The 2nd Annual All-Star Shootout for Arizona high school seniors and sophomore juco prospects will be held on April 12th this year for girls, and on April 13th for boys @ South Mountain Community College. Last year’s event was a major success and this year’s event promises to be just as exciting, with the addition of a girls all-star game this year. Participants for this year’s event will be selected by the event staff. Arizona Preps’ will be in attendance for the event, and will bring you our top overall performers from both games. This event promises to feature numerous…
Author: Anthony Ray
The Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (ACCAC) has made their selections for this year’s award recipients for the conference. As a result, Arizona Western’s talented 6-foot-1 sophomore guard AJ Marmolejos capped off a terrific sophomore season in the ACCAC for himself – being selected as the ACCAC Division-I Player of the Year. Chandler-Gilbert’s 6-foot-7 sophomore Andre Harris also had an excellent season himself, as he led Chandler-Gilbert to the Division-II Region Title. For his efforts, Harris received this year’s ACCAC Division-II Player of the Year. Here are the post-season awards for the ACCAC for the 2023-2024 junior college basketball season . . . ACCAC DI Conference Champion – Eastern…
The Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (ACCAC) has made their selections for this year’s award recipients for the conference. As a result, Arizona Western’s talented 6-foot-1 sophomore guard AJ Marmolejos capped off a terrific sophomore season in the ACCAC for himself – being selected as the ACCAC Division-I Player of the Year. Chandler-Gilbert’s 6-foot-7 sophomore Andre Harris also had an excellent season himself, as he led Chandler-Gilbert to the Division-II Region Title. For his efforts, Harris received this year’s ACCAC Division-II Player of the Year. AJ Marmolejos (pictured) had a big sophomore season for himself this season, as he ranked among the…
The 2023-2024 junior college basketball season for the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (ACCAC) is now winding down, as we prepare to enter the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (ACCAC) Tournament, now that the regular season for the conference has now come to an end. With the conclusion of this year’s regular season, Eastern Arizona is the 2024 Region Division-I Champion, while Chandler-Gilbert is this year’s Division-II Region Champion. Eastern Arizona (24-6, 17-2) won this year’s ACCAC Region-I Title in fine fashion this junior college season, as the program won the league from start to finish this season – leading…
All season we watched the top high school programs in the state go at it almost every night, as programs from different divisions and locations around the state competed hard for an opportunity to win it all. While most teams in the state competed for a chance at a winning season, the elite programs in the state competed for this year’s Open Division State Championship. After considering many different programs this high school season to win the Open Division State Championship, in the end, they were who we thought they were. Perry High School, the two-time defending state champions, would…
How sweet it is, after #10 seed Liberty High School became the lowest seed to ever win a state championship by the AIA, after a nice 69-63 victory over Sandra Day O’Connor High School. Liberty Head Coach Mark Wood and his staff are to be commended on the program they have built in the Northwest Valley, and this season continued to prove Coach Mark Wood’s value and coaching ability, as he led a team this season that had numerous ups and downs, but won it all in the end. Liberty (19-12) hung around all season, and, when it counted, put…
The stage was set for an exciting contest for this year’s 5A State Championship game between the two top teams in the division, #1 seed Ironwood High School and #2 seed Casteel High School. Both programs have had excellent high school seasons this year, although Ironwood came into the game as the favorite, after posting an impressive 26-3 overall record on the season. Highly successful veteran Head Coach Jordan Augustine and his experienced staff have been here and won it before, so confidence on the Ironwood side of things was riding high, while Casteel (23-6) was looking to win their…
The Open Division State Championship game is now set after two exciting semi-final games on Wednesday evening, and the two final teams make a lot of sense. While numerous teams competed hard this season to get to this point, our state’s top overall ranked team, Millennium High School, will now face the two-time defending state champions, Perry High School, in the Open Division state final. Millennium utilized a huge third quarter performance to blow out Notre Dame Prep, 65-38, before Perry would get a huge performance from 6-foot-8 superstar junior Koa Peat, to defeat Basha High School in the rubber-match,…
The Open Division State Playoffs continue this evening at Chaparral High School with big semi-finals action back-to-back, as our #1 ranked team in the state, Millennium High School will face #2 seed Notre Dame Prep, and #1 seed and two-time defending state champions Perry High School will face #4 seed Basha High School. With two exciting semi-final match-ups in one location on the evening, it will make for some exciting basketball action. Here is a preview of both games that will determine the state final for the Open Division this weekend at Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Perry High School vs Basha High School Semi-Final #1 seed Perry High School (22-6) are our…
The Open Division State Playoffs continue this evening at Chaparral High School with big semi-finals action back-to-back, as our #1 ranked team in the state, Millennium High School will face #2 seed Notre Dame Prep, and #1 seed and two-time defending state champions Perry High School will face #4 seed Basha High School. With two exciting semi-final match-ups in one location on the evening, it will make for some exciting basketball action. Here is a preview of both games that will determine the state final for the Open Division this weekend at Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Millennium High School vs Notre…