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Prep baseball: 5A rivals Brennon Lund and Tanner Draper relish chance to play in college

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 23:51:32 MDT

Prep baseball: 5A rivals Brennon Lund and Tanner Draper relish chance to play in college

By Christopher Kamrani The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated Jun 8, 2013 11:51PM MDT

Ogden • One hopped the dugout railing, while the other leapt the small concrete stairs to get to the infield clay at Lindquist Field. It was, at long last, the official last day of high school baseball, so Brennon Lund and Tanner Draper were chatting up a storm in the south end dugout at Lindquist Field Saturday afternoon. When they hurried out of the dugout to listen to the pregame speech prior to the Class 5A senior All-Star Game in Ogden, Draper made sure his Region 4 rival and club teammate ...

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Draper football camp popularity explodes

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:59:35 MDT

Draper football camp popularity explodes

By Jon Clifford Special to The Tribune

Updated Jun 14, 2013 01:59PM MDT

Football always has been a sport for every season — training camps in the spring and summer, critical games in the autumn air, playoffs on snow-covered turf. Now it truly is a year-round event. With the emergence of indoor leagues for the winter and spring and the growing popularity of 7-on-7 passing camps, those passionate about the pigskin can get their fix just about any day of the year. “It used to be football didn’t start until camp,” said Mark Battaglia, an assistant coach at Jordan High a...

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Record number of Utah inmates graduate high school

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 23:11:50 MDT

Record number of Utah inmates graduate high school

By Brooke Adams The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated Jun 12, 2013 11:11PM MDT

A record-high number of state inmates — 360 men and women — received high school diplomas Wednesday in a graduation ceremony at the Utah State Prison in Draper. Another 140 inmates at the Central Utah Correctional Facility in Gunnison will graduate from high school programs later this month. The Utah Department of Corrections coordinates with the Canyons School District in Draper and South Sanpete School District in Gunnison to provide high school equivalency programs. Various county jails that...