Author: Anthony Ray

The 2024 Pangos All-American Camp will be held from Sunday through Tuesday, June 2nd-4th @ Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, Nevada. This camp annually is comprised of (100) of the nation’s top prospects. Each year the camp is attended by more than (30+) NBA scouts, as well as a large amount of national media that is in attendance for the exciting event. Division-I college coaches are not permitted to attend the camp, but the coverage of the event’s top performers is colossal, as national and regional scouts flood the building. Arizona Preps will be in attendance for this…

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Higley High School will have an excellent chance to win it all next high school season in the state’s 5A Division, and will certainly be an Open Division Playoff team for sure, as the team returns loads of talent for next season – giving hard-working Head Coach Kenny Drake his best chance to do so in some time. A big reason for the excellent potential for this team next season, will be the continued terrific play of 5-foot-10 sophomore guard Noah Gloor. Gloor has had a terrific high school career thus far for himself, and is coming off an excellent…

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One of the state’s top unsigned senior prospects in the 2024 Class, has soared below the recruiting radar for some time, but now looks to be heating up. Highland Prep High School’s 6-foot-4, 190-pound senior guard Presley Ibeh is a very nice athletic talent that plays both ends of the floor at a high level. Ibeh is coming off a very good senior season for himself, and, after a long wait in his recruiting process, Ibeh has now received two more college offers to his credit. Last week, Ibeh released that he had received offers from Black Hills State and Northwest…

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During the NCAA Evaluation Period (May 17-19), many of Arizona’s top rated prospects helped themselves a great deal in their current and future college recruitment. With numerous different shoe circuits now available for club programs to compete on throughout the spring and summer, many more prospects are now benefiting from the exposure to college coaches. One prospect that took full advantage of this opportunity was Eduprize Prep’s talented and versatile 6-foot-8 junior wing Andre Thomas. After a strong junior season for himself and emerging with a loaded Eduprize Prep program, Thomas competed with a talented Peak Basketball Academy 17U program…

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The spring period is officially coming to an end now across the country for hundreds of club programs, as we begin to get set to prepare now for the busy month of June high school basketball. This spring was certainly a unique one for national high school basketball prospects, as the entire spring included only one NCAA certified weekend for events nationally to include NCAA member Division-I college coaches. As a result of this fact, as well as the tremendous growth, importance and popularity of the NCAA Transfer Portal among college coaches at all levels, high school student-athletes across the…

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Casteel High School’s 6-foot-5, 180-pound junior guard/forward Amare King emerged this past season as one of the better looking prospects in the 2025 Class, and was relied on heavily this high school season to lead Casteel to a strong finish. King had a good junior season for himself, and has now continued his strong play on the club circuit with a talented AZ Select Team that has had very good success on the UAA Circuit. As a result, King has reeled in several offers for himself as of late, and has seen his college recruitment transform and now reach new…

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Last week was a major week for the Notre Dame Prep basketball program, as almost the unthinkable took place. News quickly spread of the departure of highly successful Head Coach Luke DallaRiva, as he and the program parted ways. While it has still been undisclosed as to the reasons for DallaRiva’s departure from the program, especially after a very successful career at the helm by DallaRiva, the ripple effect of the fire has the program now in complete disarray and jeopardy. Now, add to it the transfer of one of the program’s very best players, as sharp-shooting 6-foot-1, 170-pound junior…

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In recent news and almost shocking, Arizona Preps learned about the transfer of Sunnyslope High School’s sharp-shooting and skilled 6-foot sophomore guard John Mattingly. Mattingly has decided to withdraw from Sunnyslope High School and now has enrolled at Central High School, where he will now play his junior season. This news definitely came as a huge surprise to our staff and the Arizona basketball community, as Mattingly seemed to be having tremendous success as a player for Head Coach Ray Portela and his staff. This is a big loss for the Sunnyslope basketball program, although they will still be fine.…

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The majority of Arizona’s top-rated prospects in the 2025 Class are still looking to receive more college recruitment, but Cesar Chavez High School’s skilled 6-foot-3, 180-pound junior guard Lex Clontz has found his college fit and home for the future. Clontz announced his big decision on social media on Tuesday afternoon – giving a nice verbal commitment to Embry Riddle University and new Head Coach Ben Tucker and his coaching staff. It seemed like just yesterday that Clontz was a mere freshman starter for Chavez, and was breaking records for most three-pointers in a game. Clontz emerged on the Arizona…

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The NCAA Spring Evaluation Period has concluded after one weekend in May, and numerous Arizona prospects have received serious college recruitment as a result. One of the hottest prospects currently in the state, as a result of his strong performance throughout the spring, has been Notre Dame Prep’s 6-foot-3 junior guard Bryce Quinet. After competing on the Under Armour circuit with a loaded AZ Select UAA team this spring, Quinet has helped his team become one of the better performing teams on the club circuit this spring, which has resulted in loads of recruiting attention for the team and, more…

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