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BYU received two unexpected visits on Saturday from Herriman's Leki Fotu and Cottonwood's Fua Pututau, both of whom are considered three-star defensive end prospects by several recruiting outlets.
Fotu is currently committed to the University of Utah, while Pututau tweeted his top-five preferred destinations as Utah, Washington, Oregon State, Washington State and Colorado on Dec. 4 before Kalani Sitake was appointed as the head coach at BYU. According to Cottonwood coach Mike Tidwell, Sitake made Pututau a priority recruit while coaching at Oregon State and has continued that approach. Pututau has since canceled his scheduled official visit to Corvallis in favor of Provo this weekend, according to Tidwell, who also said Pututau and fellow three-star defensive end from Cottonwood, Pookie Maka, will officially visit Utah next weekend together and Colorado in the following weekend.
Fotu received an official offer from BYU on Thursday, and when UCLA backed out of its recruitment, it freed up an opportunity to visit Provo. Fotu is scheduled to officially visit USC next week and Utah the following weekend.
Green Canyon
According to a report by the Herald Journal, "Green Canyon High School" is the name recommended to the Cache County School District Board of Education for the new high school scheduled to open in the fall of 2017 in north Logan. The mascot reportedly will be "Wolves," with forest green and silver as the official school colors.
Notable performances
Boys' basketball:
• Alex Lamb buried a triple at the buzzer to shoot Roy past Fremont.
• Will Clark dropped 25 points along with 12 rebounds, five steals and three assists in Orem's upset against Corner Canyon.
• Matt Freestone scored 18 points and pulled down eight rebounds to lead Monticello past Pinnacle.
• Sky View's Jake Hendricks scored 25 points to lead the Bobcats past crosstown rival Mountain Crest.
• Tyler Simister tallied 20 points in Desert Hills' win against Hurricane.
• Avery Ames erupted for 21 points, six rebounds and six assists, while Maliik Fagan-Foster finished with 16 points and nine rebounds in Juan Diego's blowout against Bear River.
Girls' basketball:
• Bella Harrington recorded 57 points, 34 rebounds and 15 blocks in two games for Maeser Prep.
• Taylor Moeaki (25) and Paige Farnsworth (20) combined for 45 points in American Fork's win against Herriman.
• Salem Hills sophomore Lauren Gustin posted a massive 27-19 double-double in the Skyhawks' upset of third-ranked Maple Mountain. Liz Eaton dropped 41 points in the loss for the Golden Eagles.
• Shirsten Wissinger scored 26 points to lead top-ranked Copper Hills past Bingham.
• Baylee Leiter (16-16) and Micah Gustafson (16-9) combined for 32 points and 25 rebounds in Summit Academy's win against South Summit.
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