Berk's Beat: Freshman already on UA's radar

Mitchell Lightfoot as a freshman at Ironwood Ridge.

Pima's Peabody predicts Lightfoot's offer 

Three years ago, Pima College men’s basketball coach Brian Peabody told me that Ironwood Ridge forward Mitch Lightfoot would be good enough someday to play at Arizona. Last week, Arizona offered Lightfoot, who is now at Gilbert Christian, a scholarship. Kansas has also offered. Peabody last week might have got the big man to put Pima in the thick of the ACCAC title race next year; 6-8 Justin Bessard of Calabasas (California) High School committed to play for the Aztecs in 2015-16. 


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