Great Plains Gauntlet 14U Final Notebook

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Storm Botsfield, Wide Receiver/Defensive Back 2029, Thunderbird Elite (NE)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Botsfield routinely won deep and all over the field. He's fairly speedy, making plays on both sides of the ball. Especially with his closing speed read the quarterback and get a jump to be a ballhawking DB. The speed is real, as he had one of the faster 40 times at the event from the SKILZ Speed Challenge Leaderboard. It's a sign of his competitiveness that he wanted to test his speed in less than ideal weather. Name to watch as he grinds his way to a bigger role at the varsity level this fall. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Mason Weatherby, Wide Receiver 2030, Thunderbird Elite (NE)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>One of the better catches seen this weekend came from the Nebraska youngster. In the Sunday morning title game, he made a fantastic one handed snag. Even more impressive is that he did it on the sideline and had the awareness to stay in bounds. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Malailki Owens, Wide Receiver, Paramount Elite (NE)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A steady target over the middle of the field, he had a scoring drive that was all him. He kept wining at the line and getting open for slants and similar gritty, stay on schedule/chain moving targets. Capping it off with a touchdown Has a big frame and even longer span. Making Owens a prospect that would likely be even more fun to watch when the pads and helmets come out. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Jude Villa, Quarterback Class of 2031, Warren Elite (NE)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Villa had it going in on Sunday morning in a bracket play victory. He started fitting more passes into the tighter windows, building momentum and keeping his team on schedule. His performance was capped off when he ripped a great layered pass over the head of a defenders to a crossing teammate. It was a mature and skilled throw from the youngster and could be a sign of things to come as he takes advantage of the reps that 7 on 7 provide. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Nicholas Hawkins, Quarterback Class of 2029, Grind 701 Elite (ND)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A lefty quarterback, who was impressive with his downfield throws to Grind's quick and fast playmakers. The Saturday showing was especially strong when factoring the windy conditions that dominated the day. But he judge the wind and threw cutting passes which put his teammates in position to make plays. Which the North Dakota squad had a variety of speedy wide receivers who housed longer touchdowns. And their production wouldn't have been possible without Hawkins ripping passes. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->