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 6): BASEBALL 1. Pleasant Grove (9-1) Vikings' Mason Hawk Henry with homer, ...

In sports history, there have been a number of athletes with some very distinctive names: baseball players Coco Crisp and Milton Bradley, for example, or skier Picabo Street and basketball player World B. Free. And then there are some names that just seem to end up being prophetic, which is ...

Here are the top boys basketball players in the Utah Valley area in 2024-25: Player of the Year: Legend Reynoso, 6-5 Sr. F, Payson Reynoso elevated his game as the season progressed, becoming the most dangerous Lion weapon offensively (12.1 points per game, 29 made 3-pointers) while also ...

When Kennedy Woolston was a young child playing Junior Jazz, she followed around her older sister, Kailey, trying to do the same things on the basketball court. Here’s another way Kennedy has mirrored Kailey: She’s the 2025 Daily Herald Girls Basketball Valley Player of the Year. Kailey ...

Here are the top girls basketball players in the Utah Valley area in 2024-25: Player of the Year: Kennedy Woolston, Jr. G/F, Lone Peak Gifted athlete and irreplaceable leader who could be counted on to both score (14.2 points per game)and do all the little things that helped make the ...

Spanish Fork has reigned supreme the last two years in 5A wrestling, and the centerpiece of this Don resurgence to the top has been Karson Shelley. Shelley made his own history by becoming the first ever four-time state champion in school history. He also recently competed at the National ...