Competition

OGDEN — Hearts were beating to the rhythm of the music Friday night at the Ogden Amphitheater during the 10th annual Battle of the Bands.

The event, sponsored by the Standard-Examiner, brings together the best bands from high schools all over the Top of Utah.

This year, eight bands performed, competing for the grand prize of $500 cash, a $500 gift certificate, $200 donated by hip-hop collective BassMint Pros, and the opportunity to be interviewed and perform live on 88.1 FM, an Ogden radio station.

ANTELOPE ISLAND — Among the racers talking about their experience on the first day of the USA Cycling Collegiate Road National Championships, one superlative kept popping up.

Beautiful.

Friday’s time trial races at Antelope Island featured sunny skies, ideal temperatures in the low 60s, and plenty of praise for the 21-mile course along the east side of the island.

CENTERVILLE — Three Davis County teenagers have qualified to compete in a national rocketry challenge that demands planning and precision, especially to keep the payload — an egg — from breaking.

Viewmont High School sophomores Hunter Davis and Quin Stewart, along with Centerville Junior High School seventh-grader Mac Johnson will compete in next month’s Team America Rocketry Challenge at Great Meadow in The Plains, Va. The May 11 competition will feature the top 100 teams from across the country.

“We have to launch a rocket carrying an egg 750 feet in the air. It has 48 to 50 seconds to return,” said Davis. “If we are off one foot in either direction we lose one point, and if we are off by a second we lose four points.”

MANTUA — A worker dips a large net into the water, and as he begins to pull it out, its occupants wriggle and writhe, splashing water on everyone within a 10-foot radius.

The net is placed into a tub of frigid water on the back of a vehicle. After a minute or so, the commotion dies down, and Chris Haramoto reaches in and pulls out a rainbow trout weighing about 4 pounds.

“You’ll know it when you hook this guy,” Haramoto says.

LAYTON — For four years, Corey Hanley, 18, of Albuquerque, N.M., has qualified for the JROTC National Air Rifle Marksmanship Championship.

This year, fresh off LASIK eye surgery, Hanley, a member of the Marine Corps JROTC, isn’t expecting anything different.

OGDEN — The sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders huddled over paper, scratching out figures and letting their fingers fly over calculators in an effort to beat each other in competitive math.

OGDEN — There was a whole lot of relaxation going on at Weber State University Saturday afternoon.