In the second round of the 4A boys basketball playoffs, on paper the No. 8 and No. 9 teams are supposed to be the most evenly matched.
Sometimes the games don't play out that way but Friday night's battle at Murray between the No. 8-seeded Spartans and No. 9-seed Provo certainly did.
In a ...
American Fork wanted another shot at Corner Canyon.
So did Bingham.
The No. 5 seed Cavemen and No. 12 seed Miners all have recent history with the defending 6A state champion Chargers. AF and Corner Canyon have split the past two state championships and Bingham ended its Region 2 schedule ...
They hoped the 2023-24 season was going to be their year — but things don't always go as planned.
That's how both No. 5-seed Lehi and No. 12-seed Skyridge could view things heading into Thursday's 6A second-round game at Lehi.
The Falcons, for example, were coming off a run to the 6A ...
The Springville girls basketball team called this “Revenge Week.”
And revenge is sweet.
The Red Devils — the No. 22 seed heading into the 5A state tournament — lost to No. 6 Maple Mountain twice during the Region 7 season by one point each time.
The revenge came in the second round ...
With the offense bogged down and Timpview trying to pull away from pesky Wasatch, the Thunderbirds turned to “instant offense.”
Sophomore Callen Tollestrup made a pair of huge 3-pointers in the final four minutes as No. 4 seed Timpview held off No. 13 Wasatch 54-43 in the second round of ...
When one high school basketball team gets a lot more long-range shots to go in than its opponent, it usually wins.
No. 7-seed Springville found itself on the wrong side of that equation in Wednesday night's 5A second round game in Springville against No. 10 Skyline as the Red Devils lost to ...