Section-7 Qualifier: 2025 SG/SF’s

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>June 17th-18th I watched the second ever<strong>&nbsp;Section-7 Qualifier</strong>. There were 96 teams in 12 pools of 8 teams each.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The 12 winners advanced to the official&nbsp;<strong>Section-7</strong>&nbsp;June 21st-23rd versus some of the top teams in the West Coast.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>I took in a bunch of full games and half of some of the games. Some of the top teams unfortunately for myself (great for the team) were already clearly blowing out their opponent and the bench five were already playing, so I missed them play.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Here were the standout shooting guard and small forwards from the senior class</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2280482' first='Rico' last='Blassingame'] Tolleson</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A hyper athletic wing is a star on the break. The Power-5 football WR has a tight handle in close spaces and will quickly rise up and dunk it. He rebounds well and will block a shot. He has a quick first step and he can get to his spots and shoot it.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1674466' first='Connor' last='Morris'] ALA Gilbert North</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A big performance in the semi finals loss with the bigger wing. He hit big shot after big shot with catch threes, put back offensive rebounds, mid-range pull-ups, dunks on the break and made a few impressive passes. He will take the ball off the glass and push it and make a play.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2134290' first='Mark' last='Wiltshire Jr'] Mountain Pointe&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A very long and fluid wing forward. He runs past his defenders on the break and will rim run and finish off layups or alley-oop dunks. He will rebound in his area and block a shot out of it.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2280869' first='Layfe' last='Clarkson'] ALA Queen Creek</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A scoring guard can shoot it and makes plays for others. He can dribble drive and make a play for a teammate and he made clutch threes, dribble drives and was tough on the ball defensively.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1351130' first='Amous' last='Price'] Mountain Pointe</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A tough scoring guard will defend and is hyper competitive. He will hustle for loose balls and really takes pride in defending. He also scores with floaters, runners and pull-ups from mid-range.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1887654' first='Johnny' last='Rogers'] Tolleson&nbsp;</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>An athletic scoring guard plays hard and aggressively. He can score with pull-ups from mid-range, use his athleticism to get to the basket, score in transition and can get hot from the three.  </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1393223' first='Adam' last='Chaffin'] Trevor Browne</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A highly skilled wing forward who can step out and shoot the three and has a nice mid-range pull-up. He can crab dribble and score in the paint using some strength and even dunk it on the break. He is their focal point and he is very effective and efficient scorer. He rebounds well with his strength. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1817666' first='Stephan' last='Iron Shell'] Arizona Lutheran (Pictured)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A scoring guard is a bucket. The lefty has a clip from all levels with pull-ups from mid-range and deep threes. He can score it inside with layups and floaters. He can step back and hit the three with a big bag to score. He also has quick hands to collect steals and is tough to get inside and rebound.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2147243' first='Jaden' last='Rodgers'] Cienega</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>An athletic scoring guard who can defend multiple positions. He is very versatile to rebound everything near him at his size and will push it up the court. He scores it in transition with layups, high flying dunks and will even post up. His motor and aggressive defense shines every game.     </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1382609' first='Nehemiah' last='Williams'] Centennial</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>An athletic wing can play on or off the ball. He is a star in transition with tough layups, dunks and will hit the catch three. He is improving his perimeter shooting and he makes it tough to score on him defensively with his twitchy athleticism and length.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->