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Maya Yerman, Riverton’s first singles player, goes for a ball in a match earlier this season against Bingham. (Photo courtesy of dbaphotography.com)

Riverton tennis aiming for a top-three finish in region
The Riverton High School girls tennis team has fared well this season as it heads into region and state competition. Head coach Ryan Nelson is in his second season and is excited about the depth ...
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Riverton girls soccer player Shelby Ostler, shown here in action earlier this season against West Jordan, scored 16 goals through the Silverwolves’ first 13 games to help her team to a perfect 7-0 start in Region 3. (Photo courtesy of dbaphotography.com)

After tough preseason, Riverton girls soccer team dominating region play
It’s been a tale of two seasons for the Riverton girls soccer team. The Silverwolves struggled in the win column early on but have responded with a strong showing in region competition. Riverton ...
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 The Bingham girls soccer team is in a battle with Riverton for the top spot in Region 3.
Bingham girls soccer working to regain strong program
Rejoining the Bingham girls soccer team as the head coach this season after a three-year hiatus to be a mom for the third time, Trisha Roberts hopes to restore the program to being one of the sta...
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 The Bingham girls tennis team got off to a good start this season as it prepares for postseason action in October.
BHS tennis team enjoying successful season
The Bingham High girls tennis team is enjoying an undefeated season in preparation for the region and state championships in early October. In the Miners’ first meet of the year, they tied for fi...
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The Riverton Copper PeeWee football team, shown here, has shown its support for cancer-stricken teammate Chandler Jensen by shaving their heads.
Football team rallies around teammate
What happens when your flag football teammate gets diagnosed with Burkitt Lymphoma just days after the first game of the season? If you’re the Riverton Copper PeeWee football team, you hold a “he...
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 Alle Finch, shown here in action earlier this season, and her Riverton volleyball teammates are helping to raise money for the Huntsman Cancer Institute. (Photo courtesy of dbaphotography.com)
RHS volleyball setting up for ‘Swing for Life’
Several area volleyball teams have joined the “Swing for Life” cause to raise money for breast cancer research for the Huntsman Cancer Institute. Riverton High will host Kearns Oct. 9 at 7 p.m. f...
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 Riverton’s Sara Watters displays the awards she’s won in equestrian competitions.

Riverton teen named Grand Champion
Riverton’s Sara Watters was named Grand Champion at the Salt Lake County Fair held Aug. 4 at the South Jordan Equestrian Center. Sara, daughter of Bob and Sandy Watters of Riverton, won the title...
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(from left) NBC play-by-play announcer Joe Castellano and Bingham High School graduate and former Olympian Denise Parker worked together in Beijing, China to commentate on archery events during August’s Summer Olympics.

Bingham alum continues Olympic experience
Bingham High graduate Denise Parker (‘92) grew up fascinated by the Olympic Games, so fascinated she wanted to be a track and field star competing on sport’s biggest stage. In excelling in the sp...
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 With players such as senior Jess Madsen (pictured), the Bingham High School boys golf team figures to win its fourth consecutive Region 3 championship.
Bingham golf preparing for postseason
The Bingham High boys golf team is the three-time defending Region 3 champion and is expecting to remain at the top as it heads to postseason tournaments. Riverton and West Jordan have several qu...
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The Bingham Miners played on their Ron Thorne Stadium field for the first time on Friday, Sept. 12 when they defeated Jordan 27-7. That day the school also celebrated its 100-year anniversary and ...
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RHS cross country teams young but promising
First-year coach Jake Garlick inherited a young cross country program at Riverton High School and has been pleased with its development so far this fall as the team heads to region and state. “Th...
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 Former Riverton resident and Bingham High School alum DelMar Schick coached the Miners’ football team for 10 years and spent another decade officiating wrestling and baseball. The local legend, who died in 2001, was honored at a banquet Sept. 17. 
Official honored posthumously
The late DelMar Schick, of Riverton, was inducted into the Officials Hall of Honor Sept. 17 at a banquet at the South Towne Exposition Center in Sandy. His widow Maxine received the recognition i...
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The Riverton 8 and under Pee-Wee All-Star baseball team capped off a successful summer by winning three tournament championships. Highlighting the season was a first-place showing in the Utah Stat...
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The Riverton boys golf team has been hard at work since the first week of August. The team recently wrapped up regular season competition and individuals who qualify will participate in the 5A sta...
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 The defending Region 3 champion Riverton volleyball team is looking for a repeat performance this season.

Riverton volleyball back in action, seeking for more region dominance
The Lady Silverwolves of Riverton High School are heading toward another volleyball season. The team hopes to equal last year’s success but to also do more. Last season Riverton won Region 3, fin...
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 Members of the Bingham 9-year-old Cal Ripken all-stars display their first-place trophies. The team captured three championships this summer.

Bingham all-stars win region
For the first time in their history, the Bingham Cal Ripken Baseball League 9-year-old all-stars went undefeated through a qualifying tournament, the state tournament and the regional tournament ...
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 The Bingham 8-year-old all-star baseball team capped off the season with a regional championship.


Bingham 8-year-old all-stars take regionals
The Bingham 8-year-old all-star baseball team won the first Cal Ripken Regional Tournament held for 8-year-olds July 17-22 in Kerman, Calif. Bingham took second place in the state tournament but ...
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South Jordan’s Devin Kallas was a state champion in the shot put last spring for Juan Diego High School.

JDCHS shot put athlete takes state
Juan Diego Catholic High School’s Devin Kallas won the 3A state shot put title May 17 at Brigham Young University in leading his time to a sixth-place finish. Kallas, son of David and Lisa Kallas...
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2008 Bingham Boys Golf Schedule
Sept. 3 Glendale<br /><br />Sept. 8 River Oaks Sept. 11 Westridge<br /><br />Sept. 16 Riverbend Sept. 17 Stansbury<br /><br />Sept. 22 Glenmoor Sep...
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Bingham girls tennis schedule, fall 2008
Sept. 4 TH at Copper Hills 3:15 p.m. Sept. 9 T at West Jordan 3:15 p.m. Sept. 11 TH Riverton at BHS 3 :15 p.m. S...
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