No. 2 Bountiful and No. 1 Maple Mountain were on a collision course for this showdown all season. It seemed like it would always be Redhawks star Taylor Harvey’s individual brilliance vs. the Golden Eagles mighty band of undersized heroes in the 5A state championship match. On Saturday, ...
Zoey Burgess and her Lone Peak teammates don’t have to say a word. All they have to do is hold up four fingers. The t-shirt slogan for the Knights in the 2023 6A girls volleyball state tournament read, “Our legacy will be great.” Burgess’ legacy is that she played on four straight ...
“Love the challenge.” That’s one of the mottos often repeated by the Skyridge football team this season, and the Falcons were never more challenged than they were Friday night in the 6A quarterfinals. A bevvy of turnovers and an inspired Pleasant Grove team made things difficult and ...
The 2023 5A-6A Girls Volleyball State Tournament at Utah Valley’s UCCU Center has been what the kids would call “super competitive.” Thursday saw 11 of the 32 matches going to five sets, playing havoc with the tournament schedule. For comparison, last year’s 5A-6A Day 1 at the UCCU ...
The old cliche that “it’s too bad one of these teams had to lose” was never so apropos then in a 5A prep football playoff quarterfinal matchup between Bountiful and host Springville Friday night. In a game that was generally well played and had plenty of drama, the No. 10 seed ...
In the chaos that is the state girls volleyball tournament, the best mental approach is to block out the noise. Not an easy task with four matches taking place at the same time but that’s the path Maple Mountain, the No. 1 seed in 5A, is taking for a shot at the school's first girls ...
