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1A, 2A, 3A, 4A state track: Panguitch, Morgan double up in team titles

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May 21, 2023

1A, 2A, 3A, 4A state track: Panguitch, Morgan double up in team titles

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PROVO — For Rich’s record-setting sprinter Violett Taylor, the little things made all the difference in Saturday’s 1A state 100-meter final.

Taylor, who entered the race with a 1A state record of 12.52 seconds, did it again by finishing in 12.497 seconds for the first of two state championships at BYU’s Clarence Robison Track.

“I knew I could go faster,” said Taylor, the Rebels’ multi-sport athlete who also won the 100-meter hurdles title by more than a second. “It was cool to see — and next year, I’ll be even better.”

For Taylor, that meant focusing on the little things: an arm movement here, a stride length there. Maybe an extra workout or two dedicated to those small things, as well.

“They really add up,” Taylor said, “and putting them all together makes all the difference.”

Panguitch’s girls team cruised to its 10th-consecutive state title. It’s the 16th overall championship in program history. But this time was joined by a corresponding title by the Bobcats’ boys’ team, which held off Water Canyon 124 to 117.

Snow Canyon rolled to the 4A boys title with 214 points, more than 100 more than second-place Cedar. Desert Hills captured the 4A girls title by 6.5 points over Green Canyon.

Morgan completed the 3A double with nearly identical team scores, after the boys’ team collected 94 points and the Trojan girls finished with 91.

In 2A, Kanab’s boys pulled away from Millard to win by 16 points, while North Summit’s girls topped Millard, 128 to 116.

Rich's Violett Taylor wins the 1A 100-meter hurdles during the Utah high school track and field championships at BYU in Provo on Friday, May 19, 2023. — Rich’s Violett Taylor wins the 1A 100-meter hurdles during the Utah high school track and field championships at BYU in Provo on Friday, May 19, 2023. (Photo: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News)

4A Boys

Team scores

Snow Canyon, 214
Cedar, 97
Pine View, 67
Crimson Cliffs, 49
Desert Hills, 47
Green Canyon, 40
Bear River, 36
Dixie, 33

Individual results

100 meters — 1. Caidan Cooper, Dixie, 10.75; 2. William West, Snow Canyon, 10.88; 3. Tyler West, Crimson Cliffs, 10.94; 4. Will Warner, Snow Canyon, 11.01; 5. Kolter Stuart, Snow Canyon, 11.05; 6. Caiden Garcia-Casey, Crimson Cliffs, 11.19; 7. Tate Walker, Green Canyon, 11.20; 8. Easton Lott, Crimson Cliffs, 11.22.

200 meters — 1. Will Warner, Snow Canyon, 21.68; 2. Caidan Cooper, Dixie, 21.86; 3. William West, Snow Canyon, 22.25; 4. Tate Walker, Green Canyon, 22.37; 5. Kolter Stuart, Snow Canyon, 22.49; 6. Tucker Cutler, Bear River, 22.74; 7. Corbin Christian, Snow Canyon, 22.84; 8. Quinton Bladen, Mountain Crest, 23.11.

400 meters — 1. Tate Walker, Green Canyon, 48.14; 2. Quinton Bladen, Mountain Crest, 49.60; 3. Joseph Brough, Green Canyon, 49.86; 4. Ammon York, Cedar, 50.28; 5. Christian Smith, Logan, 50.45; 6. Tel Hirschi, Cedar, 51.21; 7. Caden Bradshaw, Mountain Crest, 52.03; 8. Zack Wirick, Dixie, 52.21.

800 meters — 1. Trey Despain, Pine View, 1:54.49; 2. Logan Peel, Cedar, 1:56.03; 3. Aiden Gulbranson, Snow Canyon, 1:57.04; 4. Payton Wilkins, Desert Hills, 1:58.17; 5. Kyler France, Cedar, 1:58.47; 6. Kaden McKinlay, Desert Hills, 1:58.58; 7. Clark Campbell, Green Canyon, 1:59.01; 8. James Butterfield, Snow Canyon, 2:00.39.

1,600 meters — 1. Trey Despain, Pine View, 4:18.57; 2. Logan Peel, Cedar, 4:21.15; 3. James Butterfield, Snow Canyon, 4:23.19; 4. Kaden McKinlay, Desert Hills, 4:24.37; 5. Joshua Lee, Snow Canyon, 4:27.06; 6. Aiden Gulbranson, Snow Canyon, 4:27.17; 7. Braxten Gifford, Cedar, 4:27.56; 8. Payton Wilkins, Desert Hills, 4:27.74.

3,200 meters — 1. Trey Despain, Pine View, 9:23.80; 2. Kaden McKinlay, Desert Hills, 9:40.04; 3. Joshua Lee, Snow Canyon, 9:43.73; 4. Bridger Jaggi, Pine View, 9:45.28; 5. Seth Armstrong, Hurricane, 9:46.15; 6. Logan Boyer, Desert Hills, 9:48.03; 7. Tucker Larsen, Desert Hills, 9:49.04; 8. Isaiah Crookston, Sky View, 9:49.05.

110M hurdles — 1. Trevor Gough, Snow Canyon, 14.45; 2. Austin Eaton, Crimson Cliffs, 14.79; 3. Semaj Thompson, Snow Canyon, 14.84; 4. Matt Maclennan, Snow Canyon, 15.33; 5. Ty Ottenschot, Crimson Cliffs, 15.40; 6. Phoenix Oliver, Snow Canyon, 15.55; 7. McKoy Smith, Cedar, 15.57; 8. Rj Wright, Hurricane, 15.67.

300M hurdles — 1. Trevor Gough, Snow Canyon, 37.02; 2. McKoy Smith, Cedar, 38.13; 3. Brock Parson, Ridgeline, 38.18; 4. Semaj Thompson, Snow Canyon, 38.56; 5. Caiden Garcia-Casey, Crimson Cliffs, 38.94; 6. Austin Eaton, Crimson Cliffs, 39.05; 7. Matt Maclennan, Snow Canyon, 39.75; 8. Steven Hadfield, Mountain Crest, 39.92.

4x100M relay — 1. Snow Canyon, 42.35; 2. Dixie, 42.45; 3. Crimson Cliffs, 42.82; 4. Cedar, 44.13; 5. Bear River, 44.14; 6. Sky View, 44.37; 7. Desert Hills, 44.38; 8. Hurricane, 44.47.

4x200M relay — 1. Snow Canyon, 1:28.53; 2. Cedar, 1:29.46; 3. Dixie, 1:30.47; 4. Bear River, 1:32.40; 5. Hurricane, 1:33.27; 6. Pine View, 1:33.51; 7. Desert Hills, 1:33.54; 8. Logan, 1:34.57.

4x400M relay — 1. Cedar, 3:21.88; 2. Snow Canyon, 3:22.11; 3. Green Canyon, 3:23.02; 4. Crimson Cliffs, 3:26.71; 5. Mountain Crest, 3:27.03; 6. Bear River, 3:28.01; 7. Pine View, 3:29.10; 8. Logan, 3:32.19.

4x800M relay — 1. Snow Canyon, 8:02.86; 2. Cedar, 8:04.31; 3. Pine View, 8:08.55; 4. Desert Hills, 8:20.69; 5. Green Canyon, 8:24.97; 6. Mountain Crest, 8:27.44; 7. Logan, 8:31.15; 8. Crimson Cliffs, 8:34.62.

Long jump — 1. Brevin Egbert, Sky View, 21’09.75; 2. Austin Eaton, Crimson Cliffs, 21’09.50; 3. Robinson Christensen, Snow Canyon, 21’03.00; 4. Steven Hadfield, Mountain Crest, 20’08.75; 5. Cyrus Polu, Desert Hills, 20’06.00; 6. Matt Maclennan, Snow Canyon, 20’05.00; 7. Will Warner, Snow Canyon, 20’04.50; 8. Oliver Larsen, Snow Canyon, 20’00.50.

High jump — 1. Owen Mackay, Snow Canyon, 6’08; 2. David Bourgeous, Bear River, 6’06; 3. Lukas Sorenson, Ridgeline, 6’04; 4. Owen Iloa, Hurricane, 6’04; 5. Nyken Bott, Snow Canyon, 6’04; 6. Kovin Brazzle, Desert Hills, 6’02; 7. Matthew Leavitt, Snow Canyon, 6’00; 8. RJ Wright, Hurricane, 6’00.

Shot put — 1. Carson Nowatzke, Snow Canyon, 49’11.25; 2. Dallan DeMille, Cedar, 49’10.75; 3. Colton Sam Fong, Pine View, 49’10.50; 4. Henry Anderson, Green Canyon, 48’04.00; 5. Stewart Taufa, Desert Hills, 46’09.75; 6. Trent Durbin, Cedar, 45’04.00; 7. Jaden DeCoursey, Bear River, 43’08.00; 8. Aspen Borden, Hurricane, 43’07.25.

Discus — 1. Dallan DeMille, Cedar, 158’11; 2. Kayden Kreci, Snow Canyon, 146’00.75; 3. Brodie Swenson, Pine View, 141’04; 4. Trent Durbin, Cedar, 135’00.50; 5. Colton Sam Fong, Pine View, 132’04.25; 6. Tydon Jones, Bear River, 129’00; 7. Alexander Campbell, Hurricane, 126’06; 8. Ethan Sam Fong, Snow Canyon, 124’06.50.

Javelin — 1. Bo Hickman, Snow Canyon, 206’00.60; 2. Tydon Jones, Bear River, 168’06; 3. Joseph Smith, Snow Canyon, 163’03.75; 4. Austin Crosby, Snow Canyon, 158’08; 5. Sawyer Woods, Pine View, 158’03.25; 6. Lukas Sorenson, Ridgeline, 157’05.75; 7. James Johnson, Snow Canyon, 155’03; 8. Seedar Shammon, Pine Viw, 145’06.50.

