Lone Peak Boys Basketball

The Final Night of Basketball.

The Lone Peak Basketball Banquet

Held at the Alpine Art Center

All the Moms meet at noon to start decorating.  Everything went so smoothly and it looks so nice.  There are some amazing boys on the team, and I know why because they have amazing moms and dads.  We did have a dad show up to help us. (Don Squires)

Brody with two of his biggest fans.  Coach Lewis's Dad and his Dad!

Some of the Senior Cheerleaders...

More of the Cheerleaders...

All of the together will a few boys in the back ground trying to be in the picture.

Region and State Champion Trophies

The Knight of the Round Table Trophies

Bronson and his favorite guys.

Braiden Miles, Conner Toolson, Dylan Hedin, and Cameron Gibbons

Dylan Hedin was the only ninth grader this year, so he went to MT. Ridge with Bronson.

Bronson loves him so much.  Thanks Dylan

Coach giving Todd last minute instruction on the evening.

Here come the strength behind everything I do.  Mom and Dad, Thanks for all your help.

I have always said, that if you have me, you have the support of the whole Parrish Family.

They did the coaches gifts for me, while we finished decorating.

Todd was the MC for the night, he did a great job.  He was fun and serious, got a little emotional.  And I have never heard him talk so long in one place.  No just kidding.  It was really nice to hear what he had to say, he usually is so quite!

Brody and Dalton Parke Honoring the coaches.

The Senior's

Mason Squires, Cameron Gibbons, Brody Berry, and Dalton Parke

Every year Coach gives an award to someone who has helped the program.  That person becomes a member of the Knights at the Round table.  This year he struggled with who to have it be.

The most fitting award all night went to his dad, the First Coach Lewis.

It was very nice and a little emotional.  Love them both.

The boys giving Coach the Gift.

All of the 2012 Knights of the Round Table - Minus Chase Hansen

The gift we gave to Coach - 

A magnetic board with all the quotes the boys remember him saying!

My dad made it for us.  It was amazing!

Brody and his date Allyssa Swartz

Coach honoring Brody - His Knight of the Round Table award was

"A Flat Out Winner"

The Two GREATEST FANS and funny Mason

Conner Humphrey and Bronson Berry

Very Fun Evening!  So sad to see it end!

It has been a blast this year being the team parent, and being involved.  Just love the team, the boys, the coaches.  We have had a great time over the last 4 years with these seniors and the other players.

Lots of memories - Spaghetti Lunches every home game that fell on a B day.  Texting play by play to all the parents from Indianapolis, Pam Hansen texting me from Boston and NC and then forwarding them to everyone else.  Car Washes, Roofing over Spring Break (thanks Ty for helping the boys make money) clothing drive with IWC, It has been an amazing year.

These boys are State Champs All the Way Around!

Two years in a row and next year it will be three! 

High school basketball: 5A Boys All-State Teams

5A Honorable Mention
Brody Berry, Lone Peak, Sr., 6-2, G

BEATON: Knights needed even more teamwork to triumph this year

They said it couldn’t be done. All season long, the Lone Peak boys basketball team was told it couldn’t win the state title again this year because of a lack of inside players. The “experts” predicted that the absence of a presence in the paint would catch up to them before the season was over.
Well, that wasn’t entirely incorrect. The Knights did have to modify how they played this year without a big man in the middle, but they still found a way to win using their athleticism and a team-first orientation.
It was an ongoing process too. About three weeks ago, coach Quincy Lewis issued a challenge to his team. He told each player two things that he would need to personally do to help the group achieve the goal of earning a second-consecutive 5A championship.
Apparently, they listened.
“Once they got the concept of what we wanted and did the work necessary to execute it, I knew nobody was going to touch us,” the coach said.
“I told them that we were going to need everyone sometime this week,” he continued. “Anytime you get one of these it’s very, very special, because it’s so hard to do.”
Lewis added that it takes more than skilled players and hard work to win a title. There are intangibles too, and he said this year’s team had them.
“It starts with leadership,” he explained. “You can’t put a price on that. We were in great hands with my senior captains, Brody Berry and Chase Hansen. Those guys have been through it all and they understand what it takes.”
It wasn’t that his team hadn’t faced any adversity this year either. The players had to contend with injuries, illnesses, losses and disappointments along the way, but each time, they managed to find a way to pick themselves up and keep going.

