Levani Key-Powell, Bingham; Taylor Harvey, Bountiful; Sami Blackett, Orem; Abby Morris, Emery; Paige Felder, Parowan; and Tabetha Henrie, Panguitch were named the Deseret News volleyball Players of the Year.
Brighton rolled to a 5A second round win over Woods Cross last week, 44-7, and senior linebacker Andrew Wood was one of the catalysts of that defensive dominance. Wood recorded eight total tackles, two of them for loss, while also forcing a fumble. For the season, the captain has recorded 73 total tackles, five tackles for loss, one sack and one interception.
Abby Morris had 23 kills, and Karleigh Stilson dished out 25 assists as the Spartans topped Morgan in the UHSAA 3A girls volleyball championship match to clinch Emery s first state title since 1996.
For 42 years, a lone volleyball championship banner has hung in the rafters of Orem High School, and now it will get another to match. It hasn’t been an easy ride for Orem, which nearly lost in the 4A quarterfinals to Cedar, but the Tigers have made the best of their situation and dominated the 4A championship match against Green Canyon Thursday night, 25-14, 25-12 and 25-23. The Tigers’ success largely came from their strong serving game, where they recorded 13 aces.