Phoenix Union basketball was once regarded as the best in the state of Arizona, but a lot has changed over the years. With a much diminished reputation for the league today than year’s past, one prospect is thriving and bringing it back, as Maryvale High School’s superb 5-foot-10 junior point guard Adrian “Ace” Stubbs is absolutely destroying his competition, and has become one of the elite overall guard prospects in the state of Arizona. Stubbs is on another level completely this high school season – proving that basketball is strong in the Phoenix Union, and Stubbs is one of the…
Author: Anthony Ray
The 2024-2025 junior college basketball season is in full swing, as we have entered conference play now in the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (ACCAC). Eastern Arizona (5-0) has won (10) games in a row, and is undefeated in the conference – leading the ACCAC Division-I standings. Pima (5-0) is also undefeated in conference play and leads the ACCAC Division-II standings. Pima has won (12) games in a row in impressive fashion. Both programs are also currently rated among the top junior college programs in the country this season. Here are the Basketball Players of the Week selections from Week 6…
The start to the 2024-2025 high school basketball season has been amazing once again in the state’s Arizona Interscholastic Association (AIA), as each of the state’s top teams are looking to position themselves again for a run at this year’s Open Division State Championship. We knew going into the season that 3-time State Champion Perry High School (9-0) would definitely be the team to beat, once again. Led by the strong and imposing play of one of the premier players and prospects in the country, 6-foot-8 senior forward Koa Peat, Perry has been dominant throughout his high school career, but…
While many other prospects in Arizona’s 2025 Class have received much more recruiting attention, Marcos De Niza High School’s talented 6-foot-8, 205-pound senior James Steward has been soaring below the recruiting radar for some time. While posting strong numbers consistently, Steward has waited to receive his first offer. Recently, his time arrived, as Northern Arizona recently extended an offer to Steward – an excellent option for the talented frontcourt prospect. Northern Arizona Head Coach Shane Burcar and his staff have done an excellent job over the years in identifying some of Arizona’s top prospects, and also have landed some of the…
The exciting Grind Session returns to the state of Arizona this weekend, December 13-15th, and will be held at Dream City Christian Prep in Glendale, and also AZ Compass Prep in Chandler. This weekend’s Grind Session will include top-rated prep boys and girl’s teams in action. Our Arizona Preps’ staff will be in attendance throughout the weekend to bring you our top overall performers from the weekend. Here is some more information about this weekend’s game schedule . . . https://twitter.com/thegrindsession/status/1866893222385009033?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
Chandler High School (4-1) is off to an excellent start this high school season, after a strong runner-up finish in this year’s Fear The Hop pre-season basketball tournament last week. Chandler is set to have a big season behind the strong leadership of Head Coach Jon Rother and his experienced coaching staff, which also includes former professional player Will Shaw. Chandler will be led all season long by the overall versatile play of 6-foot-5 do-it-all junior Brandon Stapleton. Stapleton emerged for our staff in this year’s Arizona Preps Fall Showcase as nice prospect, and after his performance in last week’s…
Last week was a week filled with exciting basketball action for this year’s 21st Annual Fear The Hop basketball tournament at Mesa High School, as this event annually represents the start to the boy’s high school basketball season. Each participating high school program competes in (4) games throughout the week, which has extreme value for each of the high school programs in competition. After winning last year’s Fear The Hop Tournament, the host, Mesa High School would win back-to-back tournament championships, after a big, but narrow, 57-55 championship win over a tough Chandler High School program, that gave Mesa everything they could handle in the tournament…
Last week was a week filled with exciting basketball action for this year’s 21st Annual Fear The Hop basketball tournament at Mesa High School, as this event annually represents the start to the boy’s high school basketball season. Each participating high school program competes in (4) games throughout the week, which has extreme value for each of the high school programs in competition. The Fear The Hop Tournament was created by basketball people that understand the game, and understand the value of pre-season basketball. The Fear The Hop Tournament really helps teams to prepare themselves for the high school season.…
Supreme Academy is a new prep program in the state, and the program had an excellent performance in this year’s Arizona Preps Fall Showcase event in October. No prospect in the event had a better performance than Supreme Academy 6-foot-3 senior guard Carlos Coronado. Coronado was terrific in his performance in this year’s event, and has been among the elite performers in the state’s 2025 Class for some time now. Coronado has worked really hard on his game over the years, and it has firmly paid off for him now, as he gave a nice verbal commitment this weekend to…
One of the elite overall performers in the state of Arizona for sometime now, has been Eduprize Prep’s amazing 6-foot-4 senior guard AJ Thomas (Loyola Marymount signee). Thomas has torched his competition in the state of Arizona since entering the high school ranks, and is currently exploding during his senior season – taking him game and performance to entirely a new level. While leading Eduprize Prep to a 4-0 start already this season, Thomas has been on absolutely fire and is on a mission to prove just how good he really is this high school season. Thomas has been on…