Morgan

MORGAN -- The Region 11 champion Trojans breezed to an easy 72-50 win over the last place Grantsville Cowboys Wednesday night in a game that was never close.

Morgan started the evening with a 13-1 run and never looked back, leading by as many as 30 points in the first half and 35 in the second before calling off the dogs. A 15-0 Grantsville run against Morgan's subs late in the fourth quarter made the score sound more respectable than the game actually was.

Jake Miles drilled four 3-pointers and scored 17 points to lead the Trojans. Colby Skinner added 11 points off the bench, while Garret Kuns and Cameron Skinner finished with nine points apiece. Kuns led Morgan with seven rebounds, while Christian Wiscombe dished out nine assists for the Trojans, who conclude their regular season next Tuesday at Stansbury.

OGDEN -- Weber-Morgan Health Department will visit schools through the end of April to offer sixth-graders the whooping cough vaccine.

MORGAN -- Lively, energetic, passionate. All are apropos terms used to describe this year's Morgan Trojans.

Coach Jim Wiscombe has another label: blue-collar. That one might have been the most fitting on Friday night as the hard-working Trojans knocked off bitter rival Bear River 64-51 and ensured themselves the No. 1 seed from Region 11 in the upcoming state 3-A playoffs.

OGDEN -- Alexis Rasmussen died of a drug overdose late Sept. 10 or early Sept. 11 in the home of Eric and Dea Millerberg where she was baby-sitting.

The overdose was not intentional, rather the reckless result of child abuse, Weber County Attorney Dee Smith said at a Tuesday afternoon news conference.

After a four-month investigation, Eric Millerberg was charged Tuesday with child abuse homicide and three other felonies in the death of the North Ogden teen.

MORGAN -- If you score the first 33 points of the game, chances are pretty good you're going to win.

That's precisely what Morgan did against Ben Lomond on Tuesday night. The Scots couldn't manage a single basket until midway through the second quarter when Taylor Hughes finally hit a free throw to put the Scots on the board.

Dale H. Thurston died of a heart attack Monday, Jan. 16, 2012. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012, at the Milton Church, 1255 N. Morgan Valley Drive, in Morgan, Utah. Friends may visit family from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 20, and from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Saturday at the church. Interment will be at Milton Cemetery. In lieu of flowers the family suggests donations be made to your LDS Ward Missionary Fund or the Church Perpetual Education Fund. Post condolences at www.walker-mortuary.com. To read the full obituary, see the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

Donna M. France, 82, died Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 19, at South Morgan Cemetery, 355 S. State, Morgan. Friends may visit family from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday and 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Thursday at Lindquist's Ogden Mortuary, 3408 Washington Blvd. Post condolences at www.lindquistmortuary.com. Read the full obituary in the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.