St. Mary’s High School’s skilled 6-foot-1 junior guard/forward Courtney Ekmark (UCONN commit) has been selected as the 2013 Gatorade Player of the Year after leading St. Mary’s HS to another amazing 29-1 record on the season and this year’s Division-I state championship – the Knights’ third consecutive state championship. Ekmark was a star of stars on this year’s Knights’ team, as she led a loaded team of future division-I players to another dominant high school season, as the Lady Knights went without a loss in the state of Arizona for the second season in a row. Ekmark averaged impressive numbers on…
Author: Anthony Ray
Once simply known as one of the top developing prospects in Arizona’s 2014 class, quickly Westwind Prep Academy 6-foot-8 junior wing prospect Zylan Cheatham has blossomed into as good a prospect as there now is in a very loaded class of prospects. In a year’s time, Cheatham has progressed from a long, rangy and very athletic forward to a now strong and ultra-athletic wing prospect with an excellent skill level – capable of playing numerous positions on the floor, including the point guard position. While playing this season for Westwind Prep Academy’s National High School team on a very loaded roster filled with division-I talent,…
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 is coming off a big senior season was Corona Del Sol High School’s 6-foot-3, 185-pound senior shooting guard prospect Bryan Seifker. While Seifker was not among the top individual scorers in the state this past season,…
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…
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…