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…
Author: Anthony Ray
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…
Arizona Preps is very proud to announce that Phoenix Suns’ commentator and NBA personality Eddie Johnson will make his return to this year’s Arizona Preps Fall Showcase as a featured guest speaker for this year’s Opening Announcements for the event. Johnson has spoken to the participants from numerous other Fall Showcase events in the past and over the past 20+ years. Johnson will speak on Saturday, October 26th to the camp participants, players and parents to help kick off this year’s amazing event. Opening announcements will begin @ 9AM with the introduction of this year’s annual event by Senior Editor Anthony Ray, who will…
One of the top overall prospects in the state of Arizona, regardless of class is Basha High School’s gifted 6-foot junior point guard Mason Magee. After two excellent high school seasons as an underclassman, Magee now becomes an upperclassman this high school season. While still a much younger prospect than his grade suggests, Magee enters his big junior season, while riding some of the hottest college recruitment in the country. Since the end to the 2024 club season, Magee has received numerous high -major Division-I offers and has become one of the hottest prospects in the 2026 Class in America.…
The exciting and amazing 26th Annual Arizona Preps Fall Showcase, Arizona’s original showcase basketball event, will be held for (48) boy’s Arizona varsity high school teams this year, as we recently decided to increase the field of teams for the event, after experiencing a Waiting List of high school programs. Each varsity program will be featured in two games on the day. The Fall Showcase will now take place Saturday, October 26th, 2024 @ Inspire Courts located @ 1090 N Fiesta Blvd, Gilbert, AZ 85233. THIS EVENT IS NOW FULL. All the featured games will now take place in one location on the day,…