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In the 13 years Utah State has been part of the Mountain West, it has never lost to Hawaii. The Aggies’ eight-game winning streak against the Warriors (which dates back to when both teams were in the WAC) will be put to a final test Saturday evening in what is also a crucial mid-season matchup between a pair of teams aiming to prove they can be contenders in the Mountain West. Hawaii enters the game with a 4-2 record but not as much respect as a team with four wins might hope. The Warriors are the lowest-ranked four-win team by Bill Connelly’s SP+, being ranked behind no less than seven teams that have four losses on the season so far, including an Air Force team Hawaii beat not quite two weeks ago. Utah State meanwhile, has clawed back a bit more of the respect it had lost after a few mediocre/bad season the last few years. The Aggies have made the second-biggest jump in KFord rating of any Mountain West team and the 11th-best jump of any FBS team. And yet, both teams sit in an in-between space on the conference hierarchy, above teams that are looking like bottom-feeders but below
For the second time in four years the Ridgeline High boys golfers are Utah’s 4A state champions, edging Crimson Cliffs Thursday after a two-day tournament in the wind at Lakeside Golf Course in West Bountiful. Ridgeline won by two strokes. In the 2021 4A tournament at Birch Creek in Smithfield, Coach Sam Lindley’s Riverhawks also won in a close finish with Crimson Cliffs. The Riverhawks shot a 4-under 280 to take the lead in the the tournament’s first round Wednesday. In difficult conditions Thursday Ridgeline’s round of 8-over 292 was barely enough to beat the Mustangs. With rounds of 65 Wednesday and 69 Thursday Crimson Cliffs senior Dylan Winona’s 8-under 134 earned him medalist honors, beating Ridgeline freshman Beckham Skinner by four shots. Ridgeline sophomore Dallin Anderson and Crimson Cliffs senior Maverick Rhodes tied for third at even-par 142. While Ridgeline’s two youngest players led the way this week, the Riverhawks got solid play from Bryson Knowles (tied for 10th), Roman Johansen, Freddy Wayment and Jake Darley. Mountain Crest finished fifth in the team competition and Sky View was tenth. Other top 20 finishes include Miles Cromwell of Sky View who finished 10th, Stockton Archibald of Mountain Crest was 14th,
LOGAN, Utah – In another match against a fellow team unbeaten in Mountain West play, Utah State volleyball seemed headed for a difficult test following the first set. The Aggies, however, rebounded in spectacular finish to claim the next three sets to defeat Wyoming, 3-1 (18-25, 25-17, 25-16, 25-15) on Thursday night at the UniWyo Sports Complex. USU has now won six-straight matches. Set One The Cowgirls, who entered the match with a 4-0 record in MW play, took control of the opening set midway through the frame after both sides traded early runs. A 10-2 Wyoming burst proved too big a deficit to overcome as the Aggies managed to draw back within five points before a pair of Cowgirl points sealed the win for the home team to open the match. Set Two Wyoming’s momentum was swiftly halted, however, as the Aggies jumped out of the gates with a 5-1 run early in the second frame. The Aggie defense came alive with a solo block by redshirt freshman middle blocker Lauren Larkin while sophomore outside hitter Andrea Simovski kickstarted the offense with a pair of kills. USU did not relent as a 9-2 run firmly entrenched the Aggies in the
DENVER (AP) — Nathan MacKinnon scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period on a power play, Scott Wedgewood made 31 saves and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Utah Mammoth 2-1 on Thursday night. Ross Colton also scored for the Avalanche, who followed a 4-1 victory over Los Angeles on Tuesday with a successful home opener. Colorado is starting its 30th season since relocating from Quebec in 1995. Dylan Guenther scored for Utah in its first regular-season game as the Mammoth. Guenther had a team-high seven shots on goal, including a breakaway that Wedgewood stopped. Utah pulled goaltender Karel Vejmelka with more than a minute remaining but couldn’t score the tying goal. Vejmelka made 23 saves. MacKinnon took a pass from Cale Makar and lined a shot into the upper corner of the net with 17:08 remaining. The fast-skating MacKinnon led the NHL in home scoring last season with 68 points (21 goals, 47 assists). Guenther tied it at 1 with 2:12 remaining in the second period. He sent a shot from inside the blue line on a power play that tied up Wedgewood. Guenther led Utah with 12 power-play goals last season. A precision passing display by the
LOGAN, Utah — Utah State soccer (5-5-4, 2-1-2 MW) posted a dominant 7-1 win over Fresno State Thursday night at Chuck & Gloria Bell Field, sparked by a historic performance by senior forward Tess Werts who set a USU program record and tied a Mountain West Conference record with four goals in the contest. Werts, the team’s leading scorer in 2024, entered the night leading USU in shots but without a goal this season. She then became the first Aggie to ever score four goals in a game, netting goals in the 25th, 27th, 59th and 67th minutes. Utah State also matched a program record for assists in a game, with eight total assists coming on the seven goals, while setting a program record for goals in a Mountain West game. Along with Werts’ big performance, graduate midfielder Rine Yonaha had a career night as she totaled five points on two goals and an assist. Yonaha scored the team’s opening goal of the night in the 13th minute, a penalty kick following a foul in the box, then a second set piece goal in the 79th minute when she scored on a free kick from 20 yards out.
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