Rich will head into the 1A state tournament as the No. 1 seed, and the steady play all season of Jaden Desch has been one of the biggest factors in that success. Desch was named a Deseret News all-state honorable mention in basketball last season, and this past fall he led Rich’s eight-player football team to a 1A state title and was named the Deseret News Player of the Year.
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Orem has enjoyed a perfect start to region play over the past four weeks, and Chance Dastrup has been one of the catalysts. “Chance is having a great season and has really taken our team to the next level here in region play,” said Orem coach Jace Tavita. On Tuesday he recorded 10 points and 11 assists in a 68-57 win over Cedar Valley, and then three nights later tallied 14 points and a dozen assists in a 72-47 win over Spanish Fork.
Junior Luke Meyer has been outstanding this season for Juan Diego, and he played a key role in leading the Soaring Eagle to a pair of region victories last week. In Tuesday’s 65-43 win over Granger he recorded 20 points and seven rebounds, and then three nights later he tallied eight points and nine rebounds in Juan Diego’s 58-53 come-from-behind victory over Cyprus. For the season, Meyer is averaging 17.4 points and 9.5 rebounds.