Hansen's Notebook: Only 'time will tell' if Elijah Rushing is Tucson's best-ever prospect

The Star's longtime columnist on the recent weight of prep prospect rankings ... ex-Tucson High hoops star Jeremy Harden's long and winding trip back to Pac-12 country ... the legend of Tucson prep basketball powerhouse George Walls ... whether the UA should find a way to permanently honor Joe Cavaleri ... and more.

MSU coach Duffy Daugherty, coming off 10-1 and 9-0-1 seasons, flew to Tucson to offer Dawson a scholarship. Nebraska’s Bob Devaney, coming off 10-1 and 9–2 seasons, also visited Dawson’s house and offered a scholarship.Dawson, who was also a two-time state championship wrestler, was influenced by Michigan State’s elite wrestling program and signed with the Spartans with plans to play two sports.

Side note: The best high school football prospect I have ever seen was Phil Olsen, brother of NFL Hall of Famer Merlin Olsen of the Los Angeles Rams. Harden’s perseverance leads to Pac-12 coaching gigIn the fall of 2008, former Tucson High basketball standout Jeremy Harden showed up unannounced for a mass tryout of coach Karl Pieroway’s Pima College basketball team.

“It has been a fun journey and I’m hoping it continues,’’ Harden told me last week. “It’s a few steps up the ladder from Immaculate Heart High School.’’ • Sad news: George Walls, the first man to score 50 points in a Tucson prep basketball game, died last week in Tucson. He was 72. Now back close to his pre-Oregon size of 6-7, 300 pounds, Miller has been rediscovered. In the last few weeks, he has been offered scholarships by Boise State, Houston and UTSA. Very promising.

• Salpointe 2022 state championship golfer Carlos Astiazaran quietly signed a letter-of-intent to play for the Pacific Tigers in January. Can you imagine how some Pac-12 recruiters are now shaking their heads in an “I blew it’’ motion?

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