Prep Sports Roundup: 2/21
*Boys Basketball* MT. PLEASANT, Utah-Matt Bradley’s 20 points led the way while Mady Sissoko added 17 more points as the Wasatch Academy Tigers routed Impact Academy (Nev.) 80-58 Wednesday.
Year: 2018
Haws and Worthington earn WCC All-Academic Honors
SAN BRUNO, Calif. – The West Coast Conference has named BYU guard TJ Haws to the 2017-18 West Coast Conference Men’s Basketball All-Academic Team. Cougar forward Luke Worthington also earned WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention. Haws, a sophomore from Alpine, Utah, has started all 29 games in 2017-18 and is averaging […]
Doomsday cult leader pleads guilty but his follower pleads not guilty
(Iron County, UT) — The leader of a doomsday cult is pleading guilty to child rape and child abuse charges. Samuel Shaffer faces at least 25 years in prison after agreeing to the plea deal in Iron County Wednesday. Child kidnapping and additional abuse counts were dropped in the agreement […]
Winter storm didn’t help snowpack much
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Those who study Utah’s snowpack say the recent winter storm has done little to help improve the state’s water supply. Hydrologists with the National Weather Service say the snowpack increased about three-percent from snowfall on Sunday and Monday. Utah reservoirs are currently at about 80-percent […]
Keep guns locked up, teen suicide prevention group urges
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A new task force created to attempt to slow a troubling rise of teen suicides in Utah recommended Tuesday that officials ratchet up public messaging to implore gun-owing parents to keep firearms locked up. That was part of a series of recommendations unveiled by a […]
Man pleads not guilty to officer-involved shooting charges
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — A Utah man involved in an officer-involved shooting on Christmas Eve has pleaded not guilty. The Spectrum reports that 38-year-old Benjamin Dee Wilcken’s attorney entered the plea on Tuesday. Wilcken is charged with second-degree assault against law enforcement, second-degree terroristic threats and third-degree possession of […]
Utah gun store owner removes ad for AR-15
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — The owner of a Utah gun store says he has taken down a sign with an advertisement for an assault rifle after a number of complaints from what he calls “anti-gun people.” Darin Kendall, operations manager for Impact Guns in Ogden, says the ad for the […]
Utah House votes to repeal sales tax on food
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah House has voted to repeal the statewide sales tax on food and raise the rate slightly on other purchases. The Deseret News reports lawmakers sent the measure to the Senate Tuesday on a vote of 42-27. It would remove the 1.75 percent tax […]
Prep Sports Roundup: 2/20
*Boys Basketball* MT. PLEASANT, Utah-Matt Bradley posted 26 points as the Wasatch Academy Tigers routed the Class 5-A Jordan Beetdiggers 68-43 Tuesday.
Four-game BYU baseball series at Hawai`i starts Thursday
For the first time this season BYU baseball games will be heard on via its own radio broadcasts in non-league games this week at Hawai`i. The Cougars, 3-1, have a four-game series starting Thursday at Hawai`i, 3-0. BYU’s pitching rotation for BYU will be the same order as the season-opening […]
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