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5A boys high school basketball: Lone Peak is team to beat

homers_84606 | 3:54 p.m. March 1, 2009

Provo has never won 4 out of 5 but if they win this year they will have won 3 out of 4 four different times and in Lone Peak's run of 4 out of five Provo will have beaten them two of those years. Lone Peak's run is truly note-worthy but it would be more so if they hadn't lost to a team from a lower classification in two of those state championship seasons.

5A FAN | 7:06 p.m. March 1, 2009

After the first round there will be only 1 team from region 1 and 1 team fron region 4 left. Here are my predictions.
Skyline region 2
Davis region 1
WJ region 3
Brighton region 3

Riverton region 3
Lone Peak region 4
Alta region 2
Bingham region 3

ROUND THREE

Davis
West Jordan

Lone Peak
Bingham

West Jordan and Bingham will meet in the finals. From there it is anyones game to win

Jag Fan | 7:31 p.m. March 1, 2009

Good Luck Jags. This is our year! Good kids, good coach, good fans. The ball is bouncing our way lately and hopefully it continues until next Saturday night.

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RE: 5A fan | 8:09 p.m. March 1, 2009

sorry but there is no way bingham is going to the finals.

Wj Boi | 8:28 p.m. March 1, 2009

West Jordan is taking it! They are playing great as of late and are sure to have a home court feel no matter who they play cause there fans are incredible!

Anonymous | 8:41 p.m. March 1, 2009

VIEWMONT will knock out WEST JORDAN in the first roud with an UPSET

AS | 8:49 p.m. March 1, 2009

Well, there's some excitement in the air starting Monday, whoever plays with the most skill and heart, regardless of the seedings, will move on. That's what makes the playoffs fun, and of course, I'm a Davis High alumnus, so I wish the best of luck to Davis and all the teams playing in the tournament, it's a huge honor to have your school compete in state, because the best memories from that time will be the time that you play on the team or cheering on your team from the sidelines. Let's make the memories happen for you guys, those games will become stories you'll tell to your kids and grandkids one day.

Anonymous | 8:00 a.m. March 2, 2009

GO SKYLINE!!!!!!

Re: Anonymous | 8:12 a.m. March 2, 2009

hahaha you can't be serious!!! Please leave another comment with a way to contact you and if Viewmont beats West Jordan i will give you $500! You are a joke!

High School Student | 9:00 a.m. March 2, 2009

Who cares?! Provo would still rock Lone Peak's world if they played again! Go Bulldogs!

To 5A fan: | 9:06 a.m. March 2, 2009

Keep dreaming.

Deth | 9:17 a.m. March 2, 2009

@ Re:Anonymous

...and I'll give you a bazillion dollars if West Jordan beats Viewmont. Good luck finding me.

RE: 5A FAN | 9:31 a.m. March 2, 2009

Brighton is not in region 3 they are in region 2.

Radio | 9:54 a.m. March 2, 2009

Anyone know if the games are on the radio?

LP | 10:19 a.m. March 2, 2009

LP is peaking at the right time. LP is playing much better now than at the first of the season.

Provo will take the 4A tournament
LP will take the 5A tournament.

Utah county teams will sweep the girls and boys 4A and 5A basketball championship this year.

huh? | 10:28 a.m. March 2, 2009

by rocking Lone Peak's world, do u mean squeaking out a double OT win at home?

Bulldogsndlittlepeople | 11:09 a.m. March 2, 2009

Lone Peak plays to be the State's 2nd best. Unless and until Provo ever loses, Lone Peak is not even the best team in Utah County.

what? | 11:31 a.m. March 2, 2009

Wheres PG in all this? Everyone is underestimating them to a t. LonePeak barly beat them bolth games played. whats the deal?

Upset coming to the E Center | 12:11 p.m. March 2, 2009

PG is on the road to the 5A title. They just showed Skyline what's up! Since Jan. 1st PG has only lost 2 games, both to LP in close and poorly officiated games. If LP makes it to the finals, they won't be able to hold off PG a third time. CJ Wilcox is the best player in the state that I have seen this season and PG appears to peaking at the right time.

Defense | 12:51 p.m. March 2, 2009

Good defense never slumps. Teams like Clearfield will win in the first round because it takes awhile for kids to get adjusted to the big stage and their shot generally suffers. Teams that play solid defense win until the later rounds when players have a few games under their belts.

re: 5A Fan | 1:15 p.m. March 2, 2009

Maybe you should move to the 4A ranks...you are allready 0-1 as Pg beat Skyline

Angry PG fan | 1:22 p.m. March 2, 2009

It is such a Cop-out for PG fans to say that PG would have, and should have won the two games against Lone Peak. I am a big PG fan, but come on. Have some class. We got beat. Nothing drives me more insane than ingnorant fans saying it was the Refs fault. Come on man. If that makes you feel better go ahead and say that. You are just giving the rest of the intelligent fans here a bad rap for being associated with you. I think that PG has enough to go all the way, but if they lose, it won't be because of officiating. It will be because they didn't make enough plays to win. There are my two cents.

Re: Upset at the Ecenter | 2:52 p.m. March 2, 2009

I agree with Pg Fan....seriously...only lost two games since January 1? You needed double OT to beat Lehi and your scores for the other region games were fairly close as well. I'm so tired of hearing that you only lost to Lone Peak because of the refs....oh really?? 6 straight times you lost because of officiating?? Get real Pg and listen to the PG Fan above me....

;kf;alksdf | 3:11 p.m. March 2, 2009

jordan over lone peak

yep i said it

Anonymous | 3:40 p.m. March 2, 2009

pg still won didnt they? so what are you talking about only one person is complaining about the refs so get over yourself.

re; upset coming to ecenter | 4:43 p.m. March 2, 2009

how can you say lp cant hold off pg a 3rd time they have done it 6 times in the past 3 years. but dont worry about it cause its LPvsLehi at state

Region 4 fan | 5:47 p.m. March 2, 2009

I think that it's too hard to predict who wins the tournament, i mean come on we've all seen that this years teams are all really great PG Lehi and Lone Peak have about equal talent and have all been close in the games against each other. They all have the talent to win, they just have to keep their act together this week and we'll see who turns out on top.

Beetn!gger4lyfe | 6:01 p.m. March 2, 2009

Who say I say the beetdigger posse!!!!!!!

World Class for Life | 8:32 p.m. March 5, 2009

Lone Peak is the team to beat, hands down. Haws is unstoppable, he brings his game every time and is a beast! Wilcox is incredible as well, props to PG, those games were intense--refs questionable on both sides, but whoever pulls it off pulls it off, right? LP is the best, I think it's pretty safe to say that 5A is in the bag again this year.

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