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Eric Frandsen and Jason Walker share their predictions for Utah State vs Colorado State in the Spectrum. Former Utah State University interim Athletic Director Jerry Bovee files a federal lawsuit against USU, Elizabeth Cantwell, Diana Sabau and Mica McKinney. Region 11 high school girls basketball playoffs begin: Mountain Crest vs Bear River; Green Canyon vs Timpanogos. Stat that Blew My Mind / Player of the Week Tribute to former Utah State play-by-play announcer Bob Appuhn

When she turned 50, Amy was ready to take back her health. The towering summit of Mt Timpanogos was the goal, but it would be a hard journey to get there. Urged on by the strength of her family and the memory of her grandmother, Cleo, Amy learned to "hike your own hike" and that "the mountain is a metaphor for life".  Check us out at: mtmamas.org  @mtmamasutah  @utahadventuremamas mtnmamasutah@gmail.com Thanks as always to Sara, the Instrumentalist, for our music, "Salamanca"

Timpanogos head pro Brett Watson helps us celebrate the Primo Provo Open on the live show on ESPN 700. Utah Golf Hall of Fame inductee Garey Chadwick's son, Doug, remembers his father. Fairways Magazine's Kurt Kraigthorpe reviews the State Am field. UJGA horse beast Kate Walker on her win at Fox Hollow. Sponsored by Goldenwest Credit Union. 

Joe Vogel, the Founder & CEO of Timpanogos Hiking Co., joins Clint Betts and Garrett Clark for this episode of the Silicon Slopes podcast. Joe talks about building his brand and incentivizing people to explore Utah's mountains as a fun element of his business. He also shares his background in switching careers and dealing with the challenges of running a startup. With an audience-based approach, Joe built his storefront with the customer in mind including what they will see and experience when they walk through the store and what the entire journey will be from walking in the front doors to purchasing a product. They catch up on the latest news, including new regulations from the FTC that will impact companies nationwide. With a brand centered on storytelling, Timpanogos Hiking Co. tells the story of Utah's beloved peaks, further inspiring locals to explore their home state. Tune in to learn more! "I approached it similarly to the way I would approach writing a book, which is thinking about the audience...What do I want the journey to be?"If you enjoyed this video and want to support us please leave a LIKE, write a comment on this video and Share it with your friends. Subscribe to our channel on YouTube and click the icon for notifications when we add a new video. Let us know in the comments if you have any questions.  Our website: https://www.siliconslopes.comShow links: https://www.motionops.com  Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/silicon-slopes-the-entrepreneur-capital-of-the-world/id1698150372Spotify Podcasts - https://open.spotify.com/show/2ZdYnWYKPXOqH2fgJ2UJ2N?si=5890c63a145a4a3e  Social:Twitter - https://twitter.com/siliconslopesInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/siliconslopes/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/silicon-slopes/YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8aEtQ1KJrWhJ3C2JnzXysw  Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/silicon-slopes-the-entrepreneur-capital-of-the-world/id1698150372Spotify Podcasts - https://open.spotify.com/show/2ZdYnWYKPXOqH2fgJ2UJ2N?si=5890c63a145a4a3e

The Christmas blizzard of 2003 still ranks as one of the biggest winter storms in Utah's history – legendary enough to have its own Wikipedia page. It dumped four feet of snow in the valley and upwards of twice that in the mountains, closing resorts. But it also brought tragedy. On Dec. 26, 2003 an entire mountainside of snow broke off the flanks of Mt. Timpanogos, roaring down out of the clouds towards a dozen skiers, riders, hikers, and snowshoers. Five were buried, with three not making it home that evening.Just three years into his forecaster career with the Utah Avalanche Center, skier Craig Gordon was deeply troubled by what he had seen. The victims simply didn't know that their playground for the day, just above the Aspen Grove trailhead, was in a massive avalanche run out. So he decided to do something about it, creating the now ubiquitous educational program Know Before You Go.What Gordon and others realized was that we all live amidst snow-filled mountains, but there was no way to get the message of snow safety to youth and teens. In its first season, Know Before You Go reached over 10,000 students in local middle and high schools across Utah. Today, it's the staple introductory snow safety program not just in Utah but across the nation and even the world.It's just one of the many programs Utah Avalanche Center manages to help keep us safe. Whether you're an avid backcountry enthusiast or limit yourself to in-bounds action, UAC has education and information to help keep you safe.A New Jersey native who found his way out to Utah to attend college and soon found himself working in snow safety at Brighton and as a heli-ski guide. He joined UAC in 2000. Today, he's part of a deeply experienced team and is known around the state as the guy who makes avalanche safety education fun.This episode of Last Chair is quintessential Craig Gordon – complete with stories, humor and emotion. Dig in … it's a fun one! Here's just a sampling.Craig, how do you view the services that Utah Avalanche Center offers?We're best known for our forecasting – we're your one-stop shop, Utah Avalanche Center.org. But forecasting is just a segment of education. And to me, really, the forecasts are an educational tool. Any time I have the opportunity to share knowledge and to throw an anecdote or two and maybe throw some institutional knowledge and wisdom in, along with some tongue-in-cheek humor, yeah, now, this is sort of where the rubber hits the road. To me, it's all about education. And the more well-informed our user public is, the more they can get out of the Utah Avalanche Center forecast. The forecast is really designed in sort of a tiered approach, from beginner to intermediate, novice to expert to uber expert. You can gain something out of reading the forecast day-to-day and reading it each day. You get to know the characters in the snowpack. And you know, the last thing you want to do is open up the middle of this book, this novel and try to figure out who the characters are. So I always advise people, even on the days that you're not planning on going out, definitely take heed, check out the forecast, and see what the snow is doing. And then, when you do get a day off, or you're making your travel plans, you'll be that much better informed. So, really, to me, education is where the rubber hits the road. For us, that's the big ticket item. And that is not only in our forecasts, that is in our outreach and our classes, our backcountry 101, our basic avalanche classes, our rescue classes. It all revolves around education.The Christmas storm of 2003 brought snow, but it also brought tragedy.Yeah, oh my gosh, that time frame right around Christmas of 2003 brought an epic storm by all standards – historic storm rolls bigger than last year. As a matter of fact, this the Christmas storm of 2003 has its own Wikipedia reference. The storm rolls in right before Christmas and just blasts the Salt Lake Valley, Provo, Ogden. There are 30 inches of snow in downtown Salt Lake, several hundred thousand people are without power. I remember it's all I can do to get to the foothills to go skiing. It is complete mayhem just to go a mile or two. So there were three groups that had been riding at Sundance inside the ski resort boundary. The resort closes down, and these three individual groups – they don't even know each other – they ride up the road, and they're at the Aspen Grove trailhead, which is underneath one of the largest avalanche paths in Utah that funnels off Mount Timpanogos. Of course, you're going to go hike for the freshies, right? And no one's wearing avalanche transceivers, no shovels, no probes, none of the appropriate rescue gear. And as three separate groups are hiking up, one natural avalanche peels off from about 3,000 plus vertical feet above off the ridge in the clouds. So everything is just is just chaos as one slide, then sympathetically triggers two others. And now, instead of having just one football field, you have several football fields of snow crashing down from up above. I know even 20 years later, it's still emotional. But you chose to do something about it?It was so glaringly apparent how dangerous the conditions were. And again, just trying to move around in the valley, it's like it's all I can do to get to the mountains. So I'm going to the mountains on its terms, and it doesn't even want me there, you know. So this is not, you know, kind of a soft, fuzzy kind of place to be right now. It's very harsh. It's very wicked. That night, I looked my wife in the eye, and I said, ‘I am going to do everything in my power that not another family, not another partner, not another parent has to experience the tragedy of what could be a preventable avalanche accident.'I said, ‘Well, I am going to create a program where we go talk to kids in schools and middle schools and high schools.' (My boss Bruce Tremper) says, ‘You put it together, you find the money, and it's yours.' And I thought, ‘Man, you just challenged a go-getter overachiever who grew up in New Jersey. Man, I got this. At the time, nothing like this existed. There was nothing that was fun, that had energy to it, and that could resonate with teens.What was the reception like when you launched Know Before You Go into Utah schools?One of our very first talks was in front of 1,600 kids. And it was remarkable. It wasn't like some soft rollout. It was like you hit the ground running with Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and the Rolling Stones, and here we go, you know? And man, for that kind of crowd you had to have a touchpoint with everybody in the audience. And that meant giving out a thousand times the energy that was coming back. That was the secret of the success of the program. Did you reach a lot of kids with KBYG?In our first year, I thought, man, if we could reach 5,000 kids, that would be remarkable. And the first year the thing took off like a rocket. We talked to 12,000 kids, and in the second year, we talked to 18,000 kids. By the start of the third year, we were able to get Know Before You Go embedded as an elective in health and phys ed in middle schools. And then everybody started coming on board. The Park City schools were awesome to get us embedded early on. The snowbelt community schools knew that this was very important.

The Christmas blizzard of 2003 still ranks as one of the biggest winter storms in Utah's history – legendary enough to have its own Wikipedia page. It dumped four feet of snow in the valley and upwards of twice that in the mountains, closing resorts. But it also brought tragedy. On Dec. 26, 2003 an entire mountainside of snow broke off the flanks of Mt. Timpanogos, roaring down out of the clouds towards a dozen skiers, riders, hikers, and snowshoers. Five were buried, with three not making it home that evening.Just three years into his forecaster career with the Utah Avalanche Center, skier Craig Gordon was deeply troubled by what he had seen. The victims simply didn't know that their playground for the day, just above the Aspen Grove trailhead, was in a massive avalanche run out. So he decided to do something about it, creating the now ubiquitous educational program Know Before You Go.What Gordon and others realized was that we all live amidst snow-filled mountains, but there was no way to get the message of snow safety to youth and teens. In its first season, Know Before You Go reached over 10,000 students in local middle and high schools across Utah. Today, it's the staple introductory snow safety program not just in Utah but across the nation and even the world.It's just one of the many programs Utah Avalanche Center manages to help keep us safe. Whether you're an avid backcountry enthusiast or limit yourself to in-bounds action, UAC has education and information to help keep you safe.A New Jersey native who found his way out to Utah to attend college and soon found himself working in snow safety at Brighton and as a heli-ski guide. He joined UAC in 2000. Today, he's part of a deeply experienced team and is known around the state as the guy who makes avalanche safety education fun.This episode of Last Chair is quintessential Craig Gordon – complete with stories, humor and emotion. Dig in … it's a fun one! Here's just a sampling.Craig, how do you view the services that Utah Avalanche Center offers?We're best known for our forecasting – we're your one-stop shop, Utah Avalanche Center.org. But forecasting is just a segment of education. And to me, really, the forecasts are an educational tool. Any time I have the opportunity to share knowledge and to throw an anecdote or two and maybe throw some institutional knowledge and wisdom in, along with some tongue-in-cheek humor, yeah, now, this is sort of where the rubber hits the road. To me, it's all about education. And the more well-informed our user public is, the more they can get out of the Utah Avalanche Center forecast. The forecast is really designed in sort of a tiered approach, from beginner to intermediate, novice to expert to uber expert. You can gain something out of reading the forecast day-to-day and reading it each day. You get to know the characters in the snowpack. And you know, the last thing you want to do is open up the middle of this book, this novel and try to figure out who the characters are. So I always advise people, even on the days that you're not planning on going out, definitely take heed, check out the forecast, and see what the snow is doing. And then, when you do get a day off, or you're making your travel plans, you'll be that much better informed. So, really, to me, education is where the rubber hits the road. For us, that's the big ticket item. And that is not only in our forecasts, that is in our outreach and our classes, our backcountry 101, our basic avalanche classes, our rescue classes. It all revolves around education.The Christmas storm of 2003 brought snow, but it also brought tragedy.Yeah, oh my gosh, that time frame right around Christmas of 2003 brought an epic storm by all standards – historic storm rolls bigger than last year. As a matter of fact, this the Christmas storm of 2003 has its own Wikipedia reference. The storm rolls in right before Christmas and just blasts the Salt Lake Valley, Provo, Ogden. There are 30 inches of snow in downtown Salt Lake, several hundred thousand people are without power. I remember it's all I can do to get to the foothills to go skiing. It is complete mayhem just to go a mile or two. So there were three groups that had been riding at Sundance inside the ski resort boundary. The resort closes down, and these three individual groups – they don't even know each other – they ride up the road, and they're at the Aspen Grove trailhead, which is underneath one of the largest avalanche paths in Utah that funnels off Mount Timpanogos. Of course, you're going to go hike for the freshies, right? And no one's wearing avalanche transceivers, no shovels, no probes, none of the appropriate rescue gear. And as three separate groups are hiking up, one natural avalanche peels off from about 3,000 plus vertical feet above off the ridge in the clouds. So everything is just is just chaos as one slide, then sympathetically triggers two others. And now, instead of having just one football field, you have several football fields of snow crashing down from up above. I know even 20 years later, it's still emotional. But you chose to do something about it?It was so glaringly apparent how dangerous the conditions were. And again, just trying to move around in the valley, it's like it's all I can do to get to the mountains. So I'm going to the mountains on its terms, and it doesn't even want me there, you know. So this is not, you know, kind of a soft, fuzzy kind of place to be right now. It's very harsh. It's very wicked. That night, I looked my wife in the eye, and I said, ‘I am going to do everything in my power that not another family, not another partner, not another parent has to experience the tragedy of what could be a preventable avalanche accident.'I said, ‘Well, I am going to create a program where we go talk to kids in schools and middle schools and high schools.' (My boss Bruce Tremper) says, ‘You put it together, you find the money, and it's yours.' And I thought, ‘Man, you just challenged a go-getter overachiever who grew up in New Jersey. Man, I got this. At the time, nothing like this existed. There was nothing that was fun, that had energy to it, and that could resonate with teens.What was the reception like when you launched Know Before You Go into Utah schools?One of our very first talks was in front of 1,600 kids. And it was remarkable. It wasn't like some soft rollout. It was like you hit the ground running with Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and the Rolling Stones, and here we go, you know? And man, for that kind of crowd you had to have a touchpoint with everybody in the audience. And that meant giving out a thousand times the energy that was coming back. That was the secret of the success of the program. Did you reach a lot of kids with KBYG?In our first year, I thought, man, if we could reach 5,000 kids, that would be remarkable. And the first year the thing took off like a rocket. We talked to 12,000 kids, and in the second year, we talked to 18,000 kids. By the start of the third year, we were able to get Know Before You Go embedded as an elective in health and phys ed in middle schools. And then everybody started coming on board. The Park City schools were awesome to get us embedded early on. The snowbelt community schools knew that this was very important.

In the early days of the Utah territory, Mormon leaders decided to exterminate anything that got in the way of their plans to build their Kingdom of God. This episode delves into the ghastly execution of the Timpanogos tribe that occupied lands Mormons invaded. It also tells the story of the "Wasters & Destroyers" contest where Mormons devised a contest to kill as many animals as possible, which added to the devestation. Shownotes: Donate to Sunstone and the History Podcast (leave us a note in the comment section to say hi!) Daniel Hanmer Wells and Events of His Time The Whites Want Everything by Will Bagley A History of Utah's American Indians by Forrest S. Cuch The Wasters and Destroyers article, Utah Historical Quarterly 1994 - VOL LXII - No 1 A Historical Study of the Exploration of Utah Valley and the Story of Fort Utah  Ute perspectives of the Timpanogos Massacre Donate to the Timpanogos tribe

In the early days of the Utah territory, Mormon leaders decided to exterminate anything that got in the way of their plans to build their Kingdom of God. This episode delves into the ghastly execution of the Timpanogos tribe that occupied lands Mormons invaded. It also tells the story of the “Wasters & Destroyers” contest …

It's time for another episode of Before They Were Famous. This time we focus on the leader of the Nauvoo Legion, Daniel H. Wells and his role in many massacres against indigenous tribes. Shownotes: Donate to Sunstone and the History Podcast (leave us a note in the comment section to say hi!) Daniel Hanmer Wells and Events of His Time Defender by Quentin Wells Protecting the Home Front: The Utah Territorial Militia During the Civil War by Ephraim D. Dickson III Lawrence R. Flake, Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001), 255–57. Indigenous history of Battle Creek Massacre History of the Timpanogos tribe MC Hammer - U Can't Touch This - Guitar Percussion Cover

In this episode, Golden Harper, creator of the Altra Running Shoe will be discussing several topics that will make you a faster, healthier, and happier runner. This episode covers…Golden's running story and how he ran his first marathon at age 10The importance of mindset and happiness to sustain running long term The 4 key principles to perfect running formHow it led Golden to creating the Float Harness What a zero drop shoe isThe 4 components of a shoe that will keep your feet strongHow and why Golden created the Altra Running ShoeGolden Harper is the creator and founder of Altra and P.R. Gear. He is a foot health, footwear, and running biomechanics expert with several decades of hands-on experience working in these fields. Golden studied Exercise Science at two Universities, where he was particularly focused on biomechanics, kinematics, and coaching.  During this time, he authored several research articles on running-related injuries and running technique.  Golden grew up in the footwear industry, with his Dad working for Nike and Saucony most of his childhood, and his mother being a sponsored athlete as well. His family opened a walking and running specialty store when Golden was 9, and he started working there right away. He began managing the store between high school and college, and came to the realization that when it came to footwear, most of what they were doing was not effective or scientifically based. Given that nearly all shoe store ‘training' is propaganda from shoe companies, Golden set out to do the ‘Foot Health and Running Injury Major' in college. Between the ages of 10 and 14, Golden ran 5 marathons, debuting with a State Record 3:08 performance.  He followed that up with a 2:57 performance that was good for a National Best for age 11.  At age 12, he ran the St. George Marathon in 2:45, setting a world best. He went on to win 2 Cross Country State Championships and became a Cross Country All-American when he and several others all broke the previous national championship record at the Footlocker Cross Country Championships. His Senior year of college, Golden nearly went undefeated at collegiate distance Cross Country races. Golden has run professionally after college, winning Ultra-marathons and many mountain races. He is a downhill specialist and holds descent records on mountains all over the rockies, including Mt. Timpanogos in Utah and over a dozen 14ers in Colorado. Float Harness Discount CodeKAT25Connect with GoldenEmailg@prgear.coWebsitehttps://www.PRGear.COInstagram@rungolden1Connect with Dr. KatInstagram-  @Runwithkat_dptTik-tok- @Runwithkat_dptFacebook Group- RunwithKat ShowWebsite- RunwithKat.netApply For Run Coaching with Dr. Kat!click here to apply!To Inquire About Physical Therapy with Dr. KatInstagram- @BlueIronPhysioWebsite- BlueIronPhysio.comListen and Subscribe Apple PodcastSpotifyGoogle PlayIHeartRadioAmazon Music 

