ROY— The Mountain Crest Mustangs travelled to Roy to take on the Royals Friday in the last game of the regular season. Despite the Royals battling for the final playoff spot in Region 5, the region champion Mustangs had no problem, winning 8-1.   “It was a good overall outing for us,” Mountain Crest head coach Steve Hansen said.   Ben Weese won the game on the mound for the Mustangs, pitching seven innings and only allowing a single run. Mountain Crest hit the ball well, getting nine hits....

  HYRUM— After all was ran and thrown in the Region 5 Track and Field Championships, the Mountain Crest girls squad walked away as champions.   “It’s exciting. These girls have worked so hard,” MC head coach Rob Thomas said. “The girls stepped up and finished. They wanted it. They’ve worked so hard to get it. We’re excited to move on and improve.”   In the boy’s division, Sky View was unable to hold off Bonneville down the stretch, and the Bobcats finished second behind the Lakers for region honors...

  ROY— The three valley schools all travelled to Roy Wednesday to play in the Region 5 Tennis Tournament. Logan emerged victorious, winning with 45 points. Bonneville took second with 39 points, Sky View finished third with 28 points, and Mountain Crest finished fourth with 20 points. Box Elder and Roy rounded out the bottom half of the region.   Logan’s singles players lost all their matches, but each game was close and competitive. Parker Jones of Bonneville defeated Andrew Hugie 6-2, 2-6, 6-1 in first singles. In second singles,...

    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...

    HYRUM— The Logan Grizzlies were able to get the 1-0 victory over Mountain Crest Wednesday afternoon on Senior Day for the Mustangs. With the win the Grizzlies put a halt to the Mustangs 12-game winning streak. It’s been nearly a month since the Mustangs suffered their last loss, a 6-2 setback to another valley rival Sky View, back on April 10th.   It was a bit of payback for the Grizzlies, who lost to MC on Tuesday, as the Mustangs went on to claim the Region 5 title....

  ROY— The Sky View Bobcats travelled to Roy Tuesday for a matchup against the Royals. In a hard fought game on both sides, the Bobcats squeaked by, winning 5-2.   Sky View played well in the field, not committing a single error. They were able to gather eight hits, but Roy had the edge with nine hits. Jake Parks won his first game of the season on the mound for the Bobcats.   After two scoreless innings, the Bobcats jumped out to a 2-0 lead after the top of...

    HYRUM— The Mountain Crest softball team suffered its fourth straight loss Tuesday afternoon, as it found itself on the wrong end of a lopsided game, losing 11-0 to the Roy Royals.   The Mustangs struggled to get any momentum going, as the Royals dominated the game from the mound. Led by senior Jamie Aiken, who nearly threw a perfect game, Roy was able to take an early 1-0 lead after the first inning.   The defense of both teams dug in during the second inning, as neither team...

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...

ROY—The Sky View boy’s soccer team continued to struggle Friday at Roy as they were shut out by the Royals 4-0.   The Royals have proven to be a tough opponent for everyone in Region 5 play, and today was no different. Roy scored two goals in the first half, along with two in the second. They continued to play strong defense as well as the Royals kept the Bobcats from hitting the back of the net.   Roy’s Brock Charlesworth scored two goals and Michael Ropelato and Trase Stapley...

OGDEN—The Logan high school boy’s soccer team suffered their first lost in five games Friday afternoon on the road against the Bonneville Lakers, 2-1.   “We played pretty good,” Logan head coach Tod Martin said. “We were short a few guys, our line-up and rotation we had for the last six games was different today. We were tired from the week we had and by playing Roy. I thought they did alright under the circumstances.”     The first half saw both teams create goal scoring opportunities, but neither team...