FCP All-West Frosh/Soph: On My Radar (Pt. 2)
LONG BEACH — McBride high school played host to the annual Pangos All-West Frosh/Soph camp which featured many of the top prospects from the classes of 2025 and 2026 on the west coast and beyond. Tounde Yessoufou of St. Joseph…
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Continue ReadingLONG BEACH — McBride high school played host to the annual Pangos All-West Frosh/Soph camp which featured many of the top prospects from the classes of 2025 and 2026 on the west coast and beyond. Tounde Yessoufou of St. Joseph (Santa Maria) took home the overall camp MVP honors while he was joined by Modesto Christian guard Rashod Cotton as being selected the Top 30 game Most Outstanding Players. In this piece we dive in to the players who firmly planted themselves on the radar.
Jaden Whitehead, 2026, St. Bonaventure
Whitehead is a name to get familiar with now as he has all the tools to take off as a prospect in the near future. The 6-foot-2 freshman is a quick-twitch athlete with a good scoring feel who thrives when slashing to the basket in transition for crafty finishes. Whitehead is also a shifty creator in isolation, using his footwork, quick first step and ball skills to get defenders off-balance for blow-by’s into the lane. The Ventura County-product also showed his smooth catch-and-shoot ability from three-point range.
Jenovie Kabeya, 2025, Etiwanda
Kabeya played on the freshman team at Etiwanda last season and said that he has grown four inches over the last few months which leads us to believe he could be a future impact guy for the Eagles. The 6-foot-4 wing was an efficient driver and finisher on the weekend who used his burly frame to initiate, absorb and score through contact in the lane. Kabeya wasn’t just a bully-baller, though, as he flashed some shooting touch off the catch from distance.
Joseph Wicker, 2026, St. Anthony
Wicker was out there looking to make plays for others first and looking for his own shot second. The 6-foot freshman out of Long Beach played with a controlled pace, used changes of speed and direction well to get into the lane, and always had his head on a swivel looking to kick to an open shooter or feed a big man with a drop off pass. It was refreshing to see a young lead guard not look to force offensive actions in a camp setting.
Josiah Stroughter, 2026, Democracy Prep (NV)
Stroughter was a high energy guy throughout the event and did most of his damage in transition. The 6-foot guard used his speed and aggressive downhill attacking mentality to consistently get into the lane where he scored with crafty layups and soft-touched floaters. The Nevada-based freshman showed great acceleration on the break and the ability to lose defenders with quick stop-and-go change of pace.
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I really liked what McClendon brought to the floor as he impacted multiple facets of the game and did so without dominating the ball or making flashy plays. The 6-foot-2 guard/wing was a physical and disruptive on-ball defender who rebounded out of his area on the defensive end. Offensively, McClendon was a shot-maker off the dribble at the mid-range level and knocked down catch-and-shoot three’s with consistency.
Maximo Adams, 2026, Narbonne
Adams has all the early markings of a potential high level prospect in the 2026 class. The 6-foot-6 14 year-old has a long frame, fluid athleticism off the dribble and an advanced skill-set on the offensive end. Adams is a dribble, pass, shoot wing who has the feel and basketball IQ to create for himself and others off the dribble, but can also keep the game simple with a consistent catch-and-shoot jumper from three-point range.
Tajh Ariza, 2026, St. Bernard
Ariza, the son of former Westchester, UCLA and NBA standout Trevor Ariza, is really just scratching the surface of how good he can be. At 6-feet-6 with a smoothness to his athleticism that makes everything look easy, the freshman already has all the size and athletic gifts you look for in a highly-recruited wing. Ariza has a fundamental three-point shooting stroke with good rotation and soft touch on the rim. He also had his slashing and finishing ability on display.