Bingham Football ranked high nationally

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9. Bingham (South Jordan, Utah), 13-1, 5A state champs



There's only one word that can really described the 2010 Bingham Miners: Loaded.



On paper, Bingham will be even better than the 2009 Miners who finished with only one loss, a 42-21 defeat at the hands of Trinity (Euless, Texas).



In some ways, the three-touchdown loss at the time was very deceiving. First, few thought that Trinity would be an eventual state champion. Second, the fact that the game was essentially a home game for the Trojans cannot be understated. Had the game been played at a neutral location, the game would have likely been closer. Had Bingham hosted the game, even closer still.



That's certainly not making excuses for head coach Dave Peck's squad, who played poorly by its own admission. But putting the game in context suggests that Bingham is much, much better than they appeared in Texas day. The 2010 Miners return nine players on both sides of the ball who saw significant starting time last year, highlighted by Harvey Langi.



Langi is one of the top rushers nationally and the clear-cut top player in the state. He's got a 6-2, 220-pound build with excellent agility and change-of-direction skills. He gained 1,514 yards last season and crossed the goal line 21 times. He also compiled 317 receiving yards and four additional scores.



Division I linemen Kesni Tausinga and Jordan Hicks both return. Tausinga is committed to BYU and Hicks has offers as well. Josh Smith, Dalton Fackrell, and Brady Measom all return at receiver for quarterback Stefan Cantwell, who shared reps with Ty Hannay last year but erupted for four touchdowns in the state final win over Davis (Kaysville, Utah).



Seni Fauonuku, Baker Pritchard, and Moses Kaumatule are all back on the defensive line, and all have scholarship offers. Linebackers Manoa Pikula, Roman Valenzuela, and junior Jared Afalava are returning linebackers that combined for 162 tackles last year.



Watch out for sophomore Lowell Lotulelei, a 6-2, 250-pounder who Utah has already offered. Peck has been touting Bingham's class of 2011 since they were freshman. Now that they are seniors, they could lead a team that could go down as one of the state's best ever.

And we have four commits. Go Bingham!

Bingham will mop up this state next year. They are loaded all over. Only team last year that could have given them a game was PG, but not after Lloyd went down. This year, only thing that stops Bingham is disinterest because I think they blow teams out. There ae some other great players now locally, but no other team is as loaded as this one.