The Wasatch boys volleyball team is hunting for a state championship. No. 4 Olympus didn’t make it easy but the top-seeded Wasps (25-1) prevailed in Thursday’s semifinals 3-1 (27-25, 20-25, 25-21, 25-21) at Utah Valley’s UCCU Center to advance to the 5A title match. “We want to be ...
Entering a state championship with nary a loss on your record is quite the accomplishment, although it can be a bit of a tricky prospect. Most coaches will admit to taking losses with a degree of welcomeness throughout any given season as it allows their players the opportunity to identify ...
With match point in the balance of Wasatch boys volleyball's quarterfinal matchup with Brighton on Wednesday, Wasp senior Chase Billeter utilized some skills more commonly associated with soccer. The Wasps were leading the third set 24-17, when Billeter almost casually stuck his foot out to ...
Westlake senior striker Andrew Morgan scored five goals during the Thunder's 6-0 win over Cedar Valley on Tuesday. And yes, you read that right. Entering his final game to be played on his home field, Morgan had tallied eight goals through 16 games played this season. Sure, he's been a ...
Last season, the Wasatch boys volleyball team made a surprising run to the 5A state finals, where the ride came to an end against defending state champion Maple Mountain. Head coach Mike Wilton was optimistic about the 2026 season and with plenty of good reasons: His top two hitters, ...
Can anyone slow down the Maeser Prep Lion Boys Soccer Team? Not anyone since early April of last season, and certainly not rival American Heritage during 2A state semifinal action on Monday at Zions Bank Stadium, as it were. The Lions blitzed the Patriots throughout, and particularly during ...
Daily Herald writers Darnell Dickson and Brandon Gurney rank the top five Utah Valley teams in baseball, boys soccer, softball, boys volleyball, boys lacrosse and girls lacrosse for the week of May 4. BASEBALL 1. Pleasant Grove 17-7 Vikings No. 1 due to two-game sweep of Spanish Fork last ...
The Pleasant Grove boys soccer team has a lot of assistant coaches, perhaps more than most teams around the state, and it's a team that has also secured a 16-0 undefeated mark on the season. Coincidence? Not according to long-time Viking coach Chris Ecalono. The Vikings secured their 16th ...
After a Wasatch boys volleyball match earlier this spring, former wrestling coaching legend and athletics administrator Wade Discher approached head coach Mike Wilton. “He said, ‘Man, this might be my new favorite sport,’” Wilton said. “’It’s just so exciting, you ...
Juniors, and then more juniors, with a few sophomores and a lone senior sprinkled in. That's the look of Orem's heavily-weighted roster toward one class of players, and for all intents and purposes, the junior are getting things done. On Tuesday the Tigers dispatched of Region 8 rival ...
