photo cutline 2: Wes Haskell, a senior at PHS, was one of the pitchers during the tournament in St. George.

photo cutline 3: Junior Beau Bufton heads to home plate.

photo cutline 4: Beau Bufton pitches while Dallin Willes holds the runner on first.

photo cutline 5: Junior Dallin Willes waits for a sign from his first base coach while at bat.

photo cutline 6: Coach Haney talks with his team during a tournament game in St. George.

photo cutline 7: Sophomore Mitch Cowden chases down the ball on the first base line.

Baseball Team Returns from St. George Tournament

Candi Higley

Nebo Reporter

The Payson Baseball Team played four games this weekend during a tournament held on Friday, March 23 and Saturday, March 24. The Varsity team returned home with two wins and two losses after playing Bountiful, Canyon View and two Las Vegas teams, the Devils and Ranchos. The boys lost to Bountiful 10-15 and Canyon View 6-9 but came away with wins against the Devils 6-4 and the Ranchos 7-5. The younger team members really stepped it up at the tournament and played hard since their star 1st baseman, Casey Juber was injured during their first preseason game.

The boys baseball team plays again on Tuesday, March 27 at Lehi and Thursday, March 29 against Lehi at home.

This story appeared in Nebo Reporter on page A7.