2022 Sleeper Teams (6A)

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>As we enter the fall, there are some teams in 6A that show signs of turning things around and showing up as legit competitiors here in 2022. Here’s a look at 5 sleeper teams in the 6A division: </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2><strong>Brophy </strong></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Brophy comes off a 7-5 2021 season with a close playoff loss against Red Mountain. Historically, Brophy has been a highly touted program loaded with division 1 prospects, but hasn’t been able to hit their stride in the playoffs. Despite losing numerous high caliber prospect to graduation, Brophy still possesses a young arsenal of talent including 2024 edge [player_tooltip player_id="169402" first="Mardale" last="Rowe"] and 2023 WR [player_tooltip player_id="110145" first="Layton" last="Duncan"]. They also have some prospects that project to put themselves on the map this season, including an exposive all around 2025 ATH in [player_tooltip player_id="368950" first="Christian" last="Camarata"] and 2024 QB [player_tooltip player_id="173500" first="Charlie" last="McGinnis"]. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2><strong>Red Mountain</strong></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Red Mountain contnues to be slept on and I’m really not sure why. Emerging QB [player_tooltip player_id="165950" first="Carter" last="Crispin"] returns for his senior season after stepping up big last season and will do so again by throwing to a top WR in the state in [player_tooltip player_id="42929" first="Ja’Kobi" last="Lane"]. Meanwhile, their ground attack and overall playmaker in the Central Michigan commit [player_tooltip player_id="42931" first="Lenox" last="Lawson"] should add more of a spark to that offense, as they have the potential to put up crazy numbers on offense this season. They come off an 11-3 season from a year ago and have all the potential to be that sneaky team in 6A here in 2022. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2><strong>Mountain Pointe </strong></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>MPHS is stacked with prime talent from top to bottom and they could easily come out of the gates hot, but will have a big test week 2 vs Vegas based Arbor View High School. With returning QB [player_tooltip player_id="110153" first="Chris" last="Arviso"] and the addition of standout ATH [player_tooltip player_id="364206" first="Christian" last="Clark"] transferring over from Desert Vista, this alone establishes a lethal combo both on the ground and through the air. 2025 standout [player_tooltip player_id="368905" first="Kaleb" last="Jones"] will play a major role, and projects to take a massive leap in terms of both maturity and skillset into 2022 to continue to establish himself as a top 2025 prospect in the state. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2>Mountain Ridge </h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Mountain Ridge has a handful of promising prospects, and will be led into 2022 by their highly touted 2023 QB [player_tooltip player_id="42892" first="Brendan" last="Anderson"]. Anderson holds offers from St. Thomas and Yale and projects to bring the juice to that Ridge offense this fall. Along with Anderson, standout and Northwestern commit [player_tooltip player_id="42907" first="Alex" last="Doost"] has emerged as an absolute bully in the trenches and will play another key role in Ridge’s sucess in 2022. Mountain Ridge comes off an 8-4 season and will enter 2022 with a clean slate and loads of potential with the talent in that west valley squad. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2>Perry</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>I think this could be the year that Perry gets revived. With the hiring of former Cactus head coach Joe Ortiz, the program already took a major leap in an upward direction. Ortiz is very respected coach with proven success to help translate into Perry. Perry also returns standout DE and Air Force commit [player_tooltip player_id="110146" first="Aiden" last="Herring"], who is an absolute monster on the edges and a kid that plays with a ton of grit. Perry will test themselves week 1 as they open up with a Vegas based school in Spring Valley, and then follow up in the upcoming weeks against Desert Vista, Corona del Sol, and Dobson. They are in the toughest region in the state, so it will be interesting to see if they can compete with Hamilton, Chandler, Basha and Casteel. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->