Each week, Daily Herald sports experts Jared Lloyd and Darnell Dickson rank the top five teams in the Utah Valley in baseball, softball, boys soccer, boys volleyball and boys and girls lacrosse (records as of April 14): BASEBALL 1. Pleasant Grove (12-1) Vikings swept Skyridge last week, tied ...

American Fork’s Lewis Knecht had just scored his fourth hat trick of the season in his team’s 3-0 boys soccer victory against rival Lone Peak and his focus after the match wasn’t on taking a victory lap. Knecht was standing near the AF bench, talking to a group of young kids who dream ...

Beach volleyball is growing steadily in the NCAA ranks and is one of the fastest-growing sports in the world. That sport will soon have a significant presence in Utah County. A “beach head,” so to speak. Melissa Fuchs Powell is a former college volleyball player and has competed in ...

Like many high school baseball teams in Utah, Pleasant Grove heads south during the cold winter months to play in tournaments. Vikings coach Darrin Henry calls it, “chasing the sun.” It was obviously time well spent: Pleasant Grove (11-1 overall, 2-0 Region 3) is the No. 1 RPI team in ...

Here are the top girls wrestlers in the Utah Valley area in 2024-25: 2024-25 Utah Valley Girls Wrestler of the Year: Keilikki Rarick, Westlake, 235 pounds Rarick was not only an All-American but a 4-time state champion for the Thunder program. 2024-25 Utah Valley Girls Coach of the Year: ...

There’s no question in the Shewell household that for Ashton Shewell, basketball is No. 1. But he’s is learning to appreciate volleyball. The 6-foot-4 sophomore pounded out 20 kills and hit .516 on Tuesday as Lehi, the No. 2 team in 6A RPI, swept American Fork 25-23, 25-16, 25-22 in a ...