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Century's Ethan Hansen goes back-to-back on his home course
Ethan Hansen woke up at 7 a.m. Saturday, made himself some eggs and watched the sun rise over Portneuf Wellness Complex. His house overlooks the course. About four hours later, he raced on it for the final time. “It’s definitely crazy,” Hansen said. “I don’t think I could see it any other way, just because of the amount of visualization and focus that I put into it.” It played out just as he’d pictured it. The Century senior won the Class 5A boys title at the Idaho High School Cross Country Championships in 15:11.9 — 22.5 seconds clear of Skyline’s Davis Roberts — to become just the second boy in program history to win back-to-back state titles. “If anybody deserves it, it’s Ethan Hansen,” said Ammon Bitton, Hansen’s best friend and fellow Century senior. But for most of the fall, that picture wasn’t so clear. Hansen wasn’t even the best runner on his own team. Bitton beat him in six of their eight meets heading into Saturday, including districts nine days earlier, when Bitton won by 12.5 seconds on the same course. A lot of it came down to Hansen’s schedule. He spent much of the season on college visits
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Prep Rewind: American Fork-Skyridge highlights second round of playoff matchups
After the first full week of playoffs, seven Utah Valley teams survived to the second round or the quarterfinal rounds for the large school classifications. American leadership Academy (6-5) and UMA-Camp Williams (5-7) both made to the 2A and 8-player quarterfinals but were soundly defeated by South Summit and Monticello, respectively. It was still a record-setting campaign for ALA, starting with a four-game streak and assured their first winning season in school history with a 21-14 victory over Judge Memorial in the final week of the regular season.
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Pioneer football ends season with soggy playoff loss
The No. 10 Lehi High School football team again had to open the 6A state tournament on the road to another Region 3 team. This time it was No. 7 Lone Peak, and the two squads slugged it out in the cold rain, wind and mud on Friday (Oct. 30), with the Knights emerging as the victors 20-8.
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Bode Sparrow: From Record holder to Record Breaker
Three touchdowns, three touchdowns are all it took so separate Bode Sparrow from History. The matchup Layton High vs Davis High, a simple rivalry, granted a player the opportunity to be more. By the end of the game, he was; Bode Sparrow didn’t just find the ball in the end zone, he found himself standing above one of the most recognizable records set in Utah Highschool football. A push for most career receiving touchdowns formally held by Puka Nacua’s 58, Bode exceeded to 59. Career receiving touchdowns may be just a stat in a football career, but what does this mean for the game of football?