2A High School Basketball

Today marks the middle of the State 2A Basketball Tournament, how I wanted Gunnison to be there, but sadly they are not. Last Saturday they played Enterprise in the play in game and they lost knocking them out of the Tournament. Maybe next year Gunnison will be in. Looking at the State Brackets, our region has had a tough year in the tournament, it looks like we are going to have to cheer for South Sevier to go all the way. This is very rare, it is usually our region that loads the brackets, what happened??? Did everyone peak to soon, or is everyone just getting better.

I remember when Whitney played and Juan Diego was ranked to take it all. Gunnison was entering as the underdog, ranked as number #6 playing the number #1 team. Marques Wilson was playing for Juan Diego at the time, he went on to play for the Utes football team. Gunnison knocked them off, they did not go to State. I can't remember where Gunnison finished in State that year. I just remember that Juan Diego game. Everyone in Gunnison still talks about that game.

Whits senior year in high school is the last 2A State Basketball Tournament that I have attended, that was in 2004. Gunnison took the Consolation Trophy. They lost the first game in the Tournament and then went on to win every game there on. It was a very exciting year and a very exciting tournament. Whit made the game winning shot so they could enter the tournament. The game was against Kanab. Gunnison had an awesome player named Jake Hill, and Kanab had him double or triple teamed and so Jake gave the ball to Whit and Whit hit the three pointer causing Gunnison to win instead of sending it into over time. That was something nice about that team, they played as a team and no one looked to be the hero/superstar, unlike sports today.

So with all being said, Good Luck South Sevier!!! Watch out for Gunnison next year!!!