GUNNISON, Utah (AP)-Ty Yardley had two touchdown runs, while Skyler Yardley and Slade Edwards each ran for another score as the Beaver Beavers smacked the Gunnison Bulldogs, 30-7 Friday in non-region football action.

DELTA, Utah (AP)-Jarom Healey had two touchdown runs and the Hurricane Tigers overpowered the Delta Rabbits, 20-8 in non-region football action Friday. Colin Christensen had a 1-yard touchdown run in defeat for the Rabbits.

COALVILLE, Utah (AP)-Ryan Worwood had touchdown runs of 30, 9, 9 and 2 yards as the Juab Wasps pummeled the North Summit Braves, 28-6 Friday in non-region football action.

ROOSEVELT, Utah (AP)-Jansen Howe, Jeremy Palmer, Allen Fowles, Stephen Malloy, Austin Jackson and Brady Ramone each scored touchdowns for the Manti Templars as they bludgeoned the Union Cougars, 47-6 in non-region football action Friday.

CEDAR CITY, Utah (AP)-Matt Grover ran for three touchdowns and the Cedar Redmen hammered the Millard Eagles, 38-0 Friday in non-region football action.

CEDAR CITY, Utah (AP)-Tyler Giddings scored the game-winning touchdown with 25 seconds left in the 4th Quarter after Timmy Johnson hauled in an 80-yard pass reception as the Richfield Wildcats got past the Canyon View Falcons, 10-6 in non-region football action Friday. Johnson added a 22-yard field goal for Richfield in the win.

SALINA, Utah (AP)-Austin Manwill ran for 141 yards and a score while Joey Leavitt also had a touchdown run as the South Sevier Rams downed the North Sevier Wolves, 14-0 Friday in non-region football action.

MT. PLEASANT, Utah (AP)-Bridger Boman threw a touchdown pass and ran for two more scores as the Grantsville Cowboys stymied the North Sanpete Hawks, 28-7 in non-region football action Friday. Kaden Poulson scored the sole touchdown in the game for the Hawks.

BICKNELL, Utah (AP)-Randy Ellett homered for the Wayne Badgers but it wasn’t enough as they fell to the Panguitch Bobcats, 12-10 Friday in Region 20 baseball action.

SPANISH FORK, Utah (AP)-Courtney Acosta netted four goals and the Spanish Fork Lady Dons bested the North Sanpete Lady Hawks, 5-2 in non-region girls soccer action Friday. Angela Hatfield and Shakara Merrill had a goal apiece for North Sanpete.

ORDERVILLE, Utah (AP)-Kalani Norris posted 19 kills and Taelyr Tebbs added six more as the Panguitch Lady Bobcats swept the Valley Lady Buffaloes, 3-0 Friday in Region 20 girls volleyball action.

(ESCALANTE) – A Mesa, AZ. woman was injured in a motorcycle crash on SR-12 west of Escalante Thursday afternoon. According to a UHP report, 54-year old Tina Luna was traveling westbound when she went off the right shoulder of the highway about 18 miles west of Escalante and laid down her 1999 SN-YMCL motorcycle at about 1:30pm. The report said Luna was wearing her helmet and was transported to Garfield Memorial Hospital with possible injuries. She was cited for improper lane travel.

(KANAB) – The Second Annual Land Access Parade and Rally will be held this Saturday at Liberty Park in Salt Lake City. In a radio interview, Rep. Mike Noel of Kanab said the purpose of the rally is to protest the increase of control of public lands by environmentalists. Noel commented that as the federal government controls more public land in Utah, the necessary services the public enjoys is reduced. The Land Access Parade and Rally begins this Saturday at 6am at Liberty Park in SLC, with the parade following the route to the State Capitol Building at 10am. The Rally will be held at 12:30pm at the steps of the Capitol, featuring speakers from both political parties. Last year, over 4,000 outdoor enthusiasts and multiple-use-of-land advocates from around the country attended the rally.

(SALT LAKE CITY)-The chairman of a board looking at the potential for privatizing state government functions would like to see the state privatize a handful of state parks to see if they can be run more efficiently.

The Utah Privatization Policy Board, an advisory panel to the Legislature, has been exploring privatization for several months. Nevertheless, chairman of the board, Randy Simmons, said he’d like to see a pilot project how private companies can manage six to eight state parks.

The state currently manages 43 parks, reservoirs, museums and golf courses. While a handful are profitable, primarily they are not, said Delta-based Director of Natural Resources, Mike Styler.

The parks receive about $31 million annually in operating funds from the state.

Simmons, a former mayor of Providence, said he would like to hear from contractors and managers from other states that have experience in the field to run parks.

