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Prep rodeo: Tragedy strikes twice, but cowgirl perseveres

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:02:29 MDT

Prep rodeo: Tragedy strikes twice, but cowgirl perseveres

by Alex Riggins The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jun 17, 2013 01:02PM MDT

Heber City • Savannah Pratt called her father, Casey, to let him know she was on her way home and would be there in about an hour. Savannah, in between her sophomore and junior year at the time, had just won the Silver State barrel racing championship in Nevada. She was on the freeway about an hour south of her home in Spanish Fork, alone in her truck with her two horses in the back of her trailer. The next call Casey received was from an unknown number telling him there was a bad wreck on the f...

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All-Star prep football: Logan QB Luke Falk makes time for one last game

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:02:29 MDT

All-Star prep football: Logan QB Luke Falk makes time for one last game

by Aaron Falk The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jun 17, 2013 01:02PM MDT

Sandy • He was supposed to be gone by now, cruising along the highway into Idaho, up into the panhandle then just west across the border, to his new life. Football camp at Washington State University begins Wednesday, and Luke Falk had planned to leave Logan for Pullman, Wash., on Saturday. His friends, however, wanted one more game with their quarterback. “There was a lot of peer pressure,” Falk said. So instead of unloading boxes and settling into his new dorm room, Falk put on his gold and cr...

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Prep rodeo: Wright family’s dynasty keeps growing

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:02:29 MDT

Prep rodeo: Wright family’s dynasty keeps growing

by Alex Riggins The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jun 17, 2013 01:02PM MDT

Heber City • They might never reach the same level of fame as the original Wright brothers, but Rusty and Ryder Wright of Milford have been earning quite a reputation in the world of high school rodeo. In the final round of the saddle bronc event on Saturday night at the Utah High School Rodeo Association state finals at the Wasatch County fairgrounds, the brothers finished in a three-way tie for first place with 82 points. Rusty, a junior, finished second overall for the season and Ryder, a fre...

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Prep softball: Most Valuable Players and all-state teams

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:49:50 MDT

Prep softball: Most Valuable Players and all-state teams

the Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jun 17, 2013 07:49AM MDT

Stansbury’s Janessa Bassett relied on speed to create havoc on the bases and to patrol center field. Bingham’s Paige Reimann, Salem Hills’ Kirtlyn Bohling and San Juan’s Tatiana Su’esu’e baffled batters with an array of pitches in the circle while proving a difficult out when batting. The four Most Valuable Players led their teams deep into the postseason by combining their talent with a desire to succeed. They enjoyed highly successful seasons, which helped their teams pile up wins. Bassett, Su...

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Dangerous Weapons: Utah all-state softball

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:40:58 MDT

Dangerous Weapons: Utah all-state softball

the Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jun 17, 2013 06:40AM MDT

Stansbury’s Janessa Bassett relied on speed to create havoc on the bases and to patrol center field. Bingham’s Paige Reimann, Salem Hill’s Kirtlyn Bohling and San Juan’s Tatiana Su’esu’e baffled batters with an array of pitches in the circle while proving a difficult out when batting. The four Most Valuable Players led their teams deep into the postseason by combining their talent with a desire to succeed. They enjoyed highly successful seasons, which helped their teams pile up wins. Bassett, Su...

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4A softball MVP: Salem Hill’s Kirtlyn Bohling

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:03:03 MDT

4A softball MVP: Salem Hill’s Kirtlyn Bohling

by Eric Butler Special To The Tribune

Published Jun 17, 2013 12:03AM MDT

One of the great things about Salem Hills softball standout Kirtlyn Bohling, according to her coach, is that she easily can shrug off something pretty quickly. High praise or big accomplishments don’t go to her head. Something undesirable fails to keep Bohling from keeping on track. That was especially useful in her position as the ace pitcher for the Skyhawks during the season. “She’s got a short memory,” Salem Hills coach Renae Kinghorn said. “She doesn’t dwell on a bad call. Whether striking ...