The Locked On Cougars Podcast for Monday, August 14, 2023 The BYU Cougars landed the quarterback prospect they had eyes for in the 2024 recruiting class as Eaton HS (TX) prospect Noah Lugo announced that he will play for the BYU football program and Jake Hatch sees it as a continuation of a good run for the Cougars Jake then talked about the opposite end of the recruiting spectrum for BYU men's basketball where head coach Mark Pope now has an admitted NIL issue that cost BYU hoops projected starting point guard Ques Glover as they look towards a Big 12 Conference grind Finally, the show wrapped up with a one-on-one chat with Timpanogos prospect Luke Livingston, BYU women's soccer crushing Idaho State 7-0 and a look back at a dominant season-opening performance for BYU in 2022 as they smashed USF Support Us By Supporting Our Locked On Podcast Network Sponsors! Birddogs - Today's episode is brought to you by Birddogs. Go to birddogs.com/lockedoncollege and they'll throw in a free custom birddogs Yeti-style tumbler with every ordereBay Motors - For parts that fit, head to eBay Motors and look for the green check. Stay in the game with eBay Guaranteed Fit. eBay Motors dot com. Let's ride. eBay Guaranteed Fit only available to US customers. Eligible items only. Exclusions applyFanDuel - Make Every Moment More. Don't miss the chance to get your No Sweat First Bet up to ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS in Bonus Bets when you go FanDuel.com/LOCKEDONFANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN) Follow the Locked On Cougars podcast on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to stay up-to-date with the latest with regards to the podcast and BYU sports news. Please remember to subscribe, enable notifications, rate and review the show.If you are interested in advertising with Locked On Cougars or the Locked On Podcast Network, please email us at LockedOnBYU@gmail.com or contact us here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Locked On Cougars Podcast for Monday, August 14, 2023 The BYU Cougars landed the quarterback prospect they had eyes for in the 2024 recruiting class as Eaton HS (TX) prospect Noah Lugo announced that he will play for the BYU football program and Jake Hatch sees it as a continuation of a good run for the Cougars Jake then talked about the opposite end of the recruiting spectrum for BYU men's basketball where head coach Mark Pope now has an admitted NIL issue that cost BYU hoops projected starting point guard Ques Glover as they look towards a Big 12 Conference grind Finally, the show wrapped up with a one-on-one chat with Timpanogos prospect Luke Livingston, BYU women's soccer crushing Idaho State 7-0 and a look back at a dominant season-opening performance for BYU in 2022 as they smashed USF Support Us By Supporting Our Locked On Podcast Network Sponsors!  Birddogs - Today's episode is brought to you by Birddogs. Go to birddogs.com/lockedoncollege and they'll throw in a free custom birddogs Yeti-style tumbler with every order eBay Motors - For parts that fit, head to eBay Motors and look for the green check. Stay in the game with eBay Guaranteed Fit. eBay Motors dot com. Let's ride. eBay Guaranteed Fit only available to US customers. Eligible items only. Exclusions apply FanDuel - Make Every Moment More. Don't miss the chance to get your No Sweat First Bet up to ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS in Bonus Bets when you go FanDuel.com/LOCKEDON FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN)  Follow the Locked On Cougars podcast on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to stay up-to-date with the latest with regards to the podcast and BYU sports news. Please remember to subscribe, enable notifications, rate and review the show. If you are interested in advertising with Locked On Cougars or the Locked On Podcast Network, please email us at LockedOnBYU@gmail.com or contact us here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of the Meat and Potatoes, Garrett Clark sits down with Bestselling Author and Entrepreneur, Joseph Vogel. Joseph is also the Founder and Owner of Timpanogos Hiking Co, an outdoor apparel company. In their conversation, they delve into the founding story of Timpanogos Hiking Co. and the challenges the apparel company has undergone since its founding. Outside of running Timpanogos Hiking Co., Joseph has published multiple critically-acclaimed books, including Man in the Music: The Creative Life and Work of Michael Jackson (Vintage), This Thing Called Life: Prince, Race, Sex, Religion, and Music (Bloomsbury), and James Baldwin and the 1980s: Witnessing the Reagan Era (University of Illinois Press). His work has appeared in The Atlantic, Forbes, The Guardian, Slate, and the Boston Review, among other publications. His articles have also been published in a number of peer-reviewed journals, including the James Baldwin Review, the F. Scott Fitzgerald Review, The Journal of Popular Culture, The Journal of American Culture, and the Journal of Popular Music Studies. Outline of the conversation: 0:00 Founding story Timpanogos Hiking Co. 5:00 Choosing designs, fabrics, sizes 9:00 Building the team 10:00 Using revenue to build 11:00 Details of the storefront 14:00 Designs specific to storefront 15:40 Stranger Things And The '80s 21:40 Hollywood experience 23:30 Writing a book or starting a business? 24:00 Family 26:00 Advice for others   Show links: https://www.timpanogoshiking.com https://www.joevogel.net https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-vogel/   Social: Twitter - https://twitter.com/siliconslopes Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/siliconslopes/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/silicon-slopes/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8aEtQ1KJrWhJ3C2JnzXysw  

In this episode of the Meat and Potatoes, Garrett Clark sits down with Bestselling Author and Entrepreneur, Joseph Vogel. Joseph is also the Founder and Owner of Timpanogos Hiking Co, an outdoor apparel company. In their conversation, they delve into the founding story of Timpanogos Hiking Co. and the challenges the apparel company has undergone since its founding. Outside of running Timpanogos Hiking Co., Joseph has published multiple critically-acclaimed books, including Man in the Music: The Creative Life and Work of Michael Jackson (Vintage), This Thing Called Life: Prince, Race, Sex, Religion, and Music (Bloomsbury), and James Baldwin and the 1980s: Witnessing the Reagan Era (University of Illinois Press). His work has appeared in The Atlantic, Forbes, The Guardian, Slate, and the Boston Review, among other publications. His articles have also been published in a number of peer-reviewed journals, including the James Baldwin Review, the F. Scott Fitzgerald Review, The Journal of Popular Culture, The Journal of American Culture, and the Journal of Popular Music Studies. Outline of the conversation: 0:00 Founding story Timpanogos Hiking Co. 5:00 Choosing designs, fabrics, sizes 9:00 Building the team 10:00 Using revenue to build 11:00 Details of the storefront 14:00 Designs specific to storefront 15:40 Stranger Things And The '80s 21:40 Hollywood experience 23:30 Writing a book or starting a business? 24:00 Family 26:00 Advice for others   Show links: https://www.timpanogoshiking.com https://www.joevogel.net https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-vogel/   Social: Twitter - https://twitter.com/siliconslopes Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/siliconslopes/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/silicon-slopes/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8aEtQ1KJrWhJ3C2JnzXysw  

Rising 11,753 ft, Mt Timpanogos is no sissy summit. During the summer, she can be brutal to climb at over 16 miles and 5,000 ft elevation gain, but in the winter, it's a whole other story. Avalanches, rock slides, fierce winds, thousand foot cliff faces and crumbling cornices to name a few. Emily shares her obsession with this mountain and the 5 attempts it took to summit this beautiful beast in the winter.     Check us out at: mtmamas.org                            @mtmamasutah  @utahadventuremamas                            mtnmamasutah@gmail.com   Thanks as always to Sara, the Instrumentalist, for our music, "Salamanca"

Today's Co-Hosts: Ben Criddle (@criddlebenjamin) Subscribe to the Cougar Sports with Ben Criddle podcast:Apple Podcastshttps://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cougar-sports-with-ben-criddle/id996764363Google Podcastshttps://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc3ByZWFrZXIuY29tL3Nob3cvMTM2OTkzOS9lcGlzb2Rlcy9mZWVkSpotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/show/7dZvrG1ZtKkfgqGenR3S2mPocket Castshttps://pca.st/SU8aOvercasthttps://overcast.fm/itunes996764363/cougar-sports-with-ben-criddle-byuSpreakerhttps://www.spreaker.com/show/cougar-sports-with-ben-criddleStitcherhttps://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=66416iHeartRadiohttps://www.iheart.com/podcast/966-cougar-sports-with-29418022TuneInhttps://tunein.com/podcasts/Sports-Talk--News/Cougar-Sports-with-Ben-Criddle-p731529/

Blake Tomlinson goes stupid low in a slugfest for the ages with the great Daniel Summerhays to win the Primo Provo Open at Timpanogos. Tomlinson joins the pod. 

Date: September 8, 2022 (Season 5, Episode 2: 58 minutes long). Click here to see the SYP webpage which includes historical photographs and recommended readings. Caption for the above photograph: early explorers peering out from within a cave formation in American Fork Canyon's Timpanogos Cave.  Courtesy of the Timpanogos Cave National Monument (NPS). Are you interested in other episodes of Speak Your Piece? Click here.Next month on October 14, 2022 Utah's Timpanogos Cave–which actually includes three linked caves-–will celebrate its 100th anniversary as a protected national monument. It was in 1922 that President Warren G. Harding signed Proclamation No. 15040, under the authority of the American Antiquities Act of 1906, to protect the caves for their "unusual scientific interest and importance." Before the monument closes this season on October 16 (or when it reopens in May 2023), we urge you to visit Timp Cave, and join in monument's centennial celebrations.  Ranger Cami McKinney (program manager over stewardship & interpretation at the Timpanogos Cave National Monument, NPS) is Utah's leading historian concerning the American Fork Canyon monument. She is the author of Heart of the Mountain, a History of Timpanogos Cave.  A digital version may be available soon here, a hard copy version is available at the Timp Cave store. McKinney started to work at the caves in 1997, and has loved digging into its history ever since. This episode includes the caves' natural history, its human history–within and surrounding the caves–and finally its speleology. Ranger McKinney wants all of us to learn this word, which is a composite science, involving a cave's geology, hydrology, biology, cave morphology and its changing microclimate.  Speleology is also all about the stalagmites, helictites, speleothems and anthodites – all the stunning formations created by millions of years of permeating water and minerals. Recently the monument has offered different kinds of tours including lantern tours early each morning. To learn more, look for “Centennial Lantern Tours” on the main page. Topics discussed in this light and engaging SYP episode include: (a) The history of timber harvesting, lumber mills, mining claims, mining towns, even the railroad up American Fork Canyon. (b) The 1887 to 1921 discoveries and rediscoveries of the caves. (c) The history of the NFS, and later in the NPS, and their work in protecting (It was a threatening mining claim which was a catalyst for calls for federal protection). (d) The Native American history surrounding Timpanogos Peak and Cave. (e) The history of the geological, thermal, and other physical forces which created the underground spaces.(f) The early 20th century hiking clubs, including both the men and women, who were instrumental in the cave's discovery and protection. (g) The early local (Timpanogos Outdoor Committee) and federal partnership which built the trails, set up electrical lighting and more, for the cave.(h) The legends and stories about Timpanogos Mountain and the caves.  (i) The multi-generational, Utah families and individuals, who have served to protect, guide and interpret within the caves for one hundred years.  Bio: Ranger Cami McKinney, is the Program Manager for Resource Stewardship and Interpretation at Timp Cave. She had been a ranger for 25 years. During this journey she also received her Masters Degree in Natural Resources at Utah State University. McKinney began working at Timp Cave in 1997, and has loved digging into the history of the cave and its canyon ever since. She is the author of Heart of the Mountain, a history of Timpanogos Cave. 

SPIRIT OF THE PEAKS is a film about the struggle for balance between two worlds. For Hunkpapa Lakota skier Connor Ryan, skiing in Ute Territory has always raised questions about being in reciprocity with the land and its people. As a skier who connects with the land through sport, he empathizes with the injustices that have displaced the Utes and ongoing colonization, erasure and extraction impacting the Ute people. This story connects conflicted pasts to an awakening in cultural awareness that can create an equitable future for Indigenous people and skiers. I am putting out this episode as a direct response to Utah's annual July 24th holiday Pioneer Day. Pioneer Day celebrates the arrival of Brigham Young and the white Mormon settlers to the lands of the Diné, Hopi, Goshute, Paiute, Pueblo, Shoshone, Timpanogos and Ute people. Living in this state, it is uncomfortable to have folks around me celebrating the arrival of colonizers who brought mass eradication, forced assimilation, boarding schools, and generations of trauma to the Indigenous people who were already living here. Please take a listen to this episode to hear more about how we can develop a reciprocal relationship with the land, what reclamation to Native culture can feel like, and who are other inspiring Indigenous activists and artists out there right now. Follow the film: Watch the film for free: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSwmJMH04Ww&t=1s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sacredstoke/ + https://www.instagram.com/nativesoutdoors/

Visitors to Sundance Mountain Resort this winter have found a wonderful new experience at one of Utah's great hidden gems. Working with the experienced Sundance team, legendary ski industry leader Bill Jensen has helped them transform the resort with new lifts, terrain, snowmaking and much more. Jensen, a longtime visionary who has led some of North America's most notable resorts, talked to Ski Utah's Last Chair about his storied career and the fun he's having coaching the team at Sundance.After stewarding Sundance for over a half-century, film legend Robert Redford sold his interest in December 2020 after carefully curating potential buyers to ensure his legacy would remain. The new investors included Broadreach Capital Partners and Cedar Capital Partners. But what was most important for skiers and riders was the inclusion of Jensen as a partner.While he didn't discover skiing until he was 19 in southern California, Jensen quickly grew passionate about the sport, starting his career at Mammoth Mountain as a liftie. In the decades since then he's hopscotched around in leadership roles from Vail to Whistler to Telluride and Intrawest. In 2019, he was inducted into the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame.In his new role, he fell in love with Sundance the day he hiked up to the top of Ray's Lift and then up to Mandan Summit. His vision came clear in an instant when he soaked in the view of Mt. Timpanogos from Mandan.This winter skiers were treated to a host of positive upgrades: The new high-speed Outlaw Express taking skiers from base to Mandan Summit in just seven minutes. New beginner and intermediate terrain off Mandan offering stunning new views and options. Check out Broadway! A new beginner area with three magic carpets.  A new return lift, Stairway, from the back mountain along with a new run allowing Bear Claw to base skiing or riding. The new Lookout restaurant with stunning views of Timp from the base. New snow guns as part of an upgraded snowmaking system, including a water holding pond. While he's been the top executive of the biggest ski resort companies in North America, he remains a true mountain guy always anxious to take visitors up on the mountain. Here are a few teasers from the interview. Check out the full conversation on Last Chair, available through all podcast platforms.Bill, you had a bit of a non-traditional introduction to skiing.Unfortunately, later than most people I know. Born in Hawaii and grew up in Southern California. When I was 19, for some reason I walked into a Sports Ltd. store in Woodland hills. They were showing the K2 Performers video. I saw skiing for the first time and was fascinated. I just went, ‘wow, this is incredible.' So I went skiing that winter one day, and that was it.I'll bet you were pretty excited to get a job as a liftie?It just connects you to people, and, candidly, it was fun! So that's where it all started. It was all happenstance. I had no idea that a ski area was even a business. I just saw it as some great recreational fun pursuit. And I just - I fell in love. You know, I always say, I love skiing, but I became passionate about the ski industry and the business and that's where things unfolded.You've lived in some great ski towns: Mammoth, Sun Valley, Whistler, Vail, Breckenridge. What has attracted you to those towns?In small towns, you get to know a lot of people. And I also like the fact that people depend on each other, whether it was helping them split their firewood or snow removal or whatever. You built relationships and,in ski towns, there's a common denominator that everybody loves snow and they love sliding on snow, whether they snowboard or ski now. But, you know, I just felt very comfortable in that environment. Living in a ski town, to me, just fit my ... who I was and my persona. I really like small mountain communities.What did it mean to be honored in the Hall of Fame?It's touching. It's gratifying. It wasn't something that you aspire to. I really believe in the sport. I believe that the skier is important and I've worked hard over my career to mentor people and bring new people into the business and see their careers grow. And that has been the most fulfilling part of my career.When you visited Sundance in 2020, what stood out to you?You know the word, and I don't want it to be overused, but just the sense of arrival and walking through the base - there's something magical about this resort and part of it is the environment it sits in, Mount Timp and the views. It is truly one of very few unique ski areas that have this setting. And because it was Robert Redford's business, it really was a family business, is what I would call it. And you can sense that in the culture, the staff and the people who are here. My sense is everyone feels a bit of a sense of ownership of Sundance and how it's played a role in their lives.What was the vision for the new alignment of Outlaw Express to Mandan Summit?When you're on the top of Mandan, it feels like you can just reach out and touch it (Timpanogos). It made a lot of sense for us to actually implement that lift alignment and put it all together. It was a bit more expensive than just putting something back in the place of Ray's lift. But I think for the long term and summer and everything else, it was the right decision. I think the view of Timp from the top of Mandan is probably the signature view!As a resort leader over many years, any memorable powder stories?So, Whistler Blackcomb in 2010 at the Olympics. One of the sayings in the ski industry is if you want it to snow, hold it downhill. It snowed to beat the band and the downhill was canceled. And up on the high alpine, I'm not exaggerating, there was 30 plus inches of fresh snow. And because the Olympic Committee was controlling access, there were very few people there.And as the head of Whistler-Blackcomb at the time, you can be sure he was there!Bill Jensen may be new to Utah, but he does have a favorite Utah craft beer! Learn about that and more in a fascinating discussion with one of America's visionary ski leaders about his newfound passion working with the team at Sundance. And while he's going to leave it to the Sundance staff to announce future plans, he at least gives us a few hints. Take a listen!Chad Linebaugh: Blending Art, Nature and Skiing at Sundance Mountain ResortLearn more about Sundance in this earlier episode from 2020 with President Chad Linebaugh.When you look at Sundance Mountain Resort, you need to view it as much more than a ski area. Today, Robert Redford's Sundance is a wonderful blend of art, nature and skiing. Sundance may be a small ski area, but it skis big. President and General Manager Chad Linebaugh will take you on a tour of his favorite Sundance runs in his conversation with host Tom Kelly, plus some little known facts about the famous actor.

