With that in mind, the Golden Eagles had all the confidence in the world as they defeated Bountiful in the 5A championship, although it took four sets on Saturday. Maple Mountain started Saturday’s match as confident as ever, immediately racking up a lead with strong serving, including four aces from Adi Gammell. Bountiful struggled with its serve receive while Maple Mountain had strong passes and kills, which resulted in a 25-14 set one win for the Golden Eagles.
The Maple Mountain Golden Eagles are dominating Region 7 with a 5-0 region record, and they’ve won 15 of 16 total in-region sets. It was no different Tuesday evening as the Golden Eagles continued their dominance with a convincing 3-0 sweep over the Timpview Thunderbirds. Despite being the defending 5A champions, Timpview couldn’t keep up as Maple Mountain won 25-18, 25-14 and 25-17.
Derell Nichols has been Jordan’s big play receiver all season, but in Week 6 last Friday he took things to another level. Bailey has recorded 40 digs this season and is a standout in the classroom as well with a 3.992 GPA.