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3A softball MVP: Stansbury’s Janessa Bassett

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:03:03 MDT

3A softball MVP: Stansbury’s Janessa Bassett

by Alex Riggins The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jun 17, 2013 12:03AM MDT

If softball is going to dominate a player’s life, then it helps if the player can dominate a game. Stanbury’s Janessa Bassett fit that description this season, dominating games and the base paths while helping the 4-year-old high school win its first state championship in any sport. “She’s the best player I’ve ever coached,” said Stansbury coach Bridget Clinton, who coached Grantsville to a state title in 1998. “She is the quintessential five-tool player. She has the best arm I’ve ever seen, a ...

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2A softball MVP: San Juan’s Tatiana Su’esu’e

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:03:03 MDT

2A softball MVP: San Juan’s Tatiana Su’esu’e

by Aaron Falk The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jun 17, 2013 12:03AM MDT

Tatiana Su’esu’e wrote down her goals before each game of the season, a list of objectives her coaches had called “I Wills.” I will control my emotions, she wrote. Su’esu’e had set out to prove that she belonged in a Bronco uniform last season as a freshman on the San Juan softball team, trying to embarrass older batters with her pitching and swinging harder at the plate against older hurlers. Her father had prepared her for the challenge. For as long as she could remember, he had come home fro...

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Prep softball coach of the year: Stansbury’s Bridget Clinton

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:03:03 MDT

Prep softball coach of the year: Stansbury’s Bridget Clinton

by Aaron Falk The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jun 17, 2013 12:03AM MDT

They were just one win away from the school’s first state title in its short history — or just one loss away from second place. It wasn’t going to be easy, but the Stansbury Stallions were used to that. Bridget Clinton knew her team was talented. She had won it all as a player and once before as a coach. So she knew the first senior class to have spent all four years at the school on the edge of the Great Salt Lake had the talent to do it. “If they played like they were capable of playing,” she...

5A softball MVP: Bingham’s Paige Reimann

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:03:02 MDT

5A softball MVP: Bingham’s Paige Reimann

by Eric Butler Special To The Tribune

Published Jun 17, 2013 12:03AM MDT

Considering Paige Reimann’s recent run of success, it’s kind of hard to imagine the days when she was a freshman backup just waiting for her chance to have a starting role with the Bingham Miners. But she remembers. “I feel old,” Reimann said. “It seems like it was just a couple of days ago.” At one time, Reimann was the heir apparent behind current BYU pitcher Tori Almond at Bingham. When Almond graduated from high school, Reimann shared the pitching duties her sophomore year before taking over...

Prep wrestling: Roy Nash progresses on time line of success

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:49:02 MDT

Prep wrestling: Roy Nash progresses on time line of success

by Jennifer Gustavson Special To The Tribune

Published Jun 12, 2013 03:49PM MDT

From outside the ring, it looked as though Taylorsville’s Roy Nash was letting the match slip away. It was an unfamiliar situation to the state champion, the only prep wrestler to go undefeated this season. Nash already had mounted two comebacks to keep alive the match, but time was running out. Even as the match clock ticked down to 10 seconds, Nash and his coach, Brandon Ruiz, remained focused. And in a moment when many would have conceded, Nash forced his opponent out of bounds with seconds ...

Prep baseball: Shelton savors chance to coach at alma mater

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:35:05 MDT

Prep baseball: Shelton savors chance to coach at alma mater

by Anthony Cusumano Special To The Tribune

Published Jun 12, 2013 03:35PM MDT

Chris Shelton recalls his first opening day in the Major Leagues. It was in Toronto in 2004, and the wide-eyed Cottonwood graduate was awestruck. From his perspective, he had arrived. “I had my first at-bat against Roy Halladay, and it was kind of overwhelming to be on the same field,” Shelton said. “All the guys you watched growing up are on the field, and you realize you’re on the same field. It was above and beyond what you would ever think, but everything you dreamed it would be.” Stories li...