Visitors to Sundance Mountain Resort this winter have found a wonderful new experience at one of Utah's great hidden gems. Working with the experienced Sundance team, legendary ski industry leader Bill Jensen has helped them transform the resort with new lifts, terrain, snowmaking and much more. Jensen, a longtime visionary who has led some of North America's most notable resorts, talked to Ski Utah's Last Chair about his storied career and the fun he's having coaching the team at Sundance.After stewarding Sundance for over a half-century, film legend Robert Redford sold his interest in December 2020 after carefully curating potential buyers to ensure his legacy would remain. The new investors included Broadreach Capital Partners and Cedar Capital Partners. But what was most important for skiers and riders was the inclusion of Jensen as a partner.While he didn't discover skiing until he was 19 in southern California, Jensen quickly grew passionate about the sport, starting his career at Mammoth Mountain as a liftie. In the decades since then he's hopscotched around in leadership roles from Vail to Whistler to Telluride and Intrawest. In 2019, he was inducted into the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame.In his new role, he fell in love with Sundance the day he hiked up to the top of Ray's Lift and then up to Mandan Summit. His vision came clear in an instant when he soaked in the view of Mt. Timpanogos from Mandan.This winter skiers were treated to a host of positive upgrades: The new high-speed Outlaw Express taking skiers from base to Mandan Summit in just seven minutes. New beginner and intermediate terrain off Mandan offering stunning new views and options. Check out Broadway! A new beginner area with three magic carpets.  A new return lift, Stairway, from the back mountain along with a new run allowing Bear Claw to base skiing or riding. The new Lookout restaurant with stunning views of Timp from the base. New snow guns as part of an upgraded snowmaking system, including a water holding pond. While he's been the top executive of the biggest ski resort companies in North America, he remains a true mountain guy always anxious to take visitors up on the mountain. Here are a few teasers from the interview. Check out the full conversation on Last Chair, available through all podcast platforms.Bill, you had a bit of a non-traditional introduction to skiing.Unfortunately, later than most people I know. Born in Hawaii and grew up in Southern California. When I was 19, for some reason I walked into a Sports Ltd. store in Woodland hills. They were showing the K2 Performers video. I saw skiing for the first time and was fascinated. I just went, ‘wow, this is incredible.' So I went skiing that winter one day, and that was it.I'll bet you were pretty excited to get a job as a liftie?It just connects you to people, and, candidly, it was fun! So that's where it all started. It was all happenstance. I had no idea that a ski area was even a business. I just saw it as some great recreational fun pursuit. And I just - I fell in love. You know, I always say, I love skiing, but I became passionate about the ski industry and the business and that's where things unfolded.You've lived in some great ski towns: Mammoth, Sun Valley, Whistler, Vail, Breckenridge. What has attracted you to those towns?In small towns, you get to know a lot of people. And I also like the fact that people depend on each other, whether it was helping them split their firewood or snow removal or whatever. You built relationships and,in ski towns, there's a common denominator that everybody loves snow and they love sliding on snow, whether they snowboard or ski now. But, you know, I just felt very comfortable in that environment. Living in a ski town, to me, just fit my ... who I was and my persona. I really like small mountain communities.What did it mean to be honored in the Hall of Fame?It's touching. It's gratifying. It wasn't something that you aspire to. I really believe in the sport. I believe that the skier is important and I've worked hard over my career to mentor people and bring new people into the business and see their careers grow. And that has been the most fulfilling part of my career.When you visited Sundance in 2020, what stood out to you?You know the word, and I don't want it to be overused, but just the sense of arrival and walking through the base - there's something magical about this resort and part of it is the environment it sits in, Mount Timp and the views. It is truly one of very few unique ski areas that have this setting. And because it was Robert Redford's business, it really was a family business, is what I would call it. And you can sense that in the culture, the staff and the people who are here. My sense is everyone feels a bit of a sense of ownership of Sundance and how it's played a role in their lives.What was the vision for the new alignment of Outlaw Express to Mandan Summit?When you're on the top of Mandan, it feels like you can just reach out and touch it (Timpanogos). It made a lot of sense for us to actually implement that lift alignment and put it all together. It was a bit more expensive than just putting something back in the place of Ray's lift. But I think for the long term and summer and everything else, it was the right decision. I think the view of Timp from the top of Mandan is probably the signature view!As a resort leader over many years, any memorable powder stories?So, Whistler Blackcomb in 2010 at the Olympics. One of the sayings in the ski industry is if you want it to snow, hold it downhill. It snowed to beat the band and the downhill was canceled. And up on the high alpine, I'm not exaggerating, there was 30 plus inches of fresh snow. And because the Olympic Committee was controlling access, there were very few people there.And as the head of Whistler-Blackcomb at the time, you can be sure he was there!Bill Jensen may be new to Utah, but he does have a favorite Utah craft beer! Learn about that and more in a fascinating discussion with one of America's visionary ski leaders about his newfound passion working with the team at Sundance. And while he's going to leave it to the Sundance staff to announce future plans, he at least gives us a few hints. Take a listen!Chad Linebaugh: Blending Art, Nature and Skiing at Sundance Mountain ResortLearn more about Sundance in this earlier episode from 2020 with President Chad Linebaugh.When you look at Sundance Mountain Resort, you need to view it as much more than a ski area. Today, Robert Redford's Sundance is a wonderful blend of art, nature and skiing. Sundance may be a small ski area, but it skis big. President and General Manager Chad Linebaugh will take you on a tour of his favorite Sundance runs in his conversation with host Tom Kelly, plus some little known facts about the famous actor.

Today we visit with a man following his passion in a big way. Brian Fruit has built his empire around sports and cycling. He's the owner of Bike Peddler, Timpanogos Cyclery, and Lizard Skins, all with their core centered around his passion for cycling.

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Declaration of Divinity - Part 4 We know that our Heavenly Father love our LGBTQ children.  Unfortunately this is not always the message they receive in our church communities. Jenie and Allison discuss how harmful it is that our LGBTQ children receive the message of shame about who they are.  Allison share's her brothers journey with this messaging and how that affected his live.  Jenie talks about how sometimes parents are part of this harmful message and what to do next if that has happened in your family. This is a powerful episode about how important our words are to our LGBTQ children. Declaration of Divinity - Part 4 Divine Birthright - We take away an LGBTQ child's divinity and replace it with shame when we tell them the way they were born is not part of God's plan. As mothers we assert that any message taught to our children should reassure them that they are a beloved Child of God and so entitled to all the blessings promised to His faithful children. Join us for any of our monthly Lift+Love Support Groups - link sign up at Lift+Love Support . If you would like some personal help on how to do this please sign up for a free consult with Jenie at Jenie Hunter Coaching www.jeniehuntercoaching.com. For additional support and help please reach out to us on our IG accounts at Lift+Love and Jenie Hunter Coaching     Transcripts: Jenie Rae Hunter  0:03   Hello are lifted left community we are back with you today Alison and I and we are so excited we always love recording these podcasts they we want you know they are from our heart. Anything we're talking to you about has been weighing heavy on our heart and we work on it for weeks and weeks and this one in particular that we're going to talk about today and we're gonna get into in just a minute but I think this has taken us six months out so Allison Dayton  0:28   it feels like it and Jenny got me up at the crack of dawn, before the animals. We ran out of time yesterday Jenie Rae Hunter  0:37   Right so Allison might have a little morning voice because it's very early. Yes, almost morning. We had exciting house here in the hunters like my daughter, Sarah Jane, open up her she's at BYU. So we did it all via Facebook Live but she openened her mission call amd is going to Rome Italy and now her twin is going share her twin already opened her college she's going to Las Vegas, Nevada. So my twins will be out in January and March to go on their mission. So super excited for them. And your you have your BYUI. So, it was busy this week, for sure. And then we have some really exciting things coming up your loved one we're not going to tell you about we're just going to we have a really big announcement that we is squeezing changes happening. Present. It is it is we are so excited about we there's so much going on behind the scenes without that we're not going to we're gonna just tease you but in December we have a big announcement and our live event. Our first Love Allison Dayton  1:37   Live event. It's the first time I think ever that we that mothers of LGBTQ children have gotten an opportunity to be together for two days. Jenie Rae Hunter  1:50   I can not wait. Allison Dayton  1:54    It's going to be February 28 and march 1. Jenie Rae Hunter  1:59   Pretty full days both of those Yep, in what city in Provo? Allison Dayton  2:04   Lindon, it's next to Provo, in the shadow of the great Timpanogos  in this darling Event Center. Jenie Rae Hunter  2:15   And we are taking limited moms like we are making it this very cozy. So by the time you hear this podcast, it is live, Allison Dayton  2:24   Go to liftandlove.org and look at the live event button on the homepage and have a look at it. But it shows you what's paid for in the event proce and what you'll receive. I think the most important thing is you're going to be with a lot of other women who have been going through the same changes that you have, and you are going to find friendship and love and camaraderie and lifelong support. And we just we can't wait we we can't wait to do it. Jenie Rae Hunter  3:05   Yeah. If you know us, we are both kind of party girls. And so we have like it's going to be fun. And our whole purpose for this event coming together as women as moms is to leave with that so much better friendships and community in this because we know how isolating could be as LGBTQ moms, and we are creating things to end that isolation. So we're so excited. So we're going to focus on what we're here today. And we're talking about number four of the declaration of divinity. And this one's exciting. Go ahead, Allison Dayton  3:42   We are going to focus on birthright here. I'm just gonna read it really quick, I'm going to lead with it because these are the words that that began kind of our quest for sort of these statements. We take away our child's divinity and replace it with shame when we tell them the way they were born is not part of God's plan. as mothers, we assert that any message taught to our children should reassure them, that they are beloved children of God, and so entitled to all the blessings promised to his faithful children. Jenie Rae Hunter  4:18   I just, I mean, we know this. When you heard this, I'm sure you felt like we did like, wow, like it hurts that this is truth that we have given our LGBTQ filter and say, shame instead of divinity. We mean we talked to hundreds of moms. And this is the common denominator of what we have to kind of heal in our children of the shame and the trauma that they've received from the messages and potentially it's not I know that it's never been intentional anybody to take away anybody's divinity, but just kind of the platitudes and the things we've said part of our community. This has produced shame, if you're LGBTQ member, Allison Dayton  4:57   Right? And we've we journey and I've just been talking about These words. And it's interesting because I was looking through a journal from last year, and I try and keep I keep, I'm not great at writing journals, but I keep like statements and like inspiration and personal revelation in my journal and part of that first line, they're taking away the Divinity was in there. And Jenny and I have talked about this over the years, with my brother's death and the experiences, the sacred experiences around being in this house, and being part of that. One of the real understandings I had with it, he felt divorced from his heavenly parents when he left the church, because he was gay. And it was something he left when he was 24. And he died at 58. And it was something that he could never heal. And it was actually one of the first real understandings that I had, and I'm sort of ashamed I didn't understand it before.  Unknown Speaker  6:14   he felt Holy Spirit after Yeah. Allison Dayton  6:17   And he was so angry at the church, and that it was hard to look at it in like a healthy, objective way. And anyway, I just this has been in my head for a long time. And I think as Jenny and I have have raised these children, we can see it. This disconnection from their divinity and this disconnection from, from Jesus Christ and from God that we don't nobody intends it to happen. But, because because of some of the words around how we talk about LGBTQ people, it does happen. Jenie Rae Hunter  7:04   It does. And we know how, when you really look at who you are, and how you recreate it with the feeling of shame, like, I mean, how many times have we heard like, well, if I kill myself, then I won't feel this way anymore. And we know of the suicides and we know I mean, this is a serious problem. And, you know, I know, part of my son, I mean, he had some drug use, and it was from this feeling of shame. And it's really hard as parents, because then you have, like, have I add it to that shame. And, you know, like, you have to, it's really kind of devastating to go through it. Because you hold all of us, none of us should feel shameful for who we are, we're 100% worth, and that, you know, it's easier for us. But once when our children are affected, and our siblings, and that's a heartache. That's really it takes a while for you personally to heal for him too. And, you know, I think it's so interesting because Preston, you know, he didn't start that way. Like he served a mission, right?  Allison Dayton  8:06   oh and, and, you know, even and maybe one day we'll, I'll be brave enough to do, we'll do a podcast on suicide, but we were cleaning out his house, there were such symbols, or symbols from our gospel, even a painting he had done at the temple. In his home. They were not out like ours would be. Yeah. But you know, there was actually a photograph of the sacred grove in his home. And those symbols were so important to him, even even in his anger. And I think we, as mothers have just seen this and you know, I had a mom asked me this week, are actually a friend. Another LGBTQ mom said that she had a young man say to her, how do I do this? If God hates me? And the church hates me. And I mean that I know that was never anyone's intent. It's interesting how impactful Elder, Ballard's talk at BYU was when he said to those of you who are LGBTQ, I want you to know that there is a place for you in God's kingdom. Like that is if you're on the Instagram accounts for LGBTQ people that is so often repeated and I know that you'll be saying, well, we maybe we don't take away anyone's divinity. But I think that they we we might not do that, but that is the feeling. Right that our members and our families feel. Jenie Rae Hunter  10:01   Right? And, and we know this to be true because of how many we talked to right. And you know, even when a child is super obedient and you know, goes on a mission because they think this the mission will then solve this what they feel like is shameful about them. And then they come back and, you know, we just stories over and over again about and they, you know they can't even listen to the apostle speak anymore because that triggers that feeling of unworthiness. And so Allison Dayton  10:33   I think I think we're we're getting away from it. But that idea that our families are won't be whole in eternity. So we have this member of the family that won't have an opportunity to be whole, and with us, in celestial glory puts the whole family in question. Right? Jenie Rae Hunter  10:52   Right. And that was just bad interpretation. That's not you know, how Heavenly Father wants us to feel, EVER! Allison Dayton  10:58   And my parents never really bought into that idea that they wouldn't be a whole family, you know, but that didn't take away my brother's pain.Yeah. So it's, it's not just a parent, assuring their child, that their beloved child of God, it's all of us, assuring each other, that we are beloved children of our Heavenly Parents. I mean, that takes all of us to cure this all every Sunday school teacher, every seminary teacher, every neighbor, just like Wow, you are a child of God. And there are new our favorite and there's nothing that can take you away from that birthright.  Jenie Rae Hunter  11:52   Yeah, you are not. You were made not despite his plan, you're part of his plan. Right? You know, to really feel that deep inside. And, you know, I love like, we are all the plan of salvation. You know, we hear a lot of like, Well, where's my child, he's not in the plan of salvation anymore. And I love where in the typical guy that says, the plan of salvation and the premortal existence, Heavenly Father procured a plan to enable us to become like Him and receive a fullness of joy. Because of this plan, we can be perfected through the atonement, receive a fullness of joy, and live forever in the presence of God, our family relationships can last throughout the eternities. And I really subject that we really know, we know less about the plan of salvation than we really like, there's so much more we don't know.  Yeah, I think we have a very scarcity, very focused in view of the planet salvation, that heavenly Father has a much bigger view. And that there is like President Ballard said that there's room for all members in that God's kingdom. And so when we say messages that get when we we just have to be careful how we are teaching, the doctrine interpreting the doctrine, and that we're not othering people because that is what's happened. And I want to teach the doctrine, I love the doctrine of Jesus Christ and love our gospel. And we have to be more careful with how we interpret it and how our words are being said. Allison Dayton  13:18   One of the thingsas you were talking about the Plan of Salvation, so I loved Tammy Uzelac, call on the Sunday on Monday podcast Instagram account said one day, she had, it's a devil in Greek, it means one who separates. And this is, this is the what's happening here, we're separating somebody out of eligibility or the circle I always say we have to redraw or reframe the family so that everybody's back in the family and we we know that the Lord sent us each here with equal potential to get back to him and that was the plan that was the plan that started in in Eden, right? We had we had to be cast out of an Eden to or Adam and Eve did to be able to, educate ourselves as we fight thorns and thistles and noxious weeds, and that's an education that we are working on. All the while to get back to our, you know, to come at the end of the day to the fount to the altar, and pray to the Lord and say, what, what do we need to know and we're blind in this but it was for all children. And I often say to people, there's there's no Heaven without my brother, and my son. I love that. I mean, that's, that's our belief, right? That we are sealed together as families and bound together as family. So I just I revel in the comfort of that, and we don't understand we have no answers. But as mothers, we know, the beauty and the divinity of these children, and the more mothers we talk to the more stories of the Lord helping them in the wilderness to understand these children and to strengthen them, Jenie Rae Hunter  15:49   I think we're talking about this today because, you know, I love that the church has given us so much authority of parents where, you know, once again, we're home center church supported, centers, groups, focus, supportive, yes, church supported, where, you know, you really have this personal authority as parents, to guide your the message that your children hear about the gospel of Jesus Christ. And I love that we have the rule that at any time, you're you could go with any interview with a bishop or state president and sit there with your child and make sure the messages are in with align with what you're telling at church and at you know, I mean, start telling at home, because, you know, there's I love bishops and state presidents, they've worked so hard, right? That like the bishops, to me is the hardest job in the whole church, very little, like training, right? They're thrown into the hardest situations of people's lives, and they have to put their life I just love bishops and bishops wives, I commend you, you're amazing people and you give, give give. And even though I know sometimes, bishops misspeak, right, they just, they're just men, and they're doing the best they can. They're learning. And I know this is because of so many moms I talked to and the bishops, there's no ill intent, I know that. But there is sometimes things that are said that have done damage. I know that has happened in our home with our son. And so I think, like, parents, moms, and dads really be prayerful about, you know, the interviews your children are having at church,you know, because there is very different interpretations of like the doctrine and how we're viewing our LGBTQ saints, you know, that you felt that. And so use your personal authority and use the tools that our church has given you to protect your child and to be able to steer your children in the message of their divinity, and that they are whole and not broken? Allison Dayton  17:48   Well, yeah, as you were saying that I thought it might be a good idea just to have a conversation with the bishop beforehand, before any meetings where you could mention to them, I understand I don't want to limit what you're saying. But I would, I pray that you will pray about focusing on the love of Christ, that light and love of Christ on my child, the entire message. And I just think it's okay, to advocate for valuable messages, those messages will ring in their ears for the rest of their lives. Jenie Rae Hunter  18:29   Well, they will and because they didn't do that just as much, right? Yeah, Allison Dayton  18:33   they will be impossible because the bishop is speaking for for God, right? Jenie Rae Hunter  18:41   Yeah, he has those keys. So Allison Dayton  18:44   in all humility, you can ask a bishop to be very prayerful. Yeah, about focusing the love of Christ on the child. And you could remind the Bishop that, that your child knows about the doctrine the way it you know, and that wouldn't necessarily need a new lesson on the doctrine because they're very well aware of it. And you talk about it quite a bit in your family and in primary and young woman's and all of it. But that is, that is, that's just you there, then you're giving the bishop a breath, and a moment to really, you he knows what he needs to focus on for this child. And you're not telling him what to say you're just asking him to, to reframe it in in beautiful ways that will that will also exist in this child's head for the rest of their lives, and that can make all the difference. Jenie Rae Hunter  19:42   Yeah, I don't think you could go wrong and focusing on the love of Christ. And when you said that, I was thinking, I wish I had always done that with my son. Oh my gosh. If I could have done that, like because they're having,  Allison Dayton  20:00   All of our children, yes, I'm not sure all of my children got a real huge dose every single time I talked to him, Jenie Rae Hunter  20:09   but I that's what we're striving for. And there have been moments where, unintentionally, I know that I have said, things that Nick took, and brought him shame. And that was painful to realize. But I tell you, and I really want to be vulnerable here with you. When I let go of like, like my shame about it, that I did that costume shame, and had the conversation with him. That was really a powerful moment in our relationship. And we I, all of us, not all of us, but some of his mom say things like no empty chairs and things like that, that we've heard before our child even comes out, we have no idea like we do this from the best intentions. And it we are sometimes part of that message. And don't wait to sit down and talk and apologize. And tell them how your heart where your heart is, and what you've learned and how your heart has changed and how you have new understanding. Because that was really a powerful and beautiful moment for Nick and our andJohn and I. So you know, it's, you know better, you do better. And sometimes you just say things and you don't even know what your child is dealing with. And I know that was part of ours, and then that he came out and, and we even can remember some things. I think then they were brought back to us from him. And we're like, wow, that must have been hurtful. Right? And so sometimes we're part of that message of shame. And I know Allison, you probably weren't because you were so drained by Preston. And it's just a normal life. Allison Dayton  21:55   I was, you know, I did my fair share of I had my fair share of fear, actually, because of my brother's life. Yeah, I didn't I didn't want the same life for for a child and I did my own damage. We all do. And I didn't even need to, Jake was feeling the pain already. You know what I mean? He was doing it himself, too. Jenie Rae Hunter  22:16   I think that is such a interesting thing, what you just said, because that is like, it almost feels like and I see this when my LGBTQ clients where it's not the parents, I'm doing the actual LGBT person where they are constantly looking for, do I belong? Am I like they're looking on high alert for evidence? Are they divine? Or are they broken? And so like, You're not even so it's almost like you have to double down with them about there's nothing wrong with you, you are created in God's image, you are divine. You know, you really these messages. I know like you we hear them a lot. But these children need to hear them double, even more double than your other children. Because they really are high alert of like, Is this true? Is the things I've heard, because they're not just other than our church, they're other than our world, let's be honest. And so it's it's, it's a it's a huge message that they are internalizing. And so to really combat that, talk about it say How are you feeling about yourself? Have you prayed, I love when we're interviewing an LGBTQ member on our on our podcast and how they say what changed the game for me is when I finally prayed god of how he felt about me, yep, right. And so encourage your children to gain their because his witness God's witness to them is going to be more powerful than my witness. The bishops witness, anybody's witness, like God's witness is what is going to go to their core. And so I would suggest you be praying about that, to find out how God loves your child for all your children, but we're talking about our LGBTQ today, and and really encourage your child to pray about that. And to connect, sometimes they can't pray, say, go for a walk, ask questions, like whatever you want to go in the woods. Yes. But like, and I love all the time I say to send them I know like how much Heavenly Father loves you because I do like I've gotten it this vision of how much Heavenly Father loves and values and how much the Savior loves and values him and so I that's the message he hears a lot from me like, well, he loves you or he's worried about you or like yeah, I feel that connection with God about how much he loves his child. And that helps me parent the way I think God wants me to do for Nick. Absolutely. Allison Dayton  24:35   Okay, let me read it and then we'll leave you with that. We take away an LGBTQ child's divinity and replace it with shame when we tell them the way they were born is not part of God's plan. as mothers we assert that any message taught to our children should reassure them they are beloved children of God, and so entitled to all the blessings promised to his faithful children. Jenie Rae Hunter  24:59   That's declaration Number four, on birth right? And so just ponder these words, pray about these words and find out how as mothers and parents, you could be empowered to make a message more aligned with God's doctrine about your child. WIll you read it one more time.  Allison Dayton  25:16   Yeah, go ahead and share your thoughts on Instagram On Facebook, where others can see them and we can talk about this and just, we'd love to know what you think we're excited to hear about what you think. Jenie Rae Hunter  25:31   All right, we love you and sign up for Live, and you can come with us because that's, it's like I said, they're gonna go fast. So we want you to be with us and have you with us. Yes, right. All right, Bye!    

