West Valley’s Burton is a rising prospect you should know about

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Last time Joe Burton found his name in the news, the junior from Hemet West Valley was putting on a pretty good show during the Southern Section basketball playoffs, back in early March. Interestingly enough, there haven’t been too many updates on him since, so I figured it was about time to check in and see how things were going.

Burton is still impressing, and doing so without much attention from the media. He’s been playing well throughout the spring on the travel ball circuit. So well, in fact, San Diego St. and Central Florida have offered scholarships. UConn and Florida have expressed interest and Texas and UCLA are among the other programs in constant contact.

My guess is, it will only be a matter of time before the 6-foot-8, 280-plus pound post player becomes even more of a hot commodity, perhaps a household name. It’s worth noting that Rivals.com and Scout.com have jumped on the bandwagon. It will be interesting to see who is next...

-- Sean Ceglinsky