Leading up to the end of the regular season, batters for the 18-1 Gunnison Valley baseball team are swinging hot bats, and the defense remains stellar. After defeating North Sanpete last Wednesday, 17-6, and Beaver the next day, 9-4, the Bulldogs have averaged more than 13 runs per game over the last five games. “We…
GUNNISON—Like other groups and individuals, service organizations in the Gunnison Valley are looking to rebound from an off year. For the Lions Club and Jaycees, that means sights are set on the 4th of July carnival celebration. Each organization hopes the event, which is annually the most significant source of fundraising for both clubs, can…
CENTERFIELD—With plans pending over potential new rules and expenditures, Centerfield City Council has announced a public meeting to hear opinions of residents on water and zoning requirements. The council will address these issues with the public at a meeting tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, May 5. Three portions of the hearing will focus on water use…
Last week, the Gunnison Valley baseball team extended its winning streak to 13 games. The Bulldogs beat Monticello twice on Tuesday, April 20, first 16-3 and next 15-0. The next day, the team beat Enterprise 9-0. “Overall, we did really well offensively,” Coach Max Sanders said. In the first game alone, 10 different batters got…
EPHRAIM—After a slow start relative to other blowouts this season, the Snow College football team defeated Gila River 75-14 in an exhibition game. According to the Twitter page of the Hohokam Junior College Athletic Conference, the team listed under Gila River was actually a squad of players representing the conference itself, playing the game as…
EPHRAIM—Over the weekend, the Snow College softball got retribution in dramatic fashion for a series it lost in March against College of Southern Idaho. The Badgers lost three of the four it played in Twin Falls, Idaho against the Golden Eagles the weekend of Saturday, March 20. So the revenge of defeating the same team…
CENTERFIELD—Centerfield officially opened its new city hall building on Friday and welcomed community members to use it as their own.
The grand opening marked the first time the city has had its own building since November of 2019, when it moved out of the former city hall, which was subsequently demolished. Since then, city council and other meetings have taken place in the Gunnison Irrigation Company building.
Last week, the Gunnison Valley softball team won two games handily on the road and improved to 12-6. On Tuesday, April 13, the Bulldogs defeated North Sevier by a score of 20-3, and on Friday beat Piute 19-3. In both games, they scored early and heavily. Against North Sevier, five players got multiple hits, as…
GUNNISON—In the two games it completed last week, the Gunnison Valley baseball team remained perfect against two region rivals and improved to 13-1 overall. The Bulldogs overwhelmed Millard early on Tuesday and won the contest 15-2. On Wednesday, the team travelled to Juab for a game that was cancelled due to weather in the second…
EPHRAIM—Snow College alumni and special guests who came to Ephraim Saturday experienced an evening of campus activities and a victory by the Snow football team over ASA Miami.
The Badgers won the game, 27-6, after scoring 27 unanswered points. The ASA Silver Storm struck first with a touchdown.
The Gunnison Valley High School baseball team notched two blowout wins against North Sevier and rode a one-hit gem by its pitching ace to defeat 3A Carbon last week. North Sevier travelled to Gunnison on Tuesday and Friday, where the Bulldogs won by scores of 17-1 and 18-9, respectively. The game at Carbon on Wednesday…
After another week heavy with games, Gunnison Valley softball coach Tyson Brackett said his 10-6 team was still improving.
On Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday of last week, the Bulldogs beat 5A Salem Hills and regional opponents Millard and Wayne by scores of 13-6, 14-8 and 13-1, respectively. On the heels of the already long week, they won two and lost two in the Payson Varsity Ice Breaker tournament.
GUNNISON—The Gunnison Valley soccer team notched two regional wins last week with help from a change in the defensive lineup before suffering a loss Monday.
On Tuesday, April 6, they defeated North Sevier 5-1 as the baseball team was simultaneously routing the Wolves just a few hundred feet away. Two days later, Millard came to Gunnison for a game the Bulldogs won 3-1. On Monday, they lost 8-0 in Mt. Pleasant at North Sanpete.
CENTERFIELD—As Centerfield turns on irrigation water for residents’ use tomorrow, city officials are asking residents to be mindful of precarious drought conditions.
The city council agreed at its meeting last week that the biggest threat to the city running out of irrigation water is people who use more water than they are entitled. For at least the beginning of this year, avoiding that problem will require everyone to use even less water than last year or in 2018, councilmembers said.
Commuters between Manti and Gunnison are in for a summer of delays due to road construction. A re-paving project will begin Wednesday and is expected to last well through the summer. The construction zone will stretch effectively from the city limits of Manti to Gunnison and will restrict traffic to one lane in some areas….