End of June Notes

Youth Movement

There are so many programs that have been forced to play their young players, but frankly some of these young players are hungry and it looks like they are earning their time. You look at some traditional schools that usually play upperclassmen have some really good young talent. Bingham has some good young players in the pipeline. Westlake has some good young players in the pipeline and even Copper Hills has some good young players in their program. Woods Cross has some solid youngsters, orem has a fleet of youngsters and even Timpview has a roster full of young talent.

Mason Ford Mason Ford 6'3" | CG Timpview | 2026 State UT ||Timpview || 2026

Dean Rueckert Dean Rueckert 6'7" | SF Timpview | 2026 State UT || Timpview || 2026

Tate Robinson Tate Robinson 6'2" | SG Orem | 2026 State UT || Orem || 2026

Anthony Felesi Anthony Felesi 6'5" | CG Utah Prep | 2026 State UT || Orem || 2026 ||

Kai Wesley Kai Wesley 6'8" | PF Orem | 2026 State UT || Orem || 2026 ||

Isaiah Reiser Isaiah Reiser 5'10" | PG Copper Hills | 2026 State UT || Copper Hills || 2026 ||

Ty Cogswell Ty Cogswell 6'9" | PF Copper Hills | 2025 UT || Copper Hills || 2025 ||

Luke West Luke West 6'2" | SG Bingham | 2026 State UT || Bingham || 2026 ||

Jason Petereson || Bingham || 2025 ||

Symon Su’a || Westlake || 2025 ||

Power Moves

There are a few teams that have some new faces that really make them a powerful team.

Corner Canyon has three new faces in Hayden Gribble Hayden Gribble 6'6" | SF Corner Canyon | 2024 State UT , Noah Bendinger Noah Bendinger 6'3" | CG Corner Canyon | 2025 State UT and Bryton Valdes Bryton Valdes 5'10" | PG Corner Canyon | 2025 State UT . It seems like these three will crack the rotation. They also have a few players getting some minutes that are also new to the rotation in Tate Boman Tate Boman 6'2" | CG Bingham | 2024 State UT and Tyler Mortensen Tyler Mortensen 6'2" | CG Corner Canyon | 2026 State UT . You add Will Chandler Will Chandler 6'4" | PF Corner Canyon | 2026 State UT , Taylor Feroah Taylor Feroah 6'7" | SG Corner Canyon | 2024 State UT , Isaac Neibauer and Brody Kozlowski Brody Kozlowski 6'8" | SG Corner Canyon | 2024 State #126 Nation UT and this team can cause some damage.

Cottonwood reloaded as they also have a few notable names that have emerged over there in John Rosevear John Rosevear 6'2" | CG Cottonwood | 2025 State UT and Carter Nielson Carter Nielson 6'1" | PG Waterford | 2025 State UT . If we just take a look at Carter if he gets some space and time he is going to light it up from deep. John provides some creating and in the paint driving ability and with them playing with Chris Cox Chris Cox 6'7" | SF AZ Compass Prep | 2024 State AZ really makes them tough because they have some other role players on that squad.

Herriman might not have the transfers that other schools have but they did get a new coach in Doug Mecham a vet coach that has a winning track record in 6A and recently at Snow Canyon. This team looks different already as you are seeing a different Malcom Johnson Malcom Johnson 6'6" | SF Herriman | 2024 State UT and Ike Palmer Ike Palmer 6'6" | CG Herriman | 2024 State UT . Carlo Mulfor has a great pace and Cale Barclay Cale Barclay 6'8" | PF Herriman | 2025 State UT is looking big and strong.

Impressive Play

This June there have been a lot of players that have stepped up and here are a few

Mekhi Martin Mekhi Martin 6'2" | PG Layton | 2024 State UT || Layton

Hunter Jackson Hunter Jackson 6'3" | PG Woods Cross | 2025 State UT || Woods Cross

Carter Doleac Carter Doleac 6'8" | PF Alta | 2024 State UT || Alta

JJ Apathjang JJ Apathjang 6'5" | CG Judge Memorial Catholic | 2025 State UT ||

Coleman Atwater Coleman Atwater 6'3" | SG Davis | 2025 State UT || Davis

Breackon Robinson || Dixie

Aaron Castagnetto Aaron Castagnetto 6'1" | PG Provo | 2024 State UT || Provo

Isaac Miller Isaac Miller 6'3" | SG Hillcrest | 2024 State UT || Hillcrest

Players on the Rise

Ace Reiser Ace Reiser 6'0" | PG Alta | 2024 State UT || Alta

Hunter Hansen Hunter Hansen 6'4" | PG Fremont | 2024 State UT || Fremont

Tanner Davis Tanner Davis 6'5" | PG Sky View | 2024 State UT || Sky View

Kyle Lemke Kyle Lemke 6'9" | C Dixie | 2024 State UT || Dixie

Jaxon Johnson Jaxon Johnson 6'8" | SF Alta | 2024 State #256 Nation UT || Alta

Dutch Dowdell Dutch Dowdell 6'6" | SG Olympus | 2024 State UT || Olympus

Zach Fisher Zach Fisher 6'7" | CG Davis | 2024 State UT || Davis

Carson Smith Carson Smith 6'4" | CG Bountiful | 2024 State UT || Bountiful

Moving to the Beehive State

There are at least 5 players making moves to Utah that will be in the Top 10 in the Class of 2024, 2025 and 2026 and there is no debate about it. These kids have game and these 5 are all D1 kids.

Overview

Utah has some good basketball and as more players have decided to play out of state more colleges have been coming in offering kids because they are more confident that they are offering players that will leave Utah. With a few new coaches at the D1 level across the state there are a few local kids making rosters. Utah State has a few and so does Utah and BYU. Utah Tech has a few but Utah talent is getting deeper and having players have success out of state has really been important. You have a few at UC Irvine, Northern Arizona and even out East. Big July ahead for Utah players looking to play in front of college coaches.