Sports Shorts – Golf, Track, and Boys Volleyball
Apr 16, 2024 12:03PM ● By Liisa London Mecham
The golf team won their region match at El Monte in Ogden by nine strokes over Union. The sun managed to come out at the end after snow for the first six holes. Photo by Kacey DeMond
Golf
The golf team picked up a wintery win Monday at El Monte Golf Course at the meet hosted by Ogden High. The team persevered through snow on the first six holes and cold for the entire match. The Morgan golfers picked up the nine-stroke victory over Union, 270 to 279. The Trojans and the Cougars are now tied with two Region 13 wins each. Grantsville and Ogden tied for third place (410), Ben Lomond took fifth (437) and South Summit sixth (524).
Jane Poll finished in first place, shooting a 77 for the round while Union’s Booklyn Brown took second with an 81. Kennadee Benson placed sixth (94) and Camden Smith (97) tied for eighth.
Assistant Coach Kacey DeMond said that the round was Poll’s personal best.
Ashlyn Noss (102), Kaya Martinez (102), Larissa Thomas (124), Ruby Wilding (126) and Anya Reese (128) also competed for the Trojans.
Track
The track team traveled to the Pine View Invitational March 22-23 in St. George to compete against 69 other high school teams from Utah, Nevada, and Oregon. The teams represented all classifications, and competition was intense as new state records were set during the meet. The Trojans’ Brogan Garrett took first place in the 400m, and the boys sprint medley relay also claimed first place. A number of Morgan athletes recorded personal records, and the track team is off to a great start for the 2024 Outdoor Season. Many of the athletes raced in the weekend events and then raced back to Morgan to attend the Prom.
In his 400 meter race, Garrett recorded a 48.43 to place first. The medley relay finished in 3:39.47 to take the top honors. Jacob Carter, Talmadge Sommers, Brogan Garrett, and Tucker Giles ran the medley relay.
Tucker Giles took fifth in the 800m with a time of 1:57.41. He placed ninth in the 300m hurdles (40.59).
The Trojans’ Gavin DeWitt claimed seventh in the javelin (156-0.0) to round out the Trojans Top 10 finishers at the meet for the boys.
Senior Abby Titus was Morgan’s lone female to finish in the Top 10. She scored fourth place with a 5-2.0 leap in the high jump. The 4 X100 relay team finished 17th (52.92).
Boys Volleyball
Thursday, March 21 the volleyball team traveled to Draper to take on Juan Diego and returned home with a 3-0 victory over the Soaring Eagle. In a game dominated by the Trojans, setter Caleb Stephens served 19 times with only two errors and six aces while outside hitter Jack Komenda was perfect in 17/17 serve attempts with four aces. Sophomore Kevin Wangsgard added three aces as well.
Juniors Madden Bell and Komenda recorded five kills each. Defensively, Ryker Field tallied five digs and five serve receives.
In their home match up against North Sanpete Tuesday, March 26, Morgan fell to the Hawks 3-1 (19-25, 25-15, 18-25, 21-25). After falling in the opening game, the Trojans rallied in the second, but lost the third and fourth games. λ
