Olympus guard Rylan Jones drove to the basket on the Titans’ first possession Saturday, and Corner Canyon’s Hayden Welling blocked his shot. As Olympus prepared to inbound the ball, Welling scrunched his nose in a look of disdain.
The Chargers’ moment of dominance, or even mild resistance, did not last long. Olympus completed a 27-0 season with a 76-49 victory in a meeting of Salt Lake Valley schools in the Class 5A boys’ basketball state championship game at the Huntsman Center.
Although they’ve played in Utah’s second-biggest classification, the Titans will be in a discussion with Lone Peak’s celebrated 2013 club as one of the state’s best teams of this decade.