biking team places at state
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By Mason Hughes
On October 23rd and 24th, the Corner Canyon High School Mountain Biking Team faced off in the Division 1 State Championship. Hundreds of racers descended upon a newly created course: the Desert Canyons Course near the St. George regional airport. The course was described as the Utah High School Cycling Leagues’ most ambitious course yet. The laps were 7.28 miles long and had an elevation difference of 550 feet. CCHS took second place, with Lone Peak High School taking first place and American Fork landing third. CCHS lost by only nine points, a small margin in mountain biking races. Lone Peak and American Fork both bolstered a large team of talented racers. Several Racers described mechanical problems that plagued the team, like flat tires, blown sidewalls, and broken chains. The race was said to be “the unluckiest day of Corner Canyon mountain biking ever.” CCHS SBO President and Racer Parker Pogue stated, “We should’ve won by a country mile, we have some of the best riders in the state, but a lot of those awesome riders had bad luck.” Davin McKendrick explained, “It was disappointing… [those problems] were happening to a lot of racers.” Despite those issues, several riders enjoyed their race. The cannon that was fired before the varsity race excited the riders. One rider described that moment as “really cool.” Davin McKendrick stated that the race provided “great times with the buds up at the pad!” The CCHS Mountain Biking team is the largest High School mountain biking team in the country. They have no tryouts and anyone can participate, so long as they maintain a 3.0 GPA and follow the team rules. Despite COVID-19 restrictions, they have had a successful season and continued to practice, keeping connected through a socially distanced mountain biking photo competition. The official Corner Canyon Mountain biking team Instagram (@cchsmtbteam) posted “This team showed so much grace and resilience and sportsmanship this weekend and we couldn’t be more proud” following the championship. Coach Whitney Pogue stated that “we left smiling” and thanked Utah High School Cycling for “saying yes to a season.” |
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ACADEMIC ALL-STATERS MESH ATHLETICS AND ACADEMICS
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PRESS RELEASE
Congrats to the following students who have earned an Academic All-State Award from the UHSAA. This award is based upon GPA, ACT/SAT scores, and athletic achievements. Jacob Branca - Boys Golf Abby De Graaff - Girls Cross Country Addison Murie - Girls Cross Country Maryn Granger - Girls Soccer Paje Rasmussen - Girls Soccer |
Reagan Winget - Girls Soccer
Willow Collins - Girls Soccer Ben Dastrup - Boys Cross Country Cade Crosby - Boys Cross Country Dayton Fowler - Boys Cross Country Jared Memmott - Boys Cross Country John Askew - Boys Cross Country Mark Geilman - Boys Cross Country Sam Bethards - Boys Cross Country Colton Grimshaw - Football POSTED 10/6/2020 |
Fall Sports: GET OUT THERE
Football
The football team wanted to give itself a challenge last week by seeing how many mistakes it could make in a game, and still win. Mission accomplished! In all seriousness, the team continued their winning streak with a tough win against a very good Skyridge team. The results last week meant that our football team has already wrapped up the region 4 title and will conclude the regular season on Wednesday.
Tennis
Grace Weichers qualified in 1st Singles and Jane Dorny and Cassidy Rich qualified in 1st Doubles for the 6A State Championships. Play for these girls begins on Thursday at Liberty Park.
UPDATE: Grace Weichers made it to the semis in 1st Singles and the team of Jane Dorny and Cassidy Rich made it to the semis as well. Great job to these ladies and their coaches.
UPDATE: Grace Weichers made it to the semis in 1st Singles and the team of Jane Dorny and Cassidy Rich made it to the semis as well. Great job to these ladies and their coaches.
Soccer
Our varsity girls team begins the 6A State Tournament on Thursday against the Granger Lancers. The game will be played at Corner Canyon. Our Freshman/Sophomore girls team has advanced to the finals of the Canyons Cup and will be playing Skyridge at Jordan High School on Wednesday
UPDATE: The soccer team opened the 6A playoffs with a victory over the Granger Lancers, 7-0. They will play at Bingham tonight at 6 pm. Good luck to the coaches and players and take down the Miners!
UPDATE: The soccer team opened the 6A playoffs with a victory over the Granger Lancers, 7-0. They will play at Bingham tonight at 6 pm. Good luck to the coaches and players and take down the Miners!
CORONA NOT SLOWING DOWN CHARGER ATHLETICS
VolleyballOur varsity volleyball team squeezed in 9 matches last week, coming away victorious is most of them. Over the weekend, they participated in the Wasatch Festival and took 2nd place overall. Currently the Chargers are ranked #8 in 6A. They host #1 Lone Peak today.
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Cross countryOur teams competed at the 6A Divisional Qualifying race on Friday. The boys team won their divisional race and the girls came in 4th. This means that both teams have qualified for the 6A State Championship race up at Soldier Hollow next week. Coach Moody says the boys enter as the #3 ranked team and the girls as the #8 ranked team. Good luck to the runners!
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BOYS GolfOur boys golf team finished in 2nd in Region 4 and Cayson Wright tied for top honors. The varsity team of Harrison Dana, Coda Anderson, Maddox Vincent, Zach Labrum, Jackson Mauss, and Cayson Wright tee off at Soldier Hollow on Monday in the 6A State Championships. UPDATE: Congrats to Caysen Wright and the rest of the boys golf team. Caysen shot a -6 over 2 days on the Soldier Hollow Gold Course to win the 6A individual medal. The boys team posted a +8 to finish in 3rd place overall. I believe that Caysen is the school's 3rd medalist in our short history in boys golf. Great job to Coach Derek Fox and everyone else who has helped with and been a part of the boys golf program. We have one of the best in the state and it's great to see them play well year in and year out.
POSTED 10/8/20 |