WASHINGTON TERRACE — Not a lot of soccer teams pick up where they left off at the beginning of seasons. Mostly it’s because nine months separate the end of a soccer season and its beginning the next fall.

ROY — With about an hour left in Roy High’s football practice Wednesday, Fred Fernandes got out of a silver sedan and didn’t look like a guy who, a week earlier, was undergoing six-way bypass surgery.

More often than not, construction projects are delayed instead of finished ahead of schedule.

OGDEN — Box Elder (1-1-1) took a 2-0 lead into the break but Ogden (1-1-1) countered with two second stanza scores. Neither team scored in extra time and the game ended in a 2-2 draw.

Five Northern Utah high school football games will be broadcast live on KJZZ this season.

The days are getting shorter, the school bells are beginning to ring and it's nearly time for high school football.

Northridge 2, Sky View 0

Just like that, we’ve already completed a week of games in girls soccer, so it’s time for some rankings.

ROY — Quick treatment and keen medical personnel helped avoid a disaster for Roy High football head coach Fred Fernandes, according to those around the program.

OREM — Farmington High began its girls soccer history with a win.

Who faces the toughest teams from last season? And how do you account for games across different classifications? Patrick Carr digs into the numbers for all 19 Northern Utah high school football teams.

SYRACUSE — Ogden players just found themselves chasing shadows.

BRIGHAM CITY — Mountain Crest and Box Elder (1-0-1) played to a 2-2 tie through the first half, then the Bees scored three unanswered goals in the second stanza for a 5-2 home win.

Region 1 was close last season. Northridge, Fremont and Syracuse both went 4-2 and tied for second behind 6-0 Weber.

Region 5 has the distinction of being the only region in the state in 2018 to have something new.

WEST JORDAN — Caroline Stringfellow netted a hat trick and the Titans sprinted to a 7-0 halftime lead on the way to a season-opening road win, 8-0.

As football season approaches, we’re going to kick off our coverage by looking at the local regions. Today, we are previewing Regions 11, 12, 3A North and 1A North. Then, we’ll move on to Regions 1 and 5.

ROY — The soccer field at Sandridge Park was quite lush for an early August girls soccer game. So lush that it was almost too thick, and it slowed things down.

SYRACUSE — The bright green shirt-clad Syracuse girls soccer team assembled in the shade behind the scoreboard.

Editor's Note: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated the nature of Pierce Callister's offer from Utah State. He has a preferred walk-on offer from USU. The Standard-Examiner regrets the error.

Weber and Layton warmed up for their high school softball game April 19 on a temperate spring day. The Weber school grounds were busy with a home soccer game near the softball field and a track meet just up the hill at the football stadium.

Three Northern Utah high school student-athletes received national honors after the conclusion of the spring sports season.

The spring sports season has come and gone, ushering in the summer lull and a vacation.

There was plenty of chatter on social media the two weeks leading up to the state track and field championships last month. A lot of it concerned state records that were about to be shattered. Rightly so, because some were indeed pulverized.

TAYLORSVILLE — Bountiful scored five runs in the fifth inning to run-rule defending state champion West for a 16-6 win in the 5A state quarterfinals Tuesday at the Valley Complex.

LAYTON — Northridge High senior Kendell Petersen on Thursday won the Female High School Athlete category in the “Best of State” awards during a gala at the Salt Palace Convention Center Grand Ballroom in Salt Lake City.

SPANISH FORK — Bear River softball hit three home runs in the first two innings to build an 8-2 lead and defeated Cedar 8-4 in the 4A state semifinals Friday at Spanish Fork Complex.

MAGNA — Ty Witt had three hits and two RBIs as Clearfield beat Cyprus 7-1 on the road Wednesday to advance to the 6A state baseball quarterfinals.

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SANDY — Morgan booked a ticket to Saturday’s 3A boys soccer state championship game with a 3-2 win over American Leadership Academy in the semifinals Friday night at Alta High.

The 4A baseball and softball state playoffs begin this Saturday. At least, that’s the plan.

LAYTON — In a game delayed by lightning late in the second half, Layton boys soccer broke a 1-1 halftime tie with a score in the second stanza and clinched the Region 1 championship at home against Davis.

Davis High finished in first place at the Region 1 girls golf championships on Monday by shooting a team score of 313. The Darts won all seven region meets this season.

BOUNTIFUL — The last two-and-a-half weeks have been uniquely stressful for Mercedes Staples.

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LAYTON — Davis (18-6, 14-4 Region 1) claimed the outright Region 1 championship with a dramatic 10-9 win against Northridge (10-11, 7-8) in extra innings Friday.

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LAYTON — Fremont softball scored six runs in the seventh inning to put away Northridge for a 13-2 win Thursday.

PARK CITY — Bonneville boys soccer clinched its first region title since 2008 with a 4-0 shutout win Wednesday at Park City.

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OGDEN — With the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh, Logann Thompson hit a scorching ground ball off the Juan Diego shortstop’s glove, then beat the throw to first to drive in Justina Cheney for the winning run that gave Ogden softball a wild, come-from-behind, 21-20 region win Friday.

BRIGHAM CITY — McHailee Danner tossed a three-hit shutout with three strikeouts and Bountiful softball (11-2, 6-1 Region 5) edged Box Elder (10-3, 5-2) by a 2-0 margin in a battle of first-place teams Thursday.

KAYSVILLE — It was simple, yet very poignant.

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