4A Girls

Team scores

Desert Hills, 108.5
Green Canyon, 102
Pine View, 95
Snow Canyon, 91.5
Cedar, 84
Crimson Cliffs, 58
Sky View, 28
Mountain Crest, 25

Individual results

100 meters — 1. Amelia Nadauld, Snow Canyon, 12.16; 2. Drew Schwartz, Desert Hills, 12.30; 3. Samiyah Jones, Crimson Cliffs, 12.43; 4. Kooper Dennison, Desert Hills, 12.53; 5. Kenzie Palmer, Crimson Cliffs, 12.63; 6. Ashley Leavitt, Pine View, 12.72; 7. Kylee Cox, Green Canyon, 12.77; 8. Cambree Tensmeyer, Green Canyon, 12.84.

200 meters — 1. Amelia Nadauld, Snow Canyon, 24.93; 2. Drew Schwartz, Desert Hills, 25.59; 3. Kooper Dennison, Desert Hills, 25.83; 4. Samiyah Jones, Crimson Cliffs, 25.97; 5. Lucy Harris, Desert Hills, 26.09; 6. Emery Simister, Desert Hills, 26.22; 7. Cambree Tensmeyer, Green Canyon, 26.36; 8. Ashley Leavitt, Pine View, 26.39.

400 meters — 1. Amelia Nadauld, Snow Canyon, 57.77; 2. Cambree Tensmeyer, Green Canyon, 59.07; 3. Kylee Cox, Green Canyon, 59.34; 4. Tehanie Waters, Crimson Cliffs, 59.78; 5. Jade Reimer, Pine View, 1:00.00; 6. Wren Jensen, Mountain Crest, 1:00.17; 7. Emmalee Williams, Pine View, 1:00.72; 8. Mckenlee Mogensen, Cedar, 1:00.80.

800 meters — 1. Addison Pettingill, Desert Hills, 2:20.16; 2. Mayce Dalton, Cedar, 2:21.21; 3. Hadlie Ballard, Green Canyon, 2:21.22; 4. Adri Baker, Pine View, 2:23.54; 5. Scarlett Guillen, Cedar, 2:24.34; 6. Madelyn Busch, Ridgeline, 2:24.45; 7. Wren Jensen, Mountain Crest, 2:24.55; 8. Elle Williams, Pine View, 2:25.22.

1,600 meters — 1. Addison Pettingill, Desert Hills, 5:16.06; 2. Hadlie Ballard, Green Canyon, 5:16.16; 3. Adri Baker, Pine View, 5:23.04; 4. Hailey Shakespear, Green Canyon, 5:23.51; 5. Brooklyn Hill, Pine View, 5:23.85; 6. Kate Jones, Pine View, 5:26.48; 7. Chelsea Shakespear, Green Canyon, 5:28.25; 8. Emmalee Williams, Pine View, 5:29.05.

3,200 meters — 1. Hailey Shakespear, Green Canyon, 11:35.41; 2. Brooklyn Hill, Pine View, 11:36.87; 3. Aspen Kenworthy, Snow Canyon, 11:41.81; 4. Kate Jones, Pine View, 11:43.44; 5. Addison Pettingill, Desert Hills, 11:45.23; 6. Samantha Heaton, Cedar, 11:45.56; 7. Adri Baker, Pine View, 11:48.38; 8. Maggie Crosby, Snow Canyon, 12:00.28.

100 hurdles — 1. Samiyah Jones, Crimson Cliffs, 14.99; 2. Lucy Harris, Desert Hills, 15.01; 3. Brinley Campbell, Crimson Cliffs, 15.17; 4. Mattie Johnston, Bear River, 15.71; 5. Tori Conrad, Pine View, 15.84; 6. Paige Bagley, Green Canyon, 15.94; 7. Halia Pelton, Dixie, 15.99; 8. Lilly Wittwer, Snow Canyon, 16.39.

300 hurdles — 1. Lucy Harris, Desert Hills, 44.88; 2. Lilly Wittwer, Snow Canyon, 45.17; 3. Paige Bagley, Green Canyon, 46.31; 4. Leah Albrecht, Cedar, 46.46; 5. Ellie Davies, Sky View, 46.77; 6. Ilenia DeHart, Dixie, 47.32; 7. Kate Sundstrom, Sky View, 47.38; 8. Ashlee Harris, Snow Canyon, 47.51.

4×100 relay — 1. Desert Hills, 48.91. ; 2. Crimson Cliffs, 49.74; 3. Sky View, 50.43; 4. Pine View, 50.6; 5. Snow Canyon, 50.81. ; 6. Cedar, 50.94; 7. Bear River, 51.49; 8. Ridgeline, 51.72.

4x200M relay — 1. Desert Hills, 1:42.33; 2. Crimson Cliffs, 1:46.22; 3. Pine View, 1:46.53; 4. Snow Canyon, 1:46.82; 5. Sky View, 1:47.55; 6. Cedar, 1:48.36; 7. Green Canyon, 1:48.50; 8. Bear River, 1:50.33.

4x400M relay — 1. Pine View, 4:02.23; 2. Bear River, 4:03.15; 3. Desert Hills, 4:04.25; 4. Cedar, 4:05.71; 5. Green Canyon, 4:08.81; 6. Snow Canyon, 4:10.05; 7. Mountain Crest, 4:10.24; 8. Dixie, 4:10.42.

4x800M relay — 1. Pine View, 9:47.00; 2. Cedar, 9:54.32; 3. Green Canyon, 9:56.14; 4. Ridgeline, 9:56.23; 5. Mountain Crest, 10:10.85; 6. Hurricane, 10:17.82; 7. Desert Hills, 10:18.02; 8. Sky View, 10:21.08.

Long jump — 1. Amelia Nadauld, Snow Canyon, 17’08.25; 2. Kylee Cox, Green Canyon, 16’04.50; 3. Maryn Coats, Sky View, 16’02.00; 4. Mattie Johnston, Bear River, 16’01.00; 5. Kenzie Bird, Cedar, 16’01.00; 6. Ashley Flanigan, Cedar, 15’06.50; 7. Anna Reed, Cedar, 15’05.75; 8. Adelin Dalton, Cedar, 15’03.50.

High jump — 1. Tori Conrad, Pine View, 5’05.75; 2. Madeline Carmona, Ridgeline, 5’05.75; 3. Maci Cottam, Crimson Cliffs, 5’03.75; 4. Mercedes Stewart, Sky View, 5’03.75; 5. Jenna Brown, Desert Hills, 4’11.75; 5. Aubrey Olson, Snow Canyon, 4’11.75; 7. Isi Swift, Pine View, 4’11.75; 7. Abby Bodily, Ridgeline, 4’11.75.

Shot put — 1. Abigail Blau, Green Canyon, 41’11.50; 2. Paige Egbert, Mountain Crest, 38’07.50; 3. Kiara Hansen, Cedar, 38’04.75; 4. Quincy Esplin, Cedar, 35’05.25; 5. Tea Wright, Pine View, 35’01.25; 6. Maren McKenna, Green Canyon, 35’00.00; 7. Eden Hunsaker, Ridgeline, 33’11.75; 8. Lexie Hermandson, Desert Hills, 32’11.25.

Discus — 1. Quincy Esplin, Cedar, 130’06.25; 2. Mattie Dotson, Hurricane, 115’02; 3. Paige Egbert, Mountain Crest, 111’10.50; 4. Ella Martin, Snow Canyon, 106’02.75; 5. Kennedy Scott, Snow Canyon, 99’02.50; 6. McKenna Twitchell, Cedar, 98’00.50; 7. Fetuao Tapasa, Snow Canyon, 97’06; 8. Kaitlin Lewis, Hurricane, 91’09.50.

Javelin — 1. Maren McKenna, Green Canyon, 124’01.75; 2. Aggeliki Georgopoulou, Snow Canyon, 117’05.50; 3. Katie Elison, Hurricane, 115’06.50; 4. Kasia Davis, Cedar, 109’04.50; 5. Ella Fielding, Cedar, 108’07.25; 6. Kate Carter, Hurricane, 104’11; 7. Gracie Riley, Bear River, 104’05.50; 8. Quincy Esplin, Cedar, 100’11.

3A Boys

Team scores

Individual results

100 meters — 1. Cameron Smith, Delta, 10.98; 2. Parker Williams, Grantsville, 11.06; 3. Jacob Carter, Morgan, 11.17; 4. Stockton Shepherd, Juab, 11.18; 5. Ethan Rainer, Grantsville, 11.20; 6. Austin West, Juab, 11.24; 7. Jimmy Savage, Morgan, 11.25; 8. Dax Johnson, Juab, 11.34.

200 meters — 1. Ethan Rainer, Grantsville, 22.32; 2. Parker Williams, Grantsville, 22.41; 3. Dax Johnson, Juab, 22.63; 4. Jimmy Savage, Morgan, 22.77; 5. Jyson Diaz, Delta, 22.93; 6. Asher Groft, Canyon View, 23.05; 7. Grant Kling, Richfield, 23.07; 8. Jaiden Reyes, Providence Hall, 23.11.

400 meters — 1. Brogan Garrett, Morgan, 49.01; 2. Asher Groft, Canyon View, 49.77; 3. Easton Humes, Carbon, 49.86; 4. Dax Johnson, Juab, 49.91; 5. Jaden Heap, Juab, 50.42; 6. Jyson Diaz, Delta, 50.44; 7. Tyler Warnick, Providence Hall, 50.81; 8. Justin Gillman, Union, 50.93.

800 meters — 1. Richard Crane, Richfield, 1:55.12; 2. Bryson Ottley, Summit Academy, 1:55.60; 3. Paul Squire, Union, 1:56.10; 4. Tucker Giles, Morgan, 1:59.21; 5. Miles Barnett, Richfield, 1:59.96; 6. Colton Scharman, Ogden, 2:00.52; 7. Wayke Olsen, Union, 2:01.16; 8. Ty Jessen, Canyon View, 2:01.25.

