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.…
Author: Anthony Ray
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…
With the official start to the 2024-2025 high school basketball season now underway, it is now also the start to the very highly anticipated high school basketball career of Williams Field High School’s superstar 6-foot-4 freshman guard Adan Diggs. Diggs is one of the hottest young prospects in the country, and he made a national name for himself before he ever entered high school. The 2028 Class across America is absolutely loaded with talented prospects, and Diggs has been at the top of the list of prospects in the class for some time. His decision to attend Williams Field High…
It was an exciting early-season match-up on paper between two of the state’s top overall teams and programs in the 6A Division. With such a highly anticipated early-season duel, it created a lot of excitement for those in attendance Friday evening, going into the game. There was one major difference between the two teams though, the dominant play of 6-foot-8 senior Michael Simcoe (UC-Santa Barbara signee). Coming off an excellent performance this spring and summer and a nice commitment and signing with UC-Santa Barbara in the fall, Simcoe is now ready to focus on winning an Open Division State Championship…
The start to the 2024-2025 high school basketball season officially got underway on Wednesday evening around the state with numerous games kicking off the regular season. A very nice early season match-up on Wednesday between host Basha High School and visiting Canyon View High School took place in exciting fashion, as we normally do not get to see such a nice match-up this early in the season. Basha is one of the elite programs in the state’s 6A Division, while Canyon View is one of the elite programs in the state’s 5A Division. This would make for a very exciting…
While we are still awaiting the big college decision from Arizona basketball superstar, 6-foot-8 senior Koa Peat, which is still unknown, one thing is for certain, Perry High School is the state’s 3-time defending State Champions and they will are our pre-season favorite to win another Open Division State Championship this season – the program’s fourth consecutive state title. Another state championship for Perry and Koa Peat, would become four-straight state titles in the four-year career for Koa Peat – an amazing and historic honor, for one of the most dominant players ever to grace the Arizona basketball hardwood. It…
With the start to the 2024-2025 high school basketball season now upon us, the exciting wait for the beginning of the high school career of one of the state’s best ever young phenoms is almost over. After an historic young career already in the state, Mesa High School’s terrific 6-foot-3 freshman point guard Kyi Kyi Miles is set to begin his amazing high school career. Miles is coming off a terrific summer and fall performance where he torched his competition, while competing against the nation’s top talent around the country. Miles also shocked the state when he decided to land…
With the start to the 2024-2025 high school basketball season upon us, one thing is for sure, Higley High School will be on a mission this high school season. Under the strong and committed leadership of Head Coach Kenneth Drake, this team is primed and ready to make an excellent run in the Open Division State Playoffs, and also compete for a 6A State Championship. The Higley basketball program had an excellent performance this summer and fall, and are one of my favorite programs/teams to watch this high school basketball season. This team has everything it needs to compete for…
As we prepare for another exciting high school basketball season, and after our best event ever, this year’s 26th Annual Arizona Preps Fall Showcase, it was necessary for me to take some much needed time off to prepare for another busy high school basketball season. I also during that time was able to see my first child, my daughter Jasmine (30) get married in Atlanta, Georgia, and I was able to be an integral part of one of the best experiences of my life, and my daughter’s life. Over the past (30) years of covering Arizona high school and junior…