High school sports: Park City is elated over players' return
All of it has hinged on the return of several talented seniors — including top scorer Hannah Terry and Parade All-American Lindsi Lisonbee — who took a year off while focusing on playing with their club team, Black Diamond.
One singular goal drove them to come back to high school soccer: Winning another 3A soccer championship for the Miners.
"I'm glad, this year, we are playing," Lisonbee said. "And, hopefully, we're going to take state again, as we did our freshman year."
A major reason for all the time spent with the Black Diamond club team was to better showcase themselves for colleges. Now the recruiting process is finished. And these Park City seniors are finding out there are many things they missed about high school soccer during their time away from it.
"In club soccer, sometimes, it's so competitive," Terry said. "High school — (there) is lots of good teams, but it's more about the fun of it and just enjoying it. Just playing with your best friends out there."
RUNNERS CONQUER IDAHO: Football is not the only sport where Utah athletes excelled versus out-of-state opponents last weekend. Several cross country teams journeyed to Boise, Idaho to take part in the annual Bob Firman Invitational on Saturday.
It turned out to be a banner day for Utah runners.
Davis scored 64 points to win the elite girl's section, besting runner-up Mountain View by a 22-point margin. In the boy's elite section, Timpview took second overall behind North Central — a school out of Spokane, Washington ranked No. 1 nationally by Harrier Magazine. The T-Birds tallied 115 points overall, well behind North Central's total of 51.
Local runners claimed top individual honors. Skyline's Shalaya Kipp edged out Danielle Menlove of Jordan for the elite girl's title. Kipp finished in 18 minutes and 28.24 seconds, only 0.52 seconds ahead of Menlove. Timpview's Jonathon Nelson claimed first in the elite boy's race. His time of 15:51.88 put him 4.05 seconds ahead of second-place finisher Andrew Kimpel from North Central.
More than 100 schools from six states raced in three divisions at the Invitational.
HAWKS FALL SHORT: No. 1 Alta's quest to beat Grant, Calif. for a second straight season did not come to fruition on Saturday. The Hawks could not overcome four interceptions by Ammon Olsen, or a pair of fumbles, and lost 35-28.
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