Prep basketball roundup: Box Elder boys edge Clearfield; playoff scores
CLEARFIELD — Box Elder High boys basketball led 40-39 after three quarters and held on for a hard-fought, 55-52 region win Wednesday at Clearfield.
Trevor Wilkinson scored a game-high 20 points with five 3-pointers for Box Elder (9-13, 8-5 Region 5). Elijah Kersey tallied 13 points and Max Isaacson added 12.
Chase McNeill led Clearfield (6-16, 3-10) with 14 points. Jaxson Bishop scored 12 points on four 3-pointers. Trace Hansen added 11 points.
BOUNTIFUL 74, ROY 62
ROY — Roy led 48-47 after three quarters but could hold off Bountiful (17-5, 11-2 Region 5) in a region home loss.
Corben Schuffenhauer scored a game-high 24 points on 11-of-15 shooting for Roy (10-12, 5-8). Colby Frokjer added 17 points on 5-of-9 shooting from behind the 3-point arc. Bronson Belnap tallied 12 points, four rebounds, and four steals.
AM LEADERSHIP 77, ST. JOSEPH 49
SPANISH FORK — Gavin Wolf scored 22 points with six 3-pointers but No. 23 St. Joseph fell at No. 10 American Leadership (14-10) in a 2A first-round playoff game.
Gavin Donovan added 17 points and two treys for St. Joseph. Chase Fredberg-Gerlich and Mikey McCrea each scored four points. The Jayhawks end the year with a 2-15 record.
SCORES, NO STATS REPORTED
3A first round: No. 15 Summit Academy 97, No. 18 Ben Lomond 80
2A first round: No. 8 Grand County 95, No. 25 Utah Military 19
Woods Cross 50, Northridge 46
Viewmont 74, Bonneville 50
Logan 52, Bear River 49 (OT)
GIRLS BASKETBALL
BOUNTIFUL 64, ROY 33
ROY — Bountiful (19-3, 13-0 Region 5) outscored Roy 20-9 in the second quarter to stay unbeaten in Region 5.
Alyea Martinez led Roy (7-15, 3-10) with 11 points and three 3-pointers. Ariana Strain added eight points and Rihanna Jones scored five.
SCORES, NO STATS REPORTED
Northridge 48, Woods Cross 41
Viewmont 62, Bonneville 49
Bear River 39, Logan 25 (Tues.)