Santaquin Lady Warriors South Valley Champs A Santaquin girls youth basketball team was honored at this week’s city council meeting for their stellar performance at the South Valley Tournament two weeks ago. The Santaquin Warriors secured the regional championship for 7-8th grade girls by defeating three teams in the tournament featuring squads from Santaquin, Payson,…
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FINAL: Payson 61, Morgan 63 By Spencer Durrant Payson High Student Writer ST. GEORGE – Four quarters weren’t enough for Payson and Morgan, who had to take their game to overtime to determine the victor. Morgan junior forward Jake Miles hit a running jumper in the paint with only 3.2 seconds left in overtime leaving…
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FINAL: Payson 38, Cedar 54 By Spencer Durrant Payson High Student Writer ST. GEORGE- What started out as a defensive struggle turned into a Cedar blowout during the quarterfinals of the 3A state basketball tournament. Both Payson and Cedar started the game looking confident, and both teams were competing ferociously. Defense was definitely the theme…
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Win sends Payson to Quarterfinals in St. George FINAL: Payson 71, Ogden 56 In the first quarter of the round one showdown between Payson and Ogden, it looked like the Lions weren’t ready for the pressure. Ogden jumped out on Payson early with a defensive intensity that had the number-one seeded Lions back on their…
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Payson’s star guard leads his team to the state tournament this year By Spencer Durrant, Payson High Student Sports Writer Clint Bateman, the quiet, unassuming young man that lives and works on Utah’s largest dairy farm is also one of nine seniors from Utah nominated for selection to the McDonald’s High School All-American team. Bateman is…
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First time in over 20 years that Payson has gone 10-0 in region FINAL: Payson 78, Spanish Fork 64 “It feels good to make your mark on history,” said Payson guard Skyler Rowley. Yes, it does. For the first time in more than two decades the Payson High School boys basketball team finished region play…
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Lions defeat Juab and take Region 12 with authority FINAL: Payson 73, Juab 50 It’s difficult to decide what’s most impressive about the Payson Lions boys basketball team right now. Is it the fact that they ran an aggressive Juab Wasps team into the ground in a 73-50 blowout win Tuesday night? Is it the…
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A victory in Delta has Payson looking to finish strong FINAL: Payson 59, Delta 47 It was a new year, and Payson (then 7-4) had just lost at home to the visiting Wasatch Wasps in a close game. The loss capped off a rough stretch that had plagued the Lions’ boy’s basketball team with four…
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