Football: Highland DT Heimuli is headed to..........Elko?
I ran into Highland High football coach Brody Benson on Thursday night on the set of Alema Harrington's Powerhouse television show, and the coach gave me the latest on Highland defensive tackle Latu Heimuli, widely considered one of the top prep football players in the state.
Heimuli won't be making his official campus visit to Nebraska this weekend after all. Instead, the senior will be in Elko, Nevada, taking the ACT college admission test. Now he plans on visiting Nebraska the last weekend of September.
Heimuli, 6-foot-4, 305 pounds, is called a four-star recruit by Scout.com and has offers from the likes of BYU, Utah, Washington, Washington State, Arizona, Colorado and Nebraska. UCLA recently showed some interest, but has not offered.
Benson said Heimuli is a smart kid with a 3.5 GPA or better who should have no problem with the ACT. However, because recruits cannot take official visits (paid for by the host school) until they have taken at least one of the major college admission tests, Heimuli will be in Nevada this weekend, rather than in Lincoln.
None of the tests are being given in Utah this weekend, Benson said. He also said that Heimuli tried to take the test last spring, but was not allowed to take it because administrators would not accept his temporary driver's license as a form of identification.
The coach said Heimuli does not have a favorite school or a top fiive or anything of the sort. The Rams travel to neighboring East High toniight for a showdown with the Leopards.
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Alta High coach Les Hamilton has informed us that quarterback Ammon Olsen (6-4, 195) has received a written scholarship offer from Southern Utah. Also, Alta lineman Parker Erickson (6-3, 275) has received a written offer from Idaho State.
There was an internet rumor floating around that BYU had offered the quarterback Olsen, who has played three spectacular games for the Hawks to date in wins over Spanish Fork, Bingham and Kearns.
Not true, says Hamilton, though he wishes that were the case because he says Olsen is the top prep quarterback in Utah this season and "one of the best QBs in the country."
-- Jay Drew
Heimuli won't be making his official campus visit to Nebraska this weekend after all. Instead, the senior will be in Elko, Nevada, taking the ACT college admission test. Now he plans on visiting Nebraska the last weekend of September.
Heimuli, 6-foot-4, 305 pounds, is called a four-star recruit by Scout.com and has offers from the likes of BYU, Utah, Washington, Washington State, Arizona, Colorado and Nebraska. UCLA recently showed some interest, but has not offered.
Benson said Heimuli is a smart kid with a 3.5 GPA or better who should have no problem with the ACT. However, because recruits cannot take official visits (paid for by the host school) until they have taken at least one of the major college admission tests, Heimuli will be in Nevada this weekend, rather than in Lincoln.
None of the tests are being given in Utah this weekend, Benson said. He also said that Heimuli tried to take the test last spring, but was not allowed to take it because administrators would not accept his temporary driver's license as a form of identification.
The coach said Heimuli does not have a favorite school or a top fiive or anything of the sort. The Rams travel to neighboring East High toniight for a showdown with the Leopards.
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Alta High coach Les Hamilton has informed us that quarterback Ammon Olsen (6-4, 195) has received a written scholarship offer from Southern Utah. Also, Alta lineman Parker Erickson (6-3, 275) has received a written offer from Idaho State.
There was an internet rumor floating around that BYU had offered the quarterback Olsen, who has played three spectacular games for the Hawks to date in wins over Spanish Fork, Bingham and Kearns.
Not true, says Hamilton, though he wishes that were the case because he says Olsen is the top prep quarterback in Utah this season and "one of the best QBs in the country."
-- Jay Drew
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