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BECKER: Try out for a team sport, even if you’re not varsity material

I remember the high school lunch table fairly well. Most days, it was a handful of fellas fresh out of their third or fourth class just raring to blow off steam. In fact, your average lunch period functioned much like a newspaper: you'd sit down and almost always learn something you didn't ...

Girls volleyball: Tough nonregion schedule paying dividends for Northridge

LAYTON — Northridge High volleyball coach Kait Hyde had to walk a fine line between preparing her girls for the Region 5 season and risking them being dejected and getting down on themselves. Hyde scheduled a tough lead-up to league play, including local 6A schools Syracuse and Layton, and ...

Prep football: Box Elder curbs valiant Bear River effort in shootout gone awry

GARLAND — After answering 5A favorite Box Elder’s offense at nearly every turn, the Bear River football team received a standing ovation from the home crowd. It was quite a sight for first-year head coach Craig Anhder, tasked with rebuilding a 4A contender out of a Bears program that’s ...

Inside the Lines: Checking in with 2 defending state soccer champions

I had the privilege of covering the state 3A and 6A girls soccer playoffs at America First Field in Sandy last October when Ogden High captured its fourth 3A crown in the last six years, defeating Manti 5-1, while Syracuse won its first title ever, shutting out perennial 6A power Lone Peak ...