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What would you do to motivate people to get outside and enjoy the outdoors more?  Back in June of 2021, Josh Paulsen of Teton Sports, embarked on a year long journey to get people  to enjoy  nature every single day, by  committing himself to camp outside, every night for an entire year.  On this episode of the Travel Utah Podcast I talk to Josh to discuss his motivation behind this Journey, his experiences so far, and why it is so important for him to invite everyone to get outside every single day. 

Timp Glacier, on the east face of Mt Timpanogos, isn't really a glacier. But the distinction hardly mattered to thousands of skiers who were anxious for the unique chance to hit the slopes in July.

Welcome to The Apple Seed! Some time filled with stories for you and your family. Since 2013 we've been bringing you tall tales, personal tales, fairy tales, historical tales and more. All kinds of tales, from all kinds of tellers. We've got something very special for you today! As you may already know, the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival is happening this weekend. For those of you who don't know, this festival is a place to come watch and listen to storytellers from all over the world. In today's Apple Seed episode, we thought we would introduce you to some of the storytellers that are new to the festival that will be performing this weekend. These stories range from real to fictional, touching to silly, and we are very excited to share them with you. On today's episode, enjoy the following: “Homing Pigeons” by Pippa White (2:34) "The History of the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival" with Donald Davis (14:33) “Eyes I and II” by Adam Booth from Well, Well! (21:54) “The Last Zapotec King” by Carolina Quiroga-Stultz from Cuentos Legends and Myths (36:30) “Grandmother's Story” by Susan O'Halloran (50:45)

The Timpanogos Storytelling Festival has been a staple in the storytelling community for years, and it would never have gotten to that point without the talented tellers who fill it with life from their vibrant and creative tales. So today we're honoring some of those classic Timpanogos storytellers who will be at the festival this year by airing their stories in today's episode! We'll start off with “Tatton Hall” by Geraldine Buckley, followed by a conversation with Andy Offutt Irwin. Then we'll enjoy “The Monster Stick's Last Ride” by Bil Lepp. Next up is “Weeping Willow” by Sheila Arnold. Finally, Donald Davis will wrap up our episode with “The Duck Tail”, and if you stay around long enough you'll hear our Apple Seed Extra, “It Could Have Happened” by Bill Harley! On today's episode, enjoy the following: “Tatton Hall” by Geraldine Buckley from Destination? Slammer! (2:49) The Daily Mix: "Roads" with Andy Offutt Irwin (15:33) “The Monster Stick's Last Ride” by Bil Lepp from Buck Meets the Monster Stick (23:16) “Weeping Willow” by Sheila Arnold from Hands Wide Open (35:23) “The Duck Tail” by Donald Davis from Tales From Timp (44:30)

On today's podcast episode I share unexpected lessons from an adventurous and strenuous 15 mile hike to the peak of the 11, 752 foot Mount Timpanogos.  This hike was part of a Business Summit orchestrated by my friend and mentor Curtis Morley, author of the book “The Entrepreneur's Paradox” that I have been sharing pieces […]

