Friday was an amazing day of basketball action around the state of Arizona for all basketball divisions in the state, as each Division saw action on the day or evening – making for some electric basketball action around the state. No division in the state though was more exciting than (4) different quarterfinal games that were being played, which would decide the semi-finals for this year’s Open Division State Playoffs. Notre Dame Prep (25-4) punched their ticket for the Open Division Final Four on Friday evening in fine fashion, as they defeated a very talented and hot St. Mary’s High…
Author: Anthony Ray
Sunnyslope High School (20-7) fell to our #1 ranked team in the state on Friday evening, as they would lose at home to Millennium, 56-50, in front of a sold out crowd in attendance. While the season and Sunnyslope’s hopes for winning an Open Division state title this season diminished on Friday evening in front of their home crowd, the future is exceedingly bright for the program, as the Vikings have loads of serious young Division-I talent for the future. One of these elite young prospects is 6-foot-10 freshman post Darius Wabbington. While Wabbington is very young and has a…
Inspire Prep Academy’s 6-foot-4 8th grader Adan Diggs has been making noise among the national basketball community for some time, and now college programs are noticing as well. Diggs is a sure-fire future high-major Division-I talent and his future looks to be extremely bright. This week, Diggs received his first Division-I offer to his credit, as the University of Washington extended an offer very early in the recruiting process for the tremendous young talent. The University of Washington has definitely done a good job of recruiting the state of Arizona over the years, but recently, the program has stepped up their…
One of the elite young prospects in America resides right here in the state of Arizona. The state of Arizona has consistently produced elite young prospects over time, and now we have another one. Hillcrest Prep’s uniquely talented 6-foot-11 freshman prospect Adrien Isaac Porras has consistently received rave reviews for some time now, since before entering the high school ranks. The large young post prospect is a rare talent and now college programs are taking notice, early in the recruiting process, for the opportunity to land this young man in the future. Recently, Porras received his second Division-I offer for…
College programs are beginning to line up for Basha High School’s gifted young guard prospect, 6-foot sophomore point guard Mason Magee. While it is still very early in the recruiting process for Magee, college programs are positioning themselves now for the gifted young prospect. With a couple offers already on the table for Magee, he now has received his second PAC-12 offer from a Division-I program, and will look to reel in many more offers for himself over time, and in the near future, as he gets set to enter another brig spring and summer for himself. This week, Magee…
With the junior college basketball season starting to wind up, as we get towards the end to conference play soon, the conference standings still look the same. Eastern Arizona Junior College (21-5, 14-1) continues to lead the conference among Division-I programs, while Chandler-Gilbert Junior College (24-2, 16-2) still holds on to the lead among Division-II college programs in the conference, with Pima CC (23-3, 15-3) still remaining in a close second place. South Mountain Junior College 6-foot-4 sophomore Jaylen Wesley continues to lead the conference in both scoring and rebounding – averaging 26.1 points and 10.2 rebounds per/contest. Here are the current and recent Players of the Week in the ACCAC, as selected by the…
As Brophy Prep (17-10) now reaches the quarterfinals for the Open Division State Playoffs, it is a bitter-sweet situation for 6-foot-3 junior guard Ayden Madi. Madi was an integral part of last season’s state playoff run, in which Brophy Prep finished as a runner-up last season for the 6A State Championship. While he had expected to be an important piece for Brophy in their state title run this season, instead, Madi has had to watch from the sidelines in every game, while nursing a back injury that he suffered in the fall. While watching and supporting his teammates all season,…
And just like that, the field is now set for the quarterfinals for this year’s Open Division State Playoffs. We have waited all high school season for this moment, and it is finally here, as the state’s top basketball programs in the Arizona Interscholastic Association (AIA) have come together for this year’s Open Division State Playoffs. We started with (32) teams, and, after two rounds, there are now (8) teams remaining to help us find out which Arizona program will win it all this season for the Open Division. The field of teams competing for this year’s state title is still very fierce,…
The Open Division State Playoffs finally got underway on Wednesday evening across the state, as many teams looked to begin their quest for an Open Division State Championship. With (32) different high school programs in action on Wednesday night in the first round of this year’s playoffs, (16) teams have advanced to the second round of these Open Division State Playoffs. #7 seed St. Mary’s High School (22-6) began their playoffs with a nice first round match-up with a tough and well-coached Mesa High School program, who came in as the #26 overall seed in the tournament. Mesa (22-6) would…
We have waited all high school season for this moment, and it is finally here, as the state’s top basketball programs in the Arizona Interscholastic Association (AIA) will come together beginning this Wednesday, February 14th, on Valentines Day, for this year’s Open Division State Playoffs. (32) of the state’s top programs have fought hard all season long – making for one of the best AIA high school seasons to date. There were many top performances this season, as numerous different Arizona high school programs took the spotlight this high school season, at different points throughout the year. Now the time…