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With various games that were nail-bitters, we take a look at some of the prospects that stood out in these highly contested games. Davis vs. Layton Davis High School survived a late scare from Layton as Rex Sunderland Rex Sunderland…
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Continue ReadingWith various games that were nail-bitters, we take a look at some of the prospects that stood out in these highly contested games.
Davis vs. Layton
Davis High School survived a late scare from Layton as Rex Sunderland Rex Sunderland 6'4" | PG Davis | 2022 State UT was huge down the stretch. With a lot of players struggling Rex was able to blow by his man a few times to get some space. Max Painter Max Painter 6'5" | SF Layton | 2022 State UT also played well down the stretch as he was cleaning things up down low and finding himself open spacing out into the short-corner. Layton High School has some good play from 6’9 Class of 2023 Brock Mendoza Brock Mendoza 6'9" | C Layton | 2023 State UT who was tough defensively against Painter and Ihrig. This game proved that everyone is gunning for Davis. Mitch Johnson Mitch Johnson 6'1" | PG Layton | 2022 State UT was keeping Layton close, but Rex Sunderland Rex Sunderland 6'4" | PG Davis | 2022 State UT finished the game with 28.
Alta vs. Orem
Orem rode a 13-8 4th quarter comeback. As Alta had a chance to tie or win a few times down the stretch but their offense stalled. Carter Walker Carter Walker 6'5" | CG Orem | 2022 State UT was legit as he was flying all over the gym dunking here and there. Alta did get excellent play from Jaxon Heiden Jaxon Heiden 6'9" | PF Alta | 2022 State UT down on the blocks as he got the better of the Orem bigs. Jaxon led all scorers with 24 big points. Ethan Stoddard for Orem was great as well. This Orem team has a lot of player that are must see prospects that can play at the next level. 6’2 Dylan Smith Dylan Smith 6'2" | CG Alta | 2022 State UT came in and gave Alta a boost as he was hitting from the outside. Looking forward to watching these two teams lace it up again.
Bingham vs. Cyprus
This game was in full control of Cyprus as they came out in a 2-3 zone that gave Bingham some trouble. They had open looks as Luke Leatherwood Luke Leatherwood 6'4" | SG Bingham | 2022 State UT took some time to heat up a did Kam Dupaix Kam Dupaix 6'5" | CG Bingham | 2022 State UT . Kam was put all over the floor and he was effective. Quentin Meza Quentin Meza 6'0" | PG Cyprus | 2023 State UT was great as was Diego Mulford Diego Mulford 5'10" | PG American Fork | 2024 State UT who kept Cyprus in the game as they rallied back to send the game into overtime. In the overtime you could see the focus and pace was in Bingham’s favor. Devin Carlson Devin Carlson 6'8" | SF Bingham | 2022 State UT showed some grit as he was defending some smaller guards and he came through on both ends of the floor. He is a good prospect that is under the radar.