The power has shifted in Tucson prep basketball. The boys teams at Cholla, Pueblo and Sunnyside are a combined 39-8, thriving under new or relatively new coaches Masai Dean at 14-1 Cholla; Rob Harrison at 15-4 Sunnyside; and Kelvin Eafon at 10-3 Cholla.
It’s almost like the old days, when Cholla’s Paul Dull, Pueblo’s Barry O’Rourke and Sunnyside’s Dwight Rees were state contenders on the south side.
All have talented players much like their predecessors Chuck Overton at Cholla; Jermaine Watts at Sunnyside; and Pueblo’s Jeff Clark.
Pueblo got 50 points and 21 rebounds last week from 6-4 senior Naquwan Solomon in a combined two games. Sunnyside’s 6-6 sophomore Santino Duarte is averaging 13.2 points. Cholla sophomore Ezekiel Alley is averaging 15 points.
Much will be decided this week when Pueblo plays both 16-2 Sahuaro and 12-2 Cienega. It is one of the better years in Southern Arizona basketball in the last decade.
