Tanner Brown

The Riverton Silverwolves gained a quick lead against the Alta Hawks Wednesday night, but after the first quarter, the Hawks took the game and ran with it. Alta stood out on both ends of the field, securing them the 13-4 win over Riverton.

The Hawks have some of the most talented offensive players in the state. An attack that includes Harrison Waddoups, Tanner Brown and Kyle Baldassari is tough to defend. The Hawks also equip some of the most intense and athletic defensive players. They will be a force to be reckoned with throughout the playoffs this season. Read More

It’s that time of year where everything you have worked for is on the line. Previous records don’t matter. Previous tournaments don’t matter. Previous awards don’t matter. All that matters is the game that stands in front of you. It is “win or go home.” Playoff games come down to three things: Coaching ability, Game plans, and Defense. If you can lock those three things up, see you in the next round, if not, get to work.

Bonneville Lakers @ Juan Diego Soaring Eagle

Bonneville comes into the first round allowing about 10.5 GPG. In order to take down the defending champs the Lakers need to tune up their defense to control the Soaring Eagles. Juan Diego is coming off a big moral win, and literal win, against the Bengals and should use that momentum to run over the Lakers. Look for Alex Croyle for the Lakers to have a big game, as well as the Graney brothers for Juan Diego. The big thing is to not overlook Bonneville, after all it is “win or go home” and anyone one can lose at anytime in the playoffs. Read More

Samuel Anderson

From the first quarter down to literally the last seconds of the game the Riverton Silverwolves and the Pleasant Grove Vikings played an intense game. It was a game with several runs and lead changes. Pleasant Grove owned the lead for much of the game, lost it near the end, but tied the game to end the fourth. They scored the golden goal in overtime to win. The Vikings won by a score of 12-11.

Speaking about the importance of winning this game, Vikings Head Coach Brae Burbidge said, “For us it’s huge. It’s our first conference game in a really tough conference. We have Lone Peak who is undefeated. Timpanogos is a pretty good team. Then Riverton and us. So, if we didn’t win this, there was a really good chance we weren’t making playoffs. This was huge for us. Huge.” Read More

On a beautiful Thursday at South Jordan Middle School, Park City took on Riverton in a battle of Division I contenders. The game had to be moved from Riverton’s home field due to flooding, putting the teams at a neutral site on a shortened field.

“On a small field it gets crowded,” said Park City Head Coach Andy Langendorf, “it was not an overly-disciplined game from either side…there were lots of mental errors.” But the sloppy play didn’t keep the Miners from picking up a key road win as they held on for the 8-7 victory. Read More

A tremendous crowd, both in size and spirit, showed up to support Juan Diego and Riverton on Wednesday at Centennial Park in Riverton. This was Juan Diego’s first game after suffering the loss of their star defensemen Matt Jungemann. Many in the crowd wore the number 40 in his honor and memory. The Soaring Eagle of Juan Diego (5-0) fought a tough battle through this hard time and came out with a solid win against the Riverton Silverwolves (0-4) by a score of 16-6.

“The boys have a lot on their mind right now,” said Juan Diego Head Coach Patrick Lambert about how the team is coping with the loss. “We had a feeling that the game was going to be kind of like a first game of the season, balls on the ground, dropped passes, things like that. To a certain degree, I felt the first quarter and maybe a little bit of the first half we saw that.” Read More

The Bonneville Lakers made the long trip down to Riverton Thursday to take on the Silverwolves. And, while the Lakers looked like they were going to run away with it early, they’d leave disappointed, dropping a 12-7 decision after a strong start.

The first quarter started off with a bang for Bonneville Junior Attackmen Jared Johnson, sneaking from behind the cage twice to net two early goals and put the Lakers up 2-0. The next several minutes saw the ball on the ground a lot between the boxes with several failed clears from both teams. The stalemate continued as both defenses played tough, including a powerful yardsale check from a Riverton longpole. The momentum finally started to swing again when Bonneville’s Grayson Moyes snuck behind the Silverwolves defense and caught a quick feed for the goal. Riverton was plagued with procedure violations at the face-off X giving them few offensive opportunities and they continued to struggle late in the quarter. While Riverton had a couple good looks, they failed to put any shots on cage and Bonneville grabbed another goal late to push their lead to four by the end of the first. Read More

Tate Linford (R)

Tate Linford graduated from Riverton High School in 2011 with all-region First Team honors. He was then recruited to play defense at Grand Canyon University. Linford is a captain on the team and hopes to play well in the coming weeks against BYU and Utah who are both heading to the The Grand Canyon State. BYU will be there this weekend followed by Utah next weekend.

Utah Lacrosse News: How big is your school?
Tate Linford: At GCU there are about 7,000 students that commute and live on campus and it is still growing rapidly probably the fastest growing school in the West. It is 100 acres of dorms classrooms recreation centers and student buildings. Read More

The Bingham Miners opened their season against long-time rival, the Riverton Silverwolves, on a sunny, but chilly afternoon. Opening game jitters made for a slow start, but Riverton found the back of the net first with a goal by Senior Attackmen Peter Gibson. The Miners tied a short time later with a man-up goal scored by Sophomore Attackman Kason Eggers. Eggers added another goal in the first quarter and the Miners also got a face-off, fast break goal from Senior Midfielder Sean McCleve along with a nice shot by Sophomore Attackman Matt Anderson. Riverton added another goal by Sophomore Attackman Zac Tueller and the score at the end of one quarter was 4-2 for the Miners. Read More

Last year the South Conference was swept by newcomer Timpanogos. Pleasant Grove finished second with Lone Peak and Riverton finishing third and fourth. American Fork, who has been moved to D-II went win less in the conference. This year, Spanish Fork has joined the D-I South Conference and will look to be a factor from the beginning.

Lone Peak Knights

2012 Record: 8-6 (2-2)
2012 Playoffs: Lost to Judge in Quarterfinals
2012 Conference: 3rd

The Knights lost 10 seniors last year but return Midfielder Jake Stout and Attackmen Aaron Fjeldsted who combined for 56 goals last season.

“Both Jake and Aaron are tenacious competitors and work very hard at their craft,” said Head Coach Marlan Coe. “Since they are both offensive players, I would expect our offense to be our strong suit.” Read More

2012 Coach of the Year Walker Bateman

All-Americans
Chris Severson, Bingham, Attack
Elias Fairman, Brighton,  Middie
Luke Graney, Juan Diego, Attack
Jace Thomas, Bountiful,  Face-Off Middie

Blake Strebel Award
Rich Cook, Brighton
“Rich is an amazing person, our strongest D-Middie that made the switch from attack to D-Middie to help out the team where he could. Rich is that type of person he will do anything that he can to help those around him. Rich took a trip during the season for 2 weeks to the Philippines where he taught school for a week, helped dig a well and raised money for a water pump, he also maintains a 3.5 GPA and is always looking for the next service opportunity which included recently reading to the kids at Guadalupe School.” – Brighton Head Coach Brandon Horoba Read More