MANTI—Sanpete County’s four-team delegation of boys’ soccer teams each went home far sooner than they hoped last week. The No. 3-seeded Manti Templars suffered a shocking 1-0 upset at the hands of No. 14 Summit Academy last Wednesday as part of a chaotic segment that saw four of the top eight teams in the bracket…
MANTI—If a “bubble” can be imagined for the bracket of the 3A baseball playoffs, Templar baseball would be on it. The Manti High baseball team had a fairly easy schedule with a two-game series against American Leadership Academy last week, but they didn’t do themselves any favors against what was previously the last-place team in…
MANTI—The last time the Manti boys’ soccer team had 12 wins in the regular season, Donald Trump had just declared his presidential candidacy. Now, six years later, under head coach Dane Pollock, the Templars are 12-2, getting their 12th regular season win for the first time since the spring of 2015. Manti picked up wins…
MANTI—For only the fourth time all season, the Lady Templars’ defense allowed a fifth runner to get across home plate. As the Manti softball team scored 18 of their own runs in the same game, that’s about all the bad news one can find. Manti pushed their stellar record to 19-2 last week, still unbeaten…
MANTI—If one is focusing on the good news about the Manti baseball team last week, it’s that the mercy rule was not involved. Other than that, the struggling Templars’ result against the No. 1 Juab Wasps was about as expected, with Manti losing both games last week, 12-2 last Tuesday and 8-1 last Friday. Manti’s…
MANTI—With the season over halfway finished, things aren’t looking great for the Templars. The Manti baseball team put themselves on the wrong side of a streak last week with a fourth straight loss and the fifth in their last six games. The Templars first fell apart in the final innings of a 9-7 loss to…
HENDERSON—Soccer season has finally begun for Snow College. The Badgers’ men’s and women’s soccer teams got started on the new-look spring soccer season delayed by the pandemic, beginning with a trip to Nevada as the men’s team tied Arizona Western College, 0-0, on Friday last week to start their season, then took down Southern Nevada,…
MANTI—Since coming back from spring break, Manti baseball’s venture into the thick of region play has been met with a rough go. The Templars went 1-2 in last week’s games, edging out the first of two games with Delta, 4-3, before losing to South Sevier, 10-9, and dropping game two against Delta, 9-4. Manti dropped…
MT. PLEASANT—With a high-profile matchup looming against rival North Sanpete, Manti softball entered last week knowing they would be tested. Another Katie Larsen home run later, the state’s best 3A team was still riding high. The Lady Templars came back from spring break and wasted no time in torching their competition, preserving their spotless record…
MANTI—Most teams give up two home runs and head home with a loss on their record. Manti softball is not most teams. The Lady Templars pushed their record to 9-0 last week with an 8-2 win on the road against the Emery Spartans. Manti maintained its top spot in the Deseret News 3A rankings and…
MANTI—Manti softball Coach Susan Hatch said that the Lady Templars “have so much to improve upon.” More improvement on this year’s squad is looking like a scary thought to the rest of 3A as Manti routed Juab, 18-1, ending the game on a mercy rule in just the top of the third inning. “We are…
KANAB—Manti track and field tasted victory early in the season as the Templars reigned supreme in the Kanab Invitational on March 20. The Templars earned an overall score of 270 points to take first place in the Invitational ahead of the hosting Kanab Cowboys, who scored 228 points. The Gunnison Valley Bulldogs were also one…
‘The culture he was working to instill was taking hold’ MANTI—On Jan. 8, 2019, first-year Coach Brennon Schweikart watched his team lose by nearly 50 points, and he was happy. Fourteen games into the girls’ basketball season, Manti walked off their home court with another loss on their record, the ninth on the year. For…
RICHFIELD—It took almost no time at all for the Templars to get right back on track last week. After starting the season with a loss, the Manti baseball team had a stellar week of superb hitting as they went 4-1 last week, beginning with an 11-3 win over Summit Academy and ending with a 7-5…
MANTI—It was really close for a minute, but the Lady Templars are still undefeated. The Manti softball team retained a perfect record, 7-0, with a pair of wins last week as they prevailed in the last inning over Carbon, 9-8, in a battle of two top-five teams in 3A. They followed it up with another…