SMITHFIELD— One day removed from a late-inning rally at Roy, the Bobcats’ comeback bid fell short as the lost to the Royals at home for the second time this season, 6-5. The loss dropped Sky View into a tie for second place in the region standing with valley-rival Logan. “We just take them lightly, we think we’re going to win,” senior Jason Oliverson said. “We come out thinking we can just step on the field and win without really trying – that just takes us out of...
ROY—In a heartbreaking double overtime loss, the Mountain Crest Mustang boys’ soccer team fell 3-2 to the Roy Royals at Roy Tuesday. “My guys played a good game,” Mountain Crest head coach Mike Gurney said. “We felt like we had a good game plan and the guys executed it well. We felt like we could just defend a little bit and attack when we wanted, and we did that and had a lot of opportunities. They scored in literally the 100th minute. The referee said that he was to...
HYRUM—Brady Lowe scored a hat trick to lead the Mountain Crest lacrosse team to a 17-10 win over valley rival Logan Thursday evening. Mountain Crest jumped out to a 7-0 lead through the first quarter and rolled the remainder of the game. Lowe found the back of the net 46 seconds in the first quarter and Brandon Tobey would score again just seconds later off a pass from Dallin Bindrup. Bindrup rounded out the seven-goal onslaught his own goal with 33 seconds remaining in the quarter. “We...
HYRUM—The Mountain Crest boys lacrosse club is still undefeated after they used a second-half offensive surge Tuesday to beat a strong defensive Fremont team 9-5 at Mountain Crest. Six Mustangs scored in the game, led by leading scorer senior attack Brady Lowe who netted three, while fellow attack Dallin Bindrup added two of his own and an assist. For the Mustangs (7-0) who have outscored their opponents 98-42, it was their lowest point total of the season and the first time they have been held below double-digits....
BRIGHAM CITY— Mountain Crest girl’s softball suffered their second loss in two days Tuesday falling to Box Elder 11-1 in five innings. The game was within grasp for the Mustangs until Box Elder blew it open with powerful offense and stifling pitching in the later innings, keeping any hope of a MC comeback out of reach. After beating Box Elder handily in their first meeting this season, the second time around was a different story. Mustangs pitcher Jordan Smith gave up only one run in the first...
HYRUM—The Mountain Crest baseball team held on to beat Roy in a 3-2 dogfight Tuesday. In what at first seemed to be an offensive showcase, both teams’ bats died down quickly, shifting the game into a defensive battle. Roy started strong scoring their only two runs of the game in the first inning off of two hits and an MC error. The Mustangs came back with three runs of their own thanks largely to third baseman Justin Petersen. With two outs, Petersen hit a two-run double that brought...
HYRUM—Mountain Crest soccer started region play off right with a 5-0 win against valley-rival Sky View Tuesday at Lynn R. Miller field. “It feels good to beat Sky View,” said MC’s Josh Worley, who had one goal and one assist on the day. “It’s a rivalry game and usually Sky View is a little closer than that. They got some good kids over there and they work really hard. I just thought we came out and and beat them as a whole. I don’t think there were really any...
The Mountain Crest boy’s soccer team suffered its third straight loss Wednesday, falling 3-0 to East High. Seniors James Barker, Abbi Iftin and Faysal Abdi each scored for the Leopards as the Mustangs were unable to capitalize on any scoring chances. “We saw some improvements,” MC head coach Mike Gurney said. “I’m not discouraged. We just need to play a little bit harder and a little bit smarter so we can be more clean out there on the field.” In a back-and-forth game, East found the back of...
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...
SALEM—The Mountain Crest Mustangs came up empty Wednesday as the Salem Hills Skyhawks claimed the 2-0 victory. The Skyhawks got their first goal early in the game as Payden Pemberton scored in the 10th minute to give Salem Hills an early 1-0 lead. “Pemberton is probably one of the best players in the state,” MC head coach Mike Gurney said. Mountain Crest (1-1) was able to out-shoot Salem Hills 15-5 for the game, but they were unable to convert on any of their chances. “We had...