correspondent

JORDAN -- One pitch at a time. Every inning, all game long.

That is the motto Syracuse coach Jeff Bearnson has been preaching to his team in the five years the school has existed.

And in the case of the Titans, they lived and breathed it for the entire game Tuesday morning.

WOODS CROSS — As the missed scoring opportunities started to pile up, Davis coach Souli Phongsavath started to get nervous. His Darts were nursing a 1-0 lead, the clock drawing close to expiration, and Copper Hills was on the attack.

In the end, though, Phongsavath’s fears were assuaged, as the Darts’ single goal was enough to send them past the Grizzlies and into Thursday’s state 5-A championship against Brighton at 7 p.m. at Rio Tinto Stadium.

OGDEN -- Dee Elementary is moving up.

LAYTON -- City leaders have agreed to rezone a 9.5- acre parcel of property at 275 N. King St. from agricultural to heavy manufacturing-industrial, with an eye to a future project for Kroger Corporation.

SALT LAKE CITY -- After a record-breaking start, the Utah Blaze have dropped two pivotal division games and are in desperate need of a defensive turnaround to stay relevant in the Arena Football League's National Conference West Division.

"We've had two sub-standard performances in a row against the upper-echelon teams in this league," coach Ron James said. "That says it all, because right now we are not playing at that level. We have to be on top of our game to beat these teams."

WEST POINT — A cloud of paper airplanes filled the gym at West Point Junior High School on Friday morning as students set goals to make their world a better place.

In most Top of Utah Schools, the opportunities to earn college credit while in high school are many.

Advanced Placement courses offer students college credit once they pass a cumulative test.

Concurrent enrollment allows high schoolers to take a college class, usually on their high school campus during regular school hours, for both high school and college credit.

Another option is early college, where high school students attend classes on a regular university campus. Taking college classes via correspondence or the Internet is an option as well.