Skyridge head coach Shaylee Nielsen leapt high in the air, yelling excitedly after senior Sadie Buttars scored a layup while being fouled in the fourth quarter of Wednesday's 6A semifinal game against top-seeded Copper Hills at the Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City. While that was just one ...

Sometimes basketball players or coaches get a sense that their team is locked in and ready for an excellent performance. Lone Peak head girls basketball coach Nancy Warner said she got that sense on Tuesday, the day before Wednesday's 6A semifinal game against Corner Canyon at the Huntsman ...

For three quarters of Tuesday's 5A semifinal game at the Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City, the Timpview boys basketball team did an incredible job of keeping top-seeded Alta at bay. The Thunderbirds used a big run at the end of the first quarter to seize control and then came up with a ...

Adopting the manta “You’re either all in or in the way,” Chad Bahr and the Payson girls basketball team are building their program into a contender. The Lions were playing in their first state semifinal game since winning the 4A title in 2005 but ran into a very talented Ridgeline team ...

If you just look at the 2023-24 season, it's hard to argue that the Springville girls basketball team had the best Cinderella run in the state playoffs. The No. 22-seeded Red Devils, who had won just five games during the regular season, turned into a force to be reckoned with as they upset ...

Anyone who has faced the No. 2-seeded Lehi boys basketball team during the 2023-24 season knows just how dangerous the Pioneers can be from long range. Monday's 6A quarterfinal game against No. 7-seed Riverton at the Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City, however, was not Lehi's best shooting ...