1,600 meters — 1. Richard Crane, Richfield, 4:22.79; 2. Paul Squire, Union, 4:24.83; 3. Bryson Ottley, Summit Academy, 4:26.28; 4. Matthew Costello, Union, 4:31.69; 5. Brooks Anderton, Morgan, 4:32.92; 6. Kyle Ransom, Canyon View, 4:33.02; 7. Noah Tebben, Judge Memorial, 4:33.29; 8. Ty Jessen, Canyon View, 4:34.17.

3,200 meters — 1. Richard Crane, Richfield, 9:39.17; 2. Paul Squire, Union, 9:39.40; 3. Jack Blodgett, Ogden, 9:54.74; 4. Thomas Daniels, Canyon View, 9:56.69; 5. Joshua Nicolaides, Morgan, 9:57.10; 6. Matthew Costello, Union, 9:57.19; 7. Tezra Fisk, North Sanpete, 10:01.09; 8. Patrick Reilly, Juan Diego CHS, 10:01.25.

110 hurdles — 1. Malik Johnson, Layton Christian Acad., 14.69; 2. Matthew Harris, Grantsville, 15.23; 3. Aiden Gordon, Grand County, 15.52; 4. Jacob Eldridge, Juab, 15.77; 5. Jarron Ball, Morgan, 15.98; 6. Aunese Tuatagaloa, Ben Lomond, 16.14; 7. Riley Palmer, Carbon, 16.76; 8. Preston Thompson, Manti, 16.90.

300 hurdles — 1. Malik Johnson, Layton Christian Acad., 39.57; 2. Cameron Curtis, Delta, 40.47; 3. Aiden Gordon, Grand County, 40.68; 4. Isaac Bender, Juab, 41.79; 5. Matt Olsen, Emery, 42.08; 6. Gavin DeWitt, Morgan, 42.14; 7. Gavin Miller, Union, 42.81; 8. Garrett Black, Carbon, 43.39.

4×100 relay — 1. Juab, 43.46; 2. Richfield, 43.55; 3. Grantsville, 43.78; 4. Morgan, 43.83; 5. Delta, 43.84; 6. Canyon View, 44.11. ; 7. Ogden, 44.16; 8. Union, 45.12.

4×400 relay — 1. Union, 3:27.37; 2. Morgan, 3:28.46; 3. Juab, 3:29.81; 4. Richfield, 3:30.89; 5. Summit, 3:33.37; 6. Manti, 3:35.10; 7. Carbon, 3:35.60; 8. Emery, 3:39.31.

Sprint medley relay — 1. Richfield, 3:32.14; 2. Morgan, 3:35.54; 3. Juab, 3:38.40; 4. Union, 3:39.71; 5. Carbon, 3:42.79; 6. Emery, 3:45.10; 7. Juan Diego CHS, 3:46.57; 8. Manti, 3:46.78.

Long jump — 1. Jyson Diaz, Delta, 22’07.25; 2. Cameron Smith, Delta, 21’08.25; 3. Chet Colvin, Ogden, 21’05.50; 4. Hunter Stevens, Manti, 20’06.00; 5. Jacob Carter, Morgan, 20’04.50; 6. Job Barlow, Providence Hall, 20’04.00; 7. Zac Nelson, Morgan, 20’03.25; 8. Maui Richmond, Juan Diego CHS, 20’03.00.

High jump — 1. Traxton Jewkes, Carbon, 6’02.00; 2. Matt Olsen, Emery, 6’02.00; 3. Boston Huntington, Emery, 5’10.00; 3. Cai Henderson, Delta, 5’10.00; 3. Kenny Whitmer, Morgan, 5’10.00; 6. Kendlee Foster, Union, 5’10.00; 6. Kayson Douglas, Manti, 5’10.00; 8. Gavin Miller, Union, 5’10.00.

Shot put — 1. Tanner Taylor, Delta, 49’10.50; 2. Dalan Kennedy, Juan Diego, 48’07.50; 3. Shaun Moore, Morgan, 47’11.50; 4. Etu Kaumatule, Juan Diego, 47’03.00; 5. Maddox Wanner, Union, 46’05.50; 6. Nathan Bloomfeldt, Grantsville, 45’09.25; 7. Braxten Shobe, Ogden, 45’08.75; 8. Bradley Wood, Carbon, 44’09.00.

Discus — 1. Kenyon Rook, Union, 144’11; 2. Charles Martinson, Grantsville, 139’03.25; 3. Etu Kaumatule, Juan Diego CHS, 138’03.75; 4. Shaun Moore, Morgan, 138’03; 5. Dalan Kennedy, Juan Diego CHS, 135’08.25; 6. Kione Mataele, Juan Diego CHS, 135’02.75; 7. Braxten Shobe, Ogden, 131’06; 8. Tanner Taylor, Delta, 130’09.25.

Javelin — 1. Kaylex Cox, Manti, 172’02.25; 2. Jay Rowley, Juab, 171’03; 3. Rhett Nye, Morgan, 161’01; 4. Conner White, Juab, 155’04.50; 5. Jackson Alger, Richfield, 152’08.25; 6. Grady Bowles, Juab, 149’11.25; 7. Gavin DeWitt, Morgan, 148’01.25; 8. Traie Buhler, Canyon View, 145’10.50.

3A Girls

Team scores

Morgan, 91
Juan Diego, 73
Canyon View, 65
Union, 56
Grand, 52
North Sanpete, 50
Carbon, 43
Richfield, 35

Individual results

100 meters — 1. Lucy Tripp, Morgan, 12.44; 2. Brynn Leavitt, South Summit, 12.49; 3. Abri Benson, North Sanpete, 12.79; 4. Gabriele Dabb, Canyon View, 12.84; 5. Nevaleigh Dinkel, Providence Hall, 12.88; 6. Ebony Dodoo, Delta, 12.91; 7. Hannah Burgess, Grand County, 13.01; 8. Kaylee Gowans, Manti, 13.03.

200 meters — 1. Lucy Tripp, Morgan, 25.96; 2. Grace Gordon, Morgan, 26.16; 3. Madelyn Girardo, Ogden, 26.3; 4. Gabriele Dabb, Canyon View, 26.37; 5. Abri Benson, North Sanpete, 26.51; 6. Brynn Leavitt, South Summit, 26.61; 7. Sydney Bradford, Juab, 26.82; 8. Hannah Burgess, Grand County, 27.24.

400 meters — 1. Grace Gordon, Morgan, 56.94; 2. Addison Pettit, Juan Diego CHS, 58.12; 3. Gabriele Dabb, Canyon View, 58.47; 4. Mari Briggs, North Sanpete, 59.41; 5. Isabella Pickers, Juan Diego CHS, 1:00.44; 6. Lydia Forsyth, Canyon View, 1:00.74; 7. Allie Wilkins, Grantsville, 1:01.01; 8. Hayden Pettit, Juan Diego CHS, 1:01.24.

800 meters — 1. Rozlyn Stowe, Carbon, 2:14.64; 2. Addison Pettit, Juan Diego CHS, 2:18.89; 3. Cadence Kasprick, Grand County, 2:19.41; 4. Jaylie Jenkins, Union, 2:19.93; 5. Oi Ling Stevens, Juan Diego CHS, 2:19.97; 6. River White, Union, 2:22.90; 7. Alexis Weiers, Morgan, 2:24.83; 8. Lydia Forsyth, Canyon View, 2:25.56.

1,600 meters — 1. Cadence Kasprick, Grand County, 5:00.75; 2. Jaylie Jenkins, Union, 5:09.87; 3. Rozlyn Stowe, Carbon, 5:09.92; 4. Oi Ling Stevens, Juan Diego CHS, 5:11.44; 5. Ainsleigh Kasprick, Grand County, 5:13.74; 6. River White, Union, 5:13.95; 7. Isabelle McCullough, Summit Academy, 5:20.54; 8. Madelyn Christensen, North Sanpete, 5:24.54.

3,200 meters — 1. Cadence Kasprick, Grand County, 11:16.25; 2. Jaylie Jenkins, Union, 11:16.81; 3. Oi Ling Stevens, Juan Diego CHS, 11:24.96; 4. Ainsleigh Kasprick, Grand County, 11:29.66; 5. Isabelle McCullough, Summit Academy, 11:30.83; 6. Kaitlyn Blackham, Ogden, 11:35.01; 7. River White, Union, 11:36.03; 8. Addie Hurst, Emery, 11:50.93.

100M hurdles — 1. Ebony Dodoo, Delta, 15.08; 2. Brinley Beus, Ogden, 15.54; 3. Zoe Thomas, Delta, 15.75; 4. Journey Toomey, North Sanpete, 16.21; 5. Harmony Lopez, Canyon View, 16.35; 6. Madelyn Girardo, Ogden, 16.48; 7. Paisley Blood, Canyon View, 16.48; 8. Bailey Beckstrom, Morgan, 16.50.

300M hurdles — 1. Harmony Lopez, Canyon View, 44.95; 2. Madelyn Girardo, Ogden, 46.3; 3. Bailey Beckstrom, Morgan, 47.14; 4. Mia McKay, Grand County, 47.57; 5. Journey Toomey, North Sanpete, 47.63; 6. Zoe Thomas, Delta, 48.38; 7. Paisley Blood, Canyon View, 48.87; 8. Emersyn Visser, Providence Hall, 49.93.

4x100M relay — 1. Morgan, 50.41. ; 2. Canyon View, 50.74; 3. Carbon, 51.13; 4. North Sanpete, 51.16; 5. Summit Academy, 51.16; 6. Grand County, 51.25; 7. Juab, 51.74; 8. Ben Lomond, 51.85.

