Where they'll be in July - A FTH AAU primer
As you'r reading this, I am in a second-floor office at the American Sports Center, waiting for Opening Night of The Stage Act Four to...
Saints leave no doubt: A June Wrap up
With the June camp season in the books, we look back at some of the major storylines and try to make sense of where things are headed into the fall. 1 . Dominant Saints a lock for preseason No. 1 Last season's Open Division champs will open as the region's No. 1 team after breezing through June with an 18-1 record, the lone loss coming in the top division in Section 7 to a nationally ranked Columbus (FL) squad. The connectivity and experience of its starting five carries the
Tragedy in SD Hoops community: Crawford standout presumed drowned
On Monday, June 13, Woodlain Zachee-Prudhomme and his twin brother Woodley received their high school diplomas with the rest of the...
San Diego looks to make statement at Section 7 Team Camp
Arizona will become the center of the high-school basketball universe this weekend as the latest installment of the Section 7 Team Camp...
What We Learned: Aztec Team Camp Session 1
June is one of my favorite months of the basketball calendar. After spending the past few months playing on travel teams, players return to their high school programs and head to various team camps to gain valuable experience and create chemistry heading into the winter season. The first camp this season was the SDSU Aztec Team Camp, making its return since the start of the pandemic in 2020. The camp, a two-division tournament, crowned a pair of champions on Sunday. Balboa Sc
What Mikey Williams return means for San Diego Hoops: 5 takeaways
San Diego's prep basketball offseason got a huge jolt in April when former San Ysidro star guard Mikey Williams announced via social...
A FTH April evaluation period breakdown
Where do we start? The first April evaluation periods since 2019 have come and gone, and they were an interesting experience to say the least. With the specter of the transfer portal and recruiting visits occurring during a time traditionally reserved for high school recruitment, there were notably fewer college coaches out and about evaluating prep prospects. What did this mean for San Diego prospects. As we close the book on April and move into the "media events" of May, I
Beating the Portal: A Full-Time Hoops AAU Primer
There's no denying that the spring NCAA evaluation period - the first since 2019 - has a much different feel to it than in year's past....
Team San Diego shines at Beach City Hoops So-Cal Showdown
Alex Carmon (aka Beach City Hoops) put together a pair of really good events March 19-20 for seniors in the class to have one last time to showcase their talents and, in the case of unsigned seniors, catch the attention of college coaches before the upcoming live periods.
The sun set in the East: East County All-Star Game report
The center of San Diego basketball was in Lakeside on March 25, as the top players in East County gathered for the first post-season all-star game in the county since 2020. The teams were split in the traditional "east" and "west format," with the 67 freeway as the line of demarcation. In the end, it was Team West with a 105-100 win over the East team in a game that was closer than anticipated.
