OGDEN—Costly errors were too much for the Mountain Crest softball team to overcome Tuesday on the road at Bonneville, not even a six-run seventh inning surge was enough falling to the Lakers, 7-6.   The Mustangs ( 7-2, 1-1) were held scoreless for the first six innings, before they launched a single-inning six-run comeback that came up just two bases short.   “It was a close one,” said MC head coach Mike Anderson. “We scored all six runs in the seventh inning and left the tying run on second. We...

    LOGAN—It was an emotional night at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum Friday night as the Utah State men’s basketball team honored their three senior players in their final regular season home game with an impressive come-from-behind 67-50 win over Idaho.   Led by sophomore guard Preston Medlin, who had a career-high 32 points, the Aggies (15-14, 6-6) used an explosive second half  to earn the victory over their Western Athletic Conference foe.  After trailing the Vandals by 15 points with just over four minutes left in the first...

OGDEN—After losing at the buzzer in Brigham City just two days ago, the Mountain Crest boy’s basketball team again saw their dwindle in the final minutes to lose their second-straight region road game to Bonneville Friday.   The Mustangs (8-6, 2-2) led the Lakers by as much as eight early in the game, but saw the Lakers (9-6, 3-1) take the lead for good when Bonneville senior Quinton Larson hit his sixth 3-pointer of the night with 2:14 left in the game.   The Mustangs fought to close the gap,...

  LOGAN— “Its good to be home,” Utah State junior forward Kyisean Reed said Thursday night after the Aggies snapped a two-game losing streak with a 77-72 win over the University of Hawaii at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum.   It was the first home game for the USU’s men’s basketball team since Jan. 7, when the Aggies had a school-record 33-home-game winning streak against Western Athletic Conference opponents snapped in a loss to Nevada.   The Aggies (11-10, 3-3) then took a four-game road trip which saw them go...

BRIGHAM CITY—The Mountian Crest Mustangs suffered their first region loss of the season Wednesday night as Box Elder’s Taylor Wilding hit a layup at the end of regulation to win the game 53-51.   After Mountain Crest’s Cody Perkes hit the back-end of his two free throw attempts with 10 seconds left to tie the game up at 51 with less than 10 seconds left, the Bees decided not to call timeout and in-bounded the ball to mid-court. Wilding then cut to the basket behind the Mustang defense and got...

HYRUM—The Roy Royals were without their 6′ 8″ stat leader Friday night, but the Mountain Crest Mustangs boys’ basketball team took no mercy as they won their second-straight region game 58-21.   Juniors, Fiamifili Laulu-Pututau and Eddy Hall each scored 12 for the Mustangs as they combined for more points than the entire Roy team. Senior Justin Petersen netted 10 for Mountain Crest and Tyler Crosbie added eight in a well-rounded team effort.   “It’s very good when we get lots of guys in the scoring column,” MC head coach...

HYRUM—Headed into Friday night’s home game against Layton, the Mountain Crest boys’ basketball team was on a five-game winning streak and was 3-0 against teams from Utah’s 5A Region 1.   Those winning-streaks were halted as the Mustangs (6-4) ended preseason play with a disappointing 53-35 loss to the Lancers (5-5).   The Mustangs struggled against an athletic Layton team that ran a variety of aggressive defenses that forced 19 turnovers and held the Mustangs to their lowest point total of the season.   Junior guard Tyler Crosbie had 11...

PLAIN CITY—After suffering their first loss of the season Wednesday night, the Sky View girl’s basketball team (7-1) bounced back with a 57-55 win at Fremont (3-5) Friday night.   A big fourth quarter was the difference for the Bobcats as they outscored the Silverwolves 21-13 in the final period to upset the 5A opponent. Senior guard Whitney Alvey had eight of her game-high 15 points in the period.   “It was an all around good ball game for everybody,” SV head coach Kimber Hall said. “We played really good...

    WICHITA—The Utah State men’s basketball team scored 56 second-half points and rallied from a 21-point first half deficit to pull within four, but couldn’t get the victory Saturday night losing at Wichita State, 83-76.   Utah State shot 53.8 percent on the night and had five players score in double-figures, but turnovers and a 17-0 surge by the Shockers to end the first half were too much for the Aggies to overcome.   “It is a game we knew coming in that it was going to be extremely...

  POCATELLO— Coming off a tough loss at Texas A & M Corpus Christi, Utah State head coach Stew Morrill started his fourth different lineup in five games this year at Pocatello Saturday night against Idaho State, and it worked as the Aggies made 19 3-pointers in a 75-62 win over the Bengals.   Utah State jumped out to 6-0 lead off of two quick threes from sophomore Preston Medlin and freshman Adam Thoseby, who got his first career start as an Aggie.   The Bengals kept the game close in...