4x400M relay — 1. Union, 4:12.92; 2. Delta, 4:18.88; 3. Summit Academy, 4:26.40; 4. Manit, 4:28.04; 5. South Summit, 4:34.91; 6. Grantsville, 4:44.56; 7. Judge, 4:48.07.

Sprint medley relay — 1. Carbon, 4:13.79; 2. Juan Diego CHS, 4:16.39; 3. Grand County, 4:18.69; 4. Morgan, 4:23.52; 5. Union, 4:23.67; 6. Canyon View, 4:25.87; 7. Delta, 4:28.08; 8. North Sanpete, 4:30.87.

Long jump — 1. Mylee Jensen, Richfield, 16’10.25; 2. Olivia Backus, Summit Academy, 16’09.25; 3. Nyrvanah Crockett, Juan Diego, 16’01.00; 4. Kaylee Gowans, Manti, 16’00.25; 5. Andee Nelson, Canyon View, 15’11.25; 6. Tylee Henrie, North Sanpete, 15’06.25; 7. Abby Titus, Morgan, 15’05.50; 8. Paisley Blood, Canyon View, 15’05.00.

High jump — 1. Olivia Backus, Summit Academy, 5’05.00; 2. Megan Stilson, Emery, 5’02.50; 3. Abby Titus, Morgan, 5’00.75; 4. Kinzlee Brindley, Canyon View, 5’00.75; 5. Abby Morris, Emery, 5’00.75; 6. Tylee Henrie, North Sanpete, 5’00.75; 7. Grace Thomsen, Morgan, 5’00.75; 8. Preslie Harward, Richfield, 4’10.75.

Shot put — 1. Nicole Willardson, Richfield, 40’01.50; 2. Susie Palei, Union, 37’07.50; 3. Sisilia Mafi, Morgan, 35’07.50; 4. Emma Johansen, North Sanpete, 35’04.75; 5. Lacie Christensen, Manti, 35’00.00; 6. Cadee Alder, Manti, 32’11.75; 7. Klowie Pike, Judge Memorial, 32’04.25; 8. Leineta Mafi, Morgan, 31’11.50.

Discus — 1. Nicole Willardson, Richfield, 122’04.50; 2. Susie Palei, Union, 120’01.75; 3. Haley Garrish, Carbon, 116’04.75; 4. Lacie Christensen, Manti, 108’04; 5. Emmalyn Jacobs, Juan Diego CHS, 105’06.25; 6. Lucy Nickle, Delta, 102’11.50; 7. Jordan Davenport, Canyon View, 101’07; 8. Elizabeth Hamilton, Summit Academy, 101’01.75.

Javelin — 1. Cadee Alder, Manti, 139’04.50; 2. Emmalyn Jacobs, Juan Diego CHS, 126’11.50; 3. Brooklyn Olson, Manti, 111’01.75; 4. Catherine Stevens, Juan Diego CHS, 109’02.25; 5. Brecklan Weaver, Union, 108’03.25; 6. Paras Reitz, Richfield, 100’05.50; 7. Amaya Rogers, Morgan, 95’09.50; 8. Kayla Miller, Union, 92’01.50.

2A Boys

Team scores

Kanab, 96
Millard, 80
North Sevier, 74
South Sevier, 50
San Juan, 49
Enterprise, 40
North Summit, Beaver, 38

Individual results

100 meters — 1. Travis Stewart, Kanab, 11.02; 2. Waylon White, Kanab, 11.34; 3. Aiden Dougherty, Enterprise, 11.42; 4. Jet Hill, Gunnison Valley, 11.46; 5. McKade Nelson, North Summit, 11.54; 6. Jack Wilkey, Wasatch Academy, 11.56; 7. Clayton Anzalone, Enterprise, 11.59; 8. Kamden Saling, North Sevier, 11.73.

200 meters — 1. Travis Stewart, Kanab, 22.78; 2. Jet Hill, Gunnison Valley, 23.06; 3. Sawyer Smith, Wasatch Academy, 23.07; 4. Steele Vernon, North Summit, 23.2; 5. Aiden Dougherty, Enterprise, 23.4; 6. Greyson Bennett, North Sevier, 23.49; 7. Clayton Anzalone, Enterprise, 23.54; 8. Daxton Jones, Kanab, 23.71.

400 meters — 1. Travis Stewart, Kanab, 49.61; 2. Rusten Lyman, Enterprise, 51.16; 3. Jet Hill, Gunnison Valley, 51.21; 4. Jason Carlisle, Parowan, 51.21; 5. Greyson Bennett, North Sevier, 51.22; 6. Will Cunningham, Rowland Hall, 51.53; 7. Jake Smith, North Summit, 51.62; 8. Edward Lyman, San Juan, 52.73.

800 meters — 1. Ben Ralphs, Millard, 2:00.95; 2. Keaton Hallows, North Sevier, 2:01.62; 3. Jason Kerksiek, Beaver, 2:02.01; 4. Michael Ralphs, Millard, 2:02.41; 5. Michael Evelyn, Enterprise, 2:02.57; 6. Ezra Shilling Rabin, Rowland Hall, 2:02.75; 7. LeGrand Callister, American Heritage, 2:02.76; 8. Camden Moat, Millard, 2:05.69.

1,600 meters — 1. Michael Ralphs, Millard, 4:27.95; 2. Ben Ralphs, Millard, 4:27.97; 3. Keaton Hallows, North Sevier, 4:29.27; 4. Jason Kerksiek, Beaver, 4:30.62; 5. Austin Allred, Maeser Prep Acad, 4:32.31; 6. Camden Moat, Millard, 4:34.15; 7. Ezra Shilling Rabin, Rowland Hall, 4:34.49; 8. Rhett Woolstenhulme, North Summit, 4:37.18

3,200 meters — 1. Michael Ralphs, Millard, 9:45.58; 2. Ezra Shilling Rabin, Rowland Hall, 9:47.65; 3. Ben Ralphs, Millard, 9:56.44; 4. Camden Moat, Millard, 9:58.08; 5. Edward Lyman, San Juan, 10:19.04; 6. Austin Edwards, Parowan, 10:19.40; 7. Jason Kerksiek, Beaver, 10:28.83; 8. Tyson Brinkerhoff, Kanab, 10:33.93.

110M hurdles — 1. Sawyer Smith, Wasatch Academy, 15.38; 2. Erick Robinson, South Sevier, 15.78; 3. Rider Allen, Kanab, 15.78; 4. Brock Bair, South Sevier, 16.09; 5. Brody Jacobs, Duchesne, 16.50; 6. Jackson Clark, Kanab, 16.69; 7. Brigham Nielson, San Juan, 17.36; 8. Jaedon Bassett, Millard, 17.84.

300M hurdles — 1. Sawyer Smith, Wasatch Academy, 39.14; 2. Erick Robinson, South Sevier, 40.2; 3. Brigham Nielson, San Juan, 41.96; 4. Cody Hammond, Gunnison Valley, 42.7; 5. Rider Allen, Kanab, 42.71; 6. Sydney Richins, North Summit, 43.49; 7. Jackson Clark, Kanab, 43.71; 8. Walker Young, Duchesne, 44.58.

4x100M relay — 1. Kanab, 44.72; 2. North Summit, 44.78; 3. San Juan, 44.94; 4. South Sevier, 46.41. ; 5. Gunnison Valley, 46.84; 6. Maeser Prep Acad, 48.17; 7. North Sevier, 48.64.

4x400M relay — 1. North Summit, 3:32.95; 2. San Juan, 3:33.15; 3. Millard, 3:34.07; 4. Kanab, 3:34.56; 5. North Sevier, 3:37.30; 6. Maeser Prep, 3:41.23; 7. Parowan, 3:42.35; 8. Duchesne, 3:43.08.

Sprint medley relay — 1. North Sevier, 3:39.26; 2. Enterprise, 3:40.45; 3. Beaver, 3:44.12; 4. Millard, 3:45.99; 5. Maeser Prep Acad, 3:49.21; 6. Duchesne, 3:53.00; 7. North Summit, 3:59.35; 8. South Sevier, 4:01.88.

Long jump — 1. Brody Jacobs, Duchesne, 21’01.50; 2. Greyson Bennett, North Sevier, 20’06.75; 3. Eli Brickey, Maeser Prep Acad, 20’03.75; 4. Erick Robinson, South Sevier, 20’02.50; 5. Hudson Whatcott, San Juan, 19’08.50; 6. Isaiah Ortiz, Duchesne, 19’07.75; 7. Waylon White, Kanab, 19’05.75; 8. Steele Vernon, North Summit, 19’00.75.

High jump — 1. Erick Robinson, South Sevier, 6’02.00; 2. Hudson Whatcott, San Juan, 6’02.00; 3. Jack Wilkey, Wasatch Academy, 6’02.00; 4. Cody Hammond, Gunnison Valley, 6’00.00; 4. Adis Halaba, American Prep WV, 6’00.00; 6. Tripp Palmer, San Juan, 6’00.00; 7. Brody Jacobs, Duchesne, 6’00.00; 8. Eli Brickey, Maeser Prep, 5’10.00.

Shot put — 1. Blaine Anderson, North Aevier, 49’05.75; 2. Andrew Northrup, South Sevier, 46’00.25; 3. Boden Mackelprang, Parowan, 41’05.75; 4. Britton Little, Kanab, 41’02; 5. Wyatt Orton, Kanab, 41’00.50; 6. Trayson Brown, Beaver, 40’11.25; 7. Ethan Nolan, North Summit, 40’09; 8. Sam Zimmerman, Utah Military Hillfield, 40’05.00.

Discus — 1. Blaine Anderson, North Sevier, 161’07.25; 2. Dean Anderson, North Sevier, 128’03.25; 3. Wyatt Shurtliff, Enterprise, 125’10.25; 4. Trayson Brown, Beaver, 123’09.75; 5. Karter Ramsay, Kanab, 123’09; 6. Matt Kerksiek, Beaver, 121’07; 7. Sam Zimmerman, Utah Military Acad HF, 112’03.25; 8. Wyatt Orton, Kanab, 111’04.25.

