Most teams don’t survive going nearly ten minutes without a field goal in a state playoff game. Lone Peak did. The No. 5 seed Knights recovered from that long offensive drought and overcame a five-point fourth-quarter deficit, getting a huge basket from senior Lave Holdcraft with 35 ...
Midway through the third quarter of its 5A first round boys basketball playoff game, No. 15 seed Maple Mountain had turned a three-point halftime advantage to nine points. But then the Golden Eagles collapsed and let visiting West, the No. 18 seed, outscore them by 21 points in the last 12 ...
Trailing by 19 points at halftime of its 4A quarterfinal game with No. 8 Sky View, top-seeded Provo’s outlook of getting to the state finals seemed pretty grim. But the Bulldogs have Callen Tollestrup and Makai Allen. Never give up. Never surrender. Provo’s two stars led a furious ...
Timpanogos took home the second place trophy for the second straight year at the 4A boys state wrestling tournament held at the UCCU Event Center on the campus of Utah Valley University on Saturday. Uintah won its sixth straight team title with four of them while being in the 4A classification ...
The second day of the 5A boys state tournament had everything that any diehard wrestling fan could want including a tight team race, stunning upsets and wrestlers from non-contending teams playing huge spoiler roles. But when the dust settled, Wasatch went home with the gold trophy for the ...
For the second straight season, Westlake finished second to Mountain Ridge in 6A girls wrestling. The Sentinels pointed 225 while Westlake finished with 211 points. Corner Canyon (191) was third with Cedar Valley in the fourth position with 174 points. Westlake managed two individual ...
Holding a narrow lead over Wasatch going into the title round of the Girls 5A wrestling state tournament Friday night, Salem Hills knew a pressure-filled finals stood between it and its first-ever state championship. A Skyhawks team that started building its program just four seasons ago set ...
The state wrestling meet for 4A, 5A and 6A wrestling begins Wednesday and runs through Saturday, crowning champions in both team and individual competition. Daily Herald wrestling expert Brian Preece previews the 4A tournament. 4A Boys Meet Preview There isn’t a more prohibitive favorite ...
The advent of high school girls wrestling being sanctioned by the Utah High School Activities Association (UHSAA) in 2021 left athletic departments and administrators to figure out just how to handle this new sport that exists side-by-side with boys wrestling. The participation of girls ...
The large school wrestling classifications are set to hit the mats Wednesday through Saturday at the UCCU Event Center on the campus of Utah Valley University. The competition should delight hardcore wrestling fans, but what is exactly the health of the sport and what are its underlying ...
