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SALT LAKE CITY -- The Utah Blaze (6-4) will look to avenge an early-season loss this Saturday when they go head-to-head with the San Antonio Talons (7-3) at EnergySolutions Arena.

The two teams previously squared off in Week One when the Talons narrowly emerged with a 54-48 win.

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.

WASHINGTON TERRACE -- The Outlaws still have work to do, something they don't shy away from, but if Thursday evening was any indication, the 2012 campaign could truly be Ogden's finest hours.

Lining up against defending Southwest Division champion Fresno, Ogden battled the Fuego to a 0-0 draw at Bonneville High School.

BURBANK, Calif. -- Junior Dos Santos got into only a few street fights as a kid in Brazil, and he doesn't remember winning any of them.

"I was a crying boy," the 6-foot-4, 240-pound Dos Santos said over lunch this week. "I got beat up. I didn't like it."

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- The end of the season hit the Phoenix Coyotes particularly hard.

After scratching and clawing their way deeper into the playoffs than they had ever been, the Coyotes were struck by the did-that-just-happen shock of an overtime goal that simultaneously ended Game 5 of the Western Conference finals and their season.

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.

JORDAN -- The dream run of the Syracuse Titans lasted for six full innings Wednesday afternoon -- then a tight strike zone and fate stepped in and stopped the train down its headed path.

Holding a 4-3 lead, the Titans gave up six runs on six hits in the top of the seventh inning and lost their game against the Bingham Miners, 9-4.