Javelin — 1. Luke DeGraffenried, Millard, 175’11; 2. Taggart Harris, Beaver, 169’04.25; 3. Magnum Nielson, San Juan, 155’02.25; 4. Travis Stewart, Kanab, 154’00.75; 5. Eli Brickey, Maeser Prep Acad, 149’00.25; 6. Nate Stewart, Kanab, 146’08.75; 7. Dixon Kelly, Kanab, 138’11; 8. Jared Burke, San Juan, 138’01.50.

2A Girls

Team scores

North Summit, 128
Millard, 116
North Sevier, 101
Kanab, 84
Parowan, 39
Rowland Hall, 34
Beaver, 22
American Heritage, 17

Individual results

100 meters — 1. Jada Crockett, Rowland Hall, 12.29; 2. Anne Marie Gibbs, American Heritage, 12.91; 3. Scarlett Brock, North Summit, 12.92; 4. Trey Torgerson, North Sevier, 12.96; 5. Kara Camp, Millard, 12.97; 6. Avery Judi, North Summit, 13.14; 7. Jenna Larsen, North Summit, 13.29; 8. Sydney Kinnear, North Summit, 13.42.

200 meters — 1. Jada Crockett, Rowland Hall, 25.55; 2. Cale Torgerson, North Sevier, 26.44; 3. Trey Torgerson, North Sevier, 26.52; 4. Scarlett Brock, North Summit, 26.95; 5. Oakley King, Millard, 27.26; 6. Jenna Larsen, North Summit, 27.4; 7. Hartlyn Richins, North Summit, 27.55; 8. Swayzee Mason, North Sevier, 27.69.

400 meters — 1. Jada Crockett, Rowland Hall, 56.74; 2. Trey Torgerson, North Sevier, 57.01; 3. Scarlett Brock, North Summit, 58.22; 4. Hartlyn Richins, North Summit, 59.99; 5. Oakley King, Millard, 1:00.39; 6. Deanna Gale, Parowan, 1:01.47; 7. Jaidyn Kinnear, North Summit, 1:01.73; 8. Adilynn Sargent, North Summit, 1:02.50.

800 meters — 1. Kenidee Glazier, Kanab, 2:18.99; 2. Trey Torgerson, North Sevier, 2:25.34; 3. Julia Rust, North Summit, 2:27.74; 4. Kyra Moat, Millard, 2:29.57; 5. Emma Stephenson, Millard, 2:30.44; 6. Carolina Corcoran, Rowland Hall, 2:31.51; 7. Miranda Rivera, American Prep WV, 2:32.33; 8. Charly Sargent, North Summit, 2:33.04

1,600 meters — 1. Kenidee Glazier, Kanab, 5:19.27; 2. Julia Rust, North Summit, 5:21.82; 3. Kyra Moat, Millard, 5:32.51; 4. Chayden Sargent, North Summit, 5:35.64; 5. Emma Stephenson, Millard, 5:41.12; 6. Ava Sargent, North Summit, 5:43.41; 7. Charly Sargent, North Summit, 5:45.67; 8. Carolina Corcoran, Rowland Hall, 5:46.07.

3,200 meters — 1. Kenidee Glazier, Kanab, 11:17.39; 2. Julia Rust, North Summit, 11:50.78; 3. Kyra Moat, Millard, 11:59.30; 4. Chayden Sargent, North Summit, 12:01.44; 5. Emma Stephenson, Millard, 12:01.86; 6. Ava Sargent, North Summit, 12:36.83; 7. Charly Sargent, North Summit, 12:37.52; 8. Danielle Zwahlen, North Summit, 12:55.03.

100M hurdles — 1. Brentlee Mineer, Parowan, 15.52; 2. Cale Torgerson, North Sevier, 15.98; 3. Kara Camp, Millard, 16.24; 4. Leah Castellon, San Juan, 16.38; 5. Alina Lurth, Beaver, 16.59; 6. Addilyn Anderson, Gunnison Valley, 16.86; 7. Caper Farnsworth, Enterprise, 17.05; 8. Abby Jacobsen, Parowan, 17.19.

300M hurdles — 1. Cale Torgerson, North Sevier, 44.69; 2. Kara Camp, Millard, 46.04; 3. Sydney Kinnear, North Summit, 47.45; 4. Brentlee Mineer, Parowan, 47.76; 5. Bree Harmon, American Heritage, 48.67; 6. Leah Castellon, San Juan, 49.25; 7. Trevi Sieverts, North Summit, 49.55; 8. Addilyn Anderson, Gunnison Valley, 49.62.

4x100M relay — 1. North Summit, 51.87; 2. Parowan, 51.95; 3. North Sevier, 52.45; 4. Maeser Prep Acad, 52.84; 5. Enterprise, 52.97; 6. Kanab, 53.16; 7. South Sevier, 53.18; 8. Duchesne, 54.74.

4x400M relay — 1. North Summit, 4:08.61; 2. Millard, 4:21.68; 3. North Sevier, 4:23.19; 4. Kanab, 4:26.09; 5. American Heritage, 4:29.05; 6. South Sevier, 4:29.53; 7. Parowan, 4:30.92; 8. Maeser Prep, 4:40.30.

Sprint medley relay — 1. Kanab, 4:22.94; 2. Millard, 4:27.27; 3. North Sevier, 4:32.13; 4. North Summit, 4:37.87; 5. American Prep WV, 4:47.30; 6. South Sevier, 4:48.37; 7. San Juan, 4:54.50; 8. American Heritage, 4:54.57.

Long jump — 1. Kara Camp, Millard, 16’10.25; 3. Madi Orton, Kanab, 16’04.75; 3. Avery Judd, North Summit, 16’04.75; 4. Lexee Keisel, Gunnison Valley, 16’00.25; 5. London Fenus, Kanab, 15’10.50; 6. Bailee Moser, North Summit, 15’09.75; 7. Haylee Marshall, Beaver, 15’07.50; 8. Caper Farnsworth, Enterprise, 15’06.60.

High jump — 1. Cale Torgerson, North Sevier, 5’06.25; 2. Madi Orton, Kanab, 5’05.00; 3. Alina Lurth, Beaver, 5’02.50; 4. Rylee Little, Kanab, 5’02.50; 5. Olivia Bassett, Millard, 5’02.50; 6. Brentlee Mineer, Parowan, 5’00.75; 7. Avery Judi, North Summit, 5’00.75; 8. Keezie Flannery, San Juan, 5’00.75.

Shot put — 1. Alli Mason, North Sevier, 37’02.50; 2. Caislee Lunt, Millard, 33’11.75; 3. Trinity Bodenschatz, South Sevier, 33’07.50; 4. Taylor Janes, Kanab, 33’02.00; 5. Sydney Bosh, North Sevier, 32’06.50; 6. Zoie Whitaker, Millard, 31’08.00; 7. Alina Lurth, Beaver, 31’04.50; 8. Addilyn Guymon, Parowan, 29’08.25.

Discus — 1. Zoie Whitaker, Millard, 104’07; 2. Jacelynn Rose, Duchesne, 101’01.50; 3. Addilyn Guymon, Parowan, 93’10.75; 4. Brooklin Goble, North Sevier, 93’04.5; 5. Savannah Richmond, San Juan, 93’03; 6. Lily Moon, Duchesne, 92’01.50; 7. Tenycia Torgerson, Duchesne, 91’02.50; 8. Caislee Lunt, Millard, 90’00.25.

Javelin — 1. Sarah Snell, Saint Joseph CHS, 134’03.75; 2. Alina Lurth, Beaver, 114’03.75; 3. Caislee Lunt, Millard, 110’07.50; 4. Haylie McQuivey, Kanab, 108’03.25; 5. Lauren Richins, North Summit, 105’06.25; 6. Zoie Whitaker, Millard, 105’01.50; 7. Leticia Calderon, American Prep WV, 103’07.25; 8. Emrey Kabonic, Kanab, 102’02.

1A Boys

Team scores

Panguitch, 124
Water Canyon, 117
Milford, 108
Altamont, 59
Monticello, 50
Manila, 34
Bryce Valley, 22
Rich, Tintic, 19

Individual results

100 meters — 1. Bryson Acklin, Milford, 11.50; 2. Klyn Fullmer, Panguitch, 11.58; 3. Ethan Hansen, Altamont, 11.64; 4. Colton Barnes, Milford, 11.66; 5. Trey Walker, Rich, 11.66; 6. Lorin Allred, Water Canyon, 11.68; 7. Treyton Rose, Milford, 11.69; 8. Jonathan Timpson, Water Canyon, 11.71.

200 meters — 1. Ethan Hansen, Altamont, 23.21; 2. Klyn Fullmer, Panguitch, 23.23; 3. Treyton Rose, Milford, 23.64; 4. Bryson Acklin, Milford, 23.74; 5. Lorin Allred, Water Canyon, 23.8; 6. Trey Walker, Rich, 23.95; 7. Kyden Johnson, Water Canyon, 24.03; 8. Colton Barnes, Milford, 24.03.

400 meters — 1. Ethan Hansen, Altamont, 51.78; 2. Randen Leslie, Bryce Valley, 51.87; 3. Manden Brown, Tintic, 52.96; 4. Kyden Johnson, Water Canyon, 53.29; 5. Tuck Davis, Manila, 53.46; 6. Soren Welch, Monticello, 54.85; 7. Marek Holth, Milford, 55.33; 8. Cameron Parkin, Panguitch, 56.09.

800 meters — 1. Rulon Barlow, Water Canyon, 2:02.02; 2. Ryuya Kawamura, Mount Vernon Academy, 2:04.18; 3. Carter Yardley, Panguitch, 2:04.78; 4. Ashton Arnold, Altamont, 2:05.22; 5. David Barlow, Water Canyon, 2:05.51; 6. Taiven Cluff, Milford, 2:05.83; 7. Manden Brown, Tintic, 2:06.91; 8. Jesse Pettit, Monticello, 2:07.71.

