Each week, Daily Herald sports experts Darnell Dickson and Brandon Gurney rank the top five teams in the Utah Valley in baseball, softball, boys soccer, boys volleyball and boys and girls lacrosse (records as of April 21):
BASEBALL
1. Pleasant Grove (14-1)
Vikings are on a 13-game winning ...
During Orem’s 3-0 boys volleyball sweep of Payson on Thursday, Tigers senior setter Lucky Jennings stepped to the service line. From the stands, a Payson fan yelled out, “Don’t choke this serve!”
Jennings fired off an ace, then smiled and pointed at the heckler.
“You gotta let the ...
Two of the longest-tenured prep baseball coaches in Utah were at it again on Wednesday in Orem.
Kim Nelson (Timpanogos) and Lance Moore (Provo) have combined for 55 years of head coaching experience and 777 victories at their respective schools. Like every other game they’ve ever coached ...
You can’t hit a home run every time you’re at the plate.
Not even if your name is Maile Larsen.
Pleasant Grove’s senior second baseman, no kidding, hit ten home runs last week in seven games (four at the Payson Icebreaker Tournament).
On Tuesday against Westlake, Larsen struggled to ...
American Fork’s Lewis Knecht had just scored his fourth hat trick of the season in his team’s 3-0 boys soccer victory against rival Lone Peak and his focus after the match wasn’t on taking a victory lap.
Knecht was standing near the AF bench, talking to a group of young kids who dream ...
Each week, Daily Herald sports experts Jared Lloyd and Darnell Dickson rank the top five teams in the Utah Valley in baseball, softball, boys soccer, boys volleyball and boys and girls lacrosse (records as of April 14):
BASEBALL
1. Pleasant Grove (12-1)
Vikings swept Skyridge last week, tied ...