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Uintah heads into the Region 8 tennis tournament as the No.

Uintah went 1-2 against Mountain View to finish the Region 8 baseball schedule.The Utes hosted Union Monday night to complete the regular season.Uintah honored seniors Tyler Ivins, Jaron Colton, Sheason Sheffield, Ryan Mansfield, Dace Pope and Derick Hardy before the doubleheader with the Bruins April 25.Uintah played inspired baseball for all seven innings to earn a 12-4 victory.The Utes reached on the scoreboard in the bottom of the first inning after Mountain View committed an error and Hardy singled, each scoring one run.The Bruins took the lead 3-2 in the top of the second.Uintah captured the advantage back 5-3 in the bottom of the second when Colton hit a two-run double and Angels Rios singled, scoring one run.Uintah added one run in the third when Ivins singled after a nine-pitch at-bat, making the scoreboard read 6-3.The Utes scored five times in the bottom of the fifth inning on four hits for the win.Pope started on the mound where he pitched five innings, striking out five and walked one.Hardy threw the final two innings of scoreless ball in relief.Uintah registered 14 hits in the game.Colton, Mansfield and Rios each drove in two runs.

Uintah is on track to win a region golf title but the Lady Utes are swinging to continue to improve in the stretch drive of the regular season.Uintah has won all five of the 4A Region 8 tournaments they have competed in.

Uintah was dominating for two consecutive days of tennis in front of its home fans.

Big time hits were put into place for Uintah when the baseball game was on the line against Salem Hills.Ryan Mansfield ripped a triple in the bottom of the 11th inning.Sheason Sheffield laid down a perfect bunt to score Mansfield for the game-winning run in 5-4 win with the Skyhawks in Vernal April 20.“Ryan is our No.

Duchesne junior pitcher Kyson Giles overpowered Summit Academy with an incredible 20 strikeouts in a 4-0 road win.

The Union boys and Uintah girls track and field teams piled up enough points to win titles at the Eastern Utah Championship at Price April 19.The Cougars finished the meet with 326 points.

Tom Clark has created a successful high school football career as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at North Cobb in Kennesaw, Georgia.He was recently hired to be the new head football coach at Duchesne.Clark replaces Jerry Cowan, who stepped down from the position, to be in charge of the Hurricane program.“I’m extremely excited,” Clark said.

The McMickell family are living proof of how Chronic kidney disease can make an impact and what blessings can come from it.Scott donated a kidney to his son Syrus at the end of July in 2022.

Uintah wanted to use the softball contest with Grantsville as a measuring stick on how much they have improved this season.The Lady Cowboys, who are the defending Class 3A champions, are on track to compete for another title next month.