Notice how Park City quarterback Erik Walker had 275 rushing yards on just 13 carries in Park City's 48-7 win over Morgan last night?

Walker is one of the state's top offensive threats, and more and more Division I programs are starting to take notice.

The seniors recently received his third scholarship offer, from Army.

Previously, Walker received offers from Navy and Dartmouth.

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Speaking of Utah prep athletes who will likely leave the state to play college sports, there are two interesting articles in cyberspace this morning regarding guys who did just that.

Former West Jordan basketball star Ray Gallegos is now at Nebraska, preparing for his freshman season with the Cornhuskers. Here's a story in the Omaha World-Herald about how Gallegos is adjusting in the world of the Big Red.

Former Judge Memorial star Cort Dennison, now a backup linebacker at Washington, will probably get his first collegiate start on Saturday, and it couldn't have come at a better place for Dennison: Notre Dame.

As this article in the Seattle Times details, Dennison grew up a huge Notre Dame fan while attending one of only two Catholic high schools in the Salt Lake Valley (Juan Diego is the other).

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Finally, there's some news related to this particular blog for you today.

Barring some unforeseen snafus, this is most likely our last post on this particular platform for this blog.

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Happy Thursday, everyone.

In cased you missed Lya's blog on the University of Utah football and basketball blog, the Utes have received another basketball commitment.

Dominique Lee, a 6-foot-3 small forward from St. Mary's High in Berkeley, Calif., has committed to Utah.

He also had offers from San Jose State and Santa Clara.

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Of course, on Wednesday, BYU got a commitment from Utah's best prep basketball player, Provo's Kyle Collinsworth. For more on that, check out our BYU sports blog by going here.

The early signing period for basketball is Nov. 11-18.

When Hunter takes on Murray tonight, the Wolverines will be back to familiar form.
''We're playing more of that smash-mouth style," said assistant coach Brandon Burt. We have 5 or 6 tailbacks who are really producing and our line is playing better."
It took a while for the Wolverines to make the adjustments and find a rhythm. Hunter lost three of its four four games and struggled to get things going on offense. But the Wolverines are back on track after two big wins over Cyprus (38-0) and Granger (56-20). Although Hunter knows the schedule will get much tougher from here -- after playing Murray, the Wolverines will play the top two teams in Region 2, Cottonwood and Skyline -- going on a two-game win streak is just what Hunter needed.
"We've made adjustments," Burt said. "And I think we've found our niche."
--Maggie Thach

The No. 1 baseball prospect in the state of Arizona has committed to play baseball for BYU, according to several recruiting Web sites.

Jaycob Brugman, a senior center fielder at Desert Vista High in Phoenix, committed to BYU coach Vance Law earlier this week after a recent visit to Provo.

Brugman is listed as the state's top prospect on ArizonaVarsity.com. He will sign with BYU in November, but there is a strong possibility that he will be picked in next June's Major League Baseball draft.

Then, Brugman will have a decision to make: sign a pro contrract or start his baseball career at BYU.

Brugman hit .512 as Desert Vista's leadoff hitter last season with 15 home runs.

The lefty (throwing and hitting) is 6-feet, 175 pounds.

Who are the best high school quarterbacks in Utah this year?

I checked out the Alta-Lone Peak game last Friday, and saw two of the state's better QBs, Alta's Jordy Brown and Lone Peak's Tannon Pedersen go at it. I was really impressed with Pedersen's arm and Brown's overall athletic ability.

I know Brown has an offer from Snow College.

But there may be another senior QB to keep an eye on -- Cottonwood's Crosby Jensen.

Jensen, a bit unkown because he is in his frst season as a starter (having played behind all-stater Steve Romero last year), said he recently received his first scholarship offer.

Weber State made the offer to the 6-foot-2, 175-pound senior whose older brother, Riley Jensen, played for Snow, BYU and Utah State in his college career.

Jensen said he has also talked to Louisville and Utah State, and both have let him know then have heavy interest.

Word on the street is that USU is looking at both Jensen and Jordan quarterback Alex Hart, and may make an offer to one of those seniors before the season is over.

Jensen said Utah, Southern Utah, Dixie State and Snow have also shown some interest.

Jensen got off to a rocky start in his team's opener against Alta. But since then, he's been terrific.

In his last four games, he has completed 89 of 127 passes (71 percent) for 1,067 yards and 13 touchdowns with just one interception.

"It has been an interesting process, adjusting to varsity football," he said. "I've had to learn as I go."

Knowing that he was not on the college recruiting radar last spring, Jensen hit the camp trail hard in hopes of improving his game and attracting the attention of college scouts. He attended camps at Utah, BYU, Utah State and UNLV and also participated in the All-Poly Camp in Bountiful, among others.

Cal Hanks is going from one end of the state to the other to play his college basketball.

Hanks, a 6-foot-11 senior center at Mountain Crest High in the Cache Valley, has orally committed to Southern Utah University.

Hanks will sign a national letter of intent with SUU on Nov. 10.

He was also recruited by St. Mary's, Weber State and Utah Valley University.

An all-Region 5 selection in 2009, Hanks played club basketball last summer for Salt Lake Metro, and is considered to be the top 2010 post prospect in Utah by the Intermountain Hoops Scouting Service.

At SUU, Hanks will join two former Metro players -- former Hillcrest star Ryan Brimley and former Cedar City High star Joel Einfeldt.

Billy Vavau, a 6-3, 295-pound senior lineman at Jordan High, has told the Laramie (Wyo.) Boomerang he has committed to Wyoming. Vavau has played on both sides of the ball, but said he chose Wyoming for the chance to play defense. Utah, Utah State and Southern Utah all looked at him as a possible contributor on offense.
Vavau started his high school career at Kearns, but transferred to Jordan prior to his junior season despite starting as a freshman and a sophomore for the Cougars.

A regular recruiting trail reader noticed that Utah women's basketball coach Elaine Elliott recently tweeted that she will have three girls who have committed to the Utes on campus this weekend.

Who are the three?

The Tribune's Utah women's basketball writer, Tony Jones, will have more on the recruits in the newspaper soon, but here's the list:

* Cierra Dunbar, a 5-foot-10 forward from Elko High in Elko, Nev.

* Allison Gida, a 5-11 point guard from Ashland, Ore.

* Brittany Knighton, a 6-1 forward from Oregon City, Ore.

Knighton recently committed to the Utes and was also drawing interest from Oregon, Vanderbilt and UC Santa Barbara. She averaged 14.4 points as a sophomore and 7.7 as a junior after returning from an ACL injury.

A defensive end who originally signed with the University of Utah in February of 2008 has announced he is transferring to Hawaii.

According to the Honolulu Advertiser, Siaki Cravens, a 6-foot-3, 240-pound defensive end, committed to the Warriors on Tuesday.

Cravens transferred from Utah to Long Beach City College after spring semester. He will have three years to play two seasons at UH. He also drew some interest from USC and UCLA.

The Utes recruited him out of Temecula Valley High School in Temecula, Calif.