Lone Peak senior teammates Eric Mika and Nick Emery dominated the skill competitions in the City of Palms Classic.
The 6-foot-10-inch center Mika earned his Edison National Bank Slam Dunk Championship shortly after
Mika matched up against Eagle’s Landing senior shooting forward Isaiah Dennis in the finals of the dunk competition. Mika won the competition with a tomahawk dunk, which came from a pass behind the backboard.
“It (winning the skill competitions) says we are well-rounded,” Emery said. “We have a lot of guys, who can do a lot of good things.”
Emery, a senior guard who is headed to Brigham Young University next year, defeated Lake Highland (Fla.) Prep’s Jay Henderson in Thursday’s Hahn Loeser City of Palms 3-point Shootout. Emery scored 19 points in the final round to edge out Henderson, who only scored 13.
Emery was awarded the City of Palms 3-point Shootout award by college basketball commentator Dick Vitale.
“It (Mika and Emery winning the skills completion) was great,” Emery said. “What are the chances of that?”
Mika stumbled across some trouble in the dunk contest semifinal when his teammate T.J. Haws could not properly kick the ball to him.
“He (Haws) told me that he was going to be able to do a rainbow – kick it over his head and let it bounce so I could dunk it,” Mika said. “I think I put too much faith in him.”
Lone Peak is competing against Montverde Academy (Fla.) in the City of Palm Classic championship game on Saturday at 9 p.m.
2012 CITY OF PALMS CLASSIC
Day 5
- City of Palms Prep basketball: Mighty Montverde manhandles Lone Peak for title
- City of Palms prep basketball: From Agau's Waffle House tweet to Verot buzzer beater
- City of Palms prep basketball: No. 1 player Andrew Wiggins wows, Huntington Prep rolls
- City of Palms prep basketball: Fairfax (Va.) beats Callaway for consolation championship
- City of Palms prep basketball: Chicago-Whitney Young drops Chester (Pa.) in fifth-place game
Day 4
- Photos: City of Palms Classic: Day 4
- Photos: Montverde Academy Basketball
- City of Palms: Slam Dunk Contest
- City of Palms: Lone Peak (Utah) 67, Memphis Southwind 52
- City of Palms prep basketball: Highland (Utah) Lone Peak stars win dunk, 3-point contests
- City of Palms prep basketball: Community School falls to North Florida Educational Institute
- City of Palms Prep Basketball: Montverde bashes Long Beach Poly to get into finals
- City of Palms Prep basketball: A No. 1 showdown between Lone Peak and Montverde for title
- City of Palms prep basketball: Never too young to recruit, even 6th graders get ranked
- City of Palms Prep Basketball: Okafor, Chicago-Whitney Young edge Omaha Central
- City of Palms Prep Basketball: Chester (Pa.) starts new streak with win over Lake Wales
- City of Palms Prep Basketball: St. Thomas Aquinas defeats defending champs Prestonwood Christian
- City of Palms Prep Basketball: McDonough (Ga.) Eagle’s Landing bests Bishop Verot
- City of Palms Prep Basketball: Newman leads Callaway over Tift County
- City of Palms Prep Basketball: Derrikson paces Fairfax (Va.) Paul VI past Lake Highland
Day 3
- Photos: City of Palms Classic: Day 3
- Video: City of Palms: Monteverde Academy 68, Chicago-Whitney Young 63
- Video: City of Palms: Memphis Southwind 88, Lake Wales 70
- Video: City of Palms: Huntington Prep (W.Va) 77, Houston-HCYA 50
- Video: City of Palms: Lone Peak (Utah) 73, Chester (Pa.) 50
- City of Palms prep basketball: Montverde clips Chicago Whitney Young in OT
- City of Palms prep basketball: Memphis-Southwind blows into semifinals
- City of Palms Prep Basketball: No. 1 player Wiggins leads Huntington Prep to easy win
- City of Palms Prep Basketball: Fairfax (Va.) Paul VI escapes with 1-point win over Prestonwood Christian
- City of Palms prep basketball: Lone Peak cracks Chester's 61-game winning streak
- City of Palms prep basketball: Jacksonville-Arlington Country Day defeats Saltsburg (Pa.)-Kiski School
- City of Palms prep basketball: Jackson (Miss.)-Callaway comes out on top against St. Thomas Aquinas
- City of Palms prep basketball: Orlando-Lake Highland Prep tops Bishop Verot
Day 2
- Photos: City of Palms Classic - Day Two
- Video: City of Palms: Long Beach Poly (Ca.) 52, Omaha Central (Neb.) 49
- Video: City of Palms: Monteverde Academy 79, Bishop Verot 35
- Video: City of Palms: Memphis Southwind (Tenn.) 82, Prestonwood Christian (Tx.) 44
- City of Palms Prep Basketball: Lake Wales upsets Fairfax- Paul VI
- City of Palms prep basketball: Highland (Utah) Lone Peak rolls over Jackson (Miss.) Callaway
- City of Palms prep basketball: Long Beach Poly ends Omaha Central's 41-game win streak at buzzer
- City of Palms prep basketball: Dakari Johnson, Montverde crush Bishop Verot
- City of Palms prep basketball: Memphis Southwind trounces defending champs Prestonwood Christian
- City of Palms prep basketball: Tift County tops Eagle's Landing in Georgia consolation battle
- City of Palms prep basketball: Omaha (Neb.) Central's star Akoy Agau impressing after just picking up game
Day 1
- Photos: City of Palms Classic - Day One
- Video: City of Palms: Bishop Verot 49, St. Thomas Aquinas 48
- Video: City of Palms: American Heritage 61, Riverview 47
- Video: City of Palms: Omaha Central 62, Eagles' Landing (Ga.) 37
- Video: City of Palms: Long Beach Poly (Ca.) 62, Tift County (Ga.) 55
- City of Palms prep basketball: 2012 Day 1 roundup
- City of Palms prep basketball: Chester (Pa.) extends win streak to 61
- City of Palms prep basketball: Bishop Verot advances on buzzer beater
- City of Palms prep basketball: Eubanks paces American-Plantation past Sarasota-Riverview
- City of Palms prep basketball: Long Beach Poly knocks off No. 12 team in nation
- City of Palms prep basketball: Omaha Central keeps winning, sets Nebraska state
- Prep basketball: City of Palms Classic is college recruiters' dream
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