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Utah State to face UNLV in MW quarterfinals, looking for first win against Rebels this year | Sports

LAS VEGAS – Twice Utah State faced UNLV in the regular season. Twice the Aggies were defeated, accounting for two of the only five losses USU suffered in all of conference play en route to its Mountain West regular season title. Now, a third meeting is in place between Utah State and UNLV, set for Thursday at 1 p.m. MDT in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Tournament. The Aggies got a bye to the quarterfinal round but UNLV had to advance by way of beating Wyoming. The Rebels nearly led the win get away from them, allowing the Cowboys to rally from down by as much as 16 and get back into the game. UNLV trailed by two points in the final 30 seconds, going back up on the strength of an and-one bucket and conversion from Kimani Hamilton who led UNLV with 23 points. Tyrin Jones then recorded his sixth block of the game to seal what became a 73-70 victory. The win is the first by UNLV in the conference tournament against a team other than Air Force since 2015. Rebels head coach Josh Pastner mentioned that fact unprompted in his post-game press conference. “The Mountain West

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Logan High School football field to be named Favero Field honoring legendary coach | Sports

The football field at Logan High School will soon carry the name of one of the most successful coaches in its history. The Logan City School District Board of Education announced the high school football field will officially be named Favero Field, recognizing the contributions and legacy of longtime head football coach Mike Favero. Favero led the Grizzlies for 17 seasons and mentored generations of students both on and off the field. District leaders said the naming honors his impact on student-athletes, the football program and the broader Logan community. During his tenure, Favero guided the Grizzlies to eight region championships and five state titles across multiple classifications. The championships came in 2000, 2005, 2007, 2011 and 2015 while competing at the 3A, 3AA and 4A levels. Favero has also received numerous coaching honors. Among them are the NSSA Champions Award for the state of Utah and the National Federation of High School Football Coaches Coach of the Year award in 2008. He has also been named Utah Coach of the Year multiple times. In 2023, Favero was inducted into the Utah Sports Hall of Fame. “Coach Favero’s record of success speaks for itself, but his true legacy is the

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Sensabaugh scores 21, Hinson makes go-ahead 3 as depleted Jazz stun Warriors, 119-116 | Sports

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Brice Sensabaugh scored 21 points, two-way player Blake Hinson made the go-ahead 3-pointer in the final minute, and the depleted Utah Jazz outlasted the ailing Golden State Warriors 119-116 on Monday night. Hinson made four 3-pointers including a shot from beyond the arc on the right wing with 29.9 seconds remaining to shock the Warriors, who were without Stephen Curry and several other rotation regulars. Kyle Filipowski contributed 19 points and 15 rebounds for Utah, which had lost eight of nine games. De’Anthony Melton, who led the Warriors with 22 points, made a 3-pointer to cut the lead to 117-116, but Elijah Harkless, another two-way player, clinched the game for the Jazz with two free throws to reach a career-high 16 points. Gui Santos scored 15 points and Brandin Podziemski added 14 but missed four fourth-quarter free throws for the Warriors, who have lost four of five and are struggling to stay in the NBA Play-In Tournament race in the Western Conference. After missing 40 games with back ailments, Seth Curry returned and finished with 13 points. Utah’s Keyonte George scored 15 points but didn’t play in the fourth quarter due to illness. Utah 27

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Frank Nazar scores OT power-play goal as Blackhawks beat Utah Mammoth 3-2 | Sports

CHICAGO (AP) — Frank Nazar scored a power-play goal with 2:24 left in overtime to give the Chicago Blackhawks a 3-2 victory over the Utah Mammoth on Monday night. Andrew Mangiapane scored his first goal as a Blackhawk since being acquired in a trade from Edmonton last week, and Andre Burakovsky lifted the puck on his stick lacrosse style and flicked it into the net to tie the game at 2-2 late in the second period. It was his first goal since Jan. 7, a span of 19 games. Drew Commesso, making his third start of the season and first since Jan. 10 when he had his first career shutout in a 3-0 win over Nashville, made 22 saves. Connor Bedard had two assists for Chicago, including one on Nazar’s winner. Barrett Hayton and Dylan Guenther scored for Utah, which is battling for a wild-card playoff spot in the Western Conference and had won the first three games of a five-game road trip. Vitek Vanecek had 23 saves. Guenther has now scored a team-leading 30 goals this season, the first time in his career he has reached that mark. He has scored in three of four games on the road

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Squabble over exit fee leaves Utah Valley’s status uncertain for WAC tournaments | News

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The start of the Western Athletic Conference tournaments was thrown into uncertainty Tuesday, the eve of both the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments, when the league threatened to leave out Utah Valley over a $1 million payment it says the school hasn’t made. Utah Valley plans to leave the WAC for the Big West Conference at the end of this school year. WAC officials said in a statement posted on social media Tuesday that Utah Valley hadn’t complied with a judge’s order directing the school to place $1 million in escrow with the court, an amount equivalent to its exit fee for leaving the conference. WAC officials said the league’s board of directors instructed the commissioner to plan for the possibility that Utah Valley wouldn’t play in either tournament if the fee isn’t paid because “it would be a member not in good standing.” This creates the possibility the men’s WAC Tournament could begin without its top seed Wednesday at Las Vegas. Utah Valley had earned the top seed by winning the league’s regular-season championship. Utah Valley was seeded fourth in the women’s tournament beginning Wednesday, also in Las Vegas. WAC officials said they would release

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Mason Falslev named Player of the Year, one of seven All-MW honors for Utah State | Sports

Utah State men’s basketball were well-represented in this year’s All-Mountain West awards. The regular season champions accounted for three total All-MW selections, three individual awards with an overall tally of seven honors given to five Aggie players and coaches. Mason Falslev led the way by being named Mountain West Player of the Year, which he paired with being named All-MW First Team and All-Defensive Team. Along with Falslev, three of his teammates and his head coach were honored. Jerrod Calhoun was named Coach of the Year and junior forward Karson Templin earned Sixth Man of the Year. Senior guard MJ Collins was named Second Team All-MW and graduate point guard Drake Allen was an honorable mention. Falslev was the Mountain West’s best all-around player this season. He recorded five games of 20+ points, four games of 5+ assists and two games of 10+ rebounds. No other player in the league matched all three marks. Whatever Utah State needed Falslev to be, a rebounder, scorer, defender, passer, he was able to do it at a high level. In his press conference after the Aggies’ victory over New Mexico on Saturday, Calhoun said he would be voting for Falslev on his ballot

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Mountain West Watch (March 9) — Final Power Rankings, All-MW Ballot, Aggies’ impressive title run | Sports

The regular season has concluded, leaving us with a lot to look back on even as the premiere moment of the year, March Madness, is fully descending upon us. Yet to come is the magic of the Mountain West Conference Championships (for the men at least, the women’s basketball tournament is already delivering with its upsets and buzzer-beaters) and the Big Dance itself, the NCAA Tournament. Before all that gets underway, it’s time for one last edition of Mountain West Watch. Although it wasn’t as frequent of a series as I would have liked, it is worth noting that it will come to an end. As a beat writer for Utah State, my focus will shift toward the Pac-12 and coverage of that conference. So, let’s get started on the final entry of Mountain West Watch with a look at my final regular season power rankings, a note on Utah State’s impressive navigation of the toughest possible path to the MW title, and a review of my official All-MW ballot. Final Power Rankings These are my final power rankings for the season. I won’t go into any significant detail team-by-team, but this is a reflection of who I believe are

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