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Gilbert, AZ — Centennial set the tone from the opening tip and never slowed down, using defensive pressure and balanced scoring to earn a 68–49 win over Arizona College Prep on Thursday night. The Coyotes jumped out to a 21–4 first-quarter lead, using ball pressure and active hands to create turnovers that quickly turned into points. By halftime, Centennial’s energy and execution had pushed the margin to 40–17. Johnny Rios set that early tone defensively, picking up full cour

Friday, November 21st I attended the cross region clash with two Top-25 programs with the 5A Ironwood Eagles traveling at least an hour to take on host team 6A Casteel Colts.  -1st quarter started w a 5-0 Casteel lead. Sir Myles with a floater and Landon Martineau hit a 3.  Matt Crowder scored 3 straight but Ironwood came back with two deep 3’s by  Carysn Dean and Jeo James. 9-6 Casteel. James hit another 3 to give Ironwood their first lead at 10-9. Landon Jones  then fires a

Thursday, November 20th I attended a 6A battle of two potential Top-10 teams in 6A with the Pinnacle Pioneers  traveling about an hour to take on the home Basha Bears. 1st quarter started very slowly for both teams but then Mason Magee  started things off with a tough fall away and then an and-1 in the lane followed by a steal and layup for a 11-5 lead.  Desean Middlebrook  seemed to be everywhere with taking charges, getting loose balls and rebounding and cashing in.   Basha

Wednesday, November 19th I attended a freedom 6A battle of two potential Top-15 teams in 6A with the Sandra Day O'Connor Eagles  traveling about an hour to take on the home Hamilton Huskies. The game started with a steal by Melvin Stubbs Jr  and an up the court pass to Rylan Parsley  led to a monster dunk. Then a missed layup led to a mid-range pull-up by Stubbs followed by another dunk on the break for Parsley. A quick TO by Hamilton had them down at 6-0.  Once again another