Box Elder High School

Jay Pulsipher Hawkes, born Feb. 15, 1927, died Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, in Provo. A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8, at Lindquist’s Layton Mortuary, 1867 N. Fairfield Road. Friends may visit from 10 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Wednesday at the mortuary. Interment, North Honeyville Cemetery at 1 p.m. Post condolences at www.lindquistmortuary.com. See the complete obituary in the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

WASHINGTON TERRACE -- It was not smooth sailing this week for the league-leading Lakers.

First up was a rocky six-point road win Tuesday over last-place Box Elder. Then Thursday, Bonneville had to regroup after a turnover-plagued, three-point third quarter to subdue the Grizzlies 49-37 and remain undefeated in Region 5.

"I think we had a good first half," Lakers junior guard/forward Emilie Volk said. "We weren't up on our feet like we should have been on defense and they got some 3-pointers. We couldn't miss when we were up there (shooting 49.1 percent in a 65-39 win on Jan. 17). I think we were ready; our shots weren't falling as much."

The best drill teams in regions 1, 5, 6, 11 and 17 will take aim at state championship titles this weekend at Utah Valley University’s UCCU Center.

The 5-A and 4-A championships will run from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday. Saturday, the 3-A, 2-A and 1-A teams take to the floor from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Defending 4-A champion Bountiful will face strong challenges from 2011 runner-up Bonneville, as well as Mountain Crest, Box Elder, Sky View and Logan from Region 5, as well as Clearfield out of Region 6.

HYRUM -- The Mountain Crest swim teams swept the Region 5 championships on Friday at the Stang Aquatic Center.

Hailey Pabst led the Mustangs with titles and a pair of Region 5 records.

The Mountain Crest boys dominated the meet, winning all but two events.

During the next week, swim pools around the state will be echoing with the cheers and tears of Top of Utah high school swimmers as they battle for state qualifications and region titles at a handful of championship meets.

With Viewmont tucked into a Salt Lake region this year, the Region 1 forecast calls for a Weber High surge for both the boys and girls titles. They'll be led by top performers Elizabeth Tomon, Erin Nordhill, Brighton West, Rachel De Young, Mary Williams, and Rachel Wilding for the girls; and Chandler Ward, Tim Romney, Shea Smith, Drake Mendelson, Tim Romney, John Brasher, Josh Nguyen, and Jon Vu for the boys.

CLEARFIELD -- In another one of those geographic anomalies, Layton and Clearfield met Tuesday evening in a preseason game rather than a league contest.

With the two neighboring schools residing in different regions this year, the Lancers used the game to draft a plan for their upcoming campaign this Friday. For the Falcons, it's back to the drawing board.

Layton scored early and often on the inside, led by 26 points in the second stanza, and rolled to a 60-42 defeat of the Falcons.

BRIGHAM CITY -- A couple of one-win teams met Friday in prep boys basketball action, and Box Elder turned up the defense and coasted to an 82-43 victory over Bear River.

The Bees (2-6) led 30-22 at halftime, but held the Bears (1-9) to 21 points in the second half.

Meanwhile, the Bees Shad Watson drilled five 3-pointers en route to a 32-point scoring performance. A dozen of his teammates found the scoring column.