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Skyline s Caleb Latteier breaks up an attempted Bingham pass. Photo by John Springer Skyline High sends volleyball, football teams to state playoffs
Skyline High School was well represented in November as both the football and volleyball teams played in their respective state playoffs. Skyline’s varsity football team proceeded nicely through ...
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High hopes for Skyline boys’ basketball
If there is one quality most coaches share, it’s optimism. Every season has the potential to be a winning one; each team suggests promise. But for Skyline basketball coach Derek Bunting, the fu...
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A new season for state champs
The Skyline girls’ basketball team may still be basking in the glow of winning last year’s state 5A championship, but this year’s upcoming season will be an entirely new experience. “It’s a reb...
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Olympus  girls basketball players confer with their coach, Kael Ashton, during a game.

 Olympus High School girls basketball team looks forward to a great year
The Olympus High School girls basketball team didn’t end last year’s season the way they wanted with a third place finish at region and a 13-9 record overall. Coach Kael Ashton has high hopes fo...
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Millcreek Scorcherz, a 14U fast-pitch softball team, won the silver bracket of the Desert Fall Championship in St. George Nov. 15. This softball team is made up mostly of girls who go or will go t...
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Skyline team members hold their heads high after early departure from volleyball tourney
It’s true that Skyline’s Jami Hutchins would have liked his team to win at least one match at the 5A state volleyball tournament. But after bowing out in a loss to Hunter, the Lady Eagles volleyb...
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Underdog Titans fight hard, but fall short at state tourney
It was a swift departure for Olympus at the state tournament, but the overmatched Titans fought to the end. Sandwiched between two losses at the hands of Orem and Mountain View, Olympus managed t...
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 The Lady Eagles tennis team celebrates its recent second place at state.
 

Lady Eagles earn second in state berth
Sometimes, a little re-evaluation can go a long way. Just before the Region 2 girls tennis tournament in early October, Skyline head coach Joanie Daily had an inclination that her team would do...
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Skyline s Morgan Empey (#748) is still going strong as he enters the final stretch of the 5A state cross country race at Sugarhouse Park Oct. 22. Empey was Skyline s top finisher at sixth place, as his squad finished fifth in the team standings.
Eagles do well at state cross country meet despite disqualification
It may be hard to fathom that a sixth-place finish at the state meet is disappointing. But for the Skyline cross country girls team, that’s a reality. The Eagles completed the 3-mile race Oct. 22...
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Olympus senior Hannah Brown (#562 in light green jersey) runs near the middle of this pack during the 4A state cross country race at Sugarhouse Park Oct. 22.

Titans cross country looks to the future with optimism
Despite his team finishing in 16th place (out of 16 teams) at the 4A state cross country race Oct. 22 at Sugarhouse Park, Olympus coach Jed Vandenakker was upbeat. “I was pleased with the girls,”...
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Skyline football advances to second round of state playoffs
Traditionally, Skyline High School is known as a football powerhouse. Throughout the 1990s, the Eagles won state championships almost every year and always finished near the top in the years the...
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Mahas second, Olympus eighth in 4A golf
Olympus golfer Adam Mahas probably wishes he could take just one hole back from this year’s 4A state golf tournament held at Soldier Hollow golf course in Midway Oct. 8-9. If not for the par-3 15...
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Titans shut out at state 4A tennis
It was one and done for all five Olympus singles/doubles competitors at this year’s 4A state girl’s tennis tournament held Oct. 9 and 11 at Liberty Park. Orem captured the team title this year. D...
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 Maline Vaitai saves the ball for Olympus. Olympus is a strong hitting team and hopes to improve its passing before post season play.
Olympus volleyball team holds to hopes for post season play
Olympus volleyball got off to a slow start in region play Sept. 9 with two opening losses to Highland (3-1) and Cottonwood (3-0), but turned things around the following week. The Titans handled G...
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Eagles still trying to fire on all cylinders
Skyline football head coach Roger Dupaix is a little disappointed about described his team’s season through the sixth week (week of Sept. 26) of games. “The kids are playing hard, but we need t...
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Skyline soccer focused on team goals
For the first time in three years, Skyline’s soccer team started its season off with three straight victories. Also, for the first time in just as many years the team had a winning record halfway...
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Skyline volleyball team battles injuries
The Skyline High School volleyball team had a rocky start this season. For weeks, injuries have plagued the squad, leaving up to three starters on the sidelines during crucial region matchups. ...
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 Olympus battles Timpanogas in the first game of the season. The season has been a roller coaster of hard-fought victories and disappointments.

Titans hope to finish strong with team effort
After four straight losses to open the season, the Titan girls team of predominantly rookie players came together to turn the season around. The first win for the Olympus team came against Murra...
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 Anna Cassell makes a save during Skyline’s 1-0 loss to the undefeated and nationally- ranked Alta Hawks. Photo by Kirk Strickland/www.ustarpix.com.
Skyline goalkeeper is a rising star
Anna Cassell began playing soccer when she was about 3 years old. She played in a recreational league simply because it was fun. Now, nearly 12 years later, the sophomore at Skyline High School ...
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Spencer Harris and Lance McGavin both fill the quarterback position this season for the Titans.
Olympus hopes to find strength in new, young team
The sound of weights could be heard clanging through the Olympus High School halls all summer as the football team began building the foundation of what they hope will be a winning season. The Ti...
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