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Bears lock up fifth straight 3-A softball crown

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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Graduation forces game time changes for Weber

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Last updated Monday, May 21, 2012 - 10:15pm

Today's Weber High graduation ceremony will be exciting for the seniors at that school, as well as their family and friends.

So will the Warriors' state 5-A soccer and softball games, which had to be pushed back to accommodate graduation.

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Prep softball: Bear River vs. Spanish Fork, May 21, 2012

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Last updated Monday, May 21, 2012 - 10:14pm

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Salt Lake Community College falls in NJCAA softball championship

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Last updated Sunday, May 20, 2012 - 6:36pm

ST. GEORGE -- Chattanooga State Community College did the unimaginable, coming through the consolation bracket and defeating Salt Lake Community College twice to capture the NJCAA Division I Softball National Championship on Saturday at Dixie State College.

SLCC could not figure out tournament MVP and outstanding pitcher of the tournament, Ashley Czechner. Czechner went all seven innings, only giving up one run on four hits and struck out seven. She had a 3.31 ERA in the tournament going 5-1, throwing 322âÑ3 innings and struck out 37 batters.

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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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Weber High’s Taylor Stroud (left) and Nicole Weiss joke around during the first round of the state 5-A softball tournament against West Jordan in Pleasant View on Tuesday. The Warriors beat the West Jordan Jaguars 11-0 in five innings at Earl Heninger Field.

Prep softball: Warriors dismantle Jaguars in opening round

Dennis Larsen Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 11:19pm

PLEASANT VIEW -- The Warriors' bats were as sizzling as the weather.

Fueled by seven extra-base hits, including four home runs, Region 1 champion Weber High walloped the overmatched Jaguars 11-0 in a five-inning whitewash Tuesday in the state 5-A playoffs at Earl Heninger Field.

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Senior Taylor Stroud his for Weber during the state softball tournament opener against West Jordan at Weber High School in Pleasant View Tuesday, May 15, 2012. Weber beat West Jordan 10-0 in 5 innings. (Erin Hooley/Standard-Examiner)

Prep softball: Weber vs. West Jordan, May 15, 2012

Erin Hooley, Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 11:17pm

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Prep sports week should be busy one

Staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, May 13, 2012 - 5:20pm

With just two weeks to play in the Utah prep sports season, it's all about taking state.

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Prep softball: Bears move on with shutout

Dennis Larsen Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, May 12, 2012 - 10:32pm

GARLAND -- The drive for five may not be a smooth ride.

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

Three-time defending Region 11 champion Bear River took its first step toward a five-peat Saturday with a 2-0 shutout of North Sanpete in the state 3-A playoffs.

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Wildcats' Minnich nets PCSC MVP tab

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Last updated Saturday, May 12, 2012 - 7:46pm

PORTLAND, Ore. -- After helping guide Weber State to one of the most successful seasons in its history, senior third baseman Lyndsey Minnich has been named as the Pacific Coast Softball Conference's Mountain Division player of the year.

Minnich, a 5-foot-8 senior from Kennewick, Wash., set six single-season records and three career records for the Purple and White this season, etching her name in the Wildcats' record books.

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Former coach of Woods Cross High School softball team Steve Drott gives a speech at the end of the fourth inning during a softball game between Woods Cross and Skyline to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society at the high school in Woods Cross on Wednesday. Drott is currently battling bone marrow cancer.

Woods Cross, Skyline softball teams clash - in the name of fighting cancer

Dana Rimington Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, May 10, 2012 - 11:26pm

WOODS CROSS -- This week's softball game at Woods Cross High School was unlike any other played during their softball season.

This time, the school's varsity softball team wasn't just fighting to win; they were fighting for others to live.

The girls have become painfully aware of the stark realities of life, as their former head coach has had to undergo weekly chemotherapy treatments to keep his bone marrow cancer at bay. But that doesn't stop 49-year-old Steve Drott from participating in something he loves.

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Box Elder’s Baylee Reeves (42) is mobbed by her teammates at home plate after hitting a home run against Bonneville in Washington Terrace on Tuesday. The Bees blanked the Lakers 7-0.

Prep softball: Baby bees bag share of Region 5 crown

Dennis Larsen Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, May 8, 2012 - 11:02pm

WASHINGTON TERRACE -- How is a team with only one senior able to win 13 consecutive games and clinch no less than a tie for its first league softball title since 2000?

"When we beat Roy (4-0) the first time (March 29 at Brigham City), we realized we had a good team and we can do whatever we set our mind to," said Box Elder junior right-hander Baylee Reeves.

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Bonneville's Maddi Keesler, left, loses the ball as Box Elder's Baylee Reeves slides into third at a softball game between Bonneville and Box Elder High School in Ogden Tuesday, May 8, 2012. (Erin Hooley/Standard-Examiner)

Prep softball: Box Elder vs. Bonneville, May 8, 2012

Erin Hooley, Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Tuesday, May 8, 2012 - 10:40pm

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3-A baseball, softball playoffs on tap

Staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, May 7, 2012 - 10:04pm

The state 3-A baseball and softball playoffs will begin on Saturday, with the boys soccer finale wrapping up a busy day in the 3-A classification.

Region 11 champion Bear River will host opening-round softball games on Saturday morning, with the winners advancing to the 3-A tournament on May 17-19 at Valley Complex.

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