Today we are joined by our dear friend, April, who is sharing her second VBAC birth story with us after three previous Cesarean births.April had two traumatic, emergency Cesareans for her first two births and a scheduled Cesarean for her third. Her first VBAC was a very heartbreaking yet tender birth to a stillborn at 36 weeks. She shares the many miracles and sweet experiences that led her to her most recent birth-- her second VBAC to a perfectly healthy, beautiful baby girl.Education, great support, trusting her intuition, finding the courage to be unconventional, and asking questions are all big parts of her story. She is a woman of strength in every way. We know her story will inspire you as much as it inspires us! Additional linksThe VBAC Link on Apple PodcastsHow to VBAC: The Ultimate Prep Course for ParentsFull transcriptNote: All transcripts are edited to correct grammar, false starts, and filler words. Julie: Welcome, welcome. It is Wednesday and it is podcast Wednesday. I am really excited for today's story because our interview today is with April. April is actually one of my doula clients and she has-- oh my gosh. We could probably take three or four hours to share the whole story and all of the intricacies of how everything played out in her birth. But we are not. We are going to try to keep it super short. It's probably going to be a little bit hard for us. So bear with us while we try and keep this story to under an hour and get on there with it. But April has had three C-sections, and then she had a VBAC after three C-sections that was a 36-week stillborn, and then she went on to have another VBAC after three C-sections with a healthy baby girl. That's when I supported her as a doula for her second VBAC after three C-sections.I really admire April a lot. I am going to talk a little bit, maybe at the end if we have time, about her relationship with her provider and how she created this really cool, mutual respect and dynamic between them. If not, we are going to have to just have another podcast episode about me just telling about the cool things I experienced there. She is just fresh off the VBAC, like just over a month fresh off of her VBAC. It is such an incredible story, but I don't want to take up too much time sharing about it because I want her to be able to share as much as she can. Review of the WeekJulie: But before we do that, Meagan has a Review of the Week for us.Meagan: Yes I do. This is from holmclaugh90. This is on Apple Podcasts and the title is, “I listen every single day.” It says, “After a traumatic Cesarean with my first baby five years ago and multiple miscarriages in between, this is a breath of fresh air as I await my chance to have a VBAC this October with my second! Love every story I hear on this podcast and it makes me feel so much stronger in knowing I can do this!”And October has passed. This was last July, so if you are still listening, holmclaugh90, send us a message. We would love to hear how it turned out.Julie: Absolutely.April's storyJulie: All right. We are going to get right into April's story. Education, good support, listening to your intuition, trusting yourself, being grateful, giving yourself lots of grace, knowing that it's okay to say “no” and ask questions, these are all big parts of her story. We are just going to let her take it off and then see where this story flows. All right, April. Are you ready?April: I hope so. Yeah. Well, I just want to thank you for the opportunity to be on the podcast and share my story. I hope it will be helpful to at least one person out there. I know that when I found The VBAC Link this past fall actually, at the beginning of this last pregnancy, it was a tremendous resource and I have been telling everybody about it ever since. I'm sure Julie is totally okay with that.Julie: I am totally okay with it.April: But I just can't even tell you how grateful I am that this resource is out there. I am not paid to say this by any means or anything like that. I ended up hiring Julie as a result of listening to the podcast and actually going to your website. I think I actually did a lot of that through your emails and your blogs probably more than even the podcast, just looking at it and finding specific information for the things that I needed at the time because it can be very overwhelming for those of you that are already on a VBAC journey or wanting to pursue that. Sometimes it's just a lot of information and depending on what your circumstances are and maybe what your past history and trauma is, there could just be so much and you can go in so many directions. If you're like me, my brain is really creative and does that on its own anyway, so I was just really grateful for Meagan and Julie and the whole VBAC Link community and team for putting together more bullet-point information where I could find exactly what I needed when I wanted it. So thank you for having me on.Okay. So to get into my story, I already invited Julie and Meagan to interrupt and to help ask questions to keep me on track, but I am going to go over it like a summary first, and then maybe we will just dive into stuff after that. When I was 18, I was pregnant for the first time. I and my husband were expecting our daughter. I really didn't know. You just don't know what you don't know, right? As an 18-year-old who was entering motherhood and really excited and grateful for it but also terrified, it was a big transition in my life at the time too. I just didn't know a lot about birth in general.I really had a lot of trust in providers who I think are really great people, but I just didn't know what to ask and I didn't know how to really prepare for birth other than watching birth story shows and random information like that. Probably not the best resources, guys. Anyway, after a pretty smooth pregnancy, I ended up having an emergency Cesarean with her. Hers was due to a cord being wrapped around her neck which we didn't know until I got to the pushing phase and her heart rate kept dropping and went so low, and didn't want to come back up after the third time. And so we were rushed immediately to an emergency Cesarean.During that Cesarean, I am not sure. I actually only found out when we had our stillbirth later. I was actually given extra insight as to what exactly happened during that first birth but apparently, I had possibly some amniotic fluid or something get into my bloodstream and it caused-- I am still not sure if it was a pulmonary embolism or it was some type of embolism. I still need to go and actually find out exactly what happened. But it was a life-threatening situation as a result of that Cesarean. And so not only was it not the birth story I wanted, my daughter thankfully was healthy and okay after being monitored in the NICU for a little bit because she had meconium in her fluid when she was born, but on top of that, I barely got to see her. I got to say “hi” to her and give her a kiss as my husband brought her around from the drape to me. I looked over at my anesthesiologist who was on my other side and I don't know why but I couldn't move anything other than my head. I looked at him and was just pleading with my eyes because I, for some reason, couldn't even do any type of motion or sound or anything.Thankfully, he realized something was wrong and told me that he was going to put me out and I would be okay. The next thing I knew, I woke up and it was six hours later. She was being brought to me in the recovery area, the mother and baby, and I had missed it. I had missed the first six hours of her life and that was really hard for me. That was really traumatic for me. I did not love that. I was grateful at the time and still am that we had the ability to deliver her by Cesarean and whereas that was probably truly necessary for her to be born that way, it was still really traumatic and it was really sad. I was really hoping when I got pregnant with my second that we wouldn't have to do that again and I would be able to be the first one to hold her-- or to hold him this time. It was my boy. And be able to have those moments together peacefully without the drama around it. I prepared what I thought was preparing for a VBAC. I went and found a different provider and I asked them. That was one of the first things when they ask you, “What do you want and what are your questions and concerns with this pregnancy?” It was, “I would really like to have a VBAC and I will do whatever. Whatever you tell me to do to prepare for that and to hopefully make that successful.” I really wasn't given any information. It was just kind of like, “Oh, okay. Yeah. Sure. We will just plan on that. Just do what you did before and nothing different.” No further information or education. And again, I just trusted that the providers knew best and didn't really seek out any extra information on my own.So I went through that whole pregnancy and again, it wasn't too eventful, and then we got to birth. I went into the hospital and didn't know, but I know now that it wasn't the most friendly for VBACs in general. But again, I didn't know. I was put on an epidural right away even though I didn't really need one, but they were like, “Well, this is mandatory because you're a VBAC.” There were a lot of interventions that were given right upfront that I wasn't really told I had a choice with and I didn't realize it was okay to say, “I don't want to do that,” or to ask more questions, or just get more information about it. I just went with the flow because like I said, I just trusted the providers. I knew that I wasn't a nurse or a doctor and I just figured because they knew that I wanted to have a successful VBAC and was vocal about that, that I assumed everybody was telling me the best advice to get that outcome.So I went and had been laboring really well and progressing really well, and then as soon as I actually got into the hospital and was admitted, with the inventions that they did, my labor started to slow down significantly. It still was progressing but just a lot slower, and then after 17 hours-- so my daughter was 26 hours of labor before a Cesarean and my son was 17 hours. When we got to delivery at the 17-hour mark, we had the opposite happen with his heart rate. So whereas my daughter, when we started to push, her heart rate dropped, my son, they were like, “Okay. He is at a +1 now. Why don't we--” because I was at a +1, but he had been there for an hour and so they were like, “Maybe we should consider starting to push,” and then just before I actually started to push, his heart rate skyrocketed for no reason that we actually could see.And so they immediately were like, “Baby's in distress. Something is wrong.” After-- I don't even know exactly how many minutes because it happened really fast-- they were like, “Okay. We are going in for another Cesarean. We need to get him out right now.” They unhooked me from the epidural and brought me back to the operating room. Before I knew it, he was actually delivered. I wasn't even numbed because they couldn't get the epidural going fast enough. It was just really traumatic and really not what I wanted. But again, I was really grateful that my baby was healthy and here, and I survived it, and we still had, eventually, an outcome where both of us were okay and here. But the getting there part was not fun. So anyway. That was my VBAC experience. It was not great and it obviously had failed. So I just thought, “Okay. That's it.” And then they had made me sign all this paperwork saying, “If it does fail, this is it. You get one chance and then it is Cesareans going forward with any other kids you have.”And so three years later, we decided to have another baby again. I was with a different provider again and I asked them first thing, “Is that still the same rule or can I try for a VBAC” because I had learned more between now and then and I thought maybe I wasn't given the best option. Now, I know I definitely wasn't. And so I thought, “You know, maybe I still could do it.” Maybe we could have a better first moment with baby because my son had been taken into the NICU for monitoring as well and because I had not been numbed during the Cesarean, they knocked me out because I went into shock and I was on narcotic medicine for the first little bit, and so I was very in and out of it at the beginning of his life too.I just really again missed that birth story that I was really hoping for, and those bonding moments at the beginning and everything, minus trauma for them and for me. And so I asked this provider with my baby number three, my second son, if we were still looking at the same thing or if we had to just plan on a Cesarean and they told me, “Absolutely not.” There was no choice for me, just because of the emergency Cesareans beforehand, and that I for sure had to schedule a Cesarean. That was it. We weren't even going to have a discussion about it. I took that for what it was worth and I thought that was it and so I said, “Okay.” I didn't know anybody that had had any VBACs after more than one Cesarean and so I really thought that that was the end-all and didn't know any better. And so we had a planned Cesarean with him. It was the weirdest thing going into the hospital and delivering without being in labor. It was actually a beautiful experience. No drama, no unexpected events. I delivered him and they did take him away to give him his first bath right away, so I didn't quite get the family-centered Cesarean that I think you can do now, but it was still better than it had been. It was very different but it was good. Both of us were safe and healthy and we were good.And then years later, we decided to have our caboose baby, was what we termed it. We got pregnant with our fourth and there was a ten-year gap. The pregnancy went well up until the 20-week mark when we went in for our anatomy scan and we found out that she had a pleural effusion, which I had never heard of before, but it meant that there was fluid in between her chest wall cavity and her lungs. It was on one side. It wasn't multiple pockets which would have been worse, but there was this pocket of fluid that they didn't know what it was. They didn't know what it came from. Of course, I went home and looked up statistics right away. 80% can be lots of scary things and often, not often I should say, but a lot of them don't end up with good outcomes for babies. And then there is 20% that just magically show up and they magically go away, as the specialist put it.And so it was really scary and stressful from 20 weeks on. We had extra ultrasounds to monitor it and we were just hoping and praying that it went away. They did extra bloodwork tests and stuff. We couldn't indicate that it meant anything more than just possibly that 20% that just they don't know why it was there and they don't know why it goes away, but there wasn't anything else that showed that it was going to be anything more than that. But we did have to monitor it to just hope that it went away. They were like, “If it's present at birth, then we can possibly help or leave it then after birth, but in the meantime, we just have to watch it.” So that's what we were doing. We had a lot of extra eyes on baby and me during the pregnancy. She was due in October 2019. Actually, she was due November 5, 2019. Sorry. She was born in October. So we got to our 32-week mark and had another ultrasound at that point. We had felt really lucky and we discovered that the pleural effusion had completely gone away at that point, so we thought we were the 20% that just got really lucky, and it was gone and it wasn't a problem anymore. The specialist at that appointment said, “If we didn't know this had existed in the first place, we wouldn't be able to see any signs that it ever was there in the first place. So you are safe. You're in the clear. You are good.” That was 32 weeks and so if baby does come early, we just thought we were “safe”.And so then we went to our 36-week check-up thinking that, we had a month in between that appointment and that one, thinking that all was well and we were finally out of the woods. We were going to have this baby anytime now, and we were all ready, and had the nursery ready, and had all of the things, and we are really excited to be welcoming our little caboose baby to our family. My kids were, the older kids were 10 and-- gosh, I guess they were 10 and 13 and 15. No, probably 14 actually at the time. Oh no, sorry. Just barely 15.Anyway, oh gosh. Now I am messing it up. Something like that, but teenagers basically. Anyway, it was very much a family affair. I went into the 36-week appointment. My husband had been able to go to most of them, but that one he had to work that morning, and so he went 45 minutes away from where I was to go to a job. I went to that appointment thinking that everything was great and we discovered that there was no heartbeat right at the very beginning. It was devastating to say the least. I don't want to speed over too much but I know in favor of time I need to. So I am just going to sum up with, it was horrible. Child loss is, yeah. I don't know. I can't imagine anything worse than it. So yeah. It was crushing. There were no explanations when we found out and then later, at our six-week follow-up appointment, after they had done lots of testing on her and me, we never got any answers so I don't know what happened or why, but her heart just stopped. It was just crushing in every way. We are religious and spiritual people and none of it flowed with anything that we had felt like we received as far as personal revelation and thinking certain things. It was all just a very confusing and really, really difficult time for all of us. And so that happened and there were miracles that happened out of the tragedy, but it was also hard because it is hard when you're going through something so tough to say that anything good could come out of it because if given the chance you wouldn't do the hard part at any moment. You know?But there were some miracles that came out of it immediately and following in the days, and weeks, and months following. One of them was that our doctor was, I am just so grateful for him, our OB. During that appointment, after the initial shock and discussions about what to do next and everything, he did give me the surprise option of attempting to do a VBAC again. That's where this unexpected VBAC came from with my fourth because he said that really for me, the risks were-- obviously, there was still that uterine rupture risk, but he was like, “The concern is to try and save both of you, and especially the baby if that happens.” So he was like, “I feel comfortable and as the provider--” There was a group of them and so as part of those actually going to be at the hospital if he wasn't there, he wasn't going to be there, so the providers at the hospital were comfortable allowing me to try for a VBAC and just doing it very, very slow, and just hoping that it went well. If it didn't, we would end up doing an emergency Cesarean again, and then the alternative was just to do a Cesarean.My husband wanted, “Let's just go for a Cesarean again and get the baby out. We have waited this long,” and he was really afraid because of the traumatic birth trying for a VBAC before. He was afraid of what could happen, so he was like, “Let's just do that and save ourselves any more drama.” And I don't know-- well, I do know why. The only reason I can say why I felt peace and calm in that moment and why I knew to try for a VBAC again because it was the only option that felt good at the time and felt peaceful. I didn't have any fear about it which was not like me because I usually overthink everything and have anxiety. So I decided when everything else felt so out of control and not my plan anyway, that if that one felt like the first step in something that didn't just seem wrong when my world was upside down, then I was going to trust it and just go with what felt right.And so we ended up going into the hospital and they mechanically induced me with a Foley bulb and a Pitocin drip. They were doing it in increments of 2. I'm not sure what they started me on.Meagan: Usually, they do 2 every thirty minutes. A 2 is considered a low dose. 4 is still low but higher. 2 milliliters an hour every thirty minutes.April: Yeah. That's probably what it was then. I know it was 2 and so if it was every thirty minutes. Yeah, that sounds right. So we did that and then I got an epidural earlier on because my friends were like, “Why?” I had two friends come to visit us there in the hospital and they were just like-- at first, I wasn't getting the epidural and they were just like, “You're already going through so much pain. Why put yourself in any more physical pain on top of that? Let yourself take the edge off with an epidural and let yourself really focus on preparing to meet your baby and for the very few hours that you will have together.” You know, in preparation of that, and everything that was happening, and the loss, and everything.So I did. I got the epidural and it was fine. We ended up after 43 hours, several days, we got our miracle. She was born vaginally and I only pushed for 15 minutes. It was beautiful and crazy. I did stall for quite a bit which was why it was 43 hours just because it was really slow progress from the entire second day, basically. But we had a lot of people praying for us, and we had priesthood blessings and other things, and finally, I actually took a nap which, I wasn't really getting much sleep even at night because of the circumstances. It was difficult to sleep or to do anything really other than cry. And right before I delivered her, I actually was finally able to take a nap. I got a one-hour rest and when I woke up, my body had finally dilated fully. I was already fully effaced the whole time. But I finally dilated to a 10 and they were able to start pushing. And like I said, we pushed for 15 minutes and she was born. It was amazing. I literally had zero prep for a VBAC other than what I had done the 12-13 years before when I actually tried for a VBAC. And so it was truly, in my opinion, by the grace of God that it happened. And here we found ourselves in that terrible circumstance but also a miracle because we didn't ever think we would have that experience. It was really awful and really beautiful at the same time because we were able to have what we never thought we would be able to and we were able to share those moments with our kids and with our newborn daughter who, even though was deceased, we were able to really spend a lot of time with her immediately after. It was all very sacred. There's a lot of words that just don't describe it, but just really sacred.So that was our fourth birth and then this last time, we actually knew before we even went in to deliver that our fourth baby, our stillbirth baby at 36 weeks-- after the appointment, my husband, I called him because like I said, he had been at a job that was 45 minutes away from where we were and had to tell him the news over the phone. He raced to where I was and met us there because we were there for a couple of hours before we went home to prepare to go to the hospital to deliver. And when he met me there, we were talking things over with the doctor and our doctor told us, he was like, “I know that you're not even thinking--” because I was supposed to actually be done.We were planning the fourth and then I was supposed to have my tubes tied and everything because it was supposed to be another planned Cesarean, and so we were totally done and very mentally and emotionally content and prepared to be done having kids. And then when that curveball happened, everything was upside down. There was no discussion or forethought into any decisions past that. And so our doctor told us, “I know you haven't even thought about this and you don't have to make any decision or think about this right now per se, but I just want you to know that I would be willing to do a fifth Cesarean on you if you would like to try again for another child,” because before that, we had discussed that four was really the safest number for me for Cesareans, and so I really should be done after four. That was part of that decision to be done.So anyway, the last thing on my mind during birth for our stillbirth daughter was to get pregnant again and to go through that again. Obviously, now with fear of, “What if this happens again?” and not even knowing why and everything, but after we lost her and spent a lot of time really, really getting close to God about a lot of things, we really felt strongly by the time that we even gave birth to her that we probably would try again. It didn't make any logical sense other than it just was like I said. When so much of my world felt wrong, it was only one thing, and sometimes here and there, just something that would feel right and peaceful. That was one thing that did.And so after we delivered her and we had our funeral and everything, we started having really strong feelings that-- this is going to sound really cray cray, at least it did to me, but my husband and I both started to have really strong feelings that the same little girl that we had lost really still wanted to be a part of our family and that if we were to get pregnant again, that she would come back to us.Meagan: Oh, that just gave me the chills.April: Yeah. It's something that honestly, my husband and I had never, ever considered. We have had friends that have lost babies. Miscarriage and infant loss is not talked about as often as it probably really needs to be and should be, but one out of four women experience loss and that's something that I didn't know before. It's really prominent. I don't know how often this part of our story happens to others. I have no idea why it did for us other than I am just really grateful. I don't think it has anything to do with-- I don't know.I laugh and I am like, “There are so much better people that, I think, probably deserve a miracle like that.” But it did for us. And the farther in after our loss, it was really hard too because we had a lot of support with the people that-- we didn't just share it with anybody. It was really sacred and personal to us and when we did share it, we had-- most people were actually very open and supportive of it, and then occasionally, we would get somebody who was just really worried about us because you know, you love somebody and you don't want them to suppress their grief.They were really worried, I think, that we were going to go off the deep end, and in our grief, we were thinking that our dead daughter was going to come back in another body, and we wouldn't grieve that baby, and we would think the new baby was the other baby. Something like that and there was just concern, right? It was really such a, just a crazy-- in a good way. I don't mean that in a negative way, but a really wild experience.During all of this time, we did decide to go ahead and get pregnant. I actually did this whole detox with the doctor to physically try to prepare as well as I could and do all these things in preparation for it, and at the same time, we were doing a lot of spiritual digging just personally, and as a couple, and as a family. We really got good at really getting comfortable with being uncomfortable, with letting other people being uncomfortable if they had-- I don't know how to put this. Like, if somebody didn't necessarily understand or support what we really felt and knew to be right for us, that it was okay.It wasn't our job to make ourselves uncomfortable or to tell a lie to make them feel comfortable. Does that make sense? And if so, we were like, “Okay.” And for me, I just tried to see everybody as coming from a place of love. You know, just like with our loss. Sometimes, people don't say the most helpful things to you after you have lost because they want so badly to help you but they don't know how and sometimes, what they say can be really hurtful and not helpful.And so I started labeling things from that experience as not “good or bad”, but just “helpful and unhelpful”. I used that as I was preparing for this pregnancy and knowing that I wanted to try to do a VBAC again because we had been able to successfully do it, and now I knew that my body could do it and having that experience, I just knew that that was what we wanted and we could do it again. I felt really good about it again, for no necessarily logical explanation, I just knew that it was possible and that I should look into it more, and not just take everything that was given to me information-wise from a provider or whatever at just surface value. I should just ask questions, and look into it, and follow that intuition.We were getting really good at that on every level, including spiritual, with what we felt was happening with our daughter coming back and in preparing for that. And so we decided to stay with our same provider because he had been there. Even though he wasn't there at the delivery, he had been there through the whole pregnancy and on the day of finding out the news and everything. He had been really awesome. And so we just felt like there were a lot of miracles during the whole time between our provider, and with the hospital, and where we delivered which we loved. Shout out to Timpanogos hospital.But we really just felt okay. God was really there in so many tiny, tiny details. Things that were really personal to us that you couldn't overlook. A lot of it, for me-- I know Julie is kind of the same way. We talked about this. But in the past, I tended to find comfort in statistics and in concrete evidence, case studies. The nerd in me loves to comfort myself with the-- things that would make me more anxious about stuff, I would go and look for numbers. I would look for concrete evidence. I would look for the other in my favor. You know, that kind of stuff. My logic brain would turn on and that's where I would find my comfort.When we lost our daughter, I couldn't go there anymore because we were the less than 1% of stillbirths and when I looked to statistics, the statistics were painful to see that stillbirths hadn't really improved over the last many, many years. Just to see all of these statistics not only didn't bring me comfort, but we're hurtful. They didn't give me any kind of logic. They actually made me more upset and, I hate using the word crazy, but that's what they did. They drove me nuts because nothing about it was logical. It all was just in one, giant, lightning-bolt fluke.And so that was, for me, more upsetting than anything. So I was walking this very personal, you could call it spiritual. You could call it learning to really be one with your own intuition, your gut instincts. You can call it a lot of things, but that's what I had to do this entire last pregnancy. I couldn't look to the numbers anymore just for comfort. I still would look at them, and then I would look to God and I would look to myself, and I would say, “Okay. Does it feel good? Does it feel right? Or does it feel like something is wrong? Do I feel like maybe I need to ask more questions or maybe there is more to that or maybe that is actually not correct information?” And so every doctor's appointment, my OB was aware of what I wanted to do in getting pregnant again and trying for a VBAC. From appointment number one, we discussed it and we were vocal about what we wanted. We tried to get as much support as we could from a really great provider and group, but not the most VBAC supportive as we didn't really know that upfront, but as we got toward the end of the pregnancy, and preparing for delivery, and during delivery actually, as Julie can attest. There was a lot of discussion about uterine rupture and everything. Basically, they talked about it leading up to delivery and our choices with that were put on the line again during delivery. We had to have all those discussions again while I was actually in labor. But it was really neat because it was all just practice to be ready and to be able to say, “Okay. This is what feels right and that doesn't feel right.” It's okay to say “yes” when it does and it's okay to say “no” when it doesn't. You know? Or to ask more questions, and have discussions, and to respectfully disagree with a provider but still have that love and care for each other and realize that we all want the same thing, but we just may not agree on how to get there.Julie: Yeah.April: And so we went into labor this last time, and they were really getting pushy, I will say, the entire last month of my weekly appointments and actually at the weekly appointments, but I also had NSTs, so I was actually getting it double because my NST tech would sometimes discuss, “Have they talked about your induction date yet? Are you doing a Cesarean this time?” And all of the stuff anyway.  