one of this year’s Pangos Sweet 16 basketball tournament took place at several different locations in Los Angeles, CA. Our Arizona Preps’ staff was on hand for much of the day’s action at Cabrillo High School as many of the top 16U and 17U teams in the West faced off with one another in front of a large number of college coaches in attendance. Numerous Arizona prospects were in participation on the day and there were some players that took center stage, and took full advantage of their opportunity to raise their recruiting stock. Here are the top performers…
One prospect that has emerged in Arizona’s 2015 class since the end to the high school season has been Perry High School’s 6-foot-4 rising senior guard prospect Coby De Laveaga. The son of former basketball standout Steve De Laveaga and the nephew of legendary coach and player, Jeff De Laveaga, this young man has developed at his own pace, but is now beginning to come into his own. On Thursday afternoon at this year’s Double Pump Summer Tip-Off event in Anaheim, CA, De Laveaga continued his strong play – leading his club team to a nice victory by more than 20 points…
The Arizona Magic Elite 17U girls traveled over the weekend to the state of Oregon to participate in the Oregon Trail Classic, an NCAA certified event that was held during the July evaluation period. The team participated in the top division of the event and finished with a 3-2 overall record in the tournament and received loads of exposure from college coaches. The team received top performances from Millennium High School gifted junior guard Raina Perez, Valley Vista HS junior guard Jordenn Reible, 5-foot-11 senior forward Sami Oliver of Valley Christian HS (CA) and rising freshman phenom Rayah Craig, who looks to…
Sierra Linda High School’s skilled 5-foot-7 senior guard Janessa Aukward has found a college home for herself and it is with a strong women’s basketball program that recently won a national championship. Recently, Aukward signed a national letter of intent with Mesa Junior College. The Jackrabbits won this year’s Division-II National Championship and have one of the strongest women’s junior college basketball programs in the country. Aukward led her Sierra Linda HS team this season to a strong 24-7 overall record on the season – averaging 16.7 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals per/contest. She is a combo-guard prospect that…
The TUCSON YOUTH BASKETBALL EXPOSURE CAMP will be held on Sunday July 13 at Pima College. TUCSON YOUTH BASKETBALL EXPOSURE CAMP (Presented by Area Codes Basketball & West Coast Hoops Report) Sunday – July 13, 2014 (8 a.m. – 3 p.m.) Check-in 8 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. Pima College – 2202 West Anklam Rd., Tucson, AZ 85745 Participation Fee: $95 Limited to 40 players in grades 3rd to 8th INCLUDED IN THE PRICE… * Every player will get a “HIGHLIGHT VIDEO” on youtube.com included in the cost to promote their skills to over 1000 college coaches & scouts across the country…
The annual Reebok Breakout Camp, held in Philadelphia, PA from July 8-11, during the NCAA certified NCAA Evaluation period, begins today and there will be two Arizona prospects in attendance for this week’s camp. The annual Reebok Breakout Camp, formerly known as ABCD Camp, has been widely known as the premier camp annually for the nation’s elite prospects. Top performers from this camp annually are considered future NBA Lottery draft picks. The camp also does a lot for a young man’s national ranking, while also providing maximum single-court exposure to more than 300 college coaches from across the country. This camp has also…