Lehi leans on its defense to take down Woods Cross in quarterfinals
Lehi • Qi’Sean Rust watched the snap sail past the punter and hit the turf. He already was darting straight toward it.“Coaches set it up great so I can get through untouched every time,” the Lehi...
View ArticleMorgan outlasts Juab to reach state championship game
Ogden • Morgan took control by dominating the run game, thanks to Briger Miller, and pulled away late from Juab for a 34-18 victory in their Class 3A state semifinal game Friday at Weber State.Miller,...
View ArticleGrizzlies beat Tulsa 3-2 in OT for fifth win in past six games
Tulsa, Okla. • The Utah Grizzlies defeated the Tulsa Oilers 3-2 in overtime Friday night at BOK Center.Taylor Richart scored the game-winning goal on a four-on-three power-play 1:26 into the extra...
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Conservative pundit Bill Kristol treads carefully in Utah political minefield
Some fascinating subplots emerged in political battles between Republicans when the Sutherland Institute, Utah’s conservative think tank, invited Bill Kristol to keynote its Friday night gala.After...
View ArticleHouse committee to question Trump’s former bodyguard about Russia
Washington • One of President Donald Trump's most trusted confidants, a security chief who served as his sounding board for two decades, will face questions from congressional investigators next week...
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Pac-12 boss sings praises of replay center
The Pac-12 Conference’s move to centralized replay center in San Francisco has been “a big step forward,” according to Pac-12 Conference Commissioner Larry Scott.Scott, who made his annual visit to...
View ArticleSkyridge stuffs 2-point try to squeeze past Jordan in state quarterfinal...
Lehi • Skyridge linebacker Blayden Togiai had a message for his teammates after allowing the Jordan Beetdiggers to score more points on his defense in one half than anyone else had all season.“At...
View ArticleSounders are through to conference finals, await opponent
Now that the defending champion Seattle Sounders have made the conference finals, they have to wait a couple days to see who they'll face.Then they'll get more than two weeks to prepare.The Sounders...
View ArticleCentral Americans and Haitians no longer need protected status, State...
Washington • More than 300,000 Central Americans and Haitians living in the United States under a form of temporary permission no longer need to be shielded from deportation, the State Department told...
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Raptors’ DeRozan gives Jazz’s Mitchell lesson in scoring
Donovan Mitchell and the Utah Jazz saw up close what it’s like to be a professional scorer such as DeMar DeRozan.The game-defining sequence occurred in the fourth quarter of Toronto’s 109-100 win...
View ArticleWill Hagen hits one out of the park in Utah Symphony return
A decade ago, William Hagen had to choose between baseball and music. Friday’s performance with the Utah Symphony offered strong evidence that the Salt Lake City-born violinist chose wisely.The former...
View ArticleMasen Wake carries Lone Peak past Weber, into state semifinal
Pleasant View • The Lone Peak Knights have played in a lot of big football games in recent years.So it came as a bit of a surprise when the the Knights found themselves in a 9-0 deficit five minutes...
View ArticleEli Wells drills field goal to lift Mountain Crest past Dixie
St. George • The game lived up to the hype.Dixie lost a home playoff game at Walt Brooks Stadium for the first time since 1989 when Mountain Crest rallied for a thrilling 18-17 victory Friday night in...
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Kragthorpe: Zack Moss gets rolling as Ute offense comes alive in rout of UCLA
Utah’s offense rediscovered running back Zack Moss, and the Utes remembered how to win a football game.That’s probably not a coincidence.UCLA’s defense, the worst in the country in stopping the run,...
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Tyler Huntley dazzles in long-awaited bounceback game
He danced in the pocket, he skedaddled out of danger, he bombed the ball down the field at will.The Tyler Huntley Utah fans fell for in September returned on a balmy November Friday night.And the...
View ArticlePrep football: Scores and schedule for Week 12
Class 6AState quarterfinals scoresLone Peak 26, Weber, 17East 67, American Fork 31Bingham 37, Syracuse 7Herriman 21, Pleasant Grove 3State semifinalsFriday at Rice-Eccles StadiumLone Peak vs. East, 11...
View ArticleJosi, Predators hold off Ducks in West finals rematch
Anaheim, Calif. • Roman Josi scored one goal and assisted on another as the Nashville Predators built a three-goal lead before holding off the Anaheim Ducks 5-3 Friday night in a rematch of last...
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Tony Jones: Jazz's Donovan Mitchell is one of many special rookie NBA stars...
By almost universal acclaim, the three best-ever NBA Drafts are considered to be 1984, 1996 and 2003.You want Hall of Famers? These three classes have it. You want late-round depth? These three have...
View ArticleMonson: Quin Snyder finally revealed! Through his team, anyway
Since Quin Snyder came to the Utah Jazz, a lot of people have wanted to know a little more about him, about who he is and how he thinks and what he believes in. And, ironically, as it is with so many...
View ArticleVideo: Texas teen's father died in Iraq. They found his dad's car in Utah.
The CBS Evening News on Friday reported on a Texas teenager who wanted his first car. But not any car. Justin Rozier, 15, wanted his father’s car. His father, Army 1st Lt. Jonathan Rozier, died in Iraq...
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