A few years ago, the Soaring Eagle Club was established to develop young basketball players who would feed in to the Juan Diego Catholic High School system. That program is now paying dividends. The four high school boys teams -- freshman, sophomore,...
Freshmen generally don’t play varsity football. Especially in 5A programs such as Jordan’s, the starters are usually juniors and seniors. Austin Kafentzis, a 15-year-old freshman out of Draper didn’t buy into that logic, and neithe...
Two years after winning the state 5A boys basketball championship, the Alta Hawks are poised to make another deep run into the playoffs. The difference is they are using a much younger team to do it. “We are starting two sophomores and bringin...
In his 21st season as a wrestling coach, Chris Babinski looks to lead the Jordan Beetdiggers squad to another year with a strong showing at the region and state tournaments. Last year, Jordan sent seven wrestlers to the 5A state championship and, wi...
Two-time All-State softball player Presley Whetman, from Juan Diego Catholic High School, signed a national letter-of-intent Jan. 20 to play for the College of Southern Nevada. “I’m so excited,” Whetman said. “It was my numbe...
Juan Diego Catholic High School senior Nick Smart has been playing golf since he was 3 years old. In November, the two-time First Team All-State golfer signed with Utah Valley University to continue in the sport for four more years. “I’m...
Juan Diego Catholic High School junior Riley Rose recently organized a Distance for Destiny race to benefit a Nicaraguan orphanage. More than 150 runners braved snowy conditions to participate in the 5K race and one mile kids run. Lizzy Caldwell, Chr...
Running and academics must be a good mix, as six Alta cross country runners earned State Academic All State awards. The six are part of eight total Alta athletes receiving the award for fall sports. Earning an Academic All State in girls cross coun...
Young team hopes to defend Alta’s girls basketball title The Alta girls basketball team has only one returning starter from last year’s state 5A championship team, which should be good news to its opponents. But try telling that to the f...
The Jordan Beetdiggers are already off to a strong start for their 2011-2012 boys basketball season. And with a core of experienced seniors leading the varsity team, players and coaches are optimistic about what this season has in store. “We h...
Juan Diego Catholic High School’s girls basketball coach Natalie Williams had T-shirts printed for the team with the quote “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.” Wi...
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