Standard-Examiner Sports

18/04/2025

Baseball at Roy High School is now played on Fred Thompson Field

STORY & PHOTOS: https://www.standard.net/sports/high-school/2025/apr/18/roy-high-renames-baseball-field-for-coaching-icon-fred-thompson/

18/04/2025

There have been almost innumerable changes to the Northern Utah sports scene and how it’s been covered over the last 50 years.

But Bob Judson has been there through it all.

Celebrating his 50th anniversary with ⤵️

OGDEN — With population growth and technology, there have been almost innumerable changes to the Northern Utah sports scene and how it’s been covered over the last 50 years. Just as innumerable: the number of Standard-Examiner sports reports written by Bob Judson, who has been along for the ride...

17/04/2025

HOOK 'EM 🤘🥎

West Field softball, at the command of Mandy Koford, looks anything like anything but a first-year program

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TAYLOR — One could argue Mandy Koford is ahead of schedule on her latest softball project. The inaugural season for West Field High School’s softball team could soon become a winning one as the Longhorns improved to 10-4, third in Region 11, with a 16-1 rout of Sky View at home on Wednesday. Wit...

17/04/2025

"ALL COMERS" RESULTS

🥇Morgan cleans up at Region 13 track and field meet, claiming first in boys and girls competitions

🏅Ogden girls finish third on track

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OGDEN — Ogden High, Ben Lomond and Morgan claimed 21 total events, including 15 on track and another six in field events, at the Region 13 “All Comers” meet Wednesday at Maurice “Rete” Conroy Stadium. Winning 14 events, Morgan finished first overall across the boys (261.50 points) and girl...

15/04/2025

Ogden’s Erik Thompson headlines Utah Sports Hall of Fame’s spring honors

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Longtime Northern Utah football coach Erik Thompson was one of 10 people added to the Utah Sports Hall of Fame’s “Hall of Honor” during its annual spring banquet on April 7 in Salt Lake City. The Hall of Fame’s spring honors name coaches and other prominent figures in Utah sports in “disti...

12/04/2025

NEW: Layton High’s enlisted a former Ute as its latest position coach

Former Utah linebacker Chaz Walker returns to coaching with Trevor Thomas and the Lancers

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LAYTON — Trevor Thomas and Layton High football are another Northern Utah great stronger. The school announced former Utah linebacker and Davis High alum Chaz Walker as its new linebackers coach and defensive assistant Tuesday via social media. Walker joins newly tabbed defensive coordinator Hayde...

11/04/2025

NEW: Corrie Vigil and the Syracuse boys volleyball team are set to part ways at the end of the season, but not without going out hot.

The Titans improved to 12-3 with a fifth consecutive sweep against Layton. has the report.

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SYRACUSE — March ended up a hot month for Syracuse High boys volleyball, doubling down with a 4-0 start to region play by claiming a fifth consecutive sweep, winning Thursday against Layton 25-18, 25-12, 25-15. Having not lost a set in almost three weeks, the Titans are tuning fine in early April....

11/04/2025

Clearfield played small ball in a big way Thursday against Northridge

Falcons run-rule Knights 14-3 for the sweep

Our Bob Judson breaks it all down ⬇️

LAYTON — Clearfield played small ball in a big way Thursday against Northridge. The Falcons used 12 hits — 11 of them singles — plus 10 walks and countless stolen bases to run-rule the Knights 14-3 and sweep their Region 5 softball series. “We scouted them and saw things where we knew we wer...

09/04/2025

Boys volleyball: Between two teams tapping into potential, Weber triumphs over Layton

LAYTON — Weber High boys volleyball coach Derek Bowles likes to sit placidly on the bench and let assistant coach Tim Eyre prowl the sidelines during a match. Bowles had to like what he saw from his team Tuesday as the Warriors picked up their first Region 1 win with a 3-1 (25-18, 25-21, 18-25, [....

