As we now turn our focus to Arizona’s talented 2025 Class of prospects, we first need to take a hard look at Perry High School’s 6-foot-8, 210-pound rising sophomore forward Koa Peat, who is simply different than any other prospect in Arizona’s 2025 Class. In fact, Peat is simply different than any other prospect in America’s 2025 Class, as he is a unique level talent unlike many that we have ever seen in the state of Arizona’s rich basketball history. As a result, Peat is on completely another level and is reaping the rewards early on in his playing career.…
Author: Anthony Ray
The Green family is well known for producing top-rated basketball talent, and Liberty High School’s athletic and promising talent, 6-foot-6, 200-pound rising senior Ky Green is next in line. After being so highly touted as a younger prospect, Ky Green is now coming into his own, but it has happened at his own pace. After a strong junior season for himself, Green is set to have a big senior season and raise many eyebrows in the process. Green has become one of the better sleeper prospects in the 2023 Class, although he was never projected to be a sleeper prospect.…
Centennial High School is coming off an excellent season, after winning last year’s 5A State Title in impressive fashion – defeating Gilbert High School, 46-39, in the state final. A lot has changed for Centennial since the end to the season, as David Grace has now taken over the helm for the program. After also losing some key members to last year’s team through graduation, the stage is now set for 6-foot-5 rising senior forward Emery Young to come into his own and lead next year’s group back to the top of the 5A Standings. Centennial High School is now…
David Grace is back and has returned to his roots – coaching the state’s best talent in Arizona. After many years of success in the state and an illustrious college coaching career, Grace has returned to take over the 5A Defending State Champions, Centennial High School’s boy’s basketball program. While the program won it all last season, behind the leadership of Randy Lavender, Lavender and the program recently parted ways, allowing Grace to take over the program and begin a new era in Centennial High School basketball. It was not thought that Grace would make a return to Arizona high…
While I did not think he would be in this position, still available this late in the recruiting process, but 6-foot-6 unsigned senior wing Elijah Thomas is still looking to make his college decision. Currently, Thomas is set to take several college visits for himself, before making his college selection. He has indicated that he will go the junior college route, to help improve his college recruitment – a decision that will benefit Thomas a great deal in his future. Currently, Thomas is set to visit Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) this weekend, and then Fort Scott JC as well.…
Former St. Mary’s High School 6-foot-7 unsigned senior wing Garrison Phelps is on the rise, after seeing marginal college recruitment during his senior season. Phelps decided to go the prep school route, where he will spend a post graduate season next year at Pike Prepatory Academy in Indiana. As a result, Phelps has seen his recruitment now take off, as he is now hearing from a host of Division-I programs currently at all levels. Phelps is on tap to have a big post-graduate season for himself, which will benefit him a great deal in his pursuit of signing with the…
One of the top prospects in Arizona’s 2022 Class is coming off an injury that set him back in his development and recruitment, but 6-foot-7 incoming freshman forward Nathaniel Knight will look to regain his promising career this season at Cochise Junior College, where he will play for legendary junior college Head Coach Jerry Carrillo. I caught up with Knight on Tuesday afternoon, as he was working out hard with top-rated local trainer Sidd Sharma, in preparation for the up-coming junior college season. Knight recently signed with Cochise College, and advised me that he understands that he needs to be…
In surprising fashion on Wednesday afternoon, ultra-athletic 6-foot-4 rising senior wing E.J. Scroggins announced that he has decided to leave McClintock High School, and now has landed at AZ Compass Prep, where he will play his senior season. The move by Scroggins should definitely help him develop as a player, but also should benefit him a great deal in his college recruitment. The decision to leave McClintock HS by Scroggins will definitely change the complexity of the McClintock team and program immediately, as Scroggins was the top returning performer from last year’s Chargers’ team that finished with a 24-4 overall…
Horizon High School is coming off a good season last year, as the program finished with a 17-10 overall record on the season, and advanced in the 5A State Playoffs before losing to Millennium High School (54-49). The program will lose a lot to graduation next season, but also returns many players with varsity experience. The leading returning scorer next season for Horizon, will be sharp-shooting 6-foot-2, 165-pound rising senior combo-guard Jack Brackmann. Brackmann put up solid numbers in his junior season, and will look to catch fire during his senior season as he is a specialist as a shooter.…
Get ready for the promising high school career of young, rising 5-foot-10 freshman guard Mason Magee. Magee has been a superstar in the middle school ranks for some time, and now will be beginning his high school career for Basha High School next fall. Get your popcorn ready, as this young man will be sure to become one of the top prospects to ever play in the state. Still very young as a rising freshman, and should be still entering his 8th grade year, Magee is a unique guard prospect that is well advanced for his young years. He has…