While the previous excitement around Perry High School’s gifted 6-foot-8 senior guard Cody Williams was related to his previous college commitment to the University of Colorado this high school season, Williams continues to soar on the basketball court in Arizona, but also continues to receive rave national reviews in the process. While currently ranked as the #14 overall prospect in ESPN’s national rankings for the 2023 Class, this week, Williams saw his national ranking with 247 Sports, one of the elite national scouting services in the country, rise from #21 to a new #8 national ranking. Williams continues to rise…
Author: Anthony Ray
While everyone in the state already knows the exploits and talents of St. Mary’s High School’s terrific star 6-foot-1 junior point guard Styles Phipps, and while he was already on another level in his play, lately, Phipps has gone to an even higher level in his play with several scoring outbursts that are now making him legendary. Without the support of his fellow teammate, 6-foot-7 sophomore forward Caspian Jones (knee injury) recently, Phipps has put on his cape and exploded in recent games, which will soon make him an even bigger name to consider around the country. The recent loss…
As we continue to focus on Arizona’s young 2026 Class, there are numerous prospects in the class that have emerged early in the recruiting process this high school season. While it is still very early for this class, let’s start looking at some of the elite prospects in the class that are getting done in their freshman high school seasons. One of the top overall prospects in the class this season is Brophy Prep’s 6-foot-4, 180-pound freshman prospect Daylen Sharper. Sharper is a sure-fire two-sport athlete that has had an excellent freshman season thus far for the Broncos. Brophy Prep…
#1 ranked Perry High School (16-1) came into Tuesday’s evening’s matchup with unranked Pinnacle High School as the #12 ranked program in America. While Perry had a close affair with Ironwood High School recently in the Visit Mesa Basketball Challenge over the holidays, no one has really tested this Perry team. Led by two future McDonald’s All-Americans in 6-foot-8 versatile senior guard Cody Williams and 6-foot-8 terrific sophomore forward Koa Peat, Perry has steamrolled through the high school season, thus far. That was until Tuesday evening when the Pumas would travel to Pinnacle on the road, and run into the…
As we start to focus on Arizona’s 2026 Class, which is absolutely loaded already, we have to turn our attention to Desert Mountain High School’s 6-foot-3 freshman guard Kaden House. While a member of “The House Twins,” Kaden is a one-man wrecking crew all by himself. This high school season, the first of his young high school career, House has placed his stamp on the AIA’s varsity level of basketball as one of the sheer best players and prospects in the state. House has become a household name and is putting up record setting statistics as a freshman in the…
Basha High School is currently undefeated with an impressive 16-0 record on the season. Much of the reason for the success of Head Coach Mike Grothaus’ team has been the strong play of 6-foot-4 junior forward Christian Warren. Basha is loaded with talent this season. but they are at their best as a team when Christian Warren is on point, and he has been all season. Warren is a versatile performer on the basketball court, and his stock is surely on the rise, as a result. Basha High School has been very successful as a basketball program under the strong…
Hamilton High School (2-11) has had extreme success over the years under the leadership of Head Coach Doug Harris, but after losing key players to transfer from last season, this year’s team has struggled to win games at the normal clip of previous seasons, but a prospect has emerged this season for Hamilton. Talented 6-foot-2 junior guard Nazir Davis is a nice offensive talent that is still learning the game from Coach Harris and his staff, but has proven that he is a player to be reckoned with this high school season, and has become a college prospect. Still only…
The McClintock Holiday Shootout finished up Thursday evening, just before the end of the 2022 calendar year, with a nice Championship match-up between two of the state’s top 6A programs, as Basha High School (17-0) and Highland High School (13-2) matched up in the tournament final. Basha came into the final tournament game on a complete roll for the high school season and with an undefeated record, while Highland would look to turn in another nice upset victory over another one of the state’s elite teams – making for a nice contest in front of a nice crowd at host…
The true Championship game for this year’s Mesa Junior College Holiday Shootout may have taken place already on Wednesday evening in the tournament’s very exciting semi-final match-up between #1 nationally ranked Salt Lake City Junior College (UT) and #14 nationally ranked South Plains Junior College (TX). Salt Lake City Junior College would lead the entire contest, until late in the game, when South Plains would not be denied – coming from behind to take the lead late. After several big baskets late, and a questionable no call as the buzzer sounded, Salt Lake City would earn a narrow, hard fought…
The annual McClintock Holiday Shootout is always exciting with top performers and top performances, and this year’s event has not disappointed, as day two of this year’s event Tuesday evening saw an impressive performance from Highland High School’s 6-foot-3, 215-pound senior guard Noah Peterson, as he led Highland (12-1) to a big 80-70 quarterfinal victory over Liberty High School. In the win, Peterson did it all, as he poured in a game-high 31 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists – leading Highland to the tournament’s semi-finals. The victory was not a true upset, as Highland has posted an excellent season…