Brawl for the Ball: 16U Superlatives

<span style="font-weight: 400;">July 2nd-3rd I attended the </span><b>Brawl for the Ball </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Prep Hoops Circuit located at Inspire Courts in Gilbert, AZ. This is one of the last stops before the </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hustle Region Finals</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> on the July 15th-17th weekend in Seal Beach/CA. </span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">I focused on 16U but watched some 17U as well. </span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Here were my top four 16U teams plus 10 different categories:</span> <b>1st team</b> <b>[player_tooltip player_id="1123041" first="Bradey" last="Henige"] </b>Cactus/AZ<b><em> D1 Nation AZ 2024 (4-0)</em></b> <b>[player_tooltip player_id="1036000" first="Khalon" last="Johnson"] </b>Bella Vista Prep/AZ <b><em>New Mexico D1 2024 (3-1)</em></b> <b>[player_tooltip player_id="1336435" first="Tyler" last="Hutton"] </b>Cactus/AZ<em><b> D1 Nation AZ 2024 (4-0)</b></em> <b>[player_tooltip player_id="1128461" first="Jaevyn" last="Yancey"] </b>Higley/AZ<em><b> Swish365 2024 (4-0)</b></em> <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1485589" first="Micah" last="Anderson"]</strong> North Thurston/WA<b> T<em>eam Anderson Elite 2024 (3-1)</em></b> <b>[player_tooltip player_id="1366003" first="Jaden" last="Vance"] </b>AZ Compass Prep <em><strong>T<em>eam R</em>HJ 2024 (2-2)</strong></em> <b>[player_tooltip player_id="1450638" first="Seth" last="Whitehead"] </b>Legend/CO<em><b> Colorado Premier 2024-1 (2-2)</b></em> <b>2nd team</b> <b>[player_tooltip player_id="1463068" first="Ray" last="Adams"] </b>North Thurston/WA <em><b>Team Anderson Elite 2024 (3-1)</b></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">[player_tooltip player_id="1127080" first="Nazir" last="Davis"] Hamilton/AZ <em><strong>New Mexico D1 2024 (3-1)</strong></em></span> <b>[player_tooltip player_id='1351364' first='Noah' last='Wilhelm'] </b>Ponderosa/CO<em><b> Team Revenge 2024 (2-2)</b></em> <b>[player_tooltip player_id="1318383" first="Damarius" last="Taylor"] </b>Regis Jesuit/CO<em><b> Team Revenge 2024 (2-2)</b></em> <b>[player_tooltip player_id="1194767" first="Jake" last="Miller"] </b>Rancho Solano Prep/AZ<em><b> Hoop Society 2024 (2-2)</b></em> <b>[player_tooltip player_id="1369781" first="Gavin" last="Whitehead"] </b>Legend/CO<em><b> Colorado Premier 2024-1 (2-2)</b></em> <b>[player_tooltip player_id="1501271" first="Kaleb" last="Hilliard"] </b>AZ Compass Prep <b>T<em>eam RHJ 2024 (2-2)</em></b> <strong>Jaylen Wheeler</strong> PG 6'2 2024 Salesian College Prep/CA <em><b>Team Rampage Elite 2024 (1-3)</b></em> <b>3rd team</b> <b>[player_tooltip player_id="1369217" first="Donovan" last="Dabney"] </b>Higley/AZ<em><b> Swish365 2024 (4-0)</b></em> <b>[player_tooltip player_id="1135513" first="Nathan" last="Wanjohi"] </b>Ironwood/AZ <em><b>D1 Nation AZ 2024 (4-0)</b></em> <b>[player_tooltip player_id='1512861' first='Micah' last='Gentry'] </b>CG 5'11 2024 North Thurston/WA<em><b> Team Anderson Elite 2024 (3-1)</b></em> <b>[player_tooltip player_id="1500851" first="Matthew" last="Green"] </b>Chaparral/AZ<em><b> Hoop Society 2024 (2-2)</b></em> <b>[player_tooltip player_id="1420310" first="Jacob" last="Barker"] </b>Resurrection Christian/CO<em><b> Colorado Premier 2024-1 (2-2)</b></em> <b>[player_tooltip player_id="1500830" first="Patrick" last="Murtagh"] </b>Cortez/AZ<em><b> AZ Firestorm 2024 (1-3)</b></em> <b>Drew Pierce</b> CG 6'1 2024 Linfield Christian/CA<em><b> IE Fire Elite 2024 (1-3)</b></em> <b>[player_tooltip player_id="1444282" first="Ryan" last="Calcaterra"] </b>Thunderbird/AZ<em><b> AZ Firestorm 2024 (1-3)</b></em> <b>4th team</b> <b>[player_tooltip player_id="1306025" first="Mason" last="Hunt"] </b>Bradshaw Mountain/AZ<em><b> D1 Nation AZ 2024 (4-0)</b></em> <b>[player_tooltip player_id="1421260" first="Ryan" last="Dixon"] </b>Valor Christian/CO <em><b>Team Revenge 2024 (2-2)</b></em> <b>Josiah Jones </b>CG 6'0 2024 St. Patrick-St. Vincent/CA <em><b>Team Rampage Elite 2024 (2-2)</b></em> <b>Nkongolo Wa-kalonji </b>PF 6'4 2024 Grandview/CO<em><b> Colorado Premier 