The Syracuse Titans took on the Logan Grizzlies in the first round of the boys D2 playoffs. The Titans took control of the game early with a goal by attackman Daulton Whatcott and never looked back. After Jordan Stark rattled off four goals, the first quarter ended with the Titans looking to take full control of the game. The second quarter was much more defensively oriented. The Grizzlies struggled to get a good shot on goal. After two goals by Syracuse’s Braxton Rogers, the Titans went into the half up 7-1. Read More

It has been an interesting season for Division II with many teams having had their ups and downs. Each team that has made it to playoffs has some spectacular players and there are surely going to be some interesting match-ups. Out of the 8 match-ups in the first round, only two of the teams have played each other this season, so every game will be that much more exciting.

Timpview Thunderbirds @ Skyline Eagles

Timpview has a conference record of 4-5 and an overall record of 6-5, a great improvement over their record last year of 0-11. Midfielder McCade Rose leads the team in scoring and ground balls. They also have a strong face-off middie in Will Watanabe.

Skyline will enter the playoffs as the number two team in the division. Skyline was undefeated in conference play at 9-0 and had an overall record of 11-4. This is Skyline’s first season as a D-II team and ended last season with a 2-11 record. The Eagles have a few weapons in the Kadish brothers, Ian and Lane as well as attackman Matthew Hart and face-off middie Colton Goates. The Eagles also have a strong goalie in Austin Dorius, who allows only 4.8 goals per game. Read More

Logan played host in a pivotal Northern Division II Conference match against Mountain Crest who was fresh off their huge win against Sky View. By the end of the night, the Grizzles could not comeback from their slow start, leaving the Mustangs as victors by a 14-8 margin.

“This was a hard fought battle. We don’t have the sticks or the offense to do something like that. They jumped on us early and we couldn’t come back,” Logan Head Coach Doug Ringle said.

Mountain Crest started the game fast, and showed no mercy on their way to a dominating first half. With the game being started with a goal by Senior Middie Taylon Niederhauser early in the first, it became apparent this Mountain Crest team knew how to score. Read More

On a rainy night in Smithfield, the Logan Grizzlies took the short trip North to face a Sky View Bobcat team who fought tooth and nail and took a win 10-4 over the Grizzlies.

This rivalry game was hard fought, intense, and a bit more physical than some may have thought.

“This was a huge win for us. We were going to play physical but play clean. When the time cane to body up and be physical they did that,” Sky View Head Coach Troy Oldham said. “I could not be more proud of them on how they played tonight, they really did a phenomenal job.” Read More

The latest piece in the Under The Helmet series, presented by Tribal West Lacrosse, comes from Jacoby Wildman who plays defense for the Logan Grizzlies. Wildman played baseball growing up, realized it ‘sucked’ and wanted to play a physical sport so he started playing lacrosse in 6th grade. When not playing lacrosse, Wildman studies, plays Pokémon, chills with his friends and swims at First Dam which is a small pond on the Logan River. Wildman is also the 2013 Utah State Champion in Wrestling in the 285 lb. weight class and has committed to play football at Utah State after serving an LDS mission.

Andrew Redfern: You are the 285lb Utah wrestling champion, a Utah State football recruit, and a great defenseman for Logan High School, how do you manage athletics and academics?
Jacoby Wildman: Well I think that instead of athletics making my grades worse they have made them better. Sports really build character they have helped me become more dedicated to sports.  I have this system where I go out and practice football/lacrosse for an hour then I come back in and study for an hour. Read More