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West Field's Boston Kap stands n the mound awaiting the next Spanish Fork batter during a 5A baseball semifinal elimination game Thursday, May 21, 2026, at UVU's UCCU Ballpark in Orem.

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West Field's Grady Garrett pops one up during a 5A baseball semifinal elimination game against Spanish Fork on Thursday, May 21, 2026, at UVU's UCCU Ballpark in Orem.

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West Field's Bryce Bagby delivers a pitch during a 5A baseball semifinal elimination game against Spanish Fork on Thursday, May 21, 2026, at UVU's UCCU Ballpark in Orem.

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West Field's Kason Taylor tosses his glove after he's hit by a Spanish Fork pitch during a 5A baseball semifinal elimination game Thursday, May 21, 2026, at UVU's UCCU Ballpark in Orem.

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West Field's Kason Taylor celebrates a run against Spanish Fork during a 5A baseball semifinal elimination game Thursday, May 21, 2026, at UVU's UCCU Ballpark in Orem.

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West Field players bring out their rally caps during a 5A baseball semifinal elimination game against Spanish Fork on Thursday, May 21, 2026, at UVU's UCCU Ballpark in Orem.

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West Field coach Tyler Barfuss looks up toward the home stands during a 5A baseball semifinal elimination game against Spanish Fork on Thursday, May 21, 2026, at UVU's UCCU Ballpark in Orem.

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OREM — Sometimes there’s just nothing you can do.

After squandering a bases-loaded opportunity in the top of the seventh, No. 4 West Field succumbed to Spanish Fork’s Pratt Morley on the second pitch of the bottom half.

Morley got all of it, too. His center-right moonshot towered over the fence in pure walk-off fashion on Thursday night inside UCCU Ballpark at UVU, giving the Dons a 10-9 victory. It’s a hit he’ll remember for a lifetime, and a result West Field certainly won’t forget, either.

Boston Kap battled on the mound and the Longhorns overturned yet another mammoth deficit, with the top-seeded Dons ahead by as many as eight runs in the fourth, but Weber County will have to wait another year while SF sets course to the 5A baseball state finals for a second consecutive year.

“I’m heartbroken, man,” said Kap, who’s signed to play at the College of Southern Idaho after graduation.

Kap, who transferred to West Field from Davis High as a junior, spent much of his senior season on the mound after early-season hitting struggles derailed his goals for playing time. He put in time where he could, and stepped up when his name was called, including Thursday night.

“This season, I mean, I’ve been a part of it, but I haven’t been playing as much as I wanted to as a senior. I just came out here to do the best for my team and throw strikes, man. A lost dog finds a bone every once in a while.”

Spanish Fork (28-4) opened things up in a two-out third inning with six runs against starter Bryce Bagby, Ricardo Rodriguez and finally Kap, who pitched out of that inning and then added four more frames to give his Longhorns a fighting chance as they mounted another trademark comeback.

Down 9-1 through the fourth, West Field (25-6) spun magic with seven runs in the fifth, with run-scoring hits from Andrew Hurst, Wyatt Penrod and Brady Penland. That made it a 9-8 contest in the top of the fifth.

Penland tied it up with an RBI single in the sixth, then kept the Dons quiet with a sliding catch in center field with runners on base. That sent the game to a monumental seventh inning tied 9-9.

Tyke Johnson took a pitch to the shoulder to lead off the top of the seventh, and Cody McLean gave up base hits to Penrod and Luke Penland to juice the bags with two outs. But Grady Garrett’s pop-up ended the threat and Morley, getting the right pitch in the right spot, had the final word in the seventh.

“I’m torn apart for these kids, that they have to go through that,” Barfuss said. “I told them, the reason that it hurts so much is because of the effort, the time, and the dedication that you put into it, and when you embark on the climb that is sports, it’s a cruel mistress because only one team wins at the end.”

“We wanted to enjoy the view, enjoy the hike and learn from it.”

State finalists or not, West Field ends its second-ever baseball season as one of the state’s most lethal teams at the plate.

Four seniors, including Garrett, Marshall Moon and Sam Smith, tallied 31 or more RBIs this season. Penrod, a junior, led the program with 50 RBIs in his introductory season with the program. This postseason, West Field averaged 11 runs per game.

The Longhorns churned out 333 runs, a total that surpasses the 2008 mark set by Wayne for the third-highest run total in Utah. Pitching-wise, Bagby, with nine wins this season on the bump, remains tied with Herriman’s Colby Claassen.

As his second senior class departs, Barfuss tips his cap to the “turmoil” West Field endured last year, and how they, quite literally, built a winner from scratch as a brand-new school.

“It didn’t look like anything I ever envisioned a program that I would coach looking like, to be honest with you,” said Barfuss, who took over as head coach midway through 2025’s inaugural season. “And it didn’t look probably how anybody wanted it to look, but the results speak for themselves to go 25-6 and win 22 (games) in a row. These kids were tough as nails, they did it their own way and they showed up every morning to build for this moment.

“… They met every challenge. They took every punch, they returned a lot of punches, and their toughness is something that I’ll never forget.”

West Field and Spanish Fork ultimately played three classics in three straight days with final scores of 11-10, 4-2 and 10-9.

Spanish Fork, the top seed, will meet No. 2 Maple Mountain in the 5A state finals beginning Friday at UVU. Both teams dug out of the one-loss portion of bracket play with three straight wins between Wednesday and Thursday to punch their tickets.

The Longhorns, meanwhile, came a sliver away from ending a drought that has seen no school from Weber County make the championship round in a baseball postseason since at least 2001, as far back as reliable records are readily available.

Connect with prep sports reporter Conner Becker via email at cbecker@standard.net, X @ctbecker and Instagram @standardexaminersports.