Westwind Prep Academy post-grad, gifted 6-foot point guard prospect Everett Clemons is among the most advanced point guard prospects still available this spring, even though it had looked as if he was recently off the recruiting board. Recently, we had learned that Clemons had given a verbal commitment to the University of Northern Colorado and that his college recruitment might be over. After speaking with Clemons and Westwind Prep post-graduate head coach Gabe Stephens, we learned that Clemons is in fact still available and is still hearing from numerous college programs for his services. Clemons had a terrific season while playing for…
Author: Anthony Ray
Now that the 2012-2013 high school basketball season has come to a close, many of the state’s best unsigned senior prospects will look toward’s their college recruitment this spring. With many top-rated prospects still unsigned and available, college programs around the country will begin to start scouring the country and the state of Arizona for players. One player that has really developed throughout his high school career and absolutely blew up in his final senior campaign was Kellis High School’s 6-foot-3 senior combo-guard prospect Desmond Ross. While playing alongside other top-rated prospects earlier in his high school career, Ross shared the spotlight with former 6-foot-9 stud Kenny Martin…
Westwind Prep Academy and former Valley Vista High School graduate, 6-foot-7, 215-pound prep post TK Edogi is among the best individual talents still available in the state. Currently a post-grad prospect, Edogi has developed a great deal over the past year while playing against local junior college competition at Westwind, and under the leadership and direction of head coach Gabe Stephens. Edogi had numerous games this season against junior college opposition, where he com peted at a high level and put up strong individual statistics – helping the Westwind post-grad program to their best season since the school’s origination. As a senior…
Central Arizona Junior College (21-2, 28-4) won this year’s Division-I championship in the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (ACCAC) – earning an opportunity to represent the conference in the Region-I Championship game, and make the annual trip to Hutchinson, Kansas. #1 seed Central Arizona, after winning the regular season title, knocked off #4 seed Cochise JC, 81-59, in the conference semi-finals. They then advanced to the championship game, where they would defeat #3 seed Arizona Western JC, 78-67 on Saturday evening. Arizona Western defeated #2 seed Mesa JC in the conference semi-finals, 74-67. After winning the Division-II regular season title, Phoenix…
The #1 seed Corona Del Sol High School Aztecs began the 2012-2013 season looking to repeat as Division-I State Champions, after winning it all last season. Corona (28-4) would have their opportunity to complete the task on Saturday afternoon in a rematch with #3 seed Pinnacle HS. The two teams had faced off in an earlier season contest during the winter break at this year’s Visit Mesa.com Basketball Challenge – a game which Corona won, 69-65. Corona came into Saturday afternoon’s Division-I state championship game in narrow fashion – winning their last three games on the season in the state playoffs by narrow margins.…
The Division-III #2 seed Gilbert Christian High School has been a consistent addition to the state finals since the school’s origination during the 2009-2010 high school season. That season Gilbert Christian won the state championship after finishing 32-0. Since that season, Gilbert Christian has been unstoppable – winning 84 games and only losing 8 total games over the last 3 seasons. They have also won 2 out of the last 3 state championships. This season has been no different, as the team has compiled a record of 30-3; their only three losses on the season coming at the hands of top-rated Division-I…
Westwind Prep Academy’s 6-foot-3 senior guard Kye De Laveaga is still an unsigned senior prospect at this point in his high school career. The sharp-shooting senior guard, among the purest shooters of the basketball in the state, is still mulling over his recruiting options at this time, but this week De Laveaga made a strong case for himself. With Arizona’s top high school programs competing against one another this weekend in their respective state finals, the Westwind Prep National Team was competing in two games in Las Vegas, Nevada, this week, against top-rated national competition – something that has prepared the players at Westwind this season for…
The stage was set at Glendale’s Jobing.com Arena on Saturday as #8 seed Saguaro High School (26-9) looked to complete their Division-II state championship run in the state finals against a very strong group in #6 seed Flowing Wells (29-5). Saguaro HS, winners of this year’s Division-II, Section-III Tournament, had already upset #1 seed Bradshaw Mountain in the state quarterfinals (41-40) and also upset #5 seed Liberty HS in the semi-finals. Flowing Wells HS, winner of the Division-II, Section-II Tournament, had defeated 3-time defending state champion Seton Catholic HS in the state semi-finals match-up, 41-34. Saguaro High School, with no seniors in their starting lineup, came…
Arizona’s 2014 class of prospects may end up being the best class of college prospects ever in the state, as many players in the class already hold numerous scholarship offers. One of the best prospects in the class is Gilbert Highland High School’s 6-foot-6, 215-pound junior forward Jake Toolson. Toolson emerged on the recruiting scene last season as a sophomore, when he generated three different scholarship offers for himself. This season, Toolson raised his level of play a great deal, as he led his Highland team to a strong record on the season, 18-10, in the state’s Division-I Class. Toolson averaged strong numbers this season -…
The girl’s final-four teams are now set for the Division-I Class semi-finals on Thursday night at Wells Fargo Arena in Tempe. The Division-I semi-finals were determined on Monday, as eight different teams took the floor in the D-I quarterfinals at Wells Fargo, with four teams emerging as the smoke cleared – setting the stage for this year’s semi’s. In the first game of the day, #5 seed Hamilton High School upset #4 seed Westview HS (32-2) with a 48-29 victory. In the win, Hamilton controlled the game from the outset, jumping out to a 28-13 lead by the half. Westview only scored 3 points in the game’s…