The state of Arizona is always filled with top-rated talent that soars under the recruiting radar, and, as of late, several of these underrated prospects have turned in consistent big performances to raise their overall level of recruitment. After big performances recently this season, Desert Ridge High School’s gifted 6-foot-3 senior combo-guard Hunter Thomas would turn in his best performance of the season on Friday evening, in his team’s big 93-81 road victory over McClintock High School. In the win, Thomas would finish with a game-high 38 points on 13 of 16 shooting from the field. In the performance, Thomas would seem to score…
Author: Anthony Ray
After last week’s scoring outburst by Westwind Prep’s Lyrik Shreiner, introducing Scottsdale Junior College’s talented 6-foot-2 sophomore guard Kevin Bowman. After numerous recent games where Bowman has shot the lights out, this young man would blow up on Wednesday evening – exploding for 47 points in a big 120-116 come-from-behind victory over visiting Glendale Junior College. All season, I have regarded Bowman as a mid-major division-I guard with ultimate sleeper potential. On Wednesday evening he proved it, as he caught fire in the game’s second half and carried his team on his back en route to a big win. Scottsdale would score an…
The story of Westwind Prep Academy 6-foot-4, 180-pound senior guard prospect Lyrik Shreiner this week was absolutely amazing and was as big a recruiting story as there was in the country, as the talented and hard-working guard prospect reeled in numerous high-major division-I scholarship offers this week. After we reported this week that Shreiner had received a tremendous offer from the University of Louisville this week, his first high-major offer, Shreiner would then receive many more division-I offers immediately following. By week’s end, Shreiner would also receive scholarship offers from Kansas, UCONN, Missouri, Memphis, Washington and Washington State. Shreiner also currently…
Casa Grande ‘s talented 5-foot-9 senior combo-guard prospect Jeylynn Fields is having, what is becoming, a superb high school career for herself. As a result of the talented guard prospect’s performance, she is now beginning to garner some serious recruiting attention. While division-I college basketball programs have yet to take notice of Fields, one of the nation’s premier women’s junior college program has extended a scholarship offer to the talented guard prospect. This week, Fields received a scholarship offer, her first, from Central Arizona Junior College and head coach Denise Cardenas. Central Arizona is a 4-time national championship women’s basketball program, and the class…
Phoenix College (14-6, 8-4) is playing their best basketball of the season, and they proved it on Saturday evening in a big road win over Glendale Junior College – 90-68. The match-up was an exciting one, as Glendale had won their last 4 games in a row on the season, including a win this week over Pima Junior College. The two teams would face off in a preview of what could become the championship game at season’s end for the Division-II title. Phoenix College, led by the strong leadership of Matt Gordon and his basketball staff, came into Saturday’s game with something to…
Queen Creek High School’s athletically gifted 6-foot-5 senior forward Parker Anderson is quickly becoming one of the better unsigned recruiting targets in Arizona’s loaded 2014 class. While there are still many unsigned prospects in the class, Anderson is beginning to pick up recruiting steam for himself with numerous college programs. This weekend, Anderson took an unofficial recruiting visit to a college program in the Summit League – North Dakota State University. The program has expressed serious interest in recruiting Anderson, and he advised me that he is very interested in the mid-major program. “They have a good program, and I really like it…
The last three days have been a whirlwind for Westwind Prep Academy’s superb 6-foot-4, 180-pound senior guard prospect Lyrik Shreiner. After a scoring outburst where Shreiner exploded for 65 points on Saturday, on 26 for 27 shooting, college coaches have been ringing the phone off the hook for the Westwind Prep coaching staff. With many college programs now looking to travel to the state of Arizona and catch a glimpse of the talented senior guard prospect, University of Louisville assistant coach Wyking Jones became the first high-major college program to make it to Arizona this week – on Tuesday evening while Westwind Prep…
Westwind Prep Academy’s superb 6-foot-4, 180-pound senior guard prospect Lyrik Shreiner completed shocked the state of Arizona and now the country this past weekend when he poured in an Arizona high school basketball state scoring record of 65 points. The scoring outburst came this Saturday afternoon in a 133-53 blowout victory over The Orme School. What was most impressive in the scoring outburst was Shreiner’s efficiency, as he connected on 26 of 27 shots in the game – an unreal and completely efficient performance. Shreiner’s scoring performance broke the state scoring record set by former McClintock HS graduate and current University…
Glendale Junior College (7-6, 4-6) looked to be one of my favorites this season to compete for the ACCAC Conference title when the season began, but second-year head coach Damin Lopez and his team has had their struggles early in the season – looking to gain a team identity and develop a sense of commitment level to the game. After some early season struggles, Lopez and his staff are now headed in the right direction and gaining some steam. As winners of their last 3 games on the season and currently one of the hottest teams in the ACCAC, Glendale would explode…
On Saturday afternoon, while many other high school programs were taking the day off, Westwind Prep Academy’s high school basketball program was in action against The Orme School. Westwind Prep would blow out their opponent in fine fashion, 133-53, and would see an historic performance by 6-foot-4, 180-pound senior guard Lyrik Shreiner. Shreiner would absolutely explode in the road victory for his team – pouring in an amazing 65 points on 26 for 27 shooting in the game! Shreiner would turn in the best scoring performance in Arizona high school basketball history while playing in the nice Tim’s Toyota Center in Prescott,…