PAYSON—North Sanpete may have been the first football team in all of Utah to score a touchdown last Friday, but the moment proved as fleeting as it was exhilarating. The rest of the contest belonged to Payson as the Lions ran over the outmanned Hawks, 44-14, in North Sanpete’s first game of the season. The…
STERLING—After a storied gymnastics career, one of Sterling’s own will be enshrined as a member of the U.S. Gymnastics Hall of Fame this month. Sterling native Kalon Ludvigson recently said he was “honored” to be named the 2022 recipient of the Robert Miller Spirit of the Flame award. Ludvigson is the most decorated tumbler and…
MT. PLEASANT—Football season can be a rollercoaster ride for most teams and coaches, but in North Sanpete football’s case, last year’s ride was on a really difficult rollercoaster. When all was said and done, North Sanpete finished last year with a 5-7 record and a 56-18 crushing loss at Morgan in the 3A state quarterfinals….
MANTI—Plenty has changed for Manti football over the last few years. Coach Cole Meacham didn’t always need to disguise coverage on defense or work through a passing game on offense. Manti wasn’t always contending with 3A teams representing much larger schools. For all the warnings about trying to teach an old dog new tricks, Meacham…
‘My girls deserve every good thing, no matter what happens’ MANTI—It was a clear Saturday afternoon in May, and Manti head softball coach Susan Hatch stood out on the side of the softball diamond as the 3A softball state championship, and the last game of her coaching career, unfolded. Was there any pressure on Hatch…
PROVO—There were good vibes all around as Sanpete’s track and field teams performed magnificently at the UHSAA State Track and Field meet in Provo last weekend. Led by two individual gold medal wins by Manti senior Levi Smith, the county’s local athletes combined to win five different events and finish third or better in 13…
EPHRAIM—Barbara Bradley, known as the “Breakfast Lady” at Willow Creek Inn, was honored Saturday, May 7, by the Lady Badgers softball team by being asked to throw the first pitch. “I love being around the guests” (at the Willow Creek), Bradley said. “I learn so much about them.” Many of the guests are sports teams…
‘Wonder and pandemonium’ SPANISH FORK—Senior Ashley Rasmussen had one word, a number, written on her left arm above her gloved hand: “110%.” This was it. It was the time to give it everything. With two outs on the inning, and a foul ball in the air, Rasmussen dove, extended that same arm, and reeled in…
SPANISH FORK—The Lady Bulldogs didn’t go down without a fight, slugging to the finish in a playoff run cut short. Gunnison Valley softball finished their season going down swinging, falling in the fourth round of the one-loss bracket in the 2A softball state championship tournament. After falling short against Parowan in the second round of…
JUAN DIEGO H.S.—The Bulldogs’ typical presence in the later rounds of playoff baseball was not to be felt in 2022. Gunnison Valley baseball finished their season in the second round of the one-loss bracket in the 2A baseball state championship tournament, losing in a tight matchup to Milford last Thursday, 7-5. The Bulldogs finished their…
North Sanpete softball had their run in the playoff cut short as they fell to Canyon View, 13-2, last Thursday in the one-loss bracket. Prior to the loss, North Sanpete fell out of the winner’s bracket with an 11-0 loss to Grantsville, then beat down Providence Hall to advance in the one-loss bracket to face…
AMERICAN FORK—With the season now over for the Templars, all that’s left is to think about where to climb from here. Manti baseball ended their season last Thursday in the second round of the 3A state baseball championship tournament, falling to Grantsville, 13-5, in the one-loss bracket. They finished their season with an overall record…
PROVO—They may say that lightning never strikes the same place twice, but Levi Smith sure did. The Manti Templar showcased incredibly at the 2022 BYU Track and Field Invitational during the weekend of May 6-8, winning the gold in both the boys 100-meter final and the long jump final as he led a proud contingent…
MT. PLEASANT—North Sanpete baseball saw the end of its season at the hands of one truly merciless pitcher. The Hawks could not get anything moving as they struck out 19 times at the hands of pitcher Gage Adams and the Morgan Trojans, 4-1, in the No. 16 vs. No 17 play-in round of the UHSAA…
MONROE—Vengeance was sweet for the Bulldogs last week, but the playoff mountain got a little steeper afterwards. Upon earning a No. 9 playoff seed, Gunnison Valley baseball finally got the win that had evaded them all season long, beating rival North Sevier, 12-0, last Saturday in the first round of the UHSAA 2A Baseball State…