ALA-QC at Saguaro: Freshman/JV standouts

<p>On Tuesday, February 1st I attended the 4A contest between <strong>American Leadership Academy-Queen Creek and Saguaro</strong> at Saguaro HS in Scottsdale, AZ. </p> <p>I watched all three games with Freshman, Junior Varsity and Varsity. </p> <p>A lot of new players were discovered and I wrote about some of the players who stood out.  </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Here were the standouts from the Freshman and JV games: </p> <p><strong>Freshman game:</strong></p> <p><b>Nashoba Redhouse SG 5’9 2025 Saguaro</b></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A skilled undersized guard can hit the catch-3 consistently. He can hit the mid-range pull-up and he has a smooth stroke with a quicker release. He can score it with either hand and has no conscience. He will miss three and keep shooting the ball. He played on JV as well. </span></p> <p><b>OShea Bonner PG 5’9 2025 Saguaro</b></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A pure PG with good court vision. He made many up the court passes on a dime to cutting teammates. He has real speed with the ball in his hands and uses it on the ball defensively.  He also played on JV.  </span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>JV game:</strong></p> <p><strong>Koda Jackson CG 5’9 2023 Saguaro </strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A strong guard can hit the catch-3 and moves smartly without the ball. He is tough getting downhill but is best firing away from deep. A high IQ guard knows the game. </span></p> <p><b>[player_tooltip player_id="1379202" first="Mason" last="Whitaker"] Saguaro</b></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A quick-twitch athlete who can score it on the break. He is tough on the ball defensively and he is a very unselfish player. He can euro his way to the basket and score. He can thread the needle or drive and dime a teammate.   </span></p> <p><b>Owen Pimbert PG 5’11 2025 Saguaro</b></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A pure PG who gets the ball out of his hands in a blink of an eye. He has a nice burst and then will use the floater. He has a strong upper body and confidence to make plays for others.  </span></p> <p><b>Flash Seever 6’4 PF 2024 ALA-QC</b></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A long and skinny post player who runs the floor well and will block shots. Ha has a floater and will score it inside. He can face-up to the 3pt line and takes long strides to get to the basket.  </span></p> <p><b>Kingston Walker CG 6’2 2025 ALA-QC </b></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A combo guard who can handle it, facilitate and score. He can pull-up off the dribble and has a pure stroke from deep with range. He has pretty good size and plays a smart floor game. </span></p> <p><b>Layfe Clarkson SG 6’0 2025 ALA-QC</b></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A scoring guard who makes shots. He can pull-up from mid to the 3pt line. He has a floater game and will make shots in traffic. He can get hot quickly and he should contribute on varsity next season. </span></p>