1,600 meters — 1. Rulon Barlow, Water Canyon, 4:39.52; 2. David Barlow, Water Canyon, 4:41.05; 3. Ashton Arnold, Altamont, 4:43.30; 4. Manden Brown, Tintic, 4:49.78; 5. Jesse Pettit, Monticello, 4:50.36; 6. Taiven Cluff, Milford, 4:51.07; 7. Theil Cooke, Water Canyon, 4:51.44; 8. Leroy Allred, Water Canyon, 4:58.53.

3,200 meters — 1. Theil Cooke, Water Canyon, 10:23.45; 2. Rulon Barlow, Water Canyon, 10:24.48; 3. Ashton Arnold, Altamont, 10:31.17; 4. David Barlow, Water Canyon, 10:36.16; 5. Taiven Cluff, Milford, 10:37.70; 6. Jesse Pettit, Monticello, 10:44.49; 7. Warren Spencer, Valley, 11:05.16; 8. Curtis Bunker, Monticello, 11:05.90.

110 hurdles — 1. Tuck Davis, Manila, 15.74; 2. Tyler Cox, Panguitch, 15.93; 3. Taylor Dotson, Milford, 16.00; 4. Burkley Dalton, Panguitch, 16.52; 5. Ethan White, Wayne, 17.32; 6. Patrick Hammon, Water Canyon, 17.35; 7. Trentin Keele, Panguitch, 17.80; 8. Curtis Bunker, Monticello, 18.01.

300 hurdles — 1. Tuck Davis, Manila, 40.47; 2. Treyton Rose, Milford, 40.68; 3. Tyler Cox, Panguitch, 41.87; 4. Theron Evans, Panguitch, 42.7; 5. Patrick Hammon, Water Canyon, 43.32; 6. Colton Barnes, Milford, 43.78; 7. Samuel Leifson, Rich, 44.34; 8. Trentin Keele, Panguitch, 46.35.

4×100 relay — 1. Milford, 44.45; 2. Panguitch, 44.83; 3. Water Canyon, 45.27; 4. Rich, 46.01. ; 5. Wayne, 46.26; 6. Monticello, 47.43; 7. Escalante, 48.03; 8. Telos Academy, 48.56.

4×400 relay — 1. Panguitch, 3:39.59; 2. Altamont, 3:44.13; 3. Tintic, 3:45.07; 4. Water Canyon, 3:46.50; 5. Rich, 3:52.73; 6. Bryce Valley, 3:54.33; 7. Milford, 4:01.54; 8. Monticello, 4:03.57.

Sprint medley relay — 1. Water Canyon, 3:42.29; 2. Panguitch, 3:46.61; 3. Milford, 3:51.79; 4. Monticello, 3:55.37; 5. Escalante, 3:56.79; 6. Bryce Valley, 4:00.30; 7. Valley, 4:01.04; 8. Rich, 4:05.85.

Long jump — 1. Tommy Sheeran, Monticello, 22’04.50; 2. Randen Leslie, Bryce Valley, 21’09.50; 3. Jonathan Timpson, Water Canyon, 20’11.50; 4. Drayton Blackburn, Milford, 20’03.75; 5. Chance Lazenby, Tabiona, 20’01.75; 6. Robert Morrison, Monticello, 20’00.25; 7. Gavin Gonder, Manila, 19’05.75; 8. Bret Heaton, Valley, 19’05.50.

High jump — 1. Jonathan Timpson, Water Canyon, 6’07.50; 2. Gavin Gonder, Manila, 6’04; 3. Bret Heaton, Valley, 6’00; 4. Ethan White, Wayne, 6’00; 5. Chance Lazenby, Tabiona, 6’00; 6. Daxton Miller, Panguitch, 5’10; 7. Rayce Jenkins, Escalante, 5’08; 8. Treyson Prince, Panguitch, 5’08.

Shot put — 1. Justen Beebe, Milford, 46’08.25; 2. Grayson Panas, Altamont, 45’06; 3. Tucker Chappell, Panguitch, 42’11.75; 4. Kota Bear, Wendover, 42’02.25; 5. Klyn Fullmer, Panguitch, 40’10.50; 6. Bridjer Meadows, Green River, 40’07.50; 7. Jed King, Piute, 39’11.50; 8. Robert Morrison, Monticello, 38’03.75.

Discus — 1. Tucker Chappell, Panguitch, 147’04.50; 2. Nial Reay, Monticello, 138’07; 3. Justen Beebe, Milford, 121’03; 4. Chance Lazenby, Tabiona, 116’11.25; 5. Bridger Chappell, Panguitch, 115’11.25; 6. Jed King, Piute, 114’00.50; 7. Braxton Swaner, Wayne, 112’01.75; 8. Cole Harland, Panguitch, 111’04.25.

Javelin — 1. Drayton Blackburn, Milford, 164’08.50; 2. Daxton Miller, Panguitch, 152’06.75; 3. Robert Morrison, Monticello, 150’10.25; 4. Tucker Chappell, Panguitch, 149’10.50; 5. Cole Harland, Panguitch, 146’01.50; 6. Jed King, Piute, 141’04; 7. Theron Evans, Panguitch, 136’08.25; 8. Taylor Dotson, Milford, 134’06.25.

1A Girls

Team scores

Panguitch, 177.5
Rich, 110.5
Altamont, 78
Valley, 50
Milford, 49.5
Monticello, 48
Wayne, 23
Green River, 16

Individual results

100 meters — 1. Violett Taylor, Rich, 12.50; 2. Aspen Thacker, Altamont, 13.26; 3. Zoe Pugh, Tintic, 13.40; 4. Mya Young, Valley, 13.47; 5. Debijean Henrie, Panguitch, 13.52; 6. Chloe Stewart, Wayne, 13.74; 7. Kadee Harland, Panguitch, 13.90; 8. Clare Shinkle, Rich, 13.98.

200 meters — 1. Violett Taylor, Rich, 26.31; 2. Aspen Thacker, Altamont, 27.84; 3. Chloe Stewart, Wayne, 28.69; 4. Kendra Schofield, Milford, 28.75; 5. Berlynn Black, Monticello, 28.9; 6. Amillia Shinkle, Rich, 28.96; 7. Oaklee Woolsey, Panguitch, 28.98; 8. Mya Young, Valley, 29.07.

400 meters — 1. Aspen Thacker, Altamont, 1:01.75; 2. Hailie Wilcox, Panguitch, 1:03.49; 3. Ruthanna Wilson, Manila, 1:04.02; 4. Natalie Alvarez, Wendover, 1:04.29; 5. Oaklee Woolsey, Panguitch, 1:04.88; 6. Nya Jolley, Rich, 1:05.03; 7. MaKinley Taylor, Piute, 1:06.24; 8. Lyllian Robertson, Manila, 1:07.07.

800 meters — 1. Tabetha Henrie, Panguitch, 2:27.18; 2. Paige Smith, Rich, 2:29.75; 3. Brooke Albrecht, Panguitch, 2:35.07; 4. Shandi Syrett, Bryce Valley, 2:38.32; 5. Bradi Gates, Bryce Valley, 2:39.90; 6. Nya Jolley, Rich, 2:40.04; 7. Marah Long, Monticello, 2:40.08; 8. Ayla Carling, Monticello, 2:40.49.

1,600 meters — 1. Paige Smith, Rich, 5:34.99; 2. Adelaide Englestead, Panguitch, 5:37.69; 3. Brooke Albrecht, Panguitch, 5:38.54; 4. Maddie Osterhout, Valley, 5:44.84; 5. Marah Long, Monticello, 5:45.05; 6. Ayla Carling, Monticello, 5:45.33; 7. Shandi Syrett, Bryce Valley, 5:56.24; 8. Bradi Gates, Bryce Valley, 6:03.03.

3,200 meters — 1. Adelaide Englestead, Panguitch, 12:11.27; 2. Paige Smith, Rich, 12:11.29; 3. Marah Long, Monticello, 12:19.29; 4. Brooke Albrecht, Panguitch, 12:22.85; 5. Maddie Osterhout, Valley, 12:45.02; 6. Shandi Syrett, Bryce Valley, 12:48.95; 7. Ayla Carling, Monticello, 13:13.58; 8. Lilli Burton, Monticello, 13:17.93.

100M hurdles — 1. Violett Taylor, Rich, 15.13; 2. Kieran Mooney, Panguitch, 17.54; 3. Tayleah Spaulding, Milford, 18.06; 4. Jordan Conder, Tintic, 18.11; 5. Kennedy Carter, Altamont, 18.77; 6. Addiana Allred, Tabiona, 18.97; 7. Cloee Orton, Panguitch, 19.44; 8. Briannon Woolsey, Escalante, 19.82.

300M hurdles — 1. Violett Taylor, Rich, 44.45; 2. Hailie Wilcox, Panguitch, 49.20; 3. Kennedy Carter, Altamont, 50.74; 4. Berlynn Black, Monticello, 51.01; 5. Kieran Mooney, Panguitch, 51.25; 6. Lexie Palmer, Panguitch, 51.63; 7. Tayleah Spaulding, Milford, 53.77; 8. Olivia Argyle, Rich, 55.04.

4×100 relay — 1. Panguitch, 53.45; 2. Valley, 54; 3. Milford, 55.09; 4. Wayne, 55.3; 5. Altamont, 55.32; 6. Tintic, 55.9; 7. Rich, 55.99; 8. Piute, 56.07.

4×400 relay — 1. Panguitch, 4:26.85; 2. Altamont, 4:34.69; 3. Rich, 4:36.89; 4. Monticello, 4:44.40; 5. Wayne, 4:52.35; 6. Milford, 4:54.63.

