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Westside Lax UT BOYS: Emotional Bingham Upsets No. 22 Jordan, 10-9
Bingham head coach Brian Morris said his team went out Monday night with the intention of honoring former Miners player and Weber freshman/sophomore team coach Blake Strebel, who died last week in a traffic accident.Strebel would have been proud of what his former team accomplished.Junior attackman Cole Christensen scored a team-high three goals, including what stood up to be the game-winner, to lead Bingham to a 10-9 upset victory over No. 22 Jordan in a Utah High School Lacrosse League Division A game.Senior attackman Cameron Edmunds and senior middie Jake Arthur each added a pair of goals, as Bingham (8-6) posted its first-ever win over a Top 25 team.Senior middie Brett Everill had a goal and an assist, and junior attackman Peter Tschaggeny and junior middie Chase Newton each scored once.Defensively, freshman goalie Aaron Hansen saved 10 shots.The game was tied, 7-7, at the end of the third quarter, but Bingham scored three unanswered goals in less than five minutes to take a 10-7 lead. Christensen capped the run when he fired home a shot with 7:38 to play.Jordan closed within 10-9 on a goal by senior attackman Matt Brunner with 4:19 remaining, but Bingham held on to score its biggest win of the season.“The team wanted to play this game in Blake’s honor, and they put in a fantastic effort all four quarters,” Morris said. “We had everybody hustling, everybody talking. It was a total team effort. It was the best game we played all year.”In defeat, Brunner and senior attackman Chase Gerber each finished with a co-game-high four points on three goals and an assist for Jordan (10-1), which had its season-opening, 10-game winning streak snapped just one game after scoring its biggest win of the season against Bountiful.“It was not the same team that played Friday,” Jordan head coach John Barraco said. “I think maybe were a little overconfident. Bingham showed up ready to play, and we didn’t.”

Westside Lax UT BOYS: UHSLL Playoffs: Bingham Eliminates Olympus, 9-3
Senior middie Brett Everiill scored three goals and added an assist to lead Bingham to a 9-3 victory over Olympus in a Utah High School Lacrosse League Division A first-round playoff game Wednesday night. Junior attackman Taylor Morris added four points on two goals and two assists to help the Miners (10-7) advance to the state quarterfinals.Bingham will next face No. 25 Bountiful, the state’s top-ranked team, on Saturday morning at 10 a.m., MDT. Bingham and Bountiful did not play in the regular season.“We recognize that they’re the top team in the state,” Bingham head coach Brian Morris said. “They’re returning almost every player from their state championship team last year. We know we’ve got a big test on our hands.”On Wednesday, senior middie Jake Arthur, senior long-stick middie Taylor McCleary, senior attackman Cameron Edmunds and junior attackman Cole Christensen all had a goal to round out the scoring for Bingham.
Defensively, freshman goalie Aaron Hansen saved nine shots.Olympus finished the season 4-8.Bingham led 3-1 at the end of the first quarter, 5-2 at halftime and 7-3 at the end of the third quarter.“I think we had an extremely consistent effort throughout,” Brian Morris said. “We recognized who their top scorer was and made it a top priority in making other players beat us. Our defense was phenomenal.”

Westside Lax UT BOYS: UHSLL Playoffs: No. 25 Bountiful Bounces Bingham
Senior attackmen Zach Jordan and Mike Fabrizio each registered a co-game-high seven points to lead No. 25 Bountiful to a 14-7 victory over Bingham in a Utah High School Lacrosse League Division A quarterfinal Saturday.Jordan scored five goals and had two assists, and Fabrizio finished with two goals and five assists, as the Braves (13-3) used a four-goal run to start the second half to break open a close game.
With the win, Bountiful advanced to the Division A state semifinals, where it will face Riverton on Wednesday, May 13, at 5 p.m., MDT, at Juan Diego Stadium. Riverton edged Alta, 6-5, in double-overtime Saturday to advance.It will be the first meeting of the season between the teams.“They’ve got some good players,” Bountiful head coach Marty Wescott said. “They’re a similar team to Bingham. We’re just going to play the same way we do, which is get to ground balls, press on defense and transition.”Senior attackman Austin Taylor scored four goals, senior middie Andrew Welling and junior middie Jason Andre added a goal and an assist, and senior middie Tyler Cheney had a goal to round out the scoring for Bountiful.In defeat, junior attackman Cole Christensen scored a team-high four goals for Bingham, which finished the season 10-8.The game was tied, 3-3, at the end of the first quarter, and Bountiful held a slim 7-6 lead at halftime. But the Braves scored four straight goals in the third quarter to take an 11-6 lead and essentially put it away.“We just were running them in transition,” Wescott said. “I think their middies got tired, and we were able to get a lot of fast-break goals in the third quarter.”