On the home page - close first half until thunder struck in the second half.

Way Cool if you are a DV fan - pun intended.

Apparently a fight broke out in the fourth quarter of the Sunnyslope @ Apollo game. I wasn't there but my son was. He said that Bryson Mewhinney and a big from Slope got thrown out and Boo Boo Woods and a big from Apollo got tossed also. He said Woods and Mewhinney got tangled up and started throwing punches!

I don't know what AIA rules are when that happens but it can't be good!

The CGUHS are currenly 12-4: Updates/ Highlights of our Hoiday Season:

1. Two tough close out non-Section games vs.Queen Creek,51-50, followed by loss to Higlhand, 74-36, December 2014.
2. Participated in the Coolidge HS Bear Down Tournament, Jan 1, 2015 -Jan 3, 2015, Tournament Champs , beat Coolidge HS in the semis ( host team), 72-48, won the championship against charter school, American Academy, 74-47, All Tourney Team: Gresyn Rogers and Jose Olivarez. Tournament MVP: Jose Olivarez.

Academic Status:

All CGUHS Boys Varsity Basketball Students-Athletes are eligible for the remaining A.I.A Boys Basketball Season. Team Overall GPA, 2.75, Gresyn Rogers, GPA: 4.4 with an honors class schedule, Team GPA Improvement Status: Up 1.3 GPA from Spring 2014. Team Goal: Increase Team G.P.A. to 2.90 by the end of school year, 2014-15. 8 Juniors will return in 2015-16, only 3 seniors will end their eligibility with Cougar athletics, effective Fe. 2015. Each graduate will consider enrollment at Central Arizona College in Casa Grade for school year 2015-16. Both Ryan Ries, Cole Durant and CJ Andrews are "working Seniors" who attend school, work part time 5 at least 3 X per week and attend our practices. They represent the true meaning of "student-athletes !

I will conduct our Annual CGUHS NCAA Parent/ Student/ Coaches Clearng House Academy at the "U", along with our CGUHS AD Randy Robbins, Ms. Kaysha Brooks, parent and HC Kevin "Coach P" during the NCAA Mens Baketball Final Four weekend.

This Week`s Games:

1.Wed. Jan 7, @ M. View Marana, Start of Section Play.
2. Fri. Jan 9 @ The "U" vs. Cholla HS, will avenge a 46 point loss at Cholla HS last season, 2013-14 Cholla (Tucson) HS.


CGUHS Cougar Human Interest Updates:

1. Anthony Brooks, a 6`4" Post Junior Cougar, was involved in a near fatal car accident last Feb.2014. Two of his friends were killed in the Casa Grande incident. I contacted Richard Obert, who agreed to write the human interest story. Ms Brooks, Anthony`s mother and our CGUHS Co-President will provide Richard Obert with details about Anthoy`s long recovery process. Anthony averaged 16 pts 8 rebounds in the Collidge Bear Down Tourament.He is now our starting "Kevin Love" "5" Post Player!

2. We recently selected 3 honor students who will receive 300 community hours for their management training with CGUHS. Their first assignment, helping Coach "P" put in all of our stats for MaxPreps ( thanks Greg for your patience).


Kevin "Coach P" Pollins,
Casa Grande Union High School,
Head Boys Varsity Basketball Coach,
@ The "U, Casa Grande, AZ"

Any more updates on some of the AZ players?

TK carring more of the load for TU men

SHS: 14 21 8 10 10 63
PHS: 11 15 11 16 4 57

Pueblo was led by Solomon with 19 and Romero with 11

Sunnyside was led by Inclan (20) and Duarte 12 pts, 12 reb.

*Congrats to Inclan he broke the 1,000 point mark for a career tonight. He's a great kid who does things the right way.

Doing his thing at Western New Mexico.

Gavin Wood

Deadline will be Tues Jan 6 by 4p..... 15 picks.


1/6

St Marys @ Pinnacle
Moon Valley @ Saguaro

1/7

Independence @ Millenium
Desert Ridge @ Mountain Pointe
Sierra Linda @ LaJoya
Seton Catholic @ Williams Field

1/8

Mesa @ Desert Mountain
Ironwood Ridge @ Catalina Foothills
Nogales @ Cienega
Sahuaro @ Salpointe Catholic

1/9

Apollo @ Boulder Creek
Chandler @ Buena
Gilbert @ Central
Basha @ Perry
Cholla @ Casa Grande
Arcadia @ Shadow Mountain


Remember Leave one out..... good luck.

Per Arizona's Finest on Twitter Jalen Jenkins committed to Benedictine University.

Well?

My have things changed since preseason.

Sahuaro is on a tear and SoAZ shares half of the top ten in power points at the halfway mark.

Tempe is probably at the top right about now and only sitting at No. 13 in Power Rankings - so the second half of the season is really going to impact the shape of state.

GC wouldn't even make it to state if the playoffs started today.

Typical statebound teams like Seton, Marcos, Salpointe, IRidge and 'tock need to ramp it up if they plan to dance.

Gonna be wild and crazy.

DII appears to be wide open - updated Power Points

Currently at 13-3, the Firestorm are making some noise at the NAIA level.

Pinckney (Buena), Sessions (Red Mountain/Mountain View) are getting some solid PT . Frith (Horizon Honors) is getting some small PT.

