Comments about ‘High school basketball: 1A Boys All-State Teams’

Tim Hughes did not lead 1A in scoring, Trac Norris of Panguitch did with 20.8, this is even what the des news had posted in the write up for the 1A MVP.

Fantastic job to Shawn Dickson and Joshua John of Whitehorse!! You guys are awesome! Good luck in all that you do!

To 1a basketball - Where do you see anything that says otherwise? In his MVP write-up it says that Tim Hughes was second in scoring.

Can you read there is a word second there?

the fact that duchesne only had 1 player make 1st through third team all-state is amazing. The des news got it right...only browning deserved the honor, but the fact that they placed second at state with a bunch of non-flashy role players who really werent that talented, is a testament of their ability to play defense, and play together. this proves that a solid team will out perform the selfish all star types every time. Remember that kids.

That's what the article says that Hughes was second in scoring. Get over it, congratulation to Tim Hughes. Everything isn't about Panguitch.

the fact that Trac Norris scored .6 more points than Tim Hughes is simply because when Escalante was playing their best ball toward the end of the season there were several games where Tim did not even see the floor in the fourth quarter. Tim had the opportunity to break the single game three point record during their state play in game, but he only played three min in that second half. It's not about the numbers it's about the team goal, and that is why Escalante is holding a second straight state title.

In the article it does say he was second in scoring however under his picture it says led 1A in scoring. I was just making a correction.

I watched the 1A state playoffs, and one kid not mentioned anywhere in the DesNews articles is the 6'5" kid from Monticello, Dallin Duncan. I did not see any of the 3 teams that he played against (Tabiona, SL Lutheran, Panguitch), handle him at all. I thought he was the best player in the 1A tourney, and I saw almost every team multiple times!

You have got to be kidding me!

yeah I agree with the duchesne fan, if you look at it Duchesne and Valley were the 2 and 3 best teams in the state and both only had 1 player in 1-3 all state teams. How awesome is that and congrats to the kids who believed and the coaches who got them to believe.

the coaches voted and got it right not D News

I don't know what "You have got to be kidding" means to you, but he's the real deal, and only a sophomore The fact that his team was bad and poorly coached is not his fault. The top 6 teams at 1A state had 5 good or great players, his team had him, and that was all!

Have you even read the other comments? Duchesne and Valley both finished in the top three as a team, and only had one player recieve 1st through 3rd team all state honors. So your comment that "The top 6 teams at 1A state had 5 good or great players" is completely wrong and off the wall. Each of these teams had good team play and defense...not a buch of show off all star award seekers. Dallin Duncan obviously didn't shine in the eyes of the coaches because none of them even remembered his name when they voted. Let me clue you in on how things work. You have to win at the state tournament in order to get all-state votes. Or else you have to be the top 2 at your position. Duncan was neither of those. Anderson from Rich, and Browning from Duchesne were both better, and their teams won. Come on pal everyone knows that.

Kevin Griff was the 1A MVP of the state. he led them through the state tourney

I agree completely with you that at this level individual awards are given to players on winning teams. Five above average players are a better team (Escalante, Rich, Duchesne) than one great player with four poor players, as you know this happens all the time at all levels. If he had the same 4 players that Duchesne and Rich had, he would have been equal to the job! I commend these teams for having enough good players to win, it must be tuff for Dallin to play on a poor team. My friends in SLC saw him in an AAU tourney last fall and were very impressed. Don't beat the kid up for being on a bad high school team it's not his fault!

Duncan is not even close to the best player on his team. Anyone who watched Monticello knows that team was dominated by guard play

Dallin Duncan is the best player on Monticello's team.

The 1A coaches obviously didn't think so. Maybe we should just leave all the voting up to you, hmm?

Sorry, Torres was the best player on a good Monticello team. To call a team that won the region nineteen title a bad and poorly coached team is a cheap shot, they represented themselver very well.