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5A boys high school basketball: Davis finds a way to overcome Pleasant Grove in a nail-biter

PG has great players, Davis has great TEAM! Good game guys, lets do it again on friday. Region 1 moves on hmmmmm?

How can Davis loose all 5 starters and be back in the Semi-Finals????

I'm a LP fan. Coach Welk should get coach of the year in the State of Utah.

Don't get me wrong, Davis players have heart, abilities, and attitude.

All combined my hat is off to Davis.

I was hoping for a PG/LP finals. It would have been a great game! Good luck CJ. You have been a class act and it has been awesome watching you all these years. You were covered much better by Davis than Skyline, and I could see you getting tired. You played with heart and had a good tournament. GO HUSKIES!

Great game! nail biter for sure. I agree that Welk should get coach of the year. He is consistently putting together good teams year in and year out. He doesn't have all-star players, but the team plays as a team. Great coaching on putting a smaller faster defender on Wilcox all night. You could see him getting frustrated the entire night.
Go Darts!

Regradless of officals thinking the game is about them and not the kids it was a great game. CJ Wilcox showed you give him that much attention and he still can score on you. Davis played great down the stretch even though they lost all the big mo. They hit some big shots when they had to and that was the difference in the game. Great game both teams.

Jay Welk is so impressive. His kids have got to be one of the best prepared, best coached teams in the state. He does a remarkable job, and to have them back so deep in the tourney after losing so many players, is true testament to his coaching abilities!

So you are going to say that they were not holding CJ all night long? Would CJ get away with the defense that was played on him? I guess he does not get star treatment.

Why are you protecting Davis? What about PG's side of things? I heard over and over again. The worst officiated game we have ever seen. This is coming from reporters and refs that were watching the game.

Its good to see Davis's Jordan Welk (#10) finally get some attention. In Davis offense and game plan he doesn't really get to be the star he is capable of. but he is one of the elite players in the state. He showed his offense capabilities against Copper Hills, and showed his defense and all around game against P.G. last night. With 4 Steals, and 2 Blocks on CJ, also frustrating CJ more than i believe he has been since the AAU days of The Wildcats. Welk is an elite player, that can be a star in any system.

Coach Welk is a great coach and constantly gets teams to play together and win. His teams have won the past 4 region championships. Last year was by far the best team he has coached. They went 20-0 heading into the state playoffs. The closest region game they had was 11 points. Most of the games were wins by 15 to 25 point blowouts. It just so happened that Lone Peak was on the same side of the bracket with 4 Divison 1 players on there team. This years team has played very good team basketball to get them to where they are at. Just like Lone Peak, Davis is one of the elite basketball programs in the state. I am willing to bet that some of the players that Davis, Lone Peak, and some other basketball schools have to cut would make teams at other schools.

I would have to agree that the DHS/PG game had more blown calls than all of the other games combined. The short ref with a crew cut needs to go. He is awful.

Personally, my favorite part of the games are at half time when the drill team goes out and performs to show their school spirit. However, Davis had a great game yesterday. i'm so proud of their hard work and dedication.

It was a great game, which, as the article says, "could have gone either way." Congrats to Davis for pulling off the win.

I have to add kudos to Coach McCallister. He is one of the greatest guys I've ever met and I have been amazed by what he's done with his team over the year. Congratulations PG on a fabulous season!

As a Bingham fan, I have to say Pleasant Grove was on the short end of alot of calls. The officiating was awful! Oh well, go Bingham!

Jay Welk is by far the best high school basketball coach in the state. For his teams to perform the way they do year in and year out is a testament to his abilities. Not only are thier results great, but they seem to be a very disciplined group of fine young men. Congrats on a great year Davis!!

What an awesome game. MVP goes to Jordan Welk. His defense of CJ was what did PG in. CJ was extremely frustrated, you could tell by the tech. He has to be one of the most athletic players I've seen. But I would still take Haws, he is the most poised smooth HS player I have ever seen. CJ could be an amazing college player though, that kid is fast and his shot is amazing. I do admit though that the refs were absolutely terrible, but it went both ways. I'm way proud of Davis, they show up to play in the post season. There is no doubt in my mind that Welk is the best coach in the state, he knows how to get the most out of his players. He doesn't have the most talented players, but he gets the most out of every single kid of the court. WJ will be a tough and intense game, take it to em' Darts!

CJ could be the an incredible collage player? I doubt that, i doubt he even gets much playing time at washington, who also has the number 1 point gaurd in the nation signed in Abdul Gaddy... Washington rivals the highschool talent of NJ, maryland, connecticut, and those states. I personally think washington was a bad choice for cj, but oh well. And another congrats to coach welk and his team, consistantly one of the best programs in the state. His son, Jordan Welk, is one heck of a player... Should be a great match up between him and Gallegos in the semi-finals

I would agree with the assessment of the officials. I have seen thousands of games in person at all levels and that was pathetic on both sides PG has every right to feel slighted. I have seen the short crew cutted ref 4 or 5 times this year and he loves to be the show on the court. It's a shame that he was "awarded" a 5A state quarterfinal game. He proved to be even worse than I have seen in years!I hope he reads this. He should be ashamed of how he called it last night!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pardon me for trying to wish CJ good luck, I guess I should have torn him down huh?? Give me a break!

your are ridiculous to say cj wont see much playin time maybe you should know what youre talking about before you say it. cj is clearly the best plaqyer in the state. and he doesnt play point guard anyways hes a two guard so get your facts straight. he will be great for the huskies. and welk wow kid is not good he just gets away with whatever he wants. so many times the refs were watching him hold cj and said they didnt want to call it