Jrmi Lindsay is an ASU Cronkite School of Journalism student assigned to cover Arizona College Prep for AZPreps365.com.

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Complete team basketball was orchestrated Friday night as the No.1 3A Metro team in Valley Christian High School soundly defeated Arizona College Preparatory High School 84-43.

Valley Christian opened up the game with a 10-2 run that only added fuel to the fire that would ignite a series of drives to the basket that would lead to foul trouble for free throw opportunities and easy points inside the paint. 

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When ACP (Arizona College Prep) began to clog the lanes, Valley Christian responded with passes around the court and began lighting up the scoreboard with a barrage of threes. Making the score 53-23 at halftime. 

After halftime, it was all Valley Christian as a balanced attack of points in the paint and outside shots were hitting on all cylinders for Valley Christian. Small short bursts for Valley Christian proved too much for ACP as their lead began to grow heading into the fourth. Where it was all cruise control for Valley Christian snagging the victory and celebrating the final game for the seniors.

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Senior star guard and future Northern Colorado prospect Caleb Shaw led Valley Christian with 24 points, coming off a huge night where he scored 53 points against Eastmark High School three days ago.

Shaw on his last game before the playoffs had said, "It was super exciting you see it from freshman to sophomore to junior it means a lot super exciting.” 

Shaw shared what he thought was the key to success in tonight's victory, “‘We came in aggressive and were looking for the extra pass and we hit shots so that helped too.”

Point guard Jerron Salazar led ACP with 8 points.

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Head coach Clint Treadway added, “I think we got to get better at handling pressure, get a little stronger in the weight room get better in the rebounding.”

Treadway also said, “They’re a great team they have a lot of talent and good size and are really well-coached they like to play fast and we tried to slow them down sometimes good players just get the better of you.”

After the game head coach, Greg Haagsma for valley Christian said, “Out the gate, I thought we came out with a lot of aggressiveness and transitioned well. Our man-to-man in the first quarter really increased the tempo to what we wanted it to be we were driving the ball to the basket we were just playing fast. We want the game to have lots of possessions.”

Haagsma also added when asked about what it’s like to coach a prospect like Caleb, “It’s a lot of fun as a coach it’s important that we play to his strengths and one of his strengths is he’s a great rebounder and we’re able to build a transition off of him.”

What’s next for Valley Christian? “Win a state title that’s our goal we want to win it all," Shaw said.

For the No. 1 team Valley Christian, they await to see who they play in the playoffs. While for ACP get ready for next season.