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Prep softball: Barrera gets Roy into 4-A semifinal

Last updated Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 11:04pm

TAYLORSVILLE -- With her team down 5-3 in the last inning of Tuesday's 4-A championship-bracket game, Jordynn Barrera stepped to the plate for Roy High knowing she had to put the ball in play and try to move the base runner the Royals had on.

Turns out it was easier for her to just hit a two-run dinger, tying the game and sending it to extra innings where the Royals scored the final run in the bottom of the eighth to advance with a 6-5 win over Region 6 champion Bountiful at the Valley Softball Complex.

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Bear River High players celebrate after beating Spanish Fork for the state 3-A softball championship at Salt Lake Community College on Monday. The win marked Bear River’s fifth consecutive state title.

Bears lock up fifth straight 3-A softball crown

Dennis Larsen Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, May 21, 2012 - 10:22pm

TAYLORSVILLE -- It is best not to wake a slumbering Bear.

After getting run-ruled for the first time this season while also suffering just its second shutout, three-time defending Region 11 champion Bear River had two choices: Feel sorry for itself and engage in negativity with finger-pointing or regroup and make history.

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Prep softball: Bears one win from five-peat

Dennis Larsen Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, May 19, 2012 - 10:34pm

TAYLORSVILLE -- One more win puts Da Bears into rarefied air.

No school has swept five consecutive state softball titles. Bingham (1991-94) and Bear River (2008-11) each have won four.

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Prep softball: Weather puts Bear River in holding pattern

Staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, May 18, 2012 - 10:37pm

TAYLORSVILLE -- The Bear River softball team was stalled on deck Friday as the morning rain storm made the Valley Softball Complex fields unplayable for much of the day.

The Bears (23-4) will meet Spanish Fork today at 10 a.m., and could play at 2:30 p.m. with a victory. A loss would put the Bears in a situation of needing to win as many as three more games today to make it back to the state 3-A championship game, now set for Monday at 2 p.m. at Salt Lake Community College.

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NM widow sues Utah crematory, claims ashes mix-up

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, April 25, 2012 - 9:29am

SALT LAKE CITY -- A New Mexico widow is suing a Utah crematory after she says they gave her ashes that weren't her husband's.

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Woman reports attempted rape on Jordan River trail

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - 10:46am

TAYLORSVILLE -- Taylorsville police are looking for a man who reportedly tried to rape a 22-year-old woman while she was walking her dog on the Jordan River Parkway.

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ShayLynne Clark, a soon-to-graduate Weber State University student, worked with the WSU Chamber Choir and a student dance teacher to collaborate on a performance called "Coil." The project was part of Clark's research on how groups come up with ideas. She found that groups with a leader who steps back when ideas are flowing come up with more creative ideas than groups with an overbearing leader or a leader who doesn't truly lead. "Coil" will be staged Thursday. (Contributed photo)

WSU student: Groups solve problems more creatively with right leader

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - 6:15am

OGDEN — ShayLynne Clark plans to graduate from Weber State University in May and head to medical school this fall. And for her four years of hard work, she will take with her three bachelor’s degrees, in anthropology, microbiology and interdisciplinary studies with an emphasis on chemistry.

She’ll also take with her the strong belief, backed by her own research, that people who work together productively as a group can solve problems a lot more creatively than they could in groups with overbearing leaders.

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GOP: Control of federal lands in Utah key to state's economy, education

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, March 2, 2012 - 10:17pm

SALT LAKE CITY — If Utah does not get control over federal lands within its borders, two local lawmakers worry, it could severely impact the state’s economy in the long run.

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Taylorsville man shoots roomate instead of mouse

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, February 28, 2012 - 3:47pm

TAYLORSVILLE -- A 27-year-old Taylorsville man is facing charges after police say he tried to shoot a mouse in his pantry and ended up shooting his roommate.

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(Erin Hooley/Standard-Examiner) The Syracuse Titans pile on top of each other as they celebrate their win over Weber in the girls' basketball championship final between Syracuse and Weber at Salt Lake City Community College on Saturday.

Girls basketball: Titans cap perfect season with state title

Dennis Larsen Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, February 25, 2012 - 11:38pm

TAYLORSVILLE -- After a one-year hiatus, Titan Mania is back with a vengeance.

Four-time defending Region 1 champion Syracuse High proved you can beat the same team three times in a season, while reclaiming its perch atop state 5-A girls basketball hierarchy.

Dominating league foe Weber in the paint and on fast-break points, the Titans wrapped up their second undefeated season in three years Saturday with a 63-50 victory in the 5-A championship game at Salt Lake Community College.

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The Syracuse Titans pile on top of each other as they celebrate their win over Weber High School in the girls' basketball championship final between Syracuse and Weber at Salt Lake City Community College Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012. Syracuse won the 5A championship game 63-50. (Erin Hooley/Standard-Examiner)

Syracuse versus Weber High School girls state basketball finals: Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012

Erin Hooley, Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Saturday, February 25, 2012 - 8:55pm

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Unbeaten Syracuse Titans top Weber for state 5-A girls basketball crown

Standard-Examiner staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, February 25, 2012 - 10:36pm

TAYLORSVILLE -- With a second-half effort worthy of a championship team, the Syracuse High Titans won the state 5-A girls basketball championship Saturday with a 63-50 victory over Region 1 rival Weber at Salt Lake Community College's Bruin Arena.

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Weber High’s bench erupts in celebration after a made free-throw attempt late in the state 5-A semifinals against Riverton in Taylorsville on Friday. The Warriors won 50-42 to advance to the state championship.

Girls basketball: Warriors punch ticket to 5-A final

Dennis Larsen Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, February 25, 2012 - 8:34pm

TAYLORSVILLE -- The expected against the unexpected. The favorite versus the dark horse.

Does Weber High have enough firepower to take down the Titans -- who are seeking their second state 5-A title in three years -- in today's 1 p.m. championship showdown in Bruin Arena?

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Syracuse High coach Rob Reisbeck leads his team in a cheer after defeating American Fork during the state 5-A semifinals in Salt Lake City on Friday. The Titans won 59-39.

Girls basketball: Titans roll, return to 5-A title game

Dennis Larsen Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, February 24, 2012 - 10:29pm

TAYLORSVILLE -- Individual recognition does not matter to Natasha Monroe. All she craves are wins and championships.

On a team with two NCAA Division I signees, Brittney Martin and Makenlee Williams, Monroe is not the center of attention. But where would the state 5-A runner-up Titans be without their senior point guard?

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(ERIN HOOLEY/Standard-Examiner) Syracuse’s Courtney Starks jumps for a shot against Lone Peak in the 5-A state quarterfinals at Salt Lake City Community College on Thursday. Syracuse won to move on to the semis.

Girls basketball: Syracuse, Weber move on to semis

Dennis Larsen Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, February 24, 2012 - 10:33pm

TAYLORSVILLE -- It is not the matchup the Warriors really wanted, but they are in the state basketball tournament semifinals for the first time since 1987.

To no one's surprise, state 5-A runner-up Syracuse High secured yet another semifinal berth at the four-day girls showcase.

Weber, in its first quarterfinal-round appearance since 2009 and playing a Bingham team it lost to by eight points at Pleasant View on Dec. 22, 2011, blew a 10-point, second-quarter lead Thursday against the Miners at Salt Lake Community College.

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