09/04/2025

Grace Thomas gave Northridge every opportunity Wednesday versus Davis, including a grand slam for a one-run ballgame in the seventh

But Serena Roth and the Darts escaped 11-10 with a region opener on the road

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SYRACUSE — With the bags full, Grace Thomas didn’t overthink it. Syracuse’s senior third baseman had already homered against Davis ace Serena Roth in the third and now faced Roth for a fourth time in the seventh inning with no outs and the bags filled. Thomas bombed Roth’s high-and-out pitch...

08/04/2025

16 runs on 16 hits got the job done for Northridge, outrunning Bonneville 16-11 Monday at home

Boston Wright claimed 5 RBI and Tyler Martin stepped up late to hold off the Lakers

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LAYTON — After a week off, Northridge and Bonneville tallied a restless 27 combined hits during the first game back in Monday’s Region 5 baseball opener. Senior Boston Wright claimed five RBIs on two of those hits, leading the Knights to a fifth consecutive win by a 16-11 score. Without a home d...

05/04/2025

Baseball isn’t grasped overnight.

Davis County native Kyle Bubak shares his vision and progress at Ogden High with just 16 players this spring.

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OGDEN — Kyle Bubak didn’t take over Ogden High’s baseball program because it’d be easy. A former shortstop at Nebraska – and once a high school hopeful himself growing up in Davis County – Bubak’s revising a roster shortage and lack of resources afflicting the already downtrodden Tiger...

04/04/2025

Chase Jones' senior season is already paying dividends for Fremont High

PLAIN CITY — As a sophomore, Fremont High’s Chase Jones once threw a knuckle ball during his first season on the bump. His pitch slammed into the backstop and Jones quickly removed such an erratic ball from his register. “That was a bad idea,” Jones said. Now a senior and full-time starter i...

04/04/2025

Here’s our end-of-March Northern Utah softball players to watch

With April officially in swing, we’ve gathered our list of end-of-March region leaders and Northern Utah standouts to watch as high school softball season plunges into the unknown. Little under a month into the regular season, we’ve scanned the scorebooks and MaxPreps leaderboards for the follow...

04/04/2025

Prep roundup: Luke Baurele swings strong, Morgan baseball earns pair over Ogden

MORGAN — Morgan High baseball claimed two wins over Ogden, winning 7-4 Wednesday on the road and 10-2 Thursday at home. In Wednesday’s battle, Morgan (10-3, 4-0 Region 13) led 1-0 after the first inning, then scored six runs in the fifth for the win. Luke Bauerle batted 2 for 4 with a double and...

03/04/2025

NEW: Box Elder boys wrestling was named the 5A state runner-up when the dust settled in February.

The school, claiming the UHSAA unfairly reached that result, is preparing for legal action.

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BRIGHAM CITY — The Box Elder boys wrestling team ended its 2025 campaign as the 5A state runner-up. The Bees argue they deserved the crown. A continuing dispute over the disqualification, and subsequent reversal, of a Spanish Fork boys wrestler at the 5A state championships in February now has Box...

01/04/2025

Here's our list of Northern Utah baseball players to watch heading into April

With April officially in swing, we’ve gathered our list of end-of-March region leaders and Northern Utah standouts to watch as high school baseball season plunges into the unknown. A little under a month into the regular season, we’ve scanned the scorebooks and MaxPreps leader boards for the fol...

28/03/2025

NEW: Box Elder alum Brock Hardy and Nebraska are fresh off a historic showing at the NCAA wrestling championship in Philadelphia.

We caught up with Hardy, and his former HS coach Mike Ripplinger, to learn more about the Husker star.

BRIGHAM CITY — Brock Hardy’s more than willing to hop behind the wheel. The Northern Utah native, and four-time state champion at Box Elder High School, recently took his talents a little further down the road becoming one of a school-record eight All-Americans for Nebraska at the 2025 NCAA Wres...