Lewis summarized it best by quoting legendary NBA coach Rudy Tomjanovich: “Don’t ever, ever underestimate the heart of a champion.”

………………Berry credits team approach for capturing the prize
In an interview following the title game, Brody Berry, who is the only four-year varsity player on the squad, reiterated what his coach said about the necessity for a group approach to this particular team’s challenges.
“There were times this year we couldn’t win with individual effort because of size differences and other factors,” he explained. “We had to be in the gaps and help each other on defense to be successful.

“Offensively, we knew we could get shots to go in because TJ (Haws) and Nick (Emery) are amazing players, but what we wanted was to take amazing shots, and we were able to do that by moving the ball around,” Berry continued.
“Coming into this last game, I thought we’d be a little more tired and that our threes wouldn’t fall. In our huddle, I told the guys we’ve got to go inside,” he reported. But, to his surprise, the threes started finding the net.
“As soon as everyone hit one, we really got it going,” the guard said.
Berry added that the team took the goal to win very personally this season.
“We were playing for Eric (Mika, who had to sit out the year after transferring). There were a couple of kids from our school who passed away recently, and we were playing for them.
“For me personally, I have an aunt with cancer who’s not doing well right now,” he said. “Everything that happened tonight was for her.”
Preparation was also a big key.
“Everything we did all year was to get us ready for this day,” he said. “Playing four games a day in the summer, playing great teams four days in a row in South Carolina, working until we were so dead tired we could hardly stand up, it was all for this.”
And, finally, there was coach Lewis.
“We had confidence that he knew what we needed to do to get this,” Berry said. “Everything he said was like gold coming out of his mouth. It gave me chills every time.”

………………Hansen taking next step in career
The title game had even more finality for center Chase Hansen, who only stayed at Lone Peak to see his team through to the championship.
As of Monday, Hansen is a Ute.
When he arrived at the arena Saturday, all of his school work was completed. The only thing he had left to do was pack.
The 2011 Mr. Football finished high school early so he could enroll at the University of Utah and participate in spring drills.
Originally planning to leave on his LDS mission before enrolling, the coaches asked him to come and try out for the quarterback spot this year first. Whether he gets the job or not, he plans to stay and learn through the season, and then depart on his service early next year.

………………Championship connections
Saturday’s two winning teams shared a lot more than their location in Utah County and the same style of gold trophy.
Several members of the Lone Peak and Orem teams have spent a lot of time together playing with the same club team on the AAU circuit. Tiger coach Golden Holt also skippers that squad.
In addition, sophomore Quinn Peters played for the Knights last season before a family move brought him to Orem.
The two teams faced each other in the preseason during the Great Western Shootout, and the Tigers won that battle, earning the ensuing bragging rights.
Nevertheless, players from both teams cheered the other one on during the tournament, and embraced after their respective victories whenever they had the opportunity.
Beky Beaton can be reached at bbeaton@heraldextra.com. Follow her on Twitter at @BeatonWrite.

High schools boys basketball: Lone Peak rolls to 4th title in 6 years

WEST VALLEY CITY — Lone Peak has blown out a lot of teams through the years, but what the Knights did to Brighton in the 5A state championship on Saturday was absurd.

They made 14 3-pointers, scored more points in the first half than Brighton did the entire game and led by a ridiculous 41 points early in the second half.

"I have no idea how we shot that good. I'm still amazed. Everything was going in. It felt so good," said Lone Peak senior Brody Berry.

For fans wanting drama at the Maverik Center, Lone Peak's 68-38 blowout victory might've been the most boring game of the season. But those who wanted to see the best team in the state playing at a ridiculous level, it was a show nobody will soon forget.
Lone Peak made nine 3-pointers to build a staggering 47-17 halftime lead. It followed it up by making three straight 3s to start the second half, and T.J. Haws followed them up with a breakaway dunk that served as the exclamation point, putting his team up 41 points with 5:03 remaining in the quarter.
"Sometimes when you get in a big game like this, I've seen it before, it can really snowball on teams if they miss a few shots, and that's what happened," said Lone Peak coach Quincy Lewis.
Lone Peak made 4 of its first 5 attempts from 3-point range building a quick 14-5 lead. It was the worst case scenario for Brighton, which knew it couldn't fall behind early.

