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The Roy High softball team celebrates its 5-2 victory over Salem Hills in the state 4-A championship game in Taylorsville on Thursday. The win marks Roy’s third state softball title in the last four years.

Prep softball: Royals claim third softball title in four years

Last updated Thursday, May 24, 2012 - 11:27pm

TAYLORSVILLE -- It wasn't in the bag just yet, but Roy's second consecutive state softball title was close at hand when fans began chanting "Back to back! Back to back!"

Spurring their team on, Roy's vocal supporters turned up the volume even higher as right fielder Brittnee Higgs made a diving catch to close out the Royals' 5-2 victory over Salem Hills Thursday afternoon at the Valley Complex.

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Roy High players celebrate a run against Murray during the state 4-A tournament in Taylorsville on Wednesday. The Royals won 9-6 to advance to the championship.

Prep softball: Rowdy Royals roll into championship game

Gentry Reinhart Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, May 23, 2012 - 11:05pm

TAYLORSVILLE -- For the second straight night, the Roy High softball team refused to give up when they were down and after the dust cleared on Wednesday's 4-A semifinal match they had made the championship game for the fourth-straight year.

With Murray up 6-5 in the final inning it was junior short stop Jordynn Barrera who led off Roy's last at-bat with a double that sparked a four-run inning and lifted the Royals to a 9-6 win, keeping their undefeated tournament bid alive.

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Prep softball: Roy vs. Murray, May 23, 2012

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Last updated Wednesday, May 23, 2012 - 10:43pm

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Prep softball: Barrera gets Roy into 4-A semifinal

Gentry Reinhart Standard-Examiner

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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Roy High goalkeeper Kaden Brinkerhoff attempts to stop a penalty kick during a shootout against Orem in the state 4-A quarterfinals in Roy on Friday. After two overtimes, the Royals lost 3-1 in penalty kicks.

Prep soccer: Royals bow out in shootout

Bubba Brown Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, May 18, 2012 - 9:54pm

ROY--Roy coach Glenn Puckrin stood in the shadows, his tearstained players slowly gathering their equipment behind him, and spoke of opportunities that never come again.

After 80 minutes or regularion and overtime wasn't enough to break a 2-2 deadlock, Puckrin's Royals lost in a 3-1 penalty kick shootout to Orem in the state 4-A boys soccer quarterfinals.

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Prep soccer: Roy vs. Orem, May 18, 2012

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Last updated Friday, May 18, 2012 - 7:32pm

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Box Elder’s Kelton Heil (bottom) slides into home against Roy in Brigham City on Monday.

Prep baseball: Bees baffle Royals in play-in game

Chris Christensen Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, May 14, 2012 - 10:37pm

BRIGHAM CITY -- The baseball regular season is over.

From here on out, everyone has the same record and will be fighting for their playoff lives. The dreams of winning state games and that elusive state title actually began a day earlier for at least one Top of Utah team.

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Roy bomb case hearing postponed

Tim Gurrister Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, May 13, 2012 - 9:49pm

OGDEN — A preliminary hearing scheduled for today for a suspect in the Roy High School bomb plot has been postponed as a new attorney has joined the defense team.

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Prep sports: Bees, Bears tune up for run at softball championship

Dennis Larsen Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, May 4, 2012 - 11:45pm

GARLAND -- It is always sweet to upend your crosscounty rival, but the Bees have bigger fish to catch.

Box Elder, chasing the Region 5 softball title along with Roy High, tangles with Bonneville and the defending state 5-A champion Royals next week on the road.

"I'm excited for next week. It's always fun to play Bonneville and Roy," said Bees junior right-hander Baylee Reeves. "We always have them at the end (of the season). We want to win that league title."

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(MATTHEW ARDEN HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner) Roy High School’s Trevor Kennedy throws the ball to first after forcing out Bonneville runner Bryson Longman during a double play on Friday.

Prep baseball: Roy beats Bonneville to keep playoff hopes alive

Matt Gerrish Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, May 4, 2012 - 11:42pm

ROY -- Better late than never.

That's the first thing Roy baseball coach Eric Jones said after his squad defeated Bonneville 8-6 Friday, keeping the Royals' state 4-A playoff hopes alive.

"We are in a must-win mentality right now, but win-loss records go out the window when you are playing your rival," Jones said. "It always feels good to beat those guys (Bonneville)."

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Prep baseball: Royals keep playoff hopes simmering

Staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, May 2, 2012 - 11:38pm

LOGAN -- For the Royals, the playoffs are here.

Roy High's young baseball team has its sights set on the last state 4-A playoff berth, and knows it must get on a winning streak to accomplish the feat.

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