Call This School 'Loaded' Peak
The school's official name is Lone Peak. It should be called Loaded Peak, however, when it comes to the next few boys high school basketball seasons.
Coach Quincy Lewis, almost sheepishly, acknowledged earlier this week that the Knights, who swept to the 5-A state championship last season, will have five Division I recruits on their roster this season, and a sixth player already has an offer to play at a junior college.
Seriously, five Division I recruits?
"It's a pretty good bet," said Lewis, himself a former recruiter and assistant coach at the college level. "I don't go a day without several calls [from college recruiters]."
Three of those recruits are seniors, and two are juniors. Lone Peak's sophomore class is average, but several more highly talented players are in the junior high pipeline.
The seniors are 6-foot-11 Justin Hamilton, 6-foot-8 Bracken Funk and 6-7 Josh Sharp.
Sharp is on the University of Utah's radar, although the Utes haven't offered a scholarship yet. Weber State also likes the swing player whom one recruiter said reminds him of versatile player with Alex Jensen-type instincts, only more athletic.
Sharp will make an official visit to Utah the weekend of Sept. 28-29, a source close to Utah's recruiting efforts told The Recruiting Trail.
Hamilton has drawn interest from St. Mary's, Pepperdine, UC Davis and Weber State, Lewis said. The Utes liked him, too, but they landed the 6-11 Jason Washburn out of Michigan and are set at his position.
Hamilton went on an official visit to Weber State last weekend, according to his club coach, Dave Hammer, and is scheduled to go to St. Mary's this weekend.
Funk, son of former Utah State star Randy Funk, blew out his knee in June so he missed out on the summer all-star season. However, he is being pursued by former BYU coach Steve Cleveland at Fresno State, among others.
Lewis said Funk might not be cleared to play until December or January.
A fourth senior, point guard Kimball Payne, has received an offer from Western Wyoming Community College.
"All of our seniors will be done [with their commitments] by Oct. 1," Lewis said. "That's the goal. Keep it simple and get it done."
Lone Peak's juniors -- 6-9 Nate Austin and 6-4 Tyler Haws -- could be the two most-recruited players in the state next year.
Haws, one newspaper's 5-A MVP as a sophomore, already has offers from BYU and Utah. Stanford, Gonzaga, Pepperdine and UCLA have also talked to Lewis about the sensational shooting guard whose father, Marty, played for BYU.
However, only BYU and Utah were at every one of his summer league games in Las Vegas.
Austin, 6-9, will attract "mid-major attention or higher," Lewis said.
Some people who have watched the Knights for several years say another junior, Dillon Smith, has some college potential.
Still in junior high, but already garnering attention, are the younger brothers of Haws and Jackson Emery, the 2005 MVP who played a year for BYU and is currently on an LDS Church mission.
Coach Quincy Lewis, almost sheepishly, acknowledged earlier this week that the Knights, who swept to the 5-A state championship last season, will have five Division I recruits on their roster this season, and a sixth player already has an offer to play at a junior college.
Seriously, five Division I recruits?
"It's a pretty good bet," said Lewis, himself a former recruiter and assistant coach at the college level. "I don't go a day without several calls [from college recruiters]."
Three of those recruits are seniors, and two are juniors. Lone Peak's sophomore class is average, but several more highly talented players are in the junior high pipeline.
The seniors are 6-foot-11 Justin Hamilton, 6-foot-8 Bracken Funk and 6-7 Josh Sharp.
Sharp is on the University of Utah's radar, although the Utes haven't offered a scholarship yet. Weber State also likes the swing player whom one recruiter said reminds him of versatile player with Alex Jensen-type instincts, only more athletic.
Sharp will make an official visit to Utah the weekend of Sept. 28-29, a source close to Utah's recruiting efforts told The Recruiting Trail.
Hamilton has drawn interest from St. Mary's, Pepperdine, UC Davis and Weber State, Lewis said. The Utes liked him, too, but they landed the 6-11 Jason Washburn out of Michigan and are set at his position.
Hamilton went on an official visit to Weber State last weekend, according to his club coach, Dave Hammer, and is scheduled to go to St. Mary's this weekend.
Funk, son of former Utah State star Randy Funk, blew out his knee in June so he missed out on the summer all-star season. However, he is being pursued by former BYU coach Steve Cleveland at Fresno State, among others.
Lewis said Funk might not be cleared to play until December or January.
A fourth senior, point guard Kimball Payne, has received an offer from Western Wyoming Community College.
"All of our seniors will be done [with their commitments] by Oct. 1," Lewis said. "That's the goal. Keep it simple and get it done."
Lone Peak's juniors -- 6-9 Nate Austin and 6-4 Tyler Haws -- could be the two most-recruited players in the state next year.
Haws, one newspaper's 5-A MVP as a sophomore, already has offers from BYU and Utah. Stanford, Gonzaga, Pepperdine and UCLA have also talked to Lewis about the sensational shooting guard whose father, Marty, played for BYU.
However, only BYU and Utah were at every one of his summer league games in Las Vegas.
Austin, 6-9, will attract "mid-major attention or higher," Lewis said.
Some people who have watched the Knights for several years say another junior, Dillon Smith, has some college potential.
Still in junior high, but already garnering attention, are the younger brothers of Haws and Jackson Emery, the 2005 MVP who played a year for BYU and is currently on an LDS Church mission.
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