Sprint medley relay — 1. Panguitch, 4:41.95; 2. Rich, 4:43.00; 3. Valley, 4:51.04; 4. Monticello, 4:53.54; 5. Water Canyon, 5:04.35; 6. Altamont, 5:04.47; 7. Milford, 5:08.34; 8. Wendover, 5:13.49.

Long jump — 1. Mya Young, Valley, 15’08.25; 2. 3. 2. Mya Young, Valley, 15’08.25; 3. Aspen Thacker, Altamont; 15’06.25; 4. Ashly Casasola-Escobar, Altamont, 15’02.75; 5. Ruthanna Wilson, Manila, 15’02; 6. Debijean Henrie, Panguitch, 14’10.75; 7. Maci Frandsen, Panguitch, 14’10; 8. Emree Carter, Altamont, 14’09.50.

High jump — 1. Berlynn Black, Monticello, 5’00.75; 2. Tabetha Henrie, Panguitch, 5’00.75; 3. Emree Carter, Altamont, 4’10.75; 4. Lexie Palmer, Panguitch, 4’10.75; 4. Kendra Schofield, Milford, 4’10.75; 6. Briannon Woolsey, Escalante, 4’10.75; 6. Paige Smith, Rich, 4’10.75; 8. Katie Hatch, Panguitch, 4’08.75.

Shot put — 1. Presley Willden, Milford, 34’00.75; 2. Shania Mitchell, Whitehorse, 32’07.75; 3. Mardy Jessen, Altamont, 32’01.50; 4. Haydee Pugmire, Rich, 31’09.00; 5. Alexis Allen, Panguitch, 31’02.75; 6. Kimber Reeve, Valley, 30’07.25; 7. Jenilee Keener, Green River, 30’06.25; 8. Byntlee Owens, Panguitch, 30’05.75.

Discus — 1. Alexis Allen, Panguitch, 110’01.25; 2. Haydee Pugmire, Rich, 103’10.50; 3. Harley Thomas, Milford, 97’00.50; 4. Lacey Ellett, Wayne, 94’05.75; 5. Jenilee Keener, Green River, 92’06.25; 6. BreAnna Taylor, Altamont, 89’05.25; 7. Byntlee Owens, Panguitch, 88’09.25; 8. Heather Kerr, Pinnacle, 88’06.25.

Javelin — 1. Jenilee Keener, Green River, 128’01.75; 2. Kimber Reeve, Valley, 117’07; 3. Kadee Harland, Panguitch, 116’11.25; 4. Gracie Dotson, Milford, 108’10.25; 5. Maci Frandsen, Panguitch, 107’10.50; 6. Josslyn Griffin, Panguitch, 107’09.75; 7. Cassandra Argyle, Rich, 94’03.50; 8. Lillee Torgersen, Panguitch, 92’03.75.

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Judge orders legal fees paid to Utah newspaper that defended libel suit

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Judge orders legal fees paid to Utah newspaper that defended libel suit

SALT LAKE CITY — A businessman has been ordered to pay almost $400,000 to the weekly Utah newspaper he sued for libel.

It’s to cover the legal fees of the Millard County Chronicle Progress. In September, it became the first news outlet to successfully use a 2023 law meant to protect First Amendment activities.

The law also allows for victorious defendants to pursue their attorney fees and related expenses. The plaintiff, Wayne Aston, has already filed notice he is appealing the dismissal of his lawsuit.

As for the legal fees, Aston’s attorneys contended the newspaper’s lawyers overbilled. But Judge Anthony Howell, who sits on the bench in the state courthouse in Fillmore, issued an order Monday giving the Chronicle Progress attorneys everything they asked for – $393,597.19.

Jeff Hunt, a lawyer representing the Chronicle Progress, said in an interview Tuesday with FOX 13 News the lawsuit “was an existential threat” to the newspaper.

“It would have imposed enormous financial cost on the on the newspaper just to defend itself,” Hunt said.

“It’s just a very strong deterrent,” Hunt added, “when you get an award like this, from bringing these kinds of meritless lawsuits in the first place.”

Aston sued the Chronicle Progress in December 2023 after it reported on his proposal to manufacture modular homes next to the Fillmore airport and the public funding he sought for infrastructure improvements benefiting the project. Aston’s suit contended the Chronicle Progress published “false and defamatory statements.”

The suit asked for “not less” than $19.2 million.

In its dismissal motion, attorneys for the newspaper said the reporting was accurate and protected by a statute the Utah Legislature created in 2023 to safeguard public expression and other First Amendment activities.

Howell, in a ruling in September, said the 2023 law applies to the Chronicle Progress. He also repeatedly pointed out how the plaintiff didn’t dispute many facts reported by the newspaper.

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How Utah’s Christmas Festival has buoyed a changing coal community – High Country News

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December 25, 2024

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How Utah’s Christmas Festival has buoyed a changing coal community – High Country News

This story is part of a series on the future of Utah’s Coal Country. Read the first story about labor in the coal mines.

On the Friday evening after Thanksgiving, the Main Street of Helper, Utah, was pitch-black. The streetlights were off, and patches of ice dotted the sidewalk. At 6 p.m., a collection of small lights came into view from the south end of the street and slowly clarified into a procession of school children, holding flameless candles in mitten-covered hands as they sang “Jingle Bells.”

A crowd of about 40 people followed the kids into a small snow-covered park. Everyone gathered around the stage, where Mayor Lenise Peterman read a proclamation from Gov. Spencer Cox declaring Helper as Utah’s Christmas Town for the 35^th year.

Mark Montoya, a co-director of Helper’s Christmas Festival, watches the parade. Credit: Luna Anna Archey/High Country News

“Park City was trying to take our title,” said Mark Montoya, a co-director of Helper’s Christmas Festival, after Peterman read Cox’s statement. “But we didn’t let them. They don’t have a proclamation.” Montoya, an exuberant and warm middle-aged man, was born in Helper, a small town of 2,000 people in Carbon County, halfway between Salt Lake City and Moab, and he has never left.

The winners of the Miss Carbon County contest, wearing tiaras and sashes, took the stage next and led a countdown: “Ten, nine, eight. …” The crowd joined in, and the second they shouted “ONE,” the entire town lit up. Strings of white twinkle lights outlined each brick building. A colorfully illuminated train decoration brightened the park, which is next to the Union Pacific station where the “helper” engine — the town’s namesake — still waits, ready to assist trains up the nearby steep canyon. Even Big John, a towering statue of a coal miner, was wearing a Santa hat.

Helper’s two-week Christmas Festival started in 1990, as nearby coal mines were shutting down and laying off workers. The once-bustling town was, for years, the hub of Utah’s Coal Country known for its bars, brothels (the last one closed in 1977) and an assortment of restaurants whose diverse cuisine reflected the immigrants drawn to the mines from all over the world. “We’re the black sheep of Utah,” Montoya told High Country News. By the 1980s, though, Helper was practically a ghost town. “It was just desolate, like there was nothing here,” Montoya said. “That was half the reason why people started the annual Helper Light Parade. They did it to kind of lift the spirits of the community.”

A truck towing a Christmas float drives up Helper’s Main Street to line up for the parade. Credit: Luna Anna Archey/High Country News

In the 1990s, artists began buying abandoned buildings on Main Street, lured by the low prices, the town’s eccentric industrial history and the nearby scenery, especially the surrounding Book Cliffs. In 1995, they started an Arts Festival that attracted some visitors. Then the Balance Rock Eatery opened in 1999, and travelers on their way to Moab two hours south began pulling off the highway to grab lunch. Life returned to Helper as tourism increased, and some of the young professionals who had fled Carbon County began moving back home.

“We’re the black sheep of Utah.”

Montoya, however, had never had any desire to leave. “I just love this town,” he said. He has experienced Helper’s transition firsthand: He’s been involved in the Christmas Festival since its inception, selling hot chocolate out of an old Coca-Cola wagon when he was a teenager. Montoya, who works as the town’s mail carrier, also manages several new AirBnBs and long-term rentals. “I’d go from walking down the street and seeing all these vacant, dilapidated buildings to this,” he said, gesturing to the nearly full Main Street. “This is so much better.”

Change is hard, though, and not all locals support the transition from a coal-based economy to one that relies on tourism and the arts. Since 2020, Carbon County hasn’t produced any coal, and the Carbon Power Plant, just three miles north of town, shuttered in 2015. The residents who still depend on the coal industry travel 40 to 90 minutes south to work at the mines and power plants in Emery County. For Helper, the energy transition is about more than fuel replacement; it’s about diversifying the economy while also honoring the generations of workers who kept the lights on.

Montoya likens what’s happening in Helper to producing an ongoing play. “It takes everybody to make that play work,” he said. “And when you’re telling a story, sometimes you introduce new characters along the way.”

Scenes from the Helper Light Parade. The town’s two-week Christmas Festival started in 1990, as nearby coal mines were shutting down and laying off workers.

A FEW DAYS AFTER the lighting ceremony, locals gathered in the town cemetery for the annual Luminary Memorial Service. Historically, they used classic luminarias — paper bags aglow with candles — but this year they placed purple, green and blue solar lights near the headstones.

Some of the oldest graves there belong to Italian families who immigrated to the area in the late 1800s. On the south end of Main Street, “welcome” is engraved on the sidewalk in the 27 languages — from Greek to Japanese — that were spoken in Helper at the beginning of the 20th century.

Early miners in Carbon County faced racism, poverty and the daily, deadly risks of hard work underground. “These were really harsh conditions,” Roman Vega, curator of Helper’s Western Mining and Railroad Museum, said. “You had a lot of accidents. You had a lot of deaths.”

The Italian workers went on strike in the early 1900s, and Mary Harris Jones — the legendary “Mother” Jones, the iconic labor organizer — marched down Main Street with the miners. The United Mine Workers of America became a strong presence in the region, and every year on Labor Day, the UMWA celebrated the local workers and labor unions. Montoya fondly remembers the excitement — a big picnic, coal-shoveling contest and games for kids.