(SALT LAKE CITY)-As the ever-percolating gubernatorial race in Utah intensifies, incumbent Governor, Gary Herbert, says his competitor, Democrat Peter Corroon wants to do away with release time in public high schools for LDS students.

Herbert has implied that since Corroon wants to toughen graduation requirements in Utah’s public schools, inevitably his ruling would force students to give up elective arts credits and release time, wherein students take seminary courses.

Nevertheless, Corroon, who recently unveiled a plan to improve public schools, said he supports students attending seminary during the school day and that increasing the number of credits required for graduation from 18 to 22 would not prevent them from doing so.

Corroon, who was also lambasted by Herbert for sending his kids to parochial Catholic school while supporting public school enforcement, said he did this because they are closer to his home in the Salt Lake City Avenues and he feels comfortable with them receiving religious education he believes in.

Corroon has also said Herbert’s constant repetition of religious references is a deflection from real problems facing public schools, including “inadequate funding” which strike a nerve among Utahns.

Herbert’s campaign spokesman, Don Olsen, said these assertions are ludicrous, citing that Herbert never accused Corroon of sending his children to “Catholic school,” as that was a comment Corroon brought into the fray.

The election, which takes place in November, would appear to be in Herbert’s favor as a Rasmussen Reports telephone survey conducted Monday suggests 60 percent of Utahns are leaning toward voting for Herbert, while only 29 percent are currently in favor of Corroon. Meanwhile, 8 percent remain undecided.

(SALT LAKE CITY)-Linda Armstrong Kelly, the mother of decorated cycling legend, Lance Armstrong, inspired an impassioned audience Thursday at the Salt Lake-City based USANA Health Sciences seminar.

Kelly, whose son has won seven Tour de France titles, spoke of how she earned her GED, inspiring her to write a best-selling book: “No Mountain High Enough, Raising Lance, Raising Me.”

Through all the trials and tests she and her son have faced (Armstrong overcame cancer to become a world-class cyclist), Kelly said the key to success is setting goals, make plans to achieve them and putting all your effort in accomplishing them.

In closing, Kelly said optimists tend to figure out solutions and are able to begin any journey with a positive attitude.

(SALT LAKE CITY)-Utah Governor Gary Herbert and Lieutenant Governor, Greg Bell, will host the 5th annual Native American Summit.

The summit, which is slated for September 1 and 2 at the Ogden-based Eccles Conference Center is intended to be a forum for the exchange of ideas between participants, presenters and others interested in Native American issues.

The event will include presentations by keynote speaker Lance Morgan, the president of Ho-Chunk Inc. and representatives from Utah’s seven tribal governments.

Presentations will focus on health care, education, economic development and homeland security.

(KANAB)-Officers searching for the man who fatally shot a Kane County Sheriff’s deputy are tracking what they believe to be a credible lead near Kanab.

A woman who lives east of Kanab called police Friday morning to report she saw a man matching the description of the shooting suspect running through a wash near her backyard. The woman reported the suspect had a gun strapped to his back and described him wearing clothing which is believed to be worn by the man whom authorities suspect committed the shooting: Scott Curley.

Mid-Utah Radio has learned that law enforcement agencies from 20 different departments are currently searching for a man (presumably Curley) accused of shooting and killing Kane County Sheriff’s Deputy, Brian Harris Thursday afternoon.

Harris, a native of Orderville, was killed during foot pursuit of a burglary just south of the Utah/Arizona border near Fredonia, Ariz.

Harris was pursuing Curley, a 23-year-old native of Fredonia, when Curley opened fire on him, after which he fled into the desert around 2:20 p.m. Thursday afternoon.

As the evening progressed, Curley was able to escape authorities while Coconino County (Ariz.) Sheriff’s Office deputies say he’s armed and dangerous.

Reportedly, according to Fredonia-Moccasin Unified School District superintendent, Nick Bartlett, Curley also pointed a gun in the face of a district janitor Wednesday evening.

Authorities believe the resourceful Curley may have food and drink hidden in the desert, which would sustain him for days.

Harris leaves behind a wife and two children.

(FILLMORE) – A Fourth District judge will decide next week whether to move the trial of an alleged accomplice in the shooting death of a Millard County deputy. At a hearing Wednesday in Fillmore, the defense for 37-year old Ruben Chavez-Reyes argued in favor of moving his trial to another jurisdiction. Chavez-Reyes has been charged with obstructing justice and four other felonies for allegedly helping 38-year old Roberto Roman flee after Roman allegedly shot and killed Millard County Deputy Josie Fox during a traffic stop east of Delta on Jan. 5. Judge Donald Eyre said he would announce his decision on the change of venue on Sept. 2.