In hopes of keeping pace, the Bengals started forcing things offensively, but it just wasn't their night. They shot just 23 percent in the first half — including 0 of 12 from 3-point range — and finished the game at just 27 percent.
Lone Peak, meanwhile, shot 46 percent from the field and 46 percent from 3-point range making 14 of 30.
Lewis said the loss to American Fork a few weeks ago helped refocus his players, and they've been playing much better "team" basketball ever since.
"Since we lost to American Fork, I felt like we had to share the ball better, make that extra pass, and we just got better and better in that three week stretch and our defense has been constant through that whole time," said Lewis. "You can't ever say we're 30 points better than Brighton, we're not. We just absolutely got it rolling."
After building the 41-point lead, the Knights eased off the gas pedal over the last quarter and a half.

The state championship was Lone Peak's second straight, fourth in the past six years and sixth in the past 12 years. With Haws, who scored 24 points, Nick Emery, who scored 16, and Talon Shumway, who added 13 points, all coming back next year, it's definitely not too early to start talking about a 3-peat.

"Each year is much, much different. Last year we had (Justin) Hamilton inside and some size off the bench. This year is a completely different deal with Chase and he brought new things to the table. It will be a different next year," said Lewis.
As good as Lone Peak was, ironically enough it was foul trouble to Shumway that got the party started. In what Lewis called a coaching mistake, Shumway picked up his third foul midway through the first quarter with Brighton only trailing 16-10.
The Knights switched from a man to a zone defense to "weather the storm" and proceeded to outscore Brighton 31-7 until halftime.
"We kind of went to the zone by default a little bit. They missed a few, and we said 'hey lets stay in it a little while until we can get our guys back in the game,'" said Lewis.
By then, the outcome was no longer in doubt.
"I knew we played our game, play like we do, we were going to come out on top. We played extremely well," said Haws.
Lone Peak became the 19th school in state history to win a basketball and football state title in the same year — with Jordan and North Summit doing it twice.

Knights outgun Bengals, earn repeat title in 5A boys basketball

The result was never really in doubt. After opening and closing the first quarter with 8-0 runs on the way to a 26-10 advantage, the Lone Peak boys basketball team rained on Brighton’s parade – literally, with 14 treys – to eliminate any shot for the Bengals to pull off an upset.
As a result, for an unprecedented second time in five years, the Knights earned back-to-back 5A championships with a 68-38 victory Saturday evening at the Maverik Center in West Valley City.
“That score is not indicative of the quality of Brighton’s team,” said Lone Peak coach Quincy Lewis. “Sometimes when a team gets on a roll like this, it just snowballs.
“Coach Jeff Gardner has done a great job with his team this year,” Lewis added. “To reach the title game in his first year there really says a lot.”
For his own team, the keys were pretty simple: Play team defense and share the ball.
“We have some great players, but it takes every guy doing his part to make this happen,” the coach said.

As examples, he gave one factor from behind the scenes and another demonstrated during the title contest.

“At the beginning of the season, we gave (reserve seniors) Mason Squires and Cameron Gibbons the responsibility to play against Nick Emery and TJ Haws in every practice,” Lewis explained.
“We told them to beat on them and foul them every which way so that it would be a relief for them to play in games just to get away from those guys,” he said. “They are a big part of the reason those two are so tough.”

