After venturing to the University of New Mexico recently with his family, Gilbert Christian High School’s 6-foot-8 junior post Mitch Lightfoot decided that he had found his fit for the future and needed no longer to make his decision. Lightfoot decided to give his verbal commitment to head coach Craig Neal and his staff – becoming the first 2016 prospect in the state to fall off the recruiting board. Lightfoot chose New Mexico over scholarship offers from Arizona State, Creighton, Grand Canyon, Northern Arizona and the University of Portland. Lightfoot is regarded as one of the elite prospects in Arizona’s 2016…
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Shadow Mountain High School’s gifted junior point guard prospect Michael Bibby Jr. has developed at his own pace over time, but is now beginning to really come into his own as a player and now also as a college prospect. Bibby helped lead his high school program to last season’s Division-II state championship. As a result of Bibby’s strong performance early on in his high school career already, Bibby has already earned division-I offers from USC and Memphis. Here is a highlight video of Bibby from Arizona’s Finest Videos . . . Michael Bibby Jr. Arizona’s Finest Highlight Video Join the…
McClintock (Tempe) High’s 2016 5-11 PG Amiri Chukwuemeka is one of the best point guards in the state. He displays a confidence while running the point position that very few players in the state possess, and it is nearly impossible to keep him out of the lane once he gets a full head of steam. He also can hit the open jumper from the 3-point line and in. He has a very big junior season ahead of him. Here is a highlight reel of one of the state’s elite guard prospects by Arizona’s Finest Videos . . . Amiri Chukwuemeka…
Sunnyslope High School’s superb 6-foot-3 senior guard Sammy Thompkins recently earned this year’s Tournament Most Valuable Player Award at the Arizona Preps Fall Showcase – suggesting that he will have a huge senior season for the Vikings. After an extremely impressive spring and summer performance for himself, Thompkins generated loads of college attention and scholarship offers. After mulling over his current recruiting options, Thompkins decided to forgo the fall evaluation period, and move to signing during the late signing period. He also ranked as the tournament’s second leading scorer at the prestigious invite-only Pangos All-American Camp, which brought together many of…
Recent Arizona State commit, 2017 stud prospect Markus Howard of Perry High School is coming off a tremendous freshman season – leading his team to a strong 26-6 overall record on the season, and a Division-I state semi-final playoffs berth. Markus would average an impressive 23 points, 2.3 assists and 3.1 rebounds per/game. Markus was unguardable at times this high school season, as he went on numerous scoring outbursts against much older competition. As a result of Howard’s early success this high school season, he was selected by the Arizona Republic newspaper as a First-Team All-State selection. Here is an…
1. Varsity Returners (name, grade, any relevant statistics) Savannah Anderson (Sophomore),PG, Anisa Monteau (Junior),G, PG Ciera Walker (Junior),PF Sarah Hill (Senior)- Verbal Commitment to Hollins University, VA., Center Aryanna Walker (Senior) PF 2. Varsity Newcomers (name, grade) Veronica Perez (freshman),PG Kyla Williams (freshman), F, PF Abigail Salinas (Junior),First year back after 2 double knee surgeries PG 3. Comments regarding your expectations for the season and what it will take for the team to be successful. Lady Cougars went under a reconstruction in 2011 when Colorado Native Ursula Doll took over the program. Coach Doll has had a passion for…
On Saturday, October 25th at Sandra Day O’ Connor High School, Anthony Ray held his 16th annual Fall Showcase. Anthony’s Fall Showcase event has been one of the most successful showcases on the West Coast because of the high level of talent on the court every single game. Such notable scouts as Gerry Freitas from the Hoop Review, Gregg Rosenberg from Arizona Varsity.com, Lucas Ramirez, and many others were in attendance to catch the games from beginning to the end. Here are my picks for the top performers from the showcase, based on my personal observations: 2017 6-1 CG Jake Lieppert:…
This weekend ArizonaVarsity attended Anthony Ray’s 16th Annual Arizona Preps Fall Showcase at Sandra Day O’Connor in Phoenix (Ariz.). The showcase had over 100 players in attendance from all over the state. Each player played in two games plus an optional dunk contest, which was won by Dawson Stevenson of Sedona Red Rock. Here were the top 25 players at the event based on their performance. 2015 6-foot-2 CG Sammy Barnes-Thompkins attends Sunnyslope. Thompkins has the whole offensive package of deep shooting, driving to the basket and pulling-up to score. He is an underrated athlete and playmaker. Nelms was hitting…
Report On 2014 Arizona Preps Fall Showcase The 16th annual Arizona Preps Fall Showcase was held Saturday, October 25th at Sandra Day O’Connor High School in Phoenix under the direction of Anthony Ray of Arizona Preps. Here is a report on the event. Top Prospects: 6’4 SF Noah Bauman of Desert Vista HS 2017 Bauman is a three man with a nice all-around game. He can run the floor and has a bit of burst of speed. He is ok making plays in transition, moves ok without the ball in the half court, can shoot it some and is an…
Report On 2014 Arizona Preps Fall Showcase The 16th annual Arizona Preps Fall Showcase was held Saturday, October 25th at Sandra Day O’Connor High School in Phoenix under the direction of Anthony Ray of Arizona Preps. Here is a report on the event. Other Prospects To Consider: (*indicates highest consideration for this category) 6’7 PF/C Nick Allen of Willow Canyon HS 2015 Hard-working, can dribble operate on the block, ok driver, solid rebounder. 6’5 PF Christian Anigwe of Desert Vista HS 2017 Fairly athletic, thin, has a hesitation drive, decent floater, capable rebounder. 6’4 SF Randy Bronner of Pinnacle HS…