Sports

North Sanpete Hawks 13-and-under baseball team heads for regional meet   Greg Knight Staff  writer 7/13/2017   VERNAL—The North Sanpete Hawks 13-U All-Stars baseball team is headed for a big next level of competition after proving themselves among the best in the state last week at the Southern Utah State Tournament in Vernal. The team,…

  BYU Invitational prepares teams for state track   Matt Harris Staff writer 5-18-2017   PROVO—Sanpete track and field teams saw several of their own bring home top honors for their efforts at both the 3A/2A region championships, as well as the BYU Invitational in Provo last week. At the BYU meet, Manti’s Madison Norris…

  Lady Templars fall to Taylorsville, still in it for state tourney   Bob Bahlmann Staff writer 5-11-2017   MANTI—The lady Templar softball team took on a hard-hitting Taylorsville team last Tuesday as they prepared for state tournament play, which begins today. The Warriors are a solid 5A team and used the long ball to…

  Manti boys soccer fights hard for 2-1 win over Rowland Hall, but ALA drops them from the tourney   Bob Bahlmann Staff writer 5-11-2017   MANTI—The Manti soccer team opened state tournament play with a hard-fought 2-1 win over Rowland Hall and then lost to American Leadership Academy (ALA) in a shootout on Saturday…

  Manti baseball team loses to Wolves, then defeats Rockwell   Bob Bahlmann Staff writer 5-10-2017   GUNNISON—The Manti baseball team opened state tournament competition last Saturday with their first round matchup against Enterprise hosted on the Gunnison baseball diamond. The Wolves pulled off the mild upset with a 12-1 win over the Templars, setting…

  Manti soccer team coasts through final games to take first in region   Bob Bahlmann Staff writer 5-4-2017   MONROE—The Manti soccer team closed out regular season play with a pair of easy wins last week. The Templars defeated North Sevier 7-0 on Tuesday, April 25, and then traveled to Monroe on Thursday, April…

    Manti softball headed to state championship tourney   Bob Bahlmann Staff writer 5-4-2017   KAMAS—It took a performance that was nearly record setting to do it, but the South Summit Wildcats shut out the Manti softball team 5-0 in the weather-delayed final regular season game of the year. “Hannah (Peterson) was on fire,”…