ACU Firestorm

Thanks to everybody who helped make this years McClintock Holiday Shootout one of the best yet! It's unfortunate that the great play in the championship game between two very deserving teams was overshadowed by the serious injuries that took place. Our thoughts and prayers continue to be with both Devin and Markus. Basha showed tremendous resolve rallying around one another after losing Kirby late in the first quarter. Perry showed great class by agreeing to run out the final minute of the game clock after the injury to Markus to make Bashas championship victory official. We look forward to continuing to make the McClintock Holiday Shootout a great experience for players, coaches and fans!



Here is a quick recap of the event:





Champion - Basha

Runner-Up - Perry

3rd Place - Arcadia

4th Place - Westview

5th Place - McClintock

Consolation Champion - Mesa



All-Tournament Team





Antwan Ross (Basha)

Markus Howard (Perry)

Avonte Nelms (Arcadia)

Darius Goudeau (Mesa)

Amiri Chukwuemeka (McClintock)



MVP - Klay Stall (Basha)



Tournaments Top 5 Scorers

1. Markus Howard 131 Points (Perry)

2. Amiri Chukwuemeka 106 Points (McClintock)

3. Connor Nichols 100 Points (Arcadia)

4. Kendall Barnes 84 Points (Westview)

5. Mike Mellinger 79 Points (Dobson)



Team Results (W/L)

Basha 4-0

Perry 3-1

Arcadia 3-1

McClintock 3-1

Mesa 3-1

Westview 2-2

Brophy 2-2

Boulder Creek 2-2

Marcos de Niza 1-2

Campo Verde 1-2

Dobson 1-2

Desert Ridge 1-2

Saguaro 1-2

Mountain Ridge 1-2

Moon Valley 0-3

NFL Yet 0-3

Tons of locals getting it done in the ACCAC.

Pima, 10-3 - whoa...

ACCAC Standings

I was hopeful the new coaching staff up north would focus on locals to build their program. It's never happened in the past, and it seems unlikely now.

The locals are not getting much PT, but maybe as they progress over the years that will improve. Chris Miller was a stud at Greenway, figured he'd be in the mix a bit more as a soph. And a few locals that did go there have moved on - most notably DeWayne Russell, who is tearing it up at GCU.

As of yesterday the Toros are numero uno in Power Rankings.

Go figure.

D1 Power Rankings

Gregg attended the SR vs. Washington game last night.

How did Seton do?



This post was edited on 1/6 7:40 AM by ArizonaVarsity

Scores from Monday

Awesome game lastnite! Barcello seems to always play well in big games and did not disappoint. Much respect to Cody Riley, kid can flat out play. Kuiper was absent for most of the game but hit a clutch 3 late in the 4th qtr with less than a min remaining to give his team the lead by 2 I believe. Unfortunately nor Barcello and Bagley could hit their 1 and 1's to seal the game.

A few minor corrections...
This post was edited on 1/5 12:44 PM by ArizonaVarsity

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I gave him the business a week or so ago on the Buffs board for his free throws, but I have to give him a ton of credit for his play for the Buffs. Two big wins against USC and UCLA and he's doing pretty good at the line.

Wishing him the very best and a speedy recovery.

Coming up next.

SBT is looking to play with Planet Athlete's prep team after a situation at 'slope caused him to leave the team. Still being determined if he leaves the school or stays to finish his academics.

Good luck SBT.

GCU Ends Non-Conference Play with Win over UC Riverside

 

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The Grand Canyon University men's basketball team (9-8) picked up an exciting 71-69 win tonight over visiting UC Riverside (7-7) in their final non-conference matchup of the season. The Antelopes used a strong performance from the charity stripe to secure the victory, their fourth in the past five games.

With the Lopes ahead by two and just 15.3 seconds on the clock, Royce Woolridge drained two free throws to make it a four-point game. UCR answered with two free throws of their own, but missed a three-pointer at the buzzer as the Lopes held on for the win.

DeWayne Russell led the team with 19 points, his eighth straight double-digit game. Woolridge added 18 points, just one point shy of his GCU career-high, while Joshua Braun had 15.

GCU shot 46.5 percent (20-for-43) for the game and made over half of their three-point attempts (7-for-13). The Highlanders went 23-for-66 (34.8 percent) from the floor and were equally as tough from beyond the arc, draining nine three-pointers.

The Lopes jumped out to an early 7-3 lead after limiting the Highlanders to a 1-for-7 mark over the first four minutes of the game. UCR kept it close for much of the first half before GCU opened an eight point lead, 29-21, with just over four minutes on the clock.

GCU led by four, 32-28, at the half after shooting 41.7 percent (10-for-24) compared to 31.3 percent (10-for-32) by the Highlanders. Woolridge led the Lopes with nine first half points, while Braun added eight.

After opening the second half on a 13-5 run, the Lopes extended their lead to 45-33 with 15 and a half minutes remaining. GCU led by as many as 13 points before the Highlanders closed the gap to five points, 55-50, at the 7:36 mark.

UCR pulled to within two points, 69-67, with 47.2 seconds to play after holding the Lopes to just three points for nearly two minutes. The two teams traded free throws as time continued to wind down, and a UCR three-point attempt that hit the rim stood as the final play of the game.

GCU will now open their Western Athletic Conference slate when they welcome Bakersfield to GCU Arena on Saturday, Jan. 10 at 7 p.m. Fans can listen to the action live on KXXT 1010 AM Family Values Radio or watch on Cox7.

GCU 71, UCR 69

 

MIKE MCNALLY

Associate Athletic Director/External Relations

Grand Canyon University

www.gculopes.com
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GCU defeated New Mexico tonight if you didn't hear..

Possible program changer or just 1 fluke win??

Mullins was there and said local stud Braun was amazing…hopefully he can talk about the huge Lopes win.