Ridgeline basketball swept this week’s selections for Cache Valley Media Group Prep Players of the Week, presented by McDonalds. Riverhawks girls basketball guard Emilee Skinner won girls player of the week with boys basketball center Jagger Francom earned boys player of the week. This is Skinner’s second player of the week honor of the year and was earned through averaging 26.5 points, 7.0 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 3.5 steals across Ridgeline’s two games this week. In the Riverhawks’ win over Bountiful, Skinner scored a season-high 31 points. Francom is earning the award for the first time this year, evidence of his breakout season. In three games he averaged 22.0 points, 8.7 rebounds and 3.0 assists. He scored a career-high 31 points against Cottonwood and recorded his second double-double of the year with 21 points, 10 rebounds against Crimson Cliffs. Other nominations for this week’s awards included Liam Guthrie (Sky View boys), Kyver Jensen (Bear River boys), Layker Ward (Green Canyon boys) Jalen Argyle (Logan boys), Kaden Hess (Mountain Crest boys), Makena Smart (Sky View girls), Aubree Fry (Bear River girls), Marissa Best (Green Canyon girls), Julia Held (Logan girls) and Kali Jones (Mountain Crest girls). Tune in to the Full Court

A pair of Green Canyon basketball players have been named this week’s Cache Valley Media Group Prep Players of the Week, presented by McDonalds. Janalynn Blotter, a guard for the 5-2 girls team, was named girls player of the week with Jared Anderson, a guard on the undefeated boys team, is the boys player of the week. Blotter scored a career-high 25 points in the Wolves’ win over Morgan on Dec. 5. It was her third 20-point game of the year and she added five rebounds and a season-high four steals. Blotter also led GC in scoring in the team’s win over Skyline on Dec. 8, completing a 2-0 week for the Wolves. For Anderson it’s the second time he has earned the award, having received it on Jan. 10, during the 2022-23 season. This past week he scored at least 20 points twice including a career-high 35 points to which he added six rebounds and a season-high four assists. Other nominations for this week’s awards included Liam Guthrie (Sky View boys), Kyver Jensen (Bear River boys), Jordan Child (Logan boys), Carson Cox (Ridgeline boys), Jaxon Murray (Mountain Crest boys), Claire Fischer (Sky View girls), Angelie Delgado (Bear River girls),

Jordan Child and Emilee Skinner have been named this week’s Cache Valley Media Group Prep Players of the Week, presented by McDonalds. Child, a forward for the Logan boys basketball team, is the boys player of the week with Emilee Skinner, a guard on Ridgeline’s girls basketball team, being named the girls player of the week. Child scored a career-high 31 points in the Grizzlies’ 73-53 win over Spanish Fork, also grabbing 12 rebounds for his second double-double of the season. He followed that up with 24 points in Logan’s thrilling 55-53 win over Woods Cross. Skinner also posted back-to-back games with at least 20 points. She scored 26 points alongside six rebounds, five assists, two steals and four blocks in Ridgeline’s 76-63 win over Grantsville. Then, in a low-scoring 46-42 win over Lone Peak, Skinner still put up 22 points to go with nine rebounds and five assists. Other nominations for this week’s awards included Tanner Davis (Sky View), Bridger Barfus (Bear River), Jared Anderson (Green Canyon), Jagger Francom (Ridgeline), Kaden Hess (Mountain Crest), Karlee Allen (Sky View), Brooklyn Pond (Bear River), Marissa Best (Green Canyon), Julia Held (Logan), and Kali Jones (Mountain Crest). Tune in to the Full