It was actually funny, but Julie can tell you because we ended up hiring Julie actually very late in the game. Julie can say. I can't remember exactly how far along I was. I want to say I was 30--Julie: I think it was around 32 weeks. 30, 32.April: Yeah. 32 or 34 weeks or something. Thirty-something like that and I had wanted to earlier on but I wasn't sure with COVID and everything if she would be allowed in the room and with our loss before, I was like, “If I only get one person in that room with me, it's going to be my husband.” And so when I found out I could have two people there physically with me, I was like, “Okay. I really think we need that other person so that when I am laboring, I don't have to have all the discussions again and if they try to railroad me, I don't have to exactly be 100% with all my facts and logic.” Do you know what I mean? Or having these long conversations, but I can focus on what I need to do and I can let my husband and my doula assist me in birthing positions and all the things that I need to help make it successful as well as having those educated conversations on the side with me and with providers.I just felt like I really needed that extra person in our corner. I had really never even known what a doula was until this pregnancy. So it was really a lot of new stuff for us, but I had been reading a lot of birthing books this time. I had done so much research with your guys' website and with other resources out there on what had even happened to my past births and, in preparation for this birth, just options, and learning to ask all the questions and not be afraid to find out the answers, and then to ask more questions. And so anyway, we did. We had Julie with us and I am so grateful. I don't think we actually would have been a successful VBAC had Julie not been there. And not just Julie, but Meagan, I know you behind the scenes and others from The VBAC Link community--Julie: Yeah. There were a lot of people cheering you on.April: I know that we had a lot of people cheering us on and helping when we needed to. We stalled during labor. I know that we had a lot of help with suggestions of different positions to try to help her progress because she got stuck. We almost did the failure-to-progress at six hours when we thought we were about ready to push. I was 95% effaced and we were just before lunch. It was 11:15 or something like that. Julie, do you remember?Julie: Yeah. You were at 9 centimeters for six hours.April: Yeah. yeah.Julie: It was at the six-hour check. Baby moved down just one station. Just enough for them to let you keep going. Just enough.April: Yeah, just enough. It was so awesome. Just enough which was awesome. And so anyway, we did that and I've got to say again, God showed up big time because we literally sent out a text to friends and that entire last 45 minutes, Julie had felt really inspired to change up our plan of what positions we were going to do for this special circuit that worked out perfectly timing-wise. My husband gave me a priesthood blessing and literally during that blessing, which it's, just to say for those who don't know, it is a very personal, specific prayer with added authority. And anyway, during that, we heard her on the monitor totally move which, we hadn't heard movement like that for a long time.Julie: You could literally hear her moving down and into position on the monitor during the blessing.April: It was so cool.Julie: It was the coolest.April: It was amazing. We knew that there were tons of people praying for us at that moment. So it's just so cool and I swear that's how we were successful last time too amongst all the other things. But yeah. And so we got to that part and sure enough, the doctor came in, and it was a doctor who had just got back on shift for the night shift again. We had actually gotten into the hospital the night before, and so it was the same doctor that we had the first conversation with when we went in. Julie and I think he was just the right doctor and she was waiting for him to get there because as soon as he got there, she moved and he checked again, and we were finally ready.He was like, “Okay.” First, he said he was going to help move her. How did he phrase it?Julie: He said he was going to try to turn her head because she was coming down a little asynclitic.April: Yeah. He was like, “I won't use forceps or anything. If you are okay with it, I will just reach up there and try to assist her because she is mid-spin. But I think if I can assist her with this little leftover cervical lip--” which was just a tiny bit. He said, “If I can help her get past that, then I think she will be ready and then we can start pushing.” And just before he did that, Julie was shocked. She told me this has never happened, but he got this look on his face and he said, “You know? Actually, would you be willing to push? Let's just see what happens. Could you just give me a push and we will see?”Julie: Like, push through the lip. No providers ever say that. They don't say like, “Just start to push a little.” As doulas we are like, “Can she just push a little bit? It will probably push it away.” Meagan, do you hear that? It was just so crazy to me.Meagan: Yeah. I hear it. The hard thing is, sometimes it is so stretchy that a little extra oomph will have the cervix slip over and then sometimes it goes the opposite way and it actually swells because you are pushing against a cervix that is not ready to stretch.Julie: Yeah. That's true. Yeah.Meagan: And so once in a while, a provider will say, “Hey, can you just give me a little push, and then I will feel it. And then I will be like, ‘Oh it reduced and it stayed,'” but if it reduces and then it comes back, the cervix is not ready. So continuing to push isn't usually the best idea. But for you, it worked. Yeah.Julie: Yeah.April: Wow, interesting. Yeah. It totally worked. And so yeah. He literally said that and we were like, “Okay. Yeah. We tried it and then he was like-- what did he say? “Oh yeah. We are ready. Okay.”Julie: Oh yep. Cervix is gone. Keep pushing.April: Okay. We need to push. We're going to start pushing. And then they had already pretty much prepped the room hours before. But yeah. Then there was a little bit of extra commotion and he was like, “Okay, let's start pushing-pushing. It's time.” We only pushed for about 20 minutes and then he gave her a good pull at the end there. I was really hoping he wouldn't pull on her and that did cause a little bit-- she had a tiny bit of shoulder dystocia right at the very end. It almost wasn't even enough to call it shoulder dystocia but enough that he did give her a little bit of a pull at the end which was not part of my birth plan, but I don't know that he read it even though I did. I had it all printed out and everything, but I don't know if he saw that. But he did pull on her and we had to have a little bit of bodywork done on her afterward because it did injure a muscle in between her neck and her shoulder. But she is okay now. It's all good. But yeah. We pushed for 20 minutes. He assisted in pulling her out, and she was born and was healthy, and it was great. And for the first time ever, other than with my stillbirth, we didn't have to have her whisked away. Actually, even with our stillbirth, they did still have to take her, and clean up, and do some things before we got to spend time with her directly.This time, she was born and they brought her right up to me, and my husband cut the cord, and I bawled like a baby. You'll see that in the picture that I picked for my story. We both did. It was just awesome. Yeah. It was just a really beautiful experience and the recovery for both of us has been so much better. She, like I said, had a little bit of bodywork that needed to be done, but that was still pretty minor considering all things, and yeah. She's been thriving. Our breastfeeding experience post-birth has been actually amazing. I've always had issues with that afterward.I talked to the lactation specialist we hired. Gosh, I can't even remember the abbreviation. It's like, IBCLC or something like that, right?Julie: Yeah.April: Anyway, we hired one of those to come and actually help us in that first week after birth and I was talking about everything with her and the other births. I've always had problems with drying up at five weeks, my milk, for just no reason. I did this crazy feeding and pumping, and that's all I would do, a routine and everything but no matter what, I would always dry up around five weeks. I am happy to say that I am at five weeks now and we have tons-- well, not tons of milk. We are still working on getting more, but we have way more milk than I have ever had before.I was just talking to her about the difference and if Cesareans affect that. She had worked in a hospital for a long, long time before she actually decided to go solo and do her consulting individually, and she said that there was totally a correlation with that in her opinion from what she had seen professionally and really had helped. So I just thought that was a really cool added benefit that I was like, “No. I don't know if that was part of why we needed to do a VBAC this time too.” I'm not sure what all the reasons are. I feel like they just keep coming, but I feel like that's what this baby needed. It was a really beautiful experience for us and recovery afterward has been night-and-day different I will say.Some people will say a Cesarean recovery isn't that bad. I will not say that it is the worst thing ever but I will beg to differ. Between a VBAC recovery, and a Cesarean, or vaginal birth, I would definitely go with a VBAC for moms. I did get one stitch this time. I am proud of my one stitch.Meagan: That's really good.April: That's nothing. I know. Yeah. I know that there are people that have it way, way worse. So anyway. Every birth is beautiful. I totally think it's just really amazing and always very grateful for everybody's happy outcome. But I do think it's important to go with what you feel is right for you and your baby, and sometimes that's going to look different for each baby. Each pregnancy is not the same. But for us, I'm really glad that we finally did say “yes” to the things like hiring a doula, finding out what a doula was, finding The VBAC Link.Julie: Yay.April: Hiring Julie and really felt a strong-- even picking Julie out actually was an awesome spiritual thing for us too because here was this stranger that I didn't even know was in my state let alone not too far for me doing this VBAC Link that I just randomly found when I was looking up VBAC stuff. I had even emailed her which I didn't even realize that I forgot I had done. When I did go to hire her, she was like, “Oh yeah. You emailed me months ago.” I was like, “I did?” I just knew that Julie was the doula that I needed because not every doula is the same. I think they probably are all amazing but you have got to find the people that are the right fit for you for your team and for your journey, and we did. We are just really grateful that it all worked out.Julie: Yeah. It was a beautiful birth. Beautiful story.Meagan: So, so happy for you.Julie: So many spiritual and amazing experiences happened with the providers and just everything. It was just a really sacred thing and it was an honor to be a part of it. I appreciate you letting me into that space and I appreciate you sharing your story with all of us today.April: Yeah. Thanks for having me on.ClosingWould you like to be a guest on the podcast? Head over to thevbaclink.com/share and submit your story. For all things VBAC, including online and in-person VBAC classes, The VBAC Link blog, and Julie and Meagan's bios, head over to thevbaclink.com. Congratulations on starting your journey of learning and discovery with The VBAC Link.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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Good morning lacrosse fans! It's championship week and I couldn't be more excited. If you want to relive the Quarterfinal action please review my last email. I have one request. Please show up to the girls championships on Friday and the boys championships on Saturday. Both days will be at Layton High School. Showing support is one way that others will take notice of our strong community and help it to grow. Nothing is given to us, we have to earn it. Show up! Interview with Brighton Head Coach Chris O'DonnellBrighton Head Coach Chris O'DonnellBrighton Head Coach Chris O'Donnell hails from Virginia where he starred in Soccer, Basketball and Lacrosse. O'Donnell went on to play lacrosse at Radford University in Virginia. After graduation he found himself in Utah on a Friday and coaching lacrosse on a Monday. We also talked about the 2021 Bengals who are in the semis as the No. 14 seed. Hope you enjoy the show!You can listen to the latest podcast above or on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Don't forget to subscribe and leave a rating!As always, this newsletter is brought to you by Vessel Kitchen.Championship HistoryLet's take a little jaunt down memory lane! 2019 @ Corner Canyon High SchoolOn May 18, 2019, the Park City boys team won its second straight title and third overall. The Herriman girls captured its first top tier title with a 11-7 win over Park City which was a rematch of the 2018 and 2017 title games. The Herriman girls finally broke through and beat Park City. It was such a great game filled with tons of emotion. The Herriman boys team won the Class B title with a 12-10 win over Pleasant Grove. Judge beat Waterford, 9-7, for the Class C title. The Juan Diego girls beat Corner Canyon, 12-10 to claim the girls Division II title. 2018 @ Skyline High SchoolMay 19, 2018 saw both the boys and girls Park City teams take home the state championship trophy. The Park City boys beat Brighton, 7-6, while the girls beat Herriman, 10-7. Jordan beat Davis, 15-8, in the girls Division II title game. East beat Spanish Fork, 8-3, in the boys Class B game and Mountain Crest beat Ridgeline, 8-7 in overtime, to win the Class C title. It was fun to see Park City win both the girls and boys titles. 2017 @ Alta High SchoolOn May 20, 2017, Juan Diego beat Brighton, 10-9, in the Class A title game. The Park City girls beat Herriman, 16-8, to claim the Division I title. Olympus beat Weber, 12-8, in the girls Division II title game while Herriman beat Northridge, 11-8, in the boys Class B game and Box Elder beat Timpview, 6-5, in the Class C title game. 2016 @ Brighton High SchoolOn May 21, 2016, Brighton defended its home turf by taking home the boys Class A title with a 8-6 win over Juan Diego. Park City beat American Fork, 16-7, in the girls Division I championship game. The Juan Diego girls team beat Roy, 10-8, in the girls Division II title game while Waterford took home the boys Class B title, 6-2, over Bonneville. Westlake beat rival Lehi, 5-4 in overtime, to claim the Class C title. A Bubba Fairman led Brighton wasn't going to be stopped although Juan Diego did its best to try and stop him and the rest of the Bengal offense. The Brighton defense was no slouch either. I remember the Class C title game being packed with emotion since Westlake had just broken off from Lehi. 2015 @ Corner Canyon High SchoolEditor's Note: The rest of these were taken from a past post I wrote for Utah Lacrosse NewsThe crown jewel of lacrosse stadiums took center stage on May 16, 2015 in what would be an excellent day of lacrosse with 3 of the games being decided by one goal and one going to overtime. The day began with Roy taking down Copper Hills, 8-7, in the girls D-II title game. The Girls D-I title was settled in an epic battle between rivals Park City and Brighton. The Miners got the best of the Bengals that day, winning 13-12 in overtime. The newly formed Class C saw Bountiful take down Box Elder, 10-6. Class B saw the No. 6 seed win the Championship when Logan took down Copper Hills, 10-7. The Class A title went to the hosts when the Chargers beat Park City, 9-8. I loved having it at Corner Canyon, mainly because of the big press box. The Girls D-I game was one for the ages. Such a battle. I remember it being rainy and cold. It was a great day. The Chargers were stacked that year with Zack Franckowiak, Matt Graney, Cole Parkinson, Garrett Bullet, Quinton Mathie and Garrett Michaeli. This was obviously the foundation for what the 2021 version of the Chargers looks like today. 2014 @ Corner Canyon & Park City High SchoolsFive champions were be crowed over a Friday and Saturday in what was a great weekend of lacrosse. On Friday, May 16, 2014, Corner Canyon hosted the Utah High School Lacrosse League Championship between Corner Canyon and Brighton. The Bengals would come out on top, 12-10. On Saturday, May 17, 2014, Park City played host. The first game saw Lehi finally break through and get the Girls D-II title, beating Pleasant Grove 7-6. In the Girls D-I, host Park City took down Riverton, 11-8. In the Boys D-II, Sky View beat Syracuse, 9-3. In the nightcap, Park City took home the D-I crown with a 16-4 win over Herriman.I remember the UHSLL game on Friday night being absolutely packed. It was a sight to see. I was talking with Brae Burbidge and Renee Tribe about how cool of sight it was. On Saturday I remember Coach Freeman walking off the field in tears again, but this time as a champion. Park City girls finally got the monkey off their back and beat Riverton. Syracuse was missing Connor Meyer which made a big difference in that game. My favorite part from the boys D-I was the post-game interview with Coach Langendorf. So genuine, so much emotion.2013 @ Copper Hills High SchoolCopper Hills hosted the 2013 championships which saw some phenomenal games.In the first game, American Fork beat Lehi, 11-7, for the D-II girls crown. In Girls D-I, Skyline continued its dominance that season, beating Park City, 10-9. Waterford took home the boys D-II title with a 6-4 win over Syracuse. In Boys D-I, Juan Diego went back-to-back, beating Lone Peak, 8-4.I was honored to be named the ‘Person of the Year' this year which was truly humbling. It was also my 6th wedding anniversary. We spent it in the North end-zone eating Marley's Sliders. We laugh about it now but I'm not sure she thought it was funny at the time. I also liked the games at Copper Hills since I lived down the street. American Fork was solid that year. I felt so bad for Coach Freeman as he walked off the field in tears. Skyline was so good that year. The one memory I have from the JD v. LP game was Eric Mika towering over everyone and a Freshman in yellow gloves named Josh Stout for Lone Peak. Wonder what happened to him ;)2012 @ Brighton High SchoolBrighton High School During the Boys D-I Championship - Haslam PhotographyBrighton High School was the backdrop for one of the best championship days in recent history. Each game was settle by one goal! In Girls D-II, Timpanogos beat Viewmont, 9-8. In Girls D-I, Bingham beat Park City, 12-11 in 3 overtimes. In Boys D-II, Mountain Crest beat Waterford, 11-10. In Boys D-I, Juan Diego beat Alta, 9-8.It doesn't get much better than Brighton when it comes to hosting games. This was the year we tried to sell ‘Grow the Game' t-shirts. That was a mistake, but to those who bought one, thank you. The play on the field couldn't have been better. It was intense from start to finish. I remember the big ULA logo at midfield that I thought was pretty cool. I remember learning how girls overtime worked… I remember the Mountain Crest v. Waterford game being a brute v. brains type of game. Mountain Crest has some huge athletes that could score at will. Waterford of course, had a strict game plan and played with tempo and finesse as always. Juan Diego had a stellar team that year. Alta had its fair share of studs as well. Amazing game.2011 @ Park City High SchoolAfter a freak rain storm left Westlake High School soaked, Park City stepped up and hosted the championships. In Girls D-II, Waterford beat Viewmont, 7-5. In Girls D-I, Alta beat Bingham, 12-6. In Boys D-II, Spanish Fork beat Timpanogos, 8-7. In Boys D-I, Brighton beat Judge, 8-7.Honestly, I had never been to a state championship game. I played lacrosse in high school but never quite made it that far. Dave Allen ruined those chances in the 2002 semifinals with strong game plan. Needless to say, I didn't know what I was in for. I remember feeling bad for the league who had put a ton of time into getting the games at Westlake just to have it cancelled due to rain. My fondest memory from that day was when Spanish Fork Head Coach Phil Dunn held the trophy as tight as he could for as long as he could. It was also the tail end of a back-to-back for Brighton. They were good that year.Here's the rest of the boys state championships. If anyone has the girls list, send it to me please! 2010: D-I - Brighton 10 Park City 7, D-II - Timpanogos 7 Spanish Fork 62009: D-I - Bountiful 12 Judge Memorial Catholic 6, D-II - Orem 15 Sky View 92008: D-I - Bountiful 12 Jordan 6, D-II - Lone Peak 13 Woods Cross 92007: D-I - Alta 9 Judge Memorial Catholic 6, D-II - Timpview 10 Logan 92006: D-I - Waterford 13 Jordan 12 (OT), D-II - Logan 17 Timpanogos 92005 - Skyline 16 Riverton 132004 - Waterford 12 Juan Diego Catholic 52003 - Waterford 13 Jordan 112002 - Alta 9 Judge Memorial Catholic 8 (2OT)2001 - Judge Memorial Catholic 12 Waterford 112000 - Judge Memorial Catholic 13 Waterford 121999 - Bingham 9 Highland 61998 - Murray over Highland1997 - Highland over Waterford1996 - Highland over Orem1995 - Judge Memorial Catholic over Alta1994 - Sunnyside over WaterfordInstagram QuestionsI asked ULR Instagram followers to send in questions and thought I'd answer them here. I've selected a few of the better questions.What teams should have been in the Boys Division A bracket? I think it was actually pretty accurate in terms of the teams that were in the A bracket. You could argue Weber could have replaced Skyline but the teams that were there were the Top 16 teams. Was Lone Peak an underrated team? It's tricky because they had 6 losses. Now, those 6 losses were all to teams higher than them (Park City, Mountain Ridge, American Fork, Corner Canyon) so they could have been as high as a No. 9 seed. Let's say they were No. 9, then they are going up against No. 8 American Fork who beat them twice in the regular season. Say that they win that game, then they are playing No. 1 Corner Canyon for the third time. No. 10 seed would have been playing No. 7 Mountain Ridge who they lost to. Maybe they are No. 11 and beat Davis? Okay, then you have to play Farmington/Brighton (in this case Brighton). You win that game, then you're matched up with… Park City in the semis. TL;DR - You have to play CC or PC at some point if you want to win the title. Do you think the RPI does teams justice? The RPI itself is doing what it's supposed to be doing which is using a computer to calculate the best teams. Where teams felt/feel ‘injustice' is the fact they couldn't play a difficult schedule because of their regions. Let's say Farmington plays Bingham, Park City, Green Canyon instead of a second game against Woods Cross, Bonneville, Viewmont and maybe things are seeded different. They would still be a Top 16 team though so all we're really talking about is a different seed. I understand that seeds matter to teams/players/coaches but the way that I look at it is that you remember when you lost in the playoffs, but no one else does. It's the title games that most people remember which is why seeds don't matter because if you're a top 2 TEAM, no matter the SEED, you'll be playing in the Championship game. What's it going to take to beat Corner Canyon? It's going to take a perfect game from the opponent and a mistake filled game from the Chargers. Even in that case it's not a forgone conclusion. Strategy wise it's to somehow stop an offense with 4-5 guys that are lethal shooters and a defense that doesn't allow goals. Favorite game this year? If I've kept my records straight, I've been to 43 games this year between high school and college. Throw in my daughters 3rd/4th games and it's close to 50. A couple games standout in no particular order: Brighton v. Olympus girls regular season game on 5/7. Whoever won claimed the Region 6 title. I got there a little after halftime because I was at the boys Oly/Brighton game. It was a battle. Brighton scored with a little over a minute left then their goalie stopped a free position shot as time expired to win. The Weber v. Northridge boys game on 4/27 went to overtime which was fun. I was also at the Timpview v. Mountain Ridge boys game on 4/20 that went to overtime with Mountain Ridge winning 11-10. Farmington v. Wasatch that was a 2 goal win for the Phoenix was another classic game. Next school to go NCAA D-I in Utah? The age old question. It's probably going to be UVU. The question is then: when? I think COVID probably derailed any momentum there was as I haven't heard any talk of it lately. Seeing as how D-I has lost more teams (Furman, Hartford to D-III) then gained, I think it may be awhile before we see any new programs anywhere, let alone Utah. That's just my uneducated guess. I do think if UVU were to add, it would hopefully open up a better blueprint for other non-FBS football (or in this case, non-football) West Coast schools to add. That would be exciting as there are a ton of those: Chapman, any of the UC or Cal State schools, LMU, Weber State, SUU, Dixie State, Grand Canyon (although I don't see them adding since they used to be an NCAA school). If you look at non-football schools that have NCAA D-I Men's lacrosse, you have: Denver, Fairfield, Quinnipiac, Jacksonville, Bellarmine, Loyola, Mount Saint Mary's, UMBC, Boston, UMass Lowell, Detroit Mercy, Hofstra, Canisius, Manhattan, St. Bonaventure, St. John's, Siena, High Point, Cleveland State, Drexel, Saint Joseph's, Vermont and Marquette. That's a lot of teams in a similar athletic situation as UVU. What isn't similar is enrollment. UVU has almost 10,000 students more than the next closest school (Boston). Now, you could also argue that because UVU doesn't have football, the revenue isn't there to support a team but I think there is ways around that as the above schools have proven. 2017 IMLAX Youth Registrations If you're confused by the headline, let me explain. I took the number of 7th/8th grade youth players in 2017 and compared them to this years high school teams because those players then are Juniors and Seniors now. The theory is that a strong youth program leads to success on the field at the high school level. You can view the data above and make your own conclusions. Obviously another key to a successful high school program, besides youth program size, is quality coaching. There's a couple teams that didn't have complete data (Herriman, Park City) and it's certainly possible that this list isn't 100% accurate. NCAA QuarterfinalsBubba Fairman (Brighton) scored 1 goal in the 14-13 overtime win for Maryland over Notre Dame. Garrett Bullet (Corner Canyon) and Zack Franckowiak (Corner Canyon) both played for Rutgers in the 12-11 overtime loss to UNC. Men's Semifinals: UNC will take on Virginia at 10:00 am MT while Duke faces Maryland at 2:30 pm MT on Saturday, May 29. Women's: UNC takes on Boston College at 10:00 am MT while Northwestern takes on Syracuse at Noon MT on Friday, May 28. Remember kids, it wasn't long ago that the NCAA Semis/Finals were the only games on TV. Don't take it for granted. Also, congrats to the Lindenwood Women's team who won the NCAA D-II Championship. Ellie Faulk (Park City) had a goal in the title game. Aleksa Allen (Herriman) is also on the team. High School Semis Tale of the TapeI was going to try to get through this newsletter without focusing on the games, but I couldn't resist. Don't forget to check out your brackets!Bracket LinksBoys Division ABoys Division BBoys Division CGirls Division AGirls Division BGirls Division CThat's it for today. I'll check back in midweek after the semis. — Tim Haslam This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.utahlaxreport.com

