This was the first big weekend of prep wrestling with several large invitational tournaments taking place on both the boys and girls front. The two most prestigious boys tournaments were the Layton Invitational Tournament (L.I.T.) and the Millard Ironman. Pleasant Grove served notice that it ...
Both the Skyridge and Springville girls basketball teams entered Tuesday's non-region contest in Lehi with similar goals in mind: Put pressure on the other team, speed things up, run the floor and score fast. They did, however, use different methods to do it. The Falcons run a zone-press ...
Former Provo coach Brian Preece released his final power poll, which ranks all the teams in the state of Utah: Rank/School/Record/Previous Rank (Change)/Note 1. Lone Peak (6A) 10-2 3 (+2) Knights validate by besting Corner Canyon twice 2. Corner Canyon (6A) 12-2 1 (-1) Chargers can’t solve ...
It was a big night for Westlake at the 2021 Wrestling Against Cancer Duals Tuesday. The Thunder girls went 3-0 on the night while the boys team won both of its matches. The Westlake girls are the defending state champions and the Thunder took down the 1A-3A, 5A returning state champions, ...
The high school state championship games are just a blip on the horizon at this point as they are still more than three months away. But the process took a big step forward this week as teams got their seasons underway. It's not the time to expect crisp performances with few mistakes but ...
Last year, Governor Gary Herbert put a two-week moratorium on winter sports. It did have an impact on some early-season events causing them to be postponed or canceled altogether. And that’s what happened to the Wrestling Against Cancer Duals. But this year, it’s go ahead full steam and ...
Before the start of the Class 5A football playoffs, Lehi coach Ed Larson said that the state's RPI system to determine seeding was “bullcrap.” On Friday in the state championship game, his Pioneers went out and proved it. No. 7 Lehi raced past No. 1 seed Springville 35-6 at Rice-Eccles ...
In big moments in big games, sometimes time just seems to stop altogether. No. 2-seeded Lone Peak had a trio of those in the final minutes of Friday's thrilling battle of Region 4 behemoths against No. 1-seeded Corner Canyon in the 6A state championship game at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt ...
There is always something special for a high school football team when it knows it is playing in the last week of the season. "You know this is your last game," Lone Peak head coach Bart Brockbank said earlier this week. "You go into the playoffs knowing each week might be your last but ...
In a game that featured so many phenomenal defensive moments, victory in Friday's 6A semifinal between Region 4 foes Lone Peak and Skyridge came down to a pair of monumental back-to-back plays. One was a call, one was a score. Both of those went in favor of the Knights and that was the ...
