Page 50 February 2017 & SPORTS COLLECTOR CAR CENTER Servicing Your Car Is Not Our Job, It’s Our Passion • F actory Trained Technicians Using St ate of the Art Equipment • F amil y Owned & Serving The East V alley Since 1973 • Shuttle Service, Pick Up & Delivery A v ailable at no extra cost 480.968.5000 | www.sccarcenter.com • Jaguar & Range Rover Experts • Honor Most Extended W arranties • All Service Guaranteed/ Parts & Labor * All required factory maintenance Services S E R V I C E By Kelly Potts Local Waltz Construction Company is helping Arcadia High School bring back its wrestling program. Matt Waltz, president of Waltz Construction, is a native Arizonan, ASU graduate and advocate for the community. His company prides itself in giving back to the community it serves, donating several projects a year. One of the projects this year is building a wrestling room at Arcadia High School to bring the sport back to Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD). The plan is for the Titans to have a wrestling team for the 2017-2018 school year. “We are thrilled to bring wrestling back to Arcadia,” Waltz said. “It’s been 25 years since Arcadia has had a wrestling team. It’s a tremendous sport for building confidence and I can’t wait to see the young men and women who will benefit from this.” “We have a small-town business feel, with large business experience,” said Jay Green, director of business development/ project manager for Waltz Construction. “Giving back to the community is in our blood, and this project was a no brainer for us.” Waltz wrestled in high school and approached Arcadia High School with the idea. He felt that there was a need for the sport, and the school agreed. Arcadia was willing to donate the space and Waltz partnered with a firm to get the project done. “We had a group of kids come forward and commit to the sport,” said Nathan Slater, principal at Arcadia High School. “We could see there was student interest and engagement and that’s why we decided to go forward.” The approximate total construction cost was more than $30,000 and the duration of the project was about three weeks. The new wrestling room is a conversion of an old locker room/existing locker room that was the perfect space to become a wrestling facility. “We’re very proud of the project,” said Slater. “We owe a great deal of thanks to everyone who donated toward this. And it couldn’t have happened without Waltz Construction, we’re so appreciative of their hard work.” “This is our first donation to SUSD, but hopefully not our last,” said Waltz. “Investing in our schools is the best way to give back.” Bringing wrestling back to Arcadia High School The new wrestling program is slated to begin with the 2017-18 school year. By Eric Sorenson Jaylin Fleming leans back in the bleachers and suddenly breaks into unscripted laughter with several of his Arcadia Titan teammates. They see the popular junior guard as a selfless teammate, a friend and “just one of the guys” on one of the best 5A basketball teams in Arizona. Rewind six years and Fleming was in another place and a much different space, widely regarded as the best 10-year-old player in the nation. His effortless coordination and playmaking ability for a child his age growing up on the south side of Chicago led to takeout features, viral YouTube videos and appearances on national television shows. Through it all, with the strong guidance and support of his family, he never lost focus of who he is and what he represents. “I promise, I never Google myself,” Fleming said with smile. “I’ve, of course, seen it because my friends show me but it’s humbling. I’m blessed. [My talents] could have been given to anyone.” Fleming’s fast rise into the national spotlight, which included Chicago legend Derrick Rose saying Jaylin was a far better player than he was at age 10, was never overshadowed by his family’s core values. “We always separated sports from academics and home time,” Jaylin’s father John said. “Those things are very important to our family. I always made sure he had a great balance with that.” Part of the balance included playing other sports. His first love was football until he started training with John’s godson Maurice Acker who went on to play college basketball at Marquette University. Jaylin’s skill level increased playing with and against players three and four years older, many of which are now playing at prominent Division I programs. Along the way, Jaylin has encountered his share of obstacles on and off the floor. An injury forced him to miss nearly his entire freshman season playing varsity at Mount Carmel High School. Far more troubling was losing three childhood friends who were murdered. At that point the Flemings decided it was in their best interest to relocate to Arizona where the 6-foot-3, 185-pound rising prospect planned to attend Hillcrest Prep Academy here in the Valley. The family believed Jaylin wouldn’t be pushed academically and decided Arcadia would be the best fit. The Flemings and the school couldn’t be happier. “Life at Arcadia is great,” Fleming said. “My school work has been great. Everything has been good.” The same can be said for Fleming and the 16-3 Titans. His 12-point, four assist performance helped AHS to a key 59-48 East Valley Region win at Paradise Valley in January. Just four nights earlier he hit the game-winning shot against perennial Scottsdale power Chaparral. A consistent double-digit scorer, Fleming gets excitement from setting up his teammates for easy opportunities through the ball-handling skills and basketball instincts he honed many years ago. “We knew that he could get to the [rim] against anybody,” Arcadia head coach Stephen Danford explained. “Great player. Great kid. Great teammate. He can play in college for sure.” As they say, practice makes perfect. For Jaylin Fleming it certainly applies everywhere, from Chicago to Phoenix. — Courtesy of Sports360AZ Basketball Diaries: Jaylin Fleming’s unique journey Jaylin Fleming PHOTO COURTESY OF SPORTS360AZ #5  JAYLIN FLEMING 16-17 Varsity Basketball National Rank: 626 AZ Rank: 13 Grade: Junior Height: 6-3 Positions: PG, G Team: Arcadia High Titans GAMES PLAYED Points Per Game: 20 Assists Per Game: 8.6 Rebounds Per Game: 2.2 Steals Per Game: 2.5 Blocks Per Game: 0.3 STATS FROM MAXPREPS.COM

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