OGDEN — A second-straight trip to the quarterfinals resulted in a loss for Weber State football, but there’s little time to spend on that fact for Jay Hill and his coaching staff. With the early signing period opening next week, coaches have already flipped the switch to the 2019 season.
SALT LAKE CITY — At the end of Utah State men’s basketball practices, head coach Craig Smith puts 2:30 on the clock for a shooting and rebounding drill. There are six baskets with one shooter and one rebounder at each.
BRIGHAM CITY — Riley Dalghren hit an off-balance 3 at the buzzer to complete a comeback and lift Box Elder boys basketball to a 71-70 home win over Ridgeline on Friday.
Salt Lake City got the green light to bid for the Winter Olympics — most likely for 2030 — in an attempt to bring the Games back to the city that hosted in 2002 and provided the backdrop for the U.S. winter team’s ascendance into an international powerhouse.
OGDEN — Amid an 0-6 start to the season, Ben Lomond High School has made changes to its girls basketball coaching staff.
OGDEN — Freshman guard Spencer Johnson is leaving the Weber State men’s basketball team, he announced late Thursday night on Twitter.
OGDEN — After facing its three toughest opponents (on paper) of the 2018-19 season in succession, the frequency of games lightens for Weber State men’s basketball as conference play approaches in two weeks.
GREEN RIVER, Wyo. — Titus Hughes led Ben Lomond with 23 points and eight rebounds in a 63-51 win over Riverton (Wyoming) in the first round of the Flaming Gorge Shootout on Thursday at Rock Springs High School.
WASHINGTON TERRACE — Typically when a basketball team changes coaches, there’s a pretty rocky transition period. There’s new plays on the court, different expectations, different coaching methods, different ways of going about practice and games.
Layton defeated Bonneville 54-42 in a girls varsity basketball game Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018, at Bonneville High School in Washington Terrace.
OGDEN — The Wasatch Figure Skating Club is hosting a Winter Showcase event Saturday, Dec. 15, at the Ice Sheet in Ogden.
Layton Christian Academy will be looking for a new head football coach.
SALT LAKE CITY — St. Joseph girls basketball raced out to a commanding 22-0 lead as the Jayhawks beat APA West Valley 51-12 on Wednesday afternoon.
WASHINGTON TERRACE — Here’s what a non-region basketball win against a much-bigger school in the same school district won’t do: It won’t improve your playoff seeding and it won’t put a trophy in the cabinet.
Bonneville defeated Weber 62-53 in a boys varsity basketball game Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018, at Bonneville High School in Washington Terrace.
MORGAN — In girls basketball action Tuesday, Davis led Morgan 25-20 at halftime, then Morgan outscored the Darts 33-22 after the break to come away with a 53-47 victory.
ROY — Layton Christian boys basketball always has big ambitions once February comes around. And they usually prepare in the toughest way possible.
Layton Christian defeated Roy 74-55 in a boys varsity basketball game Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018, at Roy High School.
Josh Davis racked up a lot of yards as a high schooler at Alta. But his Weber State football career false-started when the running back was hurt early in the 2017 season opener. He also didn't play in the 2018 opener at Utah.
There are a couple changes in this week’s boys basketball rankings. Bountiful swapped with Davis to go into the top spot and Farmington checks in at No. 5 after a 3-0 start combined with Clearfield’s losing streak.
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The San Antonio Spurs are starting to feel better about their play, which is a welcome sign for the former defensive stalwarts following a series of blowout losses.
Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss.
Weber State fell to Utah State 76-67 in the Beehive Classic NCAA basketball game Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018, at the Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City.
SALT LAKE CITY — The reality of Division-I college basketball recruiting is, in order to win games, coaches will scour the country in search of the best players regardless of their location.
SALT LAKE CITY — For at least the first half Saturday, Weber State’s shooting slump followed it back from Fresno. By the time the Wildcats snapped out of their funk from three days ago, it was too late.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Yoeli Childs turned a rivalry game between BYU and Utah into his own personal highlight reel.
DAVIS 58, COPPER HILLS 51
SALT LAKE CITY — There was a sequence in the second half of BYU’s 74-59 win against Utah in the Beehive Classic that summed up Utah head coach Larry Krystkowiak’s frustrations with the afternoon’s performance.
OGDEN — For four quarters, Weber State’s offense got a lesson in what opposing teams feel like when playing against WSU’s defense.
COALVILLE — Titus Hughes put a double-double of 27 points and 15 rebounds as Ben Lomond romped to a 77-51 road win at North Summit. Garet Rentmeister added 15 points for the Scots.
Weber State fell to Maine 23-18 in an NCAA football game Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, at Stewart Stadium in Ogden.
OGDEN — Weber State's FCS quarterfinal loss to Maine was already going to be a long game since it was televised on ESPN2.
Two Idaho State University football players were driving through Box Elder County, headed home to California on Christmas break 2016, when Utah police arrested and jailed them on accusations of bank robbery.
Fremont girls, plus Fremont and Weber boys, pick up wins in Thursday's high school basketball action around Northern Utah.
OGDEN — Both programs are looking to making history when the Maine Black Bears visit Weber State on Friday night.
MIDVALE — The Utah High School Activities Association finalized the high school sports realignment for the 2019-21 school years at its Board of Trustees meeting Thursday.
PLAIN CITY — Fremont High’s gymnasium is going to be a well-visited gym by Division I college coaches over the next three years. That’s because the Silver Wolves have a sophomore and a freshman who already have five D-I offers between them
PLEASANT VIEW — In girls basketball action, Woods Cross led 25-24 going into the fourth quarter, then Weber claimed a 16-7 final frame to win 40-32 on Wednesday.
OGDEN — With only a single home game on its resume this season, it took Roy a while to kick the rust off Wednesday evening.
Weber State’s final two possessions Wednesday at Fresno State played out like this:
OGDEN — Aside from a drive here or there, Weber State football’s early-season offense looked like everything was a struggle.
PLAIN CITY — Fremont girls basketball kept Alta off the scoreboard until 3:51 left in the second quarter as the Silver Wolves remained unbeaten with a 65-18 victory Tuesday.
OGDEN — There was plenty of history, milestones and more from Weber State’s doubleheader Saturday.
There’s not too much time for Weber State men’s basketball to ride the high of an in-state victory.
Hudson Schenck
Standard-Examiner staff
OGDEN — The Weber State men’s basketball program came into Saturday having lost 15 straight games to BYU. The last time the Wildcats won, Jermaine Boyette scored 37 in 2003.
Carrie Myers + The Proper Way perform "See that my Grave is Kept Clean" in their recording studio in the Old Post Office Building in downtown Ogden on Friday, Nov. 23, 2018.
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