5 BYU Targets Play in Lehi This Weekend
Guide to the Holiday Hoopfest
Five players with BYU interests will take the court at Lehi high school this week. The event will feature national level teams and has produced memorable moments over the years. This will be the first game fans can see A.J. Dybansta (6’9” Brockton, MA, Utah Prep) since his signing to BYU was announced. This will also be a good weekend to catch class of 2026 targets Anthony Felesi (6’5”, Orem, UT, Utah Prep) and Dean Rueckert (6’6” Provo, UT, Timpview) who both moved into the ESPN Top 60 rankings after previously being unranked.
Thursday December 12th
8 p.m. Wasatch Academy (UT) vs iSchool of Lewisville (TX)
Wasatch won this matchup 83-54 when these two met last January at a different event. Wasatch is coming off an undefeated weekend in Maryland where they beat two tough Washington D.C. teams. BYU target Junior County (6’4”, Highland, UT, Wasatch Academy) averaged 16.5 points and 8.5 rebounds in those two games. A few NBA players hail from Lewisville, including the Utah Jazz’s Keyonte George, but iSchool is still relatively new and up and coming.
Wasatch Academy
Isiah Harwell (Houston) #14 ESPN
Katrelle Harmon ‘26 (Texas Tech, USC, Auburn)
Junior County ‘26 (BYU, Purdue, Houston)
iSchool of Lewisville
David Iweze (Utah State)
Jaylen Lawal (Tulsa)
Friday December 13th
3 p.m. Wasatch Academy (UT) vs St. Raymond (NY)
St. Raymond is currently ranked in the top 50 nationally in various publications. In November, St. Raymonds went undefeated on a trip to play against some of the best teams in Texas. The Ravens are making their first trip to the Lehi event.
Wasatch Academy
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St. Raymond
Brandon Stores (Georgia Tech)
Tai Turnage (Creighton, Mississippi St., Fordham)
6 p.m. Orem (UT) vs Duncanville (TX)
This is a revenge game as Orem beat Duncanville at this event last year 86-81. Duncanville won the 2022 MaxPreps National Championship. That year they beat American Fork at this event. Orem is 7-0 this season and has already beat two teams from out-of-state (Sierra Canyon(CA), Kahuku (HI))
Orem
Chamberlain Burgess (BYU)
Jax Allen (Utah State)
Chance Dastrup (Long Beach St.)
Duncanville
Kayden Edwards (TCU)
Cameron Smith (St. Bonaventure, UTEP, Arkansas St.)
Beckham Black ‘27 (SMU, TCU, USC)
Christopher Hunt ‘27 (Sam Houston, Texas St.)
Saturday December 14th
4:30 p.m. Timpview (UT) vs Harvard-Westlake (CA)
Harvard-Westlake is the defending California Open Division State Champion. They are currently ranked number 17 in the nation by ESPN. This game is a rematch from a summer event in Phoenix in which BYU target Dean Rueckert had 16 points and 9 rebounds. Timpview was ahead at halftime, but Harvard-Westlake was able to pull ahead and win 49-44.
Timpview
Dean Rueckert ‘26 (BYU, Utah, Washington)
Will Openshaw ‘26 (Offer from Pepperdine)
Harvard-Westlake
Nik Khamenia (Duke)
Isaiah Carroll (Offer from Cal Poly)
Joe Sterling ‘26 (San Francisco, Washington, Utah Tech)
Cole Holden ‘27 (Offer from Vanguard)
6:00 p.m. Duncanville (TX) vs Utah Prep (UT)
Last chance local Utah fans will have to see Dybantsa until March. Utah Prep is looking to get on the right track after going 0-2 last weekend in an event in Kentucky.
Duncanville
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Utah Prep
A.J. Dybantsa (BYU)
J.J. Mandaquit (Washington)
John Southwick (Utah Valley)
Jackson Rasmussen (Idaho)
Anthony Felisi ‘26 (BYU, Kentucky, Houston)
9:00 p.m. St. Raymond (NY) vs Orem (UT)
BYU Signee Chamberlain Burgess (6’9” Highland, UT, Orem) is averaging 14.9 points a game this season for Orem. After this tournament they gear up for an event down south where they could play top teams from Tennessee, Georgia, California or Texas.
Key players from both teams - See Above