2024-2 (1-3)</b></em> <b>Cooper Creamer </b>PF 6'3 2024 Chaparral/CA<em><b> IE Fire Elite 2024 (1-3)</b></em> <b>Owen Bugas </b>CG 5'11 2024 Archie Williams/CA <em><b>Team Rampage Elite 2024 (1-3)</b></em> <b>[player_tooltip player_id="1336798" first="Vitorio" last="Dante"] </b>Castle View/CO <em><b>Colorado Premier 2024-1 (2-2)</b></em> <b>Donovan Larry </b>PG 5'7 2024 Paloma Valley/CA<b> <em>IE Fire Elite 2024 (1-3)</em></b> <b>Co MVP's</b> <span style="font-weight: 400;">[player_tooltip player_id="1123041" first="Bradey" last="Henige"] <strong>D1 Nation AZ 2024</strong></span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">[player_tooltip player_id="1036000" first="Khalon" last="Johnson"] <strong>New Mexico D1 2024</strong></span> <b>Best Shooters </b> <span style="font-weight: 400;">[player_tooltip player_id="1450638" first="Seth" last="Whitehead"] <strong>Colorado Premier 2024-1</strong></span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Donovan Larry I<strong>E Fire Elite 2024</strong></span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">[player_tooltip player_id="1306025" first="Mason" last="Hunt"] <strong>D1 Nation AZ 2024</strong></span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">[player_tooltip player_id="1351364" first="Noah" last="Wilhelm"] <strong>Team Revenge 2024</strong></span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Owen Bugas <strong>Team Rampage Elite 2024</strong></span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">[player_tooltip player_id="1194767" first="Jake" last="Miller"] <strong>Hoop Society 2024 </strong></span> <b>Best Passers</b> <span style="font-weight: 400;">[player_tooltip player_id="1369781" first="Gavin" last="Whitehead"] <strong>Colorado Premier 2024-1 </strong></span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Jaylen Wheeler <strong>Team Rampage Elite 2024 </strong></span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">[player_tooltip player_id="1123041" first="Bradey" last="Henige"] <strong>D1 Nation AZ 2024</strong></span> <b>Best Feel</b> Drew Pierce<b> IE Fire Elite 2024</b> [player_tooltip player_id="1369217" first="Donovan" last="Dabney"] <b>Swish365 2024 </b> <b>Bucket Getters</b> <span style="font-weight: 400;">[player_tooltip player_id='1512861' first='Micah' last='Gentry'] <strong>Team Anderson Elite 2024</strong></span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">[player_tooltip player_id="1036000" first="Khalon" last="Johnson"] <strong>NM D1 2024 </strong></span> <b>Downhill</b> <span style="font-weight: 400;">[player_tooltip player_id="1318383" first="Damarius" last="Taylor"] <strong>Team Revenge 2024</strong></span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Josiah Jones <strong>Team Rampage Elite 2024</strong></span> <b>Most Versatile </b> <span style="font-weight: 400;">[player_tooltip player_id="1336435" first="Tyler" last="Hutton"] <strong>D1 Nation AZ 2024</strong></span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">[player_tooltip player_id="1128461" first="Jaevyn" last="Yancey"] <strong>Swish365 2024</strong></span> <b>Top End Speed</b> <span style="font-weight: 400;">[player_tooltip player_id="1318383" first="Damarius" last="Taylor"] <strong>Team Revenge 2024</strong></span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">[player_tooltip player_id="1501271" first="Kaleb" last="Hilliard"] <strong>Team RHJ 2024</strong></span> <b>Softest Hands </b> <span style="font-weight: 400;">[player_tooltip player_id="1123041" first="Bradey" last="Henige"] <strong>D1 Nation AZ 2024</strong></span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">[player_tooltip player_id="1500851" first="Matthew" last="Green"] <strong>Hoop Society 2024</strong></span> <b>Raw Athlete</b> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Johnnie Jones <strong>Team Rampage Elite 2024</strong></span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">[player_tooltip player_id="1127080" first="Nazir" last="Davis"] <strong>D1 NM 2024</strong></span> <b>Upside</b> [player_tooltip player_id="1366003" first="Jaden" last="Vance"] <b>Team RHJ 2024</b> <b>[player_tooltip player_id="1463068" first="Ray" last="Adams"] </b><b>Team Anderson Elite 2024</b>