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…
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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…
The always exciting McClintock Holiday Shootout will take place again this week @ McClintock High School and will take place Monday, December 26th and run through Thursday, December 29th – finishing out the 2022 year of exciting high school basketball. Each year, the tournament champion from this year’s event is a big deal, and often leads to a strong finish to the high school season. This year’s field of teams will be very competitive as always, as the event the event gets better each day, as teams progress and move on to the Tournament Final. Arizona Preps will in attendance…
It is that time of year for the annual 2022 Mesa Community College Holiday Tournament, which will feature a few of the nation’s top junior college programs again @ Mesa Junior College this week, beginning on Tuesday, December 27th and ending on Thursday, December 29th. This year’s event will feature 2021 defending Tournament Champions, Salt Lake City Junior College (UT) and previous Tournament Champion, South Plains Junior College (TX). Snow Junior College (UT), Seward County (KS), San Bernardino Junior College (CA), Mesa Junior College, Glendale Junior College and Central Arizona Junior College will round out the field of this year’s…
Mesa High School is off to a nice 9-1 start to the 2022-2023 high school basketball season. After dropping their very first game of the season to ALA Gilbert North (57-51) in the Mesa Fear The Hop Tournament, the team has reeled off 9-straight victories and is preparing to leave the state to take part in the State Farm Classic next week in Bloomington, Illinois. A major reason this season for the success of the team has been the emergence and development of 6-foot-7, 240-pound senior forward Freddie McCoo. A transfer to Mesa High School as a senior, McCoo has…
With the beginning of the high school and prep seasons now in full motion, and after a busy summer and fall, we have updated and now release our NEW Individual Player Rankings. We continue our new rankings for Arizona’s 2025 Sophomore Class of prospects. The 2025 Class is very loaded with many gifted prospects in this class. Top-rated prospects in the class helped themselves in our new rankings with strong performances this summer and fall, and through the early high school and prep seasons. Prospects emerged throughout the process and now are in the conversation for much higher college recruitment. Either way,…
The 15th Annual Visit Mesa Basketball Challenge will take place this week, December 19-22nd @ Mesa Mountain View High School and surrounding high schools in Mesa. The event will expand this year to (3) different sites with (3) brackets and involving (32) top-rated high school programs. Nineteen schools are from Arizona and (13) different programs will represent California, Colorado, Illinois, New York, Utah, and Washington. Arizona Preps will be in attendance this week for the event to bring you our top performers. Here is a list of teams for this week’s exciting event . . . Visit Mesa Basketball Challenge…
As we get set to release our new Individual Player Rankings for the 2025 Class, another one of the top prospects in the class is Cesar Chavez High School’s 6-foot-3, 175-pound sophomore guard Lex Clontz. Clontz burst onto the Arizona varsity scene last season as a freshman and posted big scoring numbers in his season debut. This season, Clontz has returned under new leadership at Chavez, and has raised his numbers and is having another strong season for himself. Recently, Clontz also received his first scholarship offer – a nice mid-major Division-I offer for himself. Clontz is among the best…
Cactus High School’s 7-foot, 240-pound junior post Bradey Henige has become completely dominant in Arizona basketball – already putting together an amazing high school career. After two strong high school seasons already under his belt, Henige has completely gone to another level during his junior season – averaging 30+ points and 22+ rebounds per/game this high school season. Henige is coming off an amazing 50-point and 23 rebound performance in his program’s 77-61 win over Northwest Christian High School. As reported by Richard Obert of the Arizona Republic, Henige finished with a school record 50 points on 23 of 29…