Tyler Sweet, who was arguably Bishop Amat’s top returning skill player, has left the school and transferred to Upland. Sweet’s younger brother, Terayon, has also left for Upland.

Both are the younger brothers of 2015 Tribune Player of the Year Torreahno Sweet, who is now at Western Oregon after a tumultuous senior season at Amat. Sweet was suspended for a game and a half early last season for undisclosed reasons. He was also “not part of the program” according to Lancers head coach Steve Hagerty for most of the offseason leading up to his senior season.

Tyler Sweet was a reserve last season thanks to the presence of several college-bound skill players. He was likely going to be Amat’s top deep threat at receiver. The timing couldn’t be worse for the Lancer who are now just two weeks away from hosting powerful Mater Dei in the season opener on Aug. 26.

Aram’s take: Bad optics for Amat. No other way to look at it. When your top offensive threat jets right before the season, it’s a bad sign. Obviously, the Sweets and Amat have been like oil and water. The timing seems like the ultimate “take that” with the season so close. Nobody really knows what Amat has under the hood yet, but it better be good because the Lancers are playing a very rough schedule.