One of the top prospects in the Arizona Community College Athletic Association (ACCAC) is now off the recruiting board. Eastern Arizona’s talented 6-foot-9 sophomore forward Theo Seng has been regarded as one of our top sophomore (2023 Class) prospects in the conference all season, and now he is off the recruiting board after giving a verbal commitment to a program in the Sun Belt Conference. Send, a native of Davis, California, and a transfer from Sacramento State, has decided that he will play next season for Troy University and Head Coach Scott Cross and his men’s basketball staff. Troy State…
Author: Anthony Ray
It is a very usual occurrence annually in the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (ACCAC), as Cochise College (29-3, 22-0) and Arizona Western Junior College (26-6, 17-5) face one another for the right to be known as the Conference Champion. It seems like each season these two top-rated programs meet one another at the end of the year for the right to represent Region 1 and win the ACCAC Conference Championship. While, at one time over the years, other Division-I programs in the conference competed with these two juggernauts, Cochise and Arizona Western have dominated the conference for many years,…
It was the final game of a long day and also for the 2022-2023 high school basketball season – the first ever Open Division State Championship, as #1 seed Perry High School (30-1) would face #10 seed Sunnyslope High School (25-6). Perry would be looking to repeat as back-to-back state champions, while Sunnyslope came into Saturday evening’s contest looking to overthrow Goliath, as the Perry team is as talented a high school team as we have ever seen in the state of Arizona – currently ranked among the nation’s Top 20 high school programs by Max Preps. Perry is led…
It was a busy Saturday at the Veteran Memorial Coliseum, as numerous state final games took place for boys and girls high school basketball in the state’s 6A and Open Divisions. For the 6A Boy’s State Championship, #1 seed Highland High School (29-3) would face #2 seed Brophy Prep (24-9) Saturday afternoon. Highland has had a terrific season, led by the superb overall play of 6-foot-3 senior guard Noah Peterson (pictured), while Brophy Prep has been led by the play of 6-foot-6 senior forward Arman Madi (NAU signee) and 6-foot-3 junior guard Braeden Speed. Both teams are well balanced though…
It was an exciting matchup in the 5A Division for the 5A State Championship, as #1 seed Campo Verde (28-4) faced off with #2 seed Millennium High School (27-5) at Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Friday evening. Campo Verde came into the game looking to win their first ever state title, while Millennium was looking to win it all again, after coming up just short in their past two state championship performances – finishing runner-up two times in a row. The game would get off to a very slow start, as both teams would miss shots early and also turn the…
After four years of torching the nets in Arizona high school basketball, it has all come to a nice close for Peoria High School’s 6-foot2 senior guard Andrew Camacho, as he has led his Peoria (28-4) program to this year’s 4A State Championship, after a nice 65-57 state final victory over a gritty Deer Valley High School team. In the championship victory, Camacho finished with a game-high 22 points in the win – rounding out one of the best high school careers in Arizona history. Since entering the high school ranks, Camacho absolutely went off immediately, and was consistent throughout…
Once again, Peoria High School has done it – reaching the 4A State Final, after a big 4A State Semi-final win over Bradshaw Mountain High School on Monday evening in front of a packed house at home. Peoria would quickly build a huge lead in the first half and not look back, as Peoria would route a much bigger Bradshaw Mountain team in a 67-53 victory. For the second time in his illustrious high school career, gifted 6-foot-2 high-scoring senior guard Andrew Camacho (pictured left) will have an opportunity to win it all, before the end to one of the…
It was an exciting match-up as #11 seed Basha High School traveled to the West Valley to face #10 seed Sunnyslope High School @ Apollo High School in front of a packed gymnasium for the right to advance to the Open Division Finals. Sunnyslope (25-5) is accustomed to winning, one of the winningest programs in the state, but this year’s group is young, and they would need to get past a tough Basha team in the process. Basha has been a favorite to make the Open Division finals all season long, but they would have their hands full with a…
This year’s Open Division Playoffs have been exciting and has taken AIA basketball to another level this high school season, as the top 32 teams in the state from the 4A, 5A and 6A Classes have battled it out for the opportunity to be classified as the defining overall State Champion for the 2022-2023 high school basketball season. This has been an amazing opportunity for us to find out who the top overall team in the state is annually, while also allowing for the best competition for each of the state’s top teams at the end of the high school…
One of the elite remaining prospects in Arizona’s 2023 Class is now off the recruiting board, as AZ Compass Prep’s talented 6-foot-4 senior guard Tru Washington has announced his verbal commitment. Washington announced his decision on Tuesday on social media – announcing that he has chosen to verbally commit to the University of New Mexico and Head Coach Richard Pitino and his men’s basketball staff. University of New Mexico basketball is on the rise and now the program has landed Washington – one of the elite 2023 prospects in the West. Washington chose New Mexico over offers from TCU, LSU,…