As winners of last year’s Nike Tournament of Champions and also last year’s national championship, two-time defending Arizona state champion and #1 nationally ranked St. Mary’s High School (9-1) took on #3 overall ranked Mater Dei HS (CA) in what we become the best girl’s high school basketball game I have ever seen with my own two eyes. In front of a capacity crowd and loads of division-I college coaches in attendance, St. Mary’s would look to build on their amazing 49-game win streak, which began during the 2010-2011 high school basketball season. The Knights would win the final 10 games of the season -…
Author: Anthony Ray
Mesa Mountain View (8-4) entered Tuesday night’s match-up with Red Mountain High School (8-3) as a banged up team, looking to pick up the pieces from a season that has seen numerous injuries already for head coach Henry Bribiescas. The Toros have seen injuries to several key players to this year’s team; injuries that have slowed this year’s talented team down a bit but not fully. Three of the four losses suffered by the Toros this season came at the hands of out-of-state competition in the La Jolla Sweet Sixteen Tournament in California. Mountain View, thought to be a team that…
Arizona’s 2013 senior class of girls prospects is loaded with talented players for college coaches to take a strong look at this season. With numerous members of the class already signed with division-I programs, one player that is still on the recruiting board this high school season is 3-time defending state-champion Seton Catholic High School’s 5-foot-8 senior guard prospect Anne Marie Holter. Holter remains uncommitted during her senior season after three strong high school seasons under terrific high school head coach Karen Self. A four-year member of the varsity team at Seton Catholic, Holter has helped lead her high school program to an amazing three…
The only girl’s basketball program in the state of Arizona that has been able to be mentioned in the same breathe as the lady Knights of St. Mary’s High School, is the girl’s basketball program at Seton Catholic HS. The Sentinels are winners of the last three consecutive state championships in their division – (1) Division-II state title last season and (2) 4A Division-II state championships before that. Under terrific head coach Karen Self, Seton Catholic has won an amazing 3 consecutive state championships and has compiled a record of 110-19 over the last four seasons. Seton Catholic (9-2) entered Tuesday night’s match-up with previously…
After amazing performances during the 2010-2011 & 2011-2012 high school basketball seasons, the lady Knights of St. Mary’s High School have returned again this season to pick up right where they left off the last two seasons. Last season was a perfect season for St. Mary’s, as they made history in the state of Arizona for girl’s basketball – finishing with a perfect 30-0 record on the season and winning their second-consecutive state championship in easy fashion. The Knights also won the coveted Nike Tournament of Champions girls tournament during the winter, and also an historic national championship (by ESPN) and #1 national ranking. The Knights saw the graduation of last year’s…
The state of Arizona’s 2014 class of prospects is absolutely loaded with talented prospects. The state will not have another class this special for many years. One player in the class that has really developed over the past year, and has put himself into a position to become one of the better prospects in the class is Westwind Prep’s 6-foot-3, 185-pound junior combo-guard prospect Tate De Laveaga. De Laveaga competed for his first two high school seasons at Horizon High School, but after his father, Jeff De Laveaga, decided to take over the helm at local prep basketball power Westwind Prep, Tate decided…
With many girls prospects in the state still unsigned from the 2013 senior class, there will be many prospects for college programs to take a hard look at this high school season, and as part of next spring’s evaluation period. One of the better looking unsigned senior prospects in the state is Queen Creek High School’s 5-foot-9 senior guard/forward Sarah Hefington. Hefington is a sleeper prospect in the class and is still someone that many college programs still have not seen play, but she is worthy of some serious attention this season and next spring. Hefington is not a glaring top-rated prospect that is…
Shadow Mountain High School (11-1) is off to a big start to the 2012-2013 high school basketball season, and is looking a lot like the Shadow Mountain HS of old – that is the Shadow Mountain HS of the 1990’s when NBA star guard Mike Bibby graced the Arizona basketball hardwoods. Much of the reason for this similarity is that the Matadors are loaded with young talent for the future, and have a nice balance of youth and experience on this year’s team – led by the play of sharp-shooting 6-foot-2 senior guard Keegan Hansen. Shadow Mountain head coach Cain Jagodzinski…
Westwind Prep Academy ultra-talented and athletic 6-foot-8 junior forward prospect Zylan Cheatham has quickly developed into a big-time prospect for the future, and many college programs are now beginning to take notice. After a big performance this past summer and a recent dominant performance in this year’s recent Arizona Preps Fall Showcase, college programs are looking to catch a glimpse of the rising junior prospect.This week, Cheatham received his biggest visitor yet, as the University of Kentucky stopped in to catch a Westwind Prep practice – an amazing honor for Cheatham and any other Arizona prospect. “They told me that they are very…
Trevor Browne High School has seen many changes to it’s roster over the last 10 years. After once carrying a roster filled with serious division-I talent, the program has lost much of its athletic luster in recent years due to a lack of growth in the school’s district area. Hard working head coach David Guzman has worked diligently to return the basketball program to the dominence of the mid-2000’s, but after finishing with a dismal 9-18 overall record last season, the Bruins (2-3) have seen a slow start to the 2012-2013 high school basketball season. Trevor Browne dropped their first two games of this…