Manti’s Chase Keisel, seen here rounding bases, made second team Deseret News 3A Baseball All-State. Photo by Robert Stevens. Sanpete County athletes collected 31 spots on the Deseret News All-State teams announced this month, earning first-team honors in baseball, softball, boys volleyball and boys soccer and crowding the second-team and honorable-mention rolls across the 2A…
The Messenger’s Athlete of the Year 2025, Maison Starkweather, smiles for a photo to accompany this article taken on his home field. Photo by Robert Stevens. MANTI—The old mantra of “It takes a village to raise a child” has been quoted ad nauseum over generations, but there are times when the old saying is just…
A happy North Sanpete Unified Basketball Red Team, with its coaches, poses with the state championship trophy it won in the Player Development Division. The site is the Delta Center. (L-R) Kyson Taylor (manager), Coach Debbie Miller, Coach Halli Bennett, Andre Castro-Lemus, Callum Elrick, McKay Schlappi, Christian Gipe, Kaige Rees, Tina Fox, J.B. Sandefur, Ellie…
MT. PLEASANT—Homecoming ended on a sour note for North Sanpete football as the Hawks gave up a 12-point lead and fell to Canyon View, 34-32, last Friday. The Hawks led, 19-7, in the first half, but the Falcons scored before halftime, continued on a 20-0 run through the third quarter, and kept North Sanpete at…
MANTI—As Templar alumni returned to the stadium, senior quarterback Kayson Douglas returned to the field in style as he led Manti football in a dominant win over Carbon, 42-13, at Homecoming last Friday. Douglas completed 9 of 15 passes for 159 yards and three touchdowns. Senior Larsen Pogroszewski was unstoppable as he had nine carries…
ST. GEORGE—North Sanpete football took care of the most important goal in last week’s game against an overpowering opponent: survive. The Hawks suffered their second straight loss and wrapped up non-region play as they fell to 4A powerhouse Desert Hills, 44-0, last Friday. North Sanpete moved to 2-3 on the season. “Our kids fought the…
Manti fails to get touchdown in 42-0 shutout by Morgan last Friday MORGAN—Manti football took the field in Morgan having not scored a touchdown on the Trojans in three years, and unfortunately for the Templars, that didn’t change. The Templars ran into a wall against the Morgan Trojans, netting less than 100 total yards of…
8-player football is a godsend for Gunnison Some folks in the Gunnison Valley may not be- lieve this, but I passionately want to see the Bulldogs win at things. Since relinquishing coverage of Gunnison sports, my focus has been elsewhere, but as a lover of the game, and a naturally curious person, I couldn’t help…
ROSWELL, N.M.—Snow College hopes of taking down the top-ranked football team in the country were doused Saturday evening as the New Mexico Military Institute defeated the Badgers, 38-7. It was a tough night all around for the Badgers who struggled to move the ball for much of the night. The Badgers got just 79 yards…
DRAPER—Manti foot- ball’s battle with Juan Diego last Friday night was nothing short of a fourth-quarter thrill ride, courtesy of sophomore quarterback Maison Starkweather. Starkweather entered the game to replace injured senior Kayson Douglas midway through the third quarter when the Templars were down by 22. He then led the team on an inspiring 20-0…