KANAB, Utah (AP)—Zach Bown homered for the Manti Templars while Courtney Lund and Kyle Moore added key hits in a 21-1 rout of Fredonia (Ariz.) Friday at the Chuckwagon Classic.

KANAB, Utah (AP)—Jacob Dowell earned the win on the mound as the South Sevier Rams outlasted Lincoln County (Nev.), 8-7 at the Chuckwagon Classic Friday.

KANAB, Utah (AP)—Stoney White belted a triple and the Beaver Beavers hammered the Rowland Hall/St. Mark’s Winged Lions, 14-1 Friday at the Chuckwagon Classic.

KANAB, Utah (AP)—Craig Brinkerhoff and Justin Orton each had extra-base hits while Orton earned the win on the mound as the Kanab Cowboys drilled the Juab Wasps, 13-3 at the Chuckwagon Classic Friday.

KAMAS, Utah (AP)—Trevor Rydalch scored the game’s sole goal and McKinley Smoot earned the shutout as the South Summit Wildcats blanked the Gunnison Bulldogs, 1-0 Friday in 2A North soccer action.

MONROE, Utah (AP)—Brian Anderson, Jake Roberts and Tyler Roberts each scored as the Beaver Beavers downed the South Sevier Rams, 3-0 in 2A South soccer action Friday.

EPHRAIM, Utah (AP)—Ryan Proctor amassed a hat trick to lead the Hurricane Tigers to a 7-1 win over the Manti Templars Friday in non-region boys soccer action. Ben Lund scored the sole goal in the loss for Manti.

PRICE, Utah (AP)—Jaz Peppelaar scored both goals for the Richfield Wildcats as they doubled up the Carbon Dinos, 2-1 in non-region boys soccer action Friday.

GUNNISON, Utah (AP)—Sara Brown amassed the game-winning RBI in the ninth inning as the Gunnison Lady Bulldogs outlasted the Millard Lady Eagles, 10-9 Friday in non-region softball action.

(MILLCREEK)—A 21-month-old girl was flown to Primary Children’s Medical Center after her mother found the girl floating in a backyard pond Friday. Police say the mother had just returned from the store with her girl and was unloading groceries when the girl chased the family dog into the backyard. While the mother was distracted, the girl fell into the pond. Her mother found the girl floating face-up and called 911. The girl was flown to the hospital in critical condition and is expected to survive.

(HOLBROOK, Ariz.)—Authorities say two Linden, Ariz. men have been arrested in connection with a series of armed robberies of banks and credit unions in four states. FBI officials say Joel Jay Glore and Ronald Michael Capito were taken into custody Thursday after a week of surveillance. The men, both in their early 50s, are suspected of being the so-called “High Country Bandits,” who robbed up to 16 banks and credit unions in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah since September. The Arizona robberies all occurred within 150 miles of the state’s border with Utah in such places as Flagstaff, Payson and Pinetop. One of the bank robberies Glore was involved in occurred at a U.S. Bank in Park City February 16. Capito was not linked to this incident. Authorities say Glore was arrested at a Show Low (Ariz.) hospital where he was being treated for a ruptured appendix while Capito was arrested at his Linden home. FBI agents executed search warrants at the men’s homes and authorities would not disclose details on how Glore and Capito were identified as suspects or how much money was taken in the robberies.

(SALT LAKE CITY)—Utah lawmakers have dropped a bill attempting to ban the state from the sale of nicotine-flavored candies. Time ran out on the last day of the legislative session Thursday, stopping the proposal in the Senate. House Bill 71 would have also made it a Class A misdemeanor to use a fake driver’s license or ID card to purchase items such as cigarettes. Previously, the offense was a Class C misdemeanor. The bill is sponsored by Clearfield Republican Paul Ray.

(ST. GEORGE)—Dixie State College will build a new campus centerpiece for a library and other facilities. Wednesday, the Utah Legislature authorized $35 million for the Jeffrey R. Holland Centennial Commons building. It will be the largest facility on campus with five stories and 170,000 square feet of floor space. College President Stephen D. Nadauld says the first floor will be devoted to student services with a library and electronic learning center occupying the next three floors and a career center on the top floor. The same spending bill passed by the Legislature for Dixie State set aside $29 million for a Salt Lake Community College administrative complex and $4 million for the National Guard Armory.

(RICHFIELD) – The Richfield City library will get a new roof if the city can secure a USDA grant. At this week’s city council meeting, Finance Director Mike Langston approached the council with the estimated cost to repair the roof. Langston said it would cost $28,000 to re-shingle the roof and would protect completed improvements and renovations inside the library. He said the roof has been in disrepair for many years and needs to be replaced. Langston told the council the city needs $9,800 from a USDA grant, a donation of $13,200 from Friends of the Library and $5,000 from the city to complete the project. He said the city would come up with the money from the capital improvements funds for GIS enhancements but only if the grant is secured.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) – Rep. Jason Chaffetz has decided to not seek earmarks for the 2011 budget year because spending by Congress is so excessive that he cannot justify pushing even worthy earmarks now. Chaffetz says he’s received 50 requests amounting to over $280 million to go towards earmarks, some that are legitimate projects. He unseated former Rep. Chris Cannon two years ago, in part by attacking Cannon’s earmarks. Chaffetz kept a vow not to seek any himself during his first year in Congress. But late last year, near the end of his freshman term, Chaffetz announced he would seek worthwhile earmarks with full transparency. He still attacked unfair, pork-barrel earmarks of others. On Wednesday, Chaffetz said while many worthy projects from his district had been submitted for his consideration, he decided not to push any to try to help hold down overall spending.

(Salt Lake City) Two Central Utah residents were killed in an accident with a Trax Train last night in Salt Lake City. According to police reports, a car driven by 21 year old Alex Amundson of Fairview was stopped at a Trax crossing about 7:00 PM waiting for the train to pass when Amundson apparently drove the car around the crossing gate possibly in an effort to beat the train. The train struck the car and carried it for 300 hundred feet down the tracks. Amundson was killed immediately and one of the passengers, 18 year old Donald Callison of Monroe died later at the scene. Two other passengers were taken to hospitals in critical condition. According to the report, all of the occupant of the car were in Salt Lake for a KFC training meeting and were traveling from store to store. A Utah Transit Authority spokesman says the train was likely going about fifty miles an hour when it struck the car. No passengers on the train were injured in the incident.