Photos of the UMWA in a room devoted to the union in Helper’s Western Mining and Railroad Museum. Credit: Luna Anna Archey/High Country News

Montoya’s own great-grandparents moved to Carbon County from New Mexico in the 1940s. “All my coal-mining ancestors, my uncles and my grandfathers, they were all union members,” Montoya said. His father, who worked for the railroad, was also part of a union. Today, Montoya continues that legacy as the union steward for the Northwest region of the National Association of Letter Carriers.

Montoya has always considered Helper’s Main Street to be his “stomping grounds,” ever since he was a kid stocking shelves at the pharmacy in exchange for a soda. He has spent more than 25 years delivering the mail and, on his route, he can track the town’s evolution. Main Street’s once-abandoned buildings are now brightened by neon signs and fresh paint. Eighteen of them were restored by local developer Gary DeVincent and his wife, Malarie, a former Helper City Council member, who also own some of the AirBnBs and rentals Montoya manages.

“(The tourists) love the history of old towns,” Montoya said. “It’s a big draw.”

DURING THE FIRST WEEK of December, the Main Street businesses decorated their storefronts. Friar Tuck’s Barbershop, owned by Kylee Howell, won the window-decorating contest. A toy train that once circled her grandparents’ Christmas tree ran along the front of the display, one of its cars filled with snow-covered coal. In the corner, a tall rainbow-striped candy cane from Montoya served as a festive replacement for Howell’s usual pride flag.

The stripes on the barber pole on Howell’s shop have been twirling there for generations. Howell largely cuts the hair of the “blue-collar dudes” who work at the region’s remaining coal mines, power plants and manufacturing businesses. According to Headwater Economics, such non-service jobs were still the highest-paying jobs in Carbon County last year, though they employed the fewest people. Most jobs these days are in the lower-paying service industries, such as retail. Over 12% of families in Carbon County live below the poverty line, the third-highest rate in the state.

Howell has only been in Helper for four years, but she isn’t new to Carbon County; she lived in the nearby towns of Price and East Carbon until she moved to Salt Lake County as a teenager. Her family went to Helper twice a year, attending the Arts Festival on the third weekend in August and watching the light parade every December. She has fond memories of bundling up, sipping hot chocolate and watching the bright floats trundle down Main Street.

Kylee Howell cuts the hair of Alejandro Beavers, age 2. Credit: Luna Anna Archey/High Country News

After Howell moved away, though, she never thought she’d return. Then, about four years ago, she and her wife found themselves looking for somewhere more affordable and rural to live.

Helper’s revitalized Main Street first sold Howell on the town. What solidified it for her, though, was the fact that Helper’s mayor was a lesbian. When one of her clients in Salt Lake first told her that, Howell didn’t believe it. But she looked it up, and sure enough, “There’s Lenise with her carabiner and cargo shorts,” Howell recalled.

Lenise Peterman moved to Helper about 10 years ago, a few years after her wife, Kate Kilpatrick, ventured here to fulfill her dream of being an artist. Since then, Kilpatrick has recorded the stories and painted the portraits of roughly 180 Helper locals.

When Peterman ran for mayor, she fully embraced the economic transition. “While we can respect and honor what the coal industry has done and been for us, it’s not the path to the future, and we need to decide if we’re just going to hold our breath and wait for a coal mine to close or a plant to close,” she told High Country News, “or we can proactively determine who we are and what we want to do, and let’s go do it.” That was her platform, and the town voted for it.

Now, Helper’s Main Street is busy nearly every weekend during summer, from its “First Friday” gallery strolls to the bimonthly Helper Saturday Vibes street fair, originally brought to Helper by the organizer of Park City’s summer market.

It’s hard work keeping a small town afloat, though. Peterman constantly applies for grants to fund infrastructure improvements. Tourism brings revenue through sales and transient room taxes, and the city has updated things like event permits to mitigate the impact on city resources. But the changes have also sparked controversy: New permits have increased the cost of putting on some special events. Last summer, one longtime local, Mike James, moved his Outlaw Car Show, which he started three years before the Christmas Festival began, to a town 35 miles away.

“While we can respect and honor what the coal industry has done and been for us, it’s not the path to the future.”

There have also been dramatic changes in the housing market. A couple of decades ago, Montoya said, there may have been as many as 20 houses for sale on his mail route. Now, there’s maybe two at any given time, and they’ll likely be snapped up within a week, he said. In a roughly eight-year period, he watched one small two-bedroom house go from $68,000 to $175,000. Now, a 1,600-square-foot home sells for over $400,000.

While Montoya still views tourism as a good path for the town, he said the AirBnBs should stay on Main Street. “I don’t think there’s a need for that in neighborhoods,” he said. “Those houses need to be available for people to move into.”

Holiday lights dot the Helper, Utah, landscape, as an oil train makes its way through town. Credit: Luna Anna Archey/High Country News

Small destination towns like Helper can fall into what researchers at Headwaters Economics call the “amenity trap.” As a place becomes increasingly attractive to tourists and wealthy homebuyers — people who want amenities — it often becomes too expensive for all but the very well-off. The coal industry has always had its booms and busts, but a tourism-based economy can prove equally precarious, creating an economy based on low-paying service jobs and unaffordable housing.

Peterman told High Country News that the town’s planning and zoning commission is looking at possibly limiting AirBnBs, though she’s “not super keen” on telling people what they can do with their property. Ultimately, Peterman views tourism as just one piece of the puzzle. She hopes the town can attract another industry that resonates with its amenities. “Why aren’t we building ATVs?” she wondered.

Paintings by Thomas Williams, who was a miner in Utah’s coalfields before becoming a painter, in the Helper Museum. Credit: Luna Anna Archey/High Country News

HOUSING COSTS IN HELPER have gone up, but they’re still a far cry from the prices in Moab and Park City. Howell, Montoya and others told High Country News that they’re not worried about Helper following in the footsteps of Utah’s more famous former mining towns. Helper lacks the amenities that other, wealthier towns boast; there is no nearby ski resort to attract millions of visitors or Arches National Park in the backyard. Instead, visitors have access to less well-known public lands, such as the San Rafael Swell, and, above all, the town has a history that it takes pride in.

While Helper’s transformation into an art and tourist town might seem like it conflicts with its mining history, those two strands are also intertwined. One of the co-founders of the Arts Festival, Thomas Williams, was a miner in Utah’s coalfields before becoming a painter. Williams passed away a few years ago, but his paintings of his fellow miners still hang at the Balance Rock Eatery.

Scenes from a Saturday morning “Breakfast with Santa.” Residents gather; Billy Deeter carves ham; Chanel and Jesse Candelaria, with their children Lennen, 8, and Sunny, 2, visit with Santa.

This relationship has helped some former miners embrace the changes. “I’m really happy about it,” Celso Montoya, Mark Montoya’s uncle and a retired coal miner, said. “These artists come here, and they’ve brought the town back up.” He loves the new brewery that opened on the north edge of Main Street a year and a half ago. He always gets the prosciutto sandwich. “After I finish it, and I’m walking out, I look up and say, ‘Take me, Lord, if you want.’”

As Helper continues to move forward, the Christmas Festival offers a sense of continuity. During its last two days, Brenda Deeter, who co-directs Christmas Town with Mark Montoya, spent hours cooking a “Breakfast with Santa” and back-to-back chili dinners in the town’s civic center. It was a true family affair, with Deeter’s children, grandchildren and in-laws flipping waffles by morning and dishing chili over kielbasa sausages — a town classic, a remnant from its history of immigration — by night.

Brenda Deeter, co-director of Christmas Town, sells cookies and other sweets she baked.

“These artists come here, and they’ve brought the town back up.”

While the locals devoured the chili, Montoya and his friend Tyler Nelsen, who works at the Hunter coal-fired power plant 45-minutes south, drove around in a golf cart to line up the floats.

Local businesses, from Utah Power Credit Union to the nearby RV Park, created displays with thousands of lights. Intermountain Electronics, the region’s major manufacturing business, stole the show, though, with workers dressed in reindeer costumes who appeared to fly through the air, pulling a red sleigh: They sat on a long black beam attached to a lifting machine called a telehandler, and were raised and lowered by the driver as they cruised down Main Street. The float made Montoya, and the thousands filling the sidewalks, giddy with delight.

The festival ended with a fireworks show set to a soundtrack of Christmas songs on the local radio station. Montoya watched from behind Main Street, next to the railroad track, the outline of the Book Cliffs visible at the edge of town.

“I want people to discover this place,” he said.

Reporting for this project was supported by the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative Journalism Fellowship.

The float made by Intermountain Electronics, the region’s major manufacturing business. Credit: Luna Anna Archey/High Country News

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White Christmas moves closer to reality for much of Utah

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December 24, 2024

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White Christmas moves closer to reality for much of Utah

Those who asked Santa Claus for a White Christmas may find what they wanted under the tree… or better yet, on the trees as storms are expected to bring snow to much of Utah on the holiday.

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Southern Utah will wake up on Christmas morning with snow already likely on the ground as a storm moves in overnight. The winds then turn in the afternoon and the snow arrives along the Wasatch Front with a few inches possible in the northern Utah valleys.

Salt Lake City is currently seeing a 60-70 percent chance of receiving over a trace amount of snow, according to the National Weather Service, with the possibility of accumulating snowfall in the benches.

The mountains are expected to get a decent dump of snow, which will please skiers and snowboarders who have waited through a disappointing start to winter. The resorts up the Cottonwood canyons can see up to 10 inches of snow.

Another storm is expected to impact many of the state’s mountains on Thursday and Friday. Overall, the northern mountain areas could receive up to 3 feet of snow throughout all the storms, with the higher amounts possible in the Bear River Mountains and upper Cottonwoods.

The Thursday-Friday storm will only bring light accumulations to valleys.

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