As if his senior season had not already been good enough, the 2011-2012 season just got much better for Phoenix Country Day High School’s 6-foot-6, 200-pound senior forward AJ Hess. After leading his high school program to an impressive 31-5 record this season and also to the Division-IV State Championship, after a blowout, 49-29 championship victory over Arizona Lutheran, Hess would reel in a great honor at the end of the high school season. Last week, Hess was selected to the Arizona Republic All-Arizona Team – a prestigious honor for Arizona high school basketball players in the state for many years.…
Author: Anthony Ray
The state of Arizona, unlike many states, is still rather loaded with unsigned talent in the senior class. With many college programs now focusing their attention on unsigned prospects across the country, as schools go through coaching changes and focus on next season, Valley Vista High School’s 6-foot-7, 200-pound senior forward T.K. Edogi is garnering much recruiting attention. A definite sleeper prospect, Edogi has not been seen by many college programs. For those that have seen this talented senior prospect, Edogi has become a hot target as of late. The Valley Vista HS team struggled to win ball games this season while…
Another offer on the table for Pinnacle High School’s 6-foot-8, 220-pound senior post Cody McDavis. After receiving his second division-I offer recently, McDavis now has three on the table for himself. This week, after already receiving offers from UC-Davis and Northern Colorado, Davis received a phone call and an official offer from UC-Riverside assistant coach Chris Brazelton. Davis is expected to take his first official recruiting visit this weekend when he visits the UC-Davis campus. McDavis had his best season to date in helping lead Pinnacle HS to a strong 2011-2012 season and a 30-4 record. McDavis advised me that…
The 2012 Arizona Reebok Headliner Tryout will be held this year at Scottsdale’s Chaparral High School on Sunday, May 6th. The cost is free for all participants and will be for high school boys. Here is some more information on this year’s event. WHAT: 2012 Arizona Reebok Headliner Try Out WHEN: Sunday, May 6th, 2012 (10AM to 6PM) WHERE: Chaparral High School – Located at 6935 E. Gold Dust Avenue Scottsdale, Arizona 85253 COST: FREE For All Participants AGES: High School Boys (2013, 2014 and 2015 only) – * No Post-Graduates or Seniors permitted.) FORMAT: LIMITED to 200 players – each player…
Hamilton High School’s girls basketball program was on a tear this high school season – finishing the year with a championship game loss to the dominant St. Mary’s girls basketball program, 65-40. While no one had expected to see the Hamilton girls in this year’s Division-I state campionship game, the Huskies would finish the season with a strong 27-7 overall record. As a #12 seed from Section-II, Hamilton would play their best basketball of the season at the right time of the year. Hamilton would knock off #5 seed Red Mountain HS, 51-49, in overtime to advance to the state quarterfinals, and then…
Everything was perfect for Peoria High School’s 5-foot-10 star senior point guard Dewayne Russell this season. Russell had led Peoria High School to this year’s Division-II State Championship – after posting an impressive 27-3 record on the season, and leading Peoria in a big win over the defending state champion, Amphitheater HS. Russell is regarded as one of the very elite talents in the state. Russell had won the prestigious Tournament Most Valuable Player award at last year’s 13th Annual Arizona Preps Fall Showcase. And Russell had recently verbally committed to the USC Trojans and Head Coach Kevin O’Neill . That was…
Westwind Prep International’s gifted 6-foot-1 post-graduate point guard prospect Juwan Moody has began to see his college recruiting interest begin to soar as of late. Moody is a native of Detroit, Michigan and a guard with loads of star quality in his hometown. Moody competed with the nationally acclaimed AAU program, The Family, out of Michigan before joining last year’s nationally ranked (Five-Star Basketball.com) Arizona Magic Pump N’ Run squad, head coached by Jeff De Laveaga. Moody would help lead his Magic program to several big tournament wins, including the 2011 Double Pump Easter Classic – held in Las Vegas, NV. Since returning to Westwind Prep…
After winning this years Arizona Community College Athletic Conference’s (ACCAC) 2012 Player of the Year award, superstar 6-foot-5, 225-pound sophomore forward Michael Craig (Texas-Southern commit) would blow up in a big 92-82 win over Phoenix College in the championship game of this year’s ACCAC Division-II Championship game. In the big victory, on the home floor of South Mountain and in front of a large crowd, Craig absolutely went off. Craig would ignite the South Mountain crowd with a game-high 40 points, 12 rebounds and 10 big assists – a rare triple-double in junior college basketball Craig would knock down shot after shot…
Here are this year’s selections by the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (ACCAC) for the 2011-2012 men’s All-Conference Teams. This year’s selections are led by this year’s Conference Player of the Year, 6-foot-5 sophomore forward Michael Craig and Conference Coach of the Year – Jerry Carrillo of Cochise College. 1st Team All Conference 1st Team Division 1 All Region Mike Craig (SMCC) Lester Medford (AWC) Lester Medford (AWC) Nathan Sobey (Cochise) Nathan Sobey (Cochise) Spencer Coleman (EAC) Spencer Coleman (EAC) Mike Maya (Cochise) Mike Maya (Cochise) Renan Lenz (AWC) Renan Lenz (AWC) 2nd Team All Conference 2nd Team Division 1 All…
Gilbert Christian High School has become a basketball powerhouse in the state of Arizona in a rather short amount of time. In only the school’s third season of operation, the boy’s basketball program won their second state championship in three years Saturday at Jobing.com Arena. This time around, Gilbert Christian (27-4) won the state title in the Division-III Class, an amazing feat when you consider the school’s small class size of 145 students. In the school’s first year of existence, the 2009-2010 season, the program went an amazing 32-0 and won the 1A Division state title. Last season, the school…