A large number of top-rated Arizona prospects from the 2014, 2015 and 2017 classes left the state of Arizona on Wednesday morning to travel to Dallas, Texas to take part in the Great American Shootout (GASO). With close to 30 prospects making the trip for (3) different teams from the Arizona Magic club program, there were many top rated performances from thsi year’s group. The Arizona Magic 16U-Passion team would win the Division Championship for their respective bracket in this year’s tournament. The team would start off with with a loss in the event and then win 5 games in…
Author: Anthony Ray
Arizona’s 2016 class of prospects is loaded with talented performers that are making a name for themselves during this July evaluation period. The class looks to be comparable to the previous superb 2014 class. While this class is not quite as loaded, it will be very close, as many of the prospects are gaining attention from college coaches a year early. One prospect that has emerged this summer is Pinnacle High School’s 6-foot-8 rising junior combo-forward Nick Mains. While Mains was not a heralded prospect this past season for the Pinnacle HS varsity team, next season will be much different…
Mesa Junior College men’s basketball team is coming off a strong 2013-2014 junior college basketball season – winning this year’s ACCAC Conference Title. While the Thunderbirds were dominant at times during last season, they will lose a lot to graduation next season. As a result, Mesa JC has been in the recruiting mode for some time – looking to land some very good prospects to fill the void. Recently, the Thunderbirds signed two top-rated prospects that were junior college transfers. Both prospects will look to play significant roles next season for head coach Sam Ballard and his hard-working staff. Mesa…
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…
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…