Skyridge senior Cabell Buechner, who won the Daily Herald Boys Soccer Valley Player of the Year in 2025, saw his overall numbers go down this season.
Yet he probably deserves the award even more.
Here’s the story behind that.
The Falcons lost to Davis 11-10 in the 6A semifinals in 2025, ...
Player of the Year
Nixon Warren Jr. CF, Spanish Fork
Warren led the 5A state champions by hitting .417 from his leadoff spot with 43 runs scored, 48 hits and 38 RBI, stroking 14 doubles, six triples and three home runs while adding 12 steals. In center field, Warren had 48 put outs and two ...
Player of the Year: Jo Norman, Sr., P, Salem Hills
Dominant throughout the season, Norman was at her very best during the Skyhawk's championship run late in the season. She finished 26-2 with a 2.22 ERA, 149 strikeouts and just 20 walks in 154.2 innings of work. The senior ...
Ashton Shewell’s superpower as a volleyball player isn’t his jaw-dropping athleticism or his live right arm.
His superpower is actually his ability to be a good teammate.
Make that a great one.
There’s no other way to explain the 6-foot-4 junior’s individual body of ...
Daily Herald writers Darnell Dickson and Brandon Gurney rank the top five Utah Valley teams in baseball, boys soccer, softball, boys volleyball, boys lacrosse and girls lacrosse for the final time in spring 2026.
BASEBALL
1. Spanish Fork 30-5
Dons prevailed in loaded Class 5A for second ...
Player of the Year
Ashton Shewell, 6-4 Jr. OH, Lehi
Shewell led the state with 511 kills (5.4 per set), 10th in the country according to MaxPreps. He hit .416 with totaling 29 aces, 53 total blocks, 264 digs (2.8 per set) and 534 receptions (5.7).
Offensive MVP
Nick Nelson, 6-5 Sr. ...
Jo Norman's enthusiasm and pure love for the game of softball is palpable.
Whether it be leading her teammates in one of the several creative chants from the dugout or celebrating an out with those same teammates from the pitching circle, her joy is impossible to miss. And all of it has ...
Few kids would even dare dream of wrapping up their high school careers the way Patrick Stevenson did.
The occasion was Lone Peak's 6A state championship match versus Farmington and Stevenson's final chance to win it all after spending the prior three seasons coming up just short. As is ...
Pleasant Grove's Keaton Nordick put up terrific numbers in 2026 and was rewarded with the Region 7 MVP, as voted on by the league's coaches.
the senior right-hander compiled a 6-1 record on the mound with a 3.53 ERA and 76 strikeouts. He also contributed a .333 batting average with 15 run ...
Wasatch, which won the Region 7 regular-season title and finished as the runner-up in Class 5A, claimed three of the four superlatives in the league’s all-region awards as voted on by coaches.
Senior opposite/middle blocker JJ Serre was named offensive MVP and blocker MVP, with teammate Nate ...