During Saturday’s game, Talon Shumway got his third foul in the fourth minute of the first quarter. Connor Toolson came in to relieve him, and he was quickly in foul trouble himself, with two partway through the second.
Enter Zach Frampton. Playing out of position, he took a pass from Brody Berry and stuck a trey – the eighth of the first half for the Knights. A play like that can really take the starch out of an opponent.
“We were in some trouble there, and Zach comes in and makes that shot,” Lewis said. “We just flat-out smoked them. We never expect to play like that, but I can’t think of a better way to end the season. These guys paid the price, and got their reward.”
With four treys and three assists apiece, Haws led all scorers with 24 points and six rebounds, while Emery added 16 with five boards and two steals.
Despite playing just 16 minutes, Talon Shumway scored 13, including three treys, with three assists and three steals. Berry had six points, six assists and four rebounds, and Chase Hansen had four points and six boards.
Beky Beaton can be reached at bbeaton@heraldextra.com. Follow her on Twitter at @BeatonWrite.
Lone Peak 68, Brighton 38
Brighton (38)
Eixenberger 7, Devashrayee 3, Wertz 11, Miller 10, Nisson 2, Callahan 5. Totals 13 10-13 38.
Lone Peak (68)
Haws 24, Shumway 13, Hansen 4, Emery 16, Berry 6, Toolson 2, Frampton 3. Totals 25 4-5 68.
Brighton 10 7 12 9 — 38
Lone Peak 26 21 16 5 — 68

3 point goals: Brighton 2 (Wertz 2); Lone Peak 14 (Haws 4, Emery 4, Shumway 3, Berry 2, Frampton).

Berry, a 6-foot-2 guard, finished with 12 defensive rebounds

Yet it was Brody Berry and Chase Hansen, and Shumway’s defensive work, that got the most praise after their inside effort against Jaguar center Jordan Loveridge. The senior big man ended with a game-high 24 points and 12 rebounds, but struggled in the second half after the Knights went zone, defensively.

Berry, a 6-foot-2 guard, finished with 12 defensive rebounds as Hansen and Shumway spent most of the night simply trying to box out the bigger Loveridge. It worked enough, as the Knights held the edge in rebounding until the final minutes when the game was well in hand.

“Our defense was huge tonight,” Emery said.

5A boys’ basketball semifinals: Lone Peak 68, West Jordan 56

West Valley City • Even if others thought the Class 5A boys’ basketball title would change hands this year, Lone Peak never believed it. And with one more win, the Knights can keep it.

Lone Peak got its most impressive win yet on Friday night, topping No. 1-ranked West Jordan in a 68-56 victory at the Maverik Center that was as much an impressive display of power as it was a statement.

The Knights outworked the Jaguars on the boards, outshot them from the field, dominated on the fast break and got the better of the team many thought would replace them as 5A champions. Sophomore T.J. Haws led the effort, scoring 22 points and dishing out five assists as Lone Peak moved on to Saturday’s 4 p.m. final.
“We knew they were No. 1,” Haws said. “We wanted to make a statement.”
The message was clear from the start, as Lone Peak jumped out to a 10-3 lead, including eight points by Nick Emery. On defense, the Knights crowded senior forward Jordan Loveridge, forcing him to work for his shots. Lone Peak also hustled after rebounds and loose balls while West Jordan appeared a bit stunned.
The Jaguars caught up near the end of the first quarter, but Haws and Talon Shumway led a 20-11 second-quarter rally that left the Jaguars looking at a 36-23 deficit at halftime. Loveridge was held to 10 points by the defensive tandem of Shumway and Chase Hansen after scoring 18 in the first half in the quarterfinals.
“Chase and Talon won’t get a ton of credit, but they were huge tonight,” Emery said. “Their defense was great, and it really helped us get on the boards. That was our game plan.”

Lone Peak was forced to make a switch as West Jordan came out on a 7-0 run. The Knights moved into a 1-3-1 zone that confounded the Jaguars and cut off access to Loveridge. Lone Peak then went on a run to boost their lead as high as 16 points.
West Jordan would make one more 7-0 run to start the fourth quarter, but the Knights quickly struck back, restoring their comfortable margin with more transition points. Loveridge had a better second half, finishing with 25 points and 12 rebounds for the game, but it wasn’t enough.
For the game, Lone Peak shot 46 percent from the field while holding the Jaguars to 32 percent. West Jordan won the rebounding battle overall, but senior guard Brody Berry led the Knights with 12 and every other starter had at least four.
Emery and Shumway each had 16 points, but Haws finished with four 3-pointers, leading the offensive attack.
“He’s a mentally tough kid,” coach Quincy Lewis said. “He’s got the heart of a killer.”
Lone Peak will attempt to win its second straight championship on Saturday against Brighton.

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