Good morning lacrosse fans. Well, here we are, it's playoff time! Before we dig into all the brackets, I get asked all the time how people can support the Utah Lax Report. There are a couple of ways: Go to Vessel Kitchen for your next meal. It's great food by lacrosse-loving people and you won't be disappointed. Support a local lacrosse store. They are the lifeblood of the community and it's important to keep them going! Donate to One Love. One Love educates young people about healthy and unhealthy relationships, empowering them to identify and avoid abuse and learn how to love better. If you've never heard of One Love, I'd highly recommend learning more about it. Donate to the Give & Go Foundation. The Give & Go Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization on a mission to #GrowTheGame by creating, educating, and inspiring athletes and coaches worldwide.Donte to the Welles Remy Crowther Charitable Trust. The Welles Remy Crowther Charitable Trust was established in September 2001 by the Crowther Family to honor and keep their beloved son's memory alive through good works benefitting young people. If you've done all the above and have a few bucks left, I do accept Venmo @TimHaslam. The verification code is 0775.I keep everything free so that all can enjoy it. Thank you for being great fans throughout the season. Let's get to it! Interview with Kenzie Christiansen Kenzie ChristiansenMy podcast guest today is Kenzie Christiansen who is currently the director of Tornadic Lacrosse. She has been a coach, played high school lacrosse at Woods Cross, college lacrosse at the University of Utah and is also an official. We talked about her lacrosse experiences and then dove into the girls brackets. Game Night Live RewindThe second half of the podcast features the audio from the boys bracket recap show that I was a guest on with the fine folks at Game Night Live Rewind. You can also watch the show here:There is a ton of content in this podcast, so please give it a listen. You can listen to the latest podcast above or on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Don't forget to subscribe and leave a rating!Leave a comment below with your picks to win it all! Bracket LinksBoys Division ABoys Division BBoys Division C Girls Division A Girls Division B Girls Division C Boys Division A BracketBefore we begin, I'd invite you to join the Tribal West Lacrosse Bracket Challenge. The winner of the boys Division A bracket challenge will get their choice of a camp entry to the Tribe Camp this summer, a $50 gift card to Tribal West or a $25 gift card to Tribal West. The second-place winner will get to choose between whatever the winner doesn't choose and the third place winner will get whatever is left.First Round - May 18No. 1 Corner Canyon (18-0) v. No. 16 Skyline (10-5)Corner Canyon - Jon King 95G 45A, Mason Quick 84G 30ASkyline - Max Parker 29G 24A, Joe Goodman 28G 24ACorner Canyon Head Coach Aaron Ika said, “Coach Sanchez will have his team ready to battle and we know we will get their best game. We have a team made of of guys that step up game by game and week by week. King, Neilsen, Quick, DeGracie all lead statistically on offense but Franckowiak and Serrell are no slouches either. Santi, Hanks, Egan and White anchor a stingy aggressive defense. I am just excited for the playoffs and we know as a team that an undefeated season means nothing now that we are in the playoffs. The boys will not rest on what they did. They are ready to fight and compete for every play.”Skyline Head Coach Joe Sanchez replied to my email with, “Have you ever seen the movie Miracle?” Of course I have coach! No. 2 Park  City (14-2) v. No. 15 Lone Peak (9-6)Previous Matchup: March 9, Park City won 21-18Park City - Connor Monson 49G 29A, Chase Beyer 44G 28ALone Peak - Garrett Haas 88G 38A, Luke Tucker 27G 31APark City Head Coach Michael Persky said, “Lone Peak has had one of the toughest schedules this year. They've been in every game and lost a couple by just a few goals including to us. They have probably the best player in the state in Garrett Haas. We expect this to be a battle. A bit of trivia: last year Lone Peak was boarding the bus to Park City when we all got the call that the season was canceled.”Lone Peak Head Coach Bruce Tucker said, “They are a great team.  Many weapons and just solid players. We will need a big offensive game from Garrett Haas and great team defense anchored by Luke Tucker. We are excited for the match up and to get another shot at one of the best teams.”No. 3 Farmington (16-0) v. No. 14 Brighton (10-5)Previous Matchup: March 15, Farmington won 10-8Farmington - Cole Beynon 42G 20A, Brayden Buckley 41G 15ABrighton - Carter Budge 47G 14A, Marcus Gundersen 146 saves, 56% save percentageFarmington beat Brighton this season, 10-8, but that was almost two months ago. A lot has changed for both teams so I think this one should be a great game. If you look at the programs as a whole, Farmington has only played in one full-length playoff game, a 9-8 loss to Timpview in 2019. They did make it to the final game of the IMLAX summer tournament last year but lost to Fremont. Brighton on the other hand has won 4 state championships. No. 4 Olympus (14-2) v. No. 13 Timpview (12-4)Previous Matchup: April 14, Olympus won 13-8Olympus - Hutton Murphy 46G 40A, Carson Bennion 63% faceoffsTimpview - Devin Halversen 37G 39A, Joseph Ivins 34G 11ATimpview Head Coach Taylor Redd said, “Olympus is an extremely well-coached team. They play one of the best zones I've seen at the high school level. On top of that, they fly around the field with a ton of energy. Our guys are going to need to fly around the field and match their energy. We're going to need to play 100% energy for the entire night. Last time we played Olympus, we were missing Charlie Freedman, our leading goal scorer. It will be a team effort to win but having Charlie back will help us be much more explosive. We're excited to play Olympus again. They were the best team we played and we're excited to see how we've improved.”No. 5 Green Canyon (15-1) v. No. 12 Waterford (14-2)Previous Matchup: March 23, Green Canyon won 15-10Green Canyon - Mason Anderson 57G 50A, Jake Lundin 34G 36A 70% faceoffsWaterford - Mike Osborn 56G 33A, Jake Osborn 50G 25AGreen Canyon Head Coach Troy Oldham said, “They have a really talented faceoff specialist and their poles are very physical. We have been watching them closely since the last game, and we know they are a much-improved team from when we played them earlier this year.  They are well-coached and have a ton of tradition with lacrosse so we know it's going to be a battle! Our two work-horses are Jake Lundin and Mason Anderson. While they are not our only great players, when they are both hot and playing well the rest of our team really clicks. We love having these two leaders in key positions on their field and they are both very generous in assists and able to score from multiple locations on the field. I'm so pleased with our defense this year, they have really stepped up and accepted the many challenges we have thrown at them. Jacob Regen and Luke Lee are our two senior poles who have played near-flawless games this past month and they are such fierce competitors. They are both pretty hyped to be in the playoffs and ready to play at an even higher level.” Waterford Head Coach Jack Matthews said, “We played Green Canyon earlier this year, so we know a little bit about them. Our boys are excited to get some revenge for our loss earlier in the season. It's a team game for us. We've had a balanced offense all year, and if we can get everyone involved and on the scoresheet we are tough to beat. The three 4A teams still alive would have made a great 4A state tournament, but we're excited to fight for this trophy.”No. 6 Davis (15-1) v. No. 11 Bingham (14-2)Davis - Rhett Rice 66G 32A, Blake Williams 37G 18ABingham - Logan Tew 51G 10A, Christian Jones 97 saves, 69% save percentage I don't see any reason why Davis wouldn't win this game. The only common opponent is Park City which both teams lost to, however, the Park City team that Davis played is a much different one than Bingham played. No. 7 Mountain Ridge (14-2) v. No. 10 Juan Diego Catholic (14-2)Mountain Ridge - David Wright 58G 31A, Dylan Ballard 65% faceoffsJuan Diego - Kyle Ebner 43G 16A, Andrew Bathurst 101 saves, 60% save percentage Both teams are 14-2 but the two losses for each team tell a different story. For Mountain Ridge, they lost to No. 1 Corner Canyon and No. 2 Park City. Juan Diego lost to No. 3 Farmington and No. 12 Waterford. The Mountain Ridge offense is too potent for the Juan Diego defense who has only played one Division A team in the last 9 games while beating 8 Division C teams. No. 8 American Fork (12-3) v. No. 9 Fremont (14-2)American Fork - Garrison Grimes 31G 9A, Zachary Bezzant 67% faceoffs Fremont - Carson Isaacson 51G 28A, Davis Searle 34G 38AI think American Fork feels they are better than the No. 8 seed so they'll have something to prove. The last two games have felt like playoffs games for the Silverwolves who are coming off a 15-14 loss to Davis and a 9-8 win over Weber. Boys Division B BracketFirst Round - May 18No. 1 Weber (12-4) v. No. 16 Roy (8-10)Previous Matchup: March 18, Weber won 12-9. April 20, Weber won 11-6.Weber - Ace Nichols 73G 49A, Squish Easley 49G 7ARoy - Colby Dickson 39G 16A, Samuel Kennedy 41G 2AWeber Head Coach Alex Gorton said, “I know they are a tough physical team. Sam Kennedy can score and has shown it in multiple games. This will be our third time seeing them this season. Roy is physical so if we can possess and win the groundball battle we'll be in good shape. Ace Nichols is the go-to impact player. Outside of him I'll look to Ammon Briggs to help possess the ball and run the offense. For Roy, Sam Kennedy knows how to score goals. Excited for Weber to host a home playoff game, that hasn't happened in a while. (Editor's Note: Best I can tell the last time Weber hosted a playoff game was 2011.)No. 2 Riverton (11-3) v. No. 15 Salem Hills (8-8)Previous Matchup: March 19, Riverton won 19-2Riverton - Jack Mortensen 41G 9A, Zane Johanson 54% faceoffs Salem Hills - Landon Buttars 46G 12A, Bryson Leary 69% faceoffsNo. 3 Sky View (10-5) v. No. 14 Maple Mountain (9-7)Sky View - Parker Robbins 35G 21A, Porter Jackson 167 saves, 58% save percentageMaple Mountain - Jacob Nelson 48G 5A, Casey Watkins 173 saves, 53% save percentageNo. 4 Alta (10-6) v. No. 13 Ridgeline (8-8)Alta Berkley - Horoba 34G 57A, Tyler Parry 114 saves, 59% save percentageRidgeline - Tyson Mckee 34G 29A, Dante Villa 37G 19AAlta Head Coach Brandon Horoba said, “On paper, they are a solid team and they have won some close games which shows they know what it takes to compete and win when the game is on the line. We are going to have to play a good game, take care of the ball and be aggressive on defense.  It will take our team to put in a good effort for sure this will not be a game that is handed to us no doubt.  I know they are going to come ready to play and we will have to bring that same intensity. Can't wait for the playoffs to start going to be a long week waiting for that first game.”No. 5 Wasatch (10-6) v. No. 12 East (6-7)Previous Matchup: March 16, Wasatch won 10-9 (OT)Wasatch - Gabe King 79G 32A, Josh Nokes 41G 46AEast - Petelo Tafisi 28G 6A, Gunner Longnecker 71 saves, 51% save percentageNo. 6 Bountiful (9-7) v. No. 11 Copper Hills (9-7)Bountiful - Hayden Hanson 54G 7A 59% faceoffs, Sam Lefevre 42G 23ACopper Hills - Derek Stewart 32G 9A, Logan Kofford 213 saves 65% save percentageNo. 7 Westlake (8-7) v. No. 10 Lehi (9-7)Previous Matchup: March 9, Westlake won 22-6Westlake - Hunter Hernandez 40G 34A, Hunter Larsen 111 gbs, 56 CTO, 4GLehi - Holden Hughes 52G 14A, Jasysten Larsen 60% faceoffs, 20GNo. 8 Northridge (8-8) v. No. 9 Box Elder (7-8)Northridge - Andrew Tate 38G 19A, Callum Dibble 126 saves 53% save percentageBox Elder - Austin McCormick 50G 7A, Radley Bruderer 140 saves 55% save percentageBoys Division C Bracket Here's a look at the games that will take place this Saturday, May 15. The second round will be at the home field of the lower seed on May 19. No. 8 Judge v. No. 25 Utah Military AcademyJudge won both regular-season matchups, 12-0 and 14-1. The winner plays the winner of the Skyridge v. Payson game. No. 9 Skyridge v. No. 24 Payson Skyridge won the regular-season game, 18-1. The winner plays the winner of the Judge v. UMA game. No. 10 Timpanogos v. No. 23 Mountain CrestThe winner will take on No. 7 Highland. No. 11 Viewmont v. No. 22 Mountain ViewThe winner will play No. 6 Logan. No. 12 Orem v. No. 21 JordanBoth teams lost to the only common opponent, Waterford. The winner will face No. 5 Herriman. No. 13 Spanish Fork v. No. 20 LaytonThe winner will take on No. 4 Syracuse. No. 14 West Jordan v. No. 19 Woods CrossThe winner will face No. 3 Bonneville. No. 15 Springville v. No. 18 ProvoSpringville won the first meeting, 14-6. The winner will take on No. 2 Bear River.Springville Head Coach Jared Ottley said, “While we won the first game, we know they will be coming hungry. We can't come in thinking this will be an easy win.  They want to win just as much as anyone. Jace Welsch is their man. He is the leader of their team. You can work to contain him but his high game IQ keeps him a threat and plays unselfishly...to a fault. He shoots well-placed rockets from anywhere on the field. If our full, first and second, midfield lines can show up healthy we can distribute the ball better in transition. We are pretty much where we wanted to be in the middle of Division C. More importantly, we raised interest in lacrosse here in Springville.  More than anything we wanted to expose our community to the game and get them excited and wanting to be part of something special. It is awesome to see new faces at every home game.”No. 16 Cedar Valley v. No. 17 ClearfieldThe winner takes on No. 1 Pleasant Grove.Cedar Valley Head Coach Drew Rykert said, “Our opponent every week this year has been ourselves. The wins and losses haven't been determined by how good or bad our opponents were but by how good or bad we played as a team. But all the respect to Clearfield. Senior Captain Sam Woodruffs help on offense and Freshman goalkeeper Freeman Miyasaki will be the bookends of the game. To host a playoff game in the first year of our program is a good sign of great things to come!”Girls Division A BracketYou are invited to join the Tribal West Lacrosse Bracket Challenge. The winner of the girls Division A bracket challenge will get their choice of a camp entry to the Tribe Camp this summer, a $50 gift card to Tribal West or a $25 gift card to Tribal West. The second-place winner will get to choose between whatever the winner doesn't choose and the third-place winner will get whatever is left. First Round - May 18No. 1 Park City v. No. 16 West JordanThe Miners are the clear favorites to win the Girls Division A bracket and are led by Kendall Keblish (69 goals) and Samantha Riley (31 assists). The only common opponent is Herriman who Park City beat 17-4 where the Jaguars fell twice, 19-7 and 20-7. No. 2 Mountain Ridge v. No. 15 RidgelineThe lone loss for the Sentinels was to Herriman midway through the season. Mountain Ridge is averaging 18.1 goals per game while giving up just 4.6 per game. No. 3 Skyridge v. No. 14 Corner CanyonThis will be the third meeting between the squads with Skyridge winning both times by just one goal each. I suspect this one will come down to the wire despite the distance in seeds.Corner Canyon Head Coach Matt Kenning said, “I know a lot about them. Not only did we play them twice this season, but I coached this Junior class when they were Freshmen under the WSL team before sanctioning happened. I also coach their top field players on my club team, Force Elite. If we stick to our game plan, play relaxed and play clean then we may be able to win. As a 14 seed no one expects us to win. I think this is the best match-up of the opening round.”No. 4 Brighton v. No. 13 SyracuseThe Bengals were No. 10 at one point in the RPI but played themselves into the No. 4 slot. The stats favor Brighton who is led by Oregon commit Haley Taylor (66G, 14A). No. 5 Herriman v. No. 12 AltaThe Alta defense is allowing 6.6 goals per game compared to 7.8 for Herriman. I suspect this game could be closer than the seeds suggest. No. 6 Bear River v. No. 11 WaterfordThis could be the most intriguing matchup in any bracket. Waterford is scoring more points per game but the Bear River defense is allowing just 2.8 goals per game. One of the best players in the state, Navy-bound Jaimeson Meyer, enters the game with 102 goals on the season but lining up on the other side is Marley Kierstead who has 109 goals on the season. Waterford Head Coach Betsy Weidner said, “We know Bear River has had a great season, and that we haven't played a single common opponent. We know they have some excellent abilities to put the ball in the next, as they've scored many goals in each game they've played. For our team to win, we are going to have to stay disciplined. We have been working on some fundamental transition concepts, and those will be key to a victory on Tuesday. Chuck Iacobelli and Jaime Meyer will be huge for us on the draw and on the attacking end. We also know that we have to look out for Marley Kierstead! She's had an incredible season for Bear River. We've got a lot of hungry seniors on this team looking to prove that a small school can accomplish something big. We're stoked for the opportunity to compete in the Division A bracket for a second season.” No. 7 Davis v. No. 10 OlympusThis is a great first-round matchup for both teams. Both teams beat East by double-digits but fell to Brighton by 1 goal (Oly) and 2 goals (Davis). No. 8 Farmington v. No. 9 FremontThese two teams will be in the same region next year so this is a great preview of what lies ahead. The Phoenix lost its first game of the year, 16-2, to West Jordan and have won every game since but remain untested. Fremont lost to Syracuse and Davis with both losses coming in late March. Girls Division B BracketFirst Round - May 18No. 1 Riverton v. No. 16 WeberBoth teams are giving up about 10 goals per game on average but the Silverwolves are scoring 17.3 while Weber is at just 7.3 goals per game. No. 2 Wasatch v. No. 15 Green CanyonThe Wasps are the clear favorite on paper. Sophia Nielsen leads the way with 45 goals and 19 assists for Wasatch.No. 3 Box Elder v. No. 14 RoyBoth teams beat East but lost to Ridgeline by a close margin. This game could be closer than the seeds suggest. No. 4 Timpview v. No. 13 Pleasant GroveBoth teams beat Timpanogos in the regular season and both lost by a large margin to Olympus. Timpview lost to American Fork by 4 while the Vikings lost to American Fork twice, once by 10 and once by 6. Timpview scores more goals per game and gives up less so my vote would be with the T-Birds. No. 5 American Fork v. No. 12 Maple MountainBoth teams beat Springville but that's where the similarities end. The Cavemen won 16-0 while Maple Mountain won 13-6. No. 6 Mountain Crest v. No. 11 Lone PeakAs Kenzie said in the podcast, Lone Peak could be a dark horse in Division B.Lone Peak Head Coach Weslie Lundell said, “It's going to have to take very solid transitional passing and aggressive ground ball pickups, dominating the draw, and attacking the goal for us to walk away with the win. Which I know is possible. If my girls are on their game, there's no stopping them. I know they have a key shooter, Kamrie Wilkinson, and Taryn Durham knows how to fight for the ground balls but we can compete. With Freshman Kacee Kelley taking the draw and Camryn McCunes incredible midfield defense, we'll definitely see a good game come Tuesday.”No. 7 Provo v. No. 10 TimpanogosThis is a really nice matchup and I suspect this game will be close. The common opponents line up as you would expect with both teams losing to Mountain Ridge while beating fellow Utah County foes.Provo Head Coach Megan Jensen said, “They have great players, great coaches, and a history of being strong competitors. Our team will need to work well together, move the ball smoothly, and get more draw controls & ground balls then the other team. Our talent is spread across our team, but I think Sally Otterstrom, Fielding Adams, and Libby Jaynes will have a big influence on the outcome of the game. We feel like we've already done more than was expected of us, as a new team with only one experienced player, so we are thrilled with our postseason position.  We are so excited to have a home game against a great team.” No. 8 Jordan v. No. 9 Juan DiegoThe 8/9 game is typically one of the best and I don't see why this one would be any different. Girls Division C BracketThese games will take place this Saturday, May 15. The Second Round will be on May 19 at the home field of the lower seed. No. 8 Judge v. No. 25 Salem HillsWinner plays the winner of No. 9 Payson/No. 24 West. No. 9 Payson v. No. 24 WestWinner plays the winner of No. 8 Judge/No. 25 Salem Hills. No. 10 Springville v. No. 23 Cedar ValleyWinner plays No. 7 Bingham.No. 11 Copper Hills v. No. 22 BonnevilleWinner plays No. 6 Highland.No. 12 Viewmont v. No. 21 LoganWinner plays No. 5 Sky View.No. 13 Northridge v. No. 20 Mountain ViewWinner plays No. 4 Lehi. No. 14 Westlake v. No. 19 OremWinner plays No. 3 Bountiful. No. 15 East v. No. 18 ClearfieldWinner plays No. 2 Layton.No. 16 Skyline v. No. 17 Spanish ForkWinner plays No. 1 Woods Cross.College UpdateAt the MCLA Invitational, BYU beat Liberty, 10-7. UVU lost to Georgia Tech, 17-6. The Cougars will take on Georgia Tech today at 11:30 a.m. CT. Georgia Tech's win over Utah Valley mirrored Chapman's win as the Yellow Jackets led just 5-3 after the first quarter, but slammed the door on the Wolverine offense, allowing just three more markers the rest of the way.Sam Eck paced the Jackets' offense with four goals while Devin Raun chipped in with a hat trick and three dimes. Gino Pagliaro and Robert Kruszeski combined for eight saves in the win.Chad Ranslow had three goals for Utah Valley while a pair of Wolverine goalies teamed up for six saves.Brigham Young capped off the day by rallying from a second-quarter deficit and held off the powerful Liberty offense. The Cougars led, 7-5 at halftime and allowed just two goals over the final two frames, backboned by Mason Moon's nine saves.Gavin Crist was the offensive catalyst for BYU, scoring four goals and setting up a fifth.Keaton Mohs had two goals for the Flames while Ryan Reynolds made 13 saves in net.Read the full recap here. That's it for today! Be kind out there and be sure to follow ULR on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.— Tim Haslam This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.utahlaxreport.com

