Phoenix, AZ – The 3rd Annual ARIZONA SPRING EXPOSURE SHOWCASE was held on Sunday March 2, 2014 at Arizona Christian University. 124 players participated in the exposure showcase and played in front of several scouts, media and (NAIA, JUCO & DivisionII) college coaches that attended. Thanks to those that covered such as Cochise College, Pima College, Scottsdale Community College, Central Arizona College, Arizona Western College, Chandler Gilbert College, South Mountain Community College, Tohono O’ Odham College, Arizona Christian University, Adams State University and Western New Mexico University. Also a special thanks to one of the top national college scouts in…
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Mountain View High School – Mesa, AZ – December 26-31, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 7th Annual VisitMesa.com Basketball Challenge Five out-of-state schools, top schools in Arizona participate over the holidays MESA, AZ – VisitMesa.com, Mesa Public Schools, and Monarch Sports are pleased to announce the 7th Annual VisitMesa.com Basketball Challenge scheduled December 26-31 at Mountain View High School in Mesa, AZ. Teams participating are: Dobson/Mesa, AZ; Clark/Las Vegas, NV; Houston Christian/Houston, TX; Pinnacle/Phoenix, AZ; Mountain View/Mesa, AZ; St. John Bosco/Bellflower, CA; Red Mountain/Mesa, AZ; Orem/Orem, UT; Desert Mountain/Scottsdale, AZ; Jefferson/Brooklyn, NY; Gilbert/Gilbert, AZ; Chaparral/Scottsdale, AZ; Salpointe Catholic/Tucson, AZ; Gilbert Christian/Gilbert, AZ; Pinnacle/Phoenix,…
Today is Thursday December 5, Game Day! This morning my day started with a two hour delay due to the roads being icey. For me this was great news; I definitely needed the extra sleep and time to get everything ready. I got to school around 9:55, and my first and only class was English. The little time I was there all we were doing was presentations about the career you wanted to have when you were older. Finally 11 o’clock hit and I was gone, headed to the bus to get ready for our long trip. I was happy…
There was a strong showing by all the attendees this year at Anthony Ray’s 15th Annual Arizona Preps Fall Showcase. Among the boys, the talent pool just keeps getting deeper as the annual showcase continues to grow. My memorable standouts are highlighted below . . . Dakota Kordsiemon, 6’3” Junior, Catalina Foothills HS Dakota showed an extremely live body. Whether it was running out in transition or grabbing rebounds over his opponents, he plays much bigger than 6-3. He is an excellent finisher at the rim and has a knack for offensive putbacks. His defense also keeps up with his offense. …
On October 26th ArizonaVarsity attended Anthony Ray’s 15th Annual AZ Preps Showcase at the JCC in Scottsdale (Ariz.). This was the last showcase of the year before the HS season starts and it was a very exciting day of hoops along with top rated Arizona prospect Zylan Cheatham announcing his college decision to San Diego State. Here were the top performers from the event in the 2015-17 classes. 6-foot-2 CG 2015 Sammy Thompkins attends Sunnyslope. Thompkins is one of the better scorers in his class and was arguably the best scorer at the entire event. He has the rare ability…
On October 26th ArizonaVarsity attended Anthony Ray’s 15th Annual AZ Preps Showcase at the JCC in Scottsdale (Ariz.). This was the last showcase of the year before the start of the HS season. It was a very exciting day of hoops along with top rated Arizona prospect Zylan Cheatham announcing his college decision to San Diego State. Here were the top performers from the event in the 2014 class. Players with Division-1 potential 6-foot-8 SF Zylan Cheatham attends South Mountain. Cheatham was a terror all day in the open court on defense and offense. Anytime he saw a crease to…
On Saturday, October 5th, the annual ACCAC Women’s Basketball Jamboree took place at the Avondale Sports Complex. This event serves as a very good pre-cursor to the upcoming 2013-2014 season. Every team that competes in the ACCAC, played at least two games and the majority of those games were very even matches. It was very clear that all of these teams played at a very high level for so early in the season. It looks to be a very competitive up-and-coming season for all of these talent-filled teams. It will be an interesting battle all season for the top of…
WHAT: Desert State Elite 150 Exposure Showcase hosted by Elite Girls Basketball and Southwest Showcase WHEN: Saturday, September 7th LOCATION: American Sports Center, 755 N 114th Ave Avondale, AZ 85323 AGES: 7th Grade – High School Seniors COST: $80 **EVENT IS NOT NCAA CERTIFIED FOR D-I COLLEGE COACHES, BUT IS OPEN TO D-II, D-III, NAIA AND JUCO COACHES AS WELL AS SCOUTS AND MEDIA OUTLETS** The Elite 150 skills academy will host 150 of the top girls basketball players for a two-day training camp to instill the fundamentals into the next generation of top players. Don’t miss your chance to MAKE A NAME FOR YOURSELF.…
With the 2013 summer AAU/club basketball season recently coming to a close, it has became very clear that the 2014 senior class is one of the most talent laded and deepest classes that Arizona boys basketball has had in a very long time. Watching all of these top-caliber, future division-I players this summer was a treat to a new basketball writer like myself, but it also made it very difficult to narrow my list down to just the top 5 performers from this club season. Here are the top 5 Arizona prospects that I personally saw, and impressed me the most this summer (In no ranking…
This past summer was a successful one for the Arizona Rebels program on both fronts of the guys and girls. Our boys hit Long Beach twice and ended in Vegas and competed and got great exposure. Our girls had big time performances in Portland by winning their division at the Nike tourney, and had opportunity to show their stuff in front of many division-I’s in Oregon, Vegas, Anaheim and San Diego. I coached the 17u Elite Team. We were led by All-Scottsdale selection Calvin Outlaw (2014 Arcadia) and Kris Lamberson (2014 Arizona Lutheran) – both Top 50 2014 guys’, according to…