Three Utahns to play in All-American Bowl
How does Utah high school football stack up nationally? That's a question I am often asked, after spending 12 years as the Tribune's prep football writer.
Although we are not Texas or Florida, we are a little underrated, I often say.
A few years ago, a study found that Utah produced more Division I football players, per capita, than any state in the country. Of course, having three Division I schools and two Division I-AA schools in our boundaries contributes to that.
More evidence is that smaller St. George schools routinely pound Las Vegas schools in football matchups, and programs such as Jordan, Bingham, Alta, Skyline, Fremont, Cottonwood and Northridge have posted big wins over out-of-state programs in recent years.
I bring up the topic because Utah prep football reached another milestone today.
A record three Utah preps have been selected to play in the 8th Annual U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio, Texas, on Jan. 5, 2008.
Cottonwood linebacker Lynn Katoa, Bingham tight end Austin Holt and Bingham kicker Justin Sorensen will play for the West squad in the annual game in the Alamodome that draws 75 of the top prep players in the country.
Kickoff is at 11 a.m. MST and the game will be televised nationally by NBC.
Katoa received his game jersey and was honored at an assembly at Cottonwood on Tuesday morning.
Holt and Sorensen will receive the same treatment at an assembly at Bingham on Wednesday at 9 a.m.
The list of Utahns who have played in the game include Highland High's Haloti Ngata (now starting for the Baltimore Ravens), Hunter's Ray Feinga (BYU), Timpview's Matt Reynolds and Cottonwood's Simi Fili.
As regular readers of these posts know, Katoa recently returned from a recruiting visit to Colorado, and has also been to Texas and Oklahoma. He wants to get in a trip to LSU during the Thanksgiving break before making his final decision.
Holt and Sorensen have committed to BYU.
Although we are not Texas or Florida, we are a little underrated, I often say.
A few years ago, a study found that Utah produced more Division I football players, per capita, than any state in the country. Of course, having three Division I schools and two Division I-AA schools in our boundaries contributes to that.
More evidence is that smaller St. George schools routinely pound Las Vegas schools in football matchups, and programs such as Jordan, Bingham, Alta, Skyline, Fremont, Cottonwood and Northridge have posted big wins over out-of-state programs in recent years.
I bring up the topic because Utah prep football reached another milestone today.
A record three Utah preps have been selected to play in the 8th Annual U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio, Texas, on Jan. 5, 2008.
Cottonwood linebacker Lynn Katoa, Bingham tight end Austin Holt and Bingham kicker Justin Sorensen will play for the West squad in the annual game in the Alamodome that draws 75 of the top prep players in the country.
Kickoff is at 11 a.m. MST and the game will be televised nationally by NBC.
Katoa received his game jersey and was honored at an assembly at Cottonwood on Tuesday morning.
Holt and Sorensen will receive the same treatment at an assembly at Bingham on Wednesday at 9 a.m.
The list of Utahns who have played in the game include Highland High's Haloti Ngata (now starting for the Baltimore Ravens), Hunter's Ray Feinga (BYU), Timpview's Matt Reynolds and Cottonwood's Simi Fili.
As regular readers of these posts know, Katoa recently returned from a recruiting visit to Colorado, and has also been to Texas and Oklahoma. He wants to get in a trip to LSU during the Thanksgiving break before making his final decision.
Holt and Sorensen have committed to BYU.
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