Good morning lacrosse fans. I really hate to start a newsletter off this way, but there was an incident at a game last week that left me sleepless. Please know that racism has no part in our society, let alone the lacrosse community. I've been to almost 30 games this year from Weber to Timpanogos and everywhere in between. Usually driving home I think about the game, the fans, the officials, the coaches, the players, and after most games, I think to myself, ‘we have to be better.' I say ‘we' because despite being on different teams and having different jerseys, we are all part of the lacrosse community, which, despite being the largest it's ever been, is still small. When our sport is shown favorably, it's favorable for all of us. When it's shown negatively, it's a notch against all of us. So let me take a moment to address some things I've seen:Everyone - It's not okay to use racist terms on the lacrosse field - ever. I'm not going to tell you how to live your personal life, but it has no place in the lacrosse community. Do better.Coaches - It's not okay to taunt or mock a player on the opposing team - ever. It's also not okay to degrade the people working the table or talking to opposing fans while coaching. Also, please fill out the officials' feedback form so we can help improve that aspect of the game too. Do better.Assistant Coaches - Stop yelling at the refs. You ask your players to abide by the rules so you should too. Do better.Officials - Let's be honest, some refs are there to collect a check and go home who have no interest in helping the game. This is bad for our sport. If this is you, please stop. Also, please take control of games that are getting out of hand. It's not hard to see it. Do better.Fans - If you're an adult yelling at an opposing player (14-18 year old) then you need to stop. Do better.With all that said, I've been to games this year where the fans have been great, the coaches have coached well and the officials have been excellent but unfortunately, it's rare. We need to be better at trying to make this scenario more common and it takes all of us, not just one team or one ref or one coach.I feel the season as a whole has been a success. It hasn't been without hiccups or controversy, but overall, Year 1 of sanctioning has been what I thought it would. It's a bittersweet time of year. The regular season is ending but playoffs are on the horizon.As a heads up, the playoff brackets will be revealed on Wednesday morning. I think they will be released on the UHSAA Twitter account but also on MaxPreps. Also, I try to be respectful to your inbox but I'm likely going to send 2-3 newsletters per week as I do my best to cover the playoffs. Interview w/ Alta Head Coach Brandon HorobaAlta Head Coach Brandon HorobaMy podcast guest this week is Alta Head Coach Brandon Horoba. Horoba starting coaching at Alta in 2002 then went to Brighton from 2009-2016. While with Brighton, he won 3 state championships as a head coach and one as an assistant coach. After Brighton, Horoba coached at UVU for one season then went back to Alta in 2018. Horoba has also been part of a handful of club programs as well. In this episode, we talk about each one of his coaching stops, breaking away with the UHSLL, club lacrosse and more. You can listen to the latest podcast above or on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Don't forget to subscribe and leave a rating!Look, if you haven't been to Vessel Kitchen yet, that's okay. However, you should make a goal to do it soon, it's great food by great people. It has locations in Midvale, Sandy, 9th + 9th and Kimball Junction.Week 9 Coaches PollsNo. 1 Corner Canyon - The Chargers beat Skyridge, 21-2, on Tuesday then sent No. 6 American Fork home with a 20-4 loss on Friday. Corner Canyon hosts No. 10 Lone Peak on Tuesday in the finale for both teams. No. 2 Olympus - The Titans beat Pleasant Grove, 13-7, on Wednesday and won Region 6 on Friday with a 16-2 win over Brighton. Olympus hosts No. 4 Park City on Tuesday in the finale for both teams. The game will be broadcast on the Game Night Live Rewind YouTube channel or KSL Sports.No. 3 Farmington - The Phoenix beat Bonneville, 15-6, on Wednesday and Woods Cross, 16-4, on Friday. Farmington will head to Bountiful on Monday. If Farmington wins, they will win Region 5 outright. If Bountiful wins, the two teams will be co-champs. Mountain Ridge @ Park City - Full gallery hereNo. 4 Park City - Park City beat Payson, 27-0, on Monday then came from behind to beat No. 5 Mountain Ridge, 11-8, on Saturday. The Sentinels led 6-2 at the half but Park City came out of the second half and won the quarter, 5-2, making it 8-7 for Mountain Ridge heading into the final frame. Park City scored 4 goals and allowed 0 to win, 11-8. Freshman goalie AJ Silianoff, who came in at halftime, had 4 saves for the Miners to secure the victory for Park City. The Miners will take on No. 2 Olympus on Tuesday. No. 5 Mountain Ridge - Mountain Ridge beat Timpanogos, 25-3, on Tuesday and Mountain View, 20-0, on Thursday, then fell to No. 4 Park City, 11-8, on Saturday. (See above for details from this game.) No. 6 American Fork - The Cavemen survived a scare from Westlake on Tuesday, winning 7-6, then lost to No. 1 Corner Canyon, 20-4, on Friday to finish the regular season. No. 7 Green Canyon - Two big wins for the Wolves by a combined score of 38-4 set up a season finale against Box Elder on Monday. No. 8 Davis - The Darts beat Layton, 20-0, on Tuesday then narrowly defeated Fremont on Thursday, 15-14. The game was tied 8-8 at halftime and Fremont scored to tie the game at 14 with less than 20 seconds left. Rhett Rice won the ensuing faceoff for Davis, found Mason Kilgore wide open who started a fast-break then found Blake Williams who buried it for the go-ahead goal. The Darts rushed the field and got a penalty so Fremont started with the ball at the midline with 5 seconds left and a man up and took shot but Davis goalie Kache Allen made a great save to preserve the win. You can watch the game-winning goal here. No. 9 Timpview - The T-Birds beat Mountain View, 19-1, on Tuesday and will take on Orem this Tuesday. Lone Peak @ Pleasant Grove - Full gallery here.No. 10 Lone Peak - The Knights beat Pleasant Grove, 21-11, on Tuesday and Westlake, 8-6, on Thursday. Lone Peak will finish its season on Tuesday at No. 1 Corner Canyon. Region StandingsRegion 1: Davis - Will likely go 14-0 in Region 1. They play Syracuse on Tuesday.Region 3: Bingham leads at the moment but if Riverton beats the Miners on Tuesday, Bingham and Riverton would be co-champs. Region 4: Corner Canyon - Will likely go 10-0 in Region 3. They play Lone Peak on Tuesday.Region 5: Farmington has the advantage but plays Bountiful on Monday. Should the Braves win, they would be co-champs with Farmington. Region 6: Olympus - Champ, 4-0 in Region 6.Region 7: Mountain Ridge - Champ, 12-0 in Region 7.Region 8: Park City - Champ, 7-0 in Region 8.Region 10: Juan Diego & Waterford are co-champs. Region 11: Green Canyon - Champ, 10-0 in Region 11.RPI Update / BracketsI, like you, was also shocked that the UHSAA RPI was taken down on Wednesday. I was told it was to create a little excitement around the bracket release and also take time to make sure all the scores are entered and the RPI is correct. With that said, Taylor Redd and Jordan Harris took the time to recreate the RPI and they published it here. It will be updated the remaining two days of the season for the 15 games left. Here is what the brackets would look like if the season ended today. Region 9 ChampsThe Southern Utah teams that comprise Region 9 held a championship on Saturday with Snow Canyon beating Canyon View, 9-1. Let's hope we can get these teams included in the UHSAA next season! No. 1 Park City - The Miners continue to roll with a 23-0 win over Payson, 26-1 win over Provo and 16-3 win over Lone Peak last week. The Miners host No. 5 Olympus on Tuesday to conclude the season. No. 2 Skyridge - Skyridge narrowly beat No. 10 Corner Canyon on Tuesday, 9-8, then beat Pleasant Grove, 15-5, on Thursday. The Falcons will travel to Highland on Tuesday. No. 3 Brighton - The Bengals beat No. 5 Olympus on Friday, 13-12, to claim the Region 6 title. Brighton pulled ahead on a goal by Hunter Doyle with a little over a minute left. Olympus won the ensuing draw and possessed, earning a free-position shot with 10 seconds left. On the whistle, the Olympus player dodged then shot high but was saved by Hailey Bangerter who held on to the ball to secure the win. See my attempt to film it here. Brighton travels to No. 9 Davis on Monday then hosts No. 4 Mountain Ridge on Tuesday. The latest public RPI had Brighton at No. 10. No. 4 Mountain Ridge - The Sentinels dominated Timpanogos on Tuesday, 14-2, then beat Mountain View, 20-1, on Thursday. Mountain Ridge travels to No. 3 Brighton on Tuesday. No. 5 Olympus - The Titans beat rival Skyline on Wednesday, 20-0, then fell to No. 3 Brighton, 13-12, on Friday. The Titans will take on No. 1 Park City on Tuesday. No. 6 Waterford - The Ravens bested Cedar Valley on Tuesday, 23-2, and will take on Woods Cross on Tuesday. No. 7 Herriman - The Mustangs weren't tested in its two games this week as they beat Bingham, 22-3, on Tuesday and West Jordan, 20-7, on Thursday. Two region games remain for the Mustangs: Monday at home against Riverton and Tuesday at West. No. 8 Alta - The Hawks beat Lehi, 18-0, on Tuesday and beat Orem, 28-3, on Thursday. The Hawks host Timpanogos on Tuesday. No. 9 Davis - The Darts lost for the first time this season on Thursday in overtime to Fremont. You can see the game-winning goal here. Davis hosts No. 3 Brighton on Monday and travels to Syracuse on Tuesday. No. 10 Corner Canyon - The Chargers re-enter the polls after taking No. 2 Skyridge to the end, but lost, 9-8. Both times these two teams have played, Skyridge has won by 1. Corner Canyon then beat American Fork, 10-8, to finish the season. Region StandingsRegion 1: Davis - In theory, they haven't clinched the region since they still play Syracuse. If Syracuse wins (they lost in the first meeting, 17-6) and Fremont beats Weber, there would be a three-way tie for first. Of course, if Davis wins on Tuesday, they are the lone region champ at 13-1. Region 3: Herriman - Even if the Mustangs lose to Riverton on Monday, they likely won't lose to West on Tuesday, thus, pending bizarre results, the Mustangs are the lone region champ at 12-0.Region 4: Skyridge - Champ, 10-0 in Region 4Region 5: Farmington - Champ, 10-0 in Region 5Region 6: Brighton - Champ, 4-0 in Region 6Region 7: Mountain Ridge - Champ, 12-0 in Region 7 Region 8: Park City - Technically haven't clinched since they play one more region game but let's be honest, they'll win and be 8-0 in Region 8. Region 10: Waterford - Champ, 4-0 in Region 10Region 11: Bear River - Champ, 10-0 in Region 11Interesting that all but one region had its champion go undefeated in region play. Q&A with Brighton Senior Haley TaylorBrighton Senior Haley Taylor | c/o Scott OsbornMy Q&A today is with Brighton Senior and team captain, Haley Taylor, who leads the 13-0 Bengals offense with 71 goals and 14 assists. Tylor has had multiple 7 point or more games including 7 goals and 5 assists against Jordan. Taylor is committed to playing NCAA D-I lacrosse at the University of Oregon and study Architecture. “HayTay Taylor is incredible on and off the field,” said Brighton Head Coach Melissa Nash. “She is the first girl that will grab your eye in any lacrosse game. She plays with such energy and grace that you are naturally drawn to her, whether she has the ball or not. She makes everything she does look easy - from her draw controls, big ground balls to her powerful shots - left and right-handed. She is fun to watch and fun to coach. Haley puts in more work on her game than anyone, while also taking 3 AP classes (just this year), being a National Merit Scholar and Sterling Scholar. Aside from her stick skills, pure speed and big brain academics (and her incredible art), HayTay is a good person. She cares about her teammates, respects her coaches and is a good example to everyone around her. I feel lucky to have watched her grow up the last 4 years and can't wait to see what comes next for her.”5 Questions w/ Haley TaylorTH: When/why did you start playing lacrosse? HT: I started playing in 5th grade, but I started club in 7th.TH: What is your favorite part about lacrosse?HT: My favorite part about lacrosse is the creativity that comes with it. Because the sport is still so new and growing, anything goes. TH: What is your stick of choice?HT: My favorite stick is the Epoch Purpose 15 degree with ladder stringing. TH: Favorite field to play lacrosse on?HT: Papé field at Oregon!TH: How/why did you pick your jersey number?HT: #22 was pretty random for me when I chose it. However, Gary Gait (one of the best players of all time) wore #22 while at Syracuse which is pretty cool.College UpdateWestminster beat No. 18 Colorado Mesa in the RMAC tournament final on Saturday, 17-13 (Recap), and Spencer Whinery was named All-Tournament MVP. Unfortunately, the Griffins were not invited to the NCAA D-II National Tournament. BYU and UVU are on their way to Texas for the MCLA Invitational. 2021 MCLA Invitational TournamentRound Rock, TexasQuarterfinals – May 12GAME 1: East No. 4 LSU vs. West No. 1 Chapman, 10 a.m.GAME 2: West No. 4 Utah Valley vs. East No. 1 Georgia Tech, 10:30 a.m.GAME 3: West No. 3 Concordia-Irvine vs. East No. 2 Clemson, 1:30 p.m.GAME 4: East No. 3 Liberty vs. West No. 2 Brigham Young, 2 p.m.Semifinals – May 13GAME 1 winner vs. GAME 3 winner, 11 a.m.GAME 2 winner vs. GAME 4 winner, 11:30 a.mFinals – May 14Semifinal winners, 10 a.m.That's it for this week. Be kind out there and be sure to follow ULR on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.— Tim Haslam This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.utahlaxreport.com

Good morning lacrosse fans. Thank you for taking time out of your day for the Utah Lax Report. If you have any questions or feedback, feel free to shoot me a note: tim@timhaslam.com. Interview w/ Goose It Lacrosse Founders Jackson & Boston EarlI'm very excited about this podcast because it's about local small business and giving back, both of which are things I love. Jackson and Boston Earl started Goose It Lacrosse after noticing the lack of lifestyle focused lacrosse apparel. I also love that they donate 10% of proceeds to JDRF which is a Type 1 diabetes research fund. You can find out why by listening to the podcast. Check out their website: gooseitlax.comYou can listen to the latest podcast above or on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Don't forget to subscribe and leave a rating!While you're out and about at games, stop by Vessel Kitchen. Vessel Kitchen has locations in Midvale, Sandy, 9th + 9th and Kimball Junction.Before we dive in, I'd like to thank Patrick Carr from the Standard-Examiner for his article this week about lacrosse. We had a long chat about the history of the game and more. Go check it out here. Also, Dusty Litster and Dane Stewart from Game Night Live on KSL did a great 18 minute recap of the lacrosse action so far. You can watch it here. If all goes well, I should be joining the GNL team in the booth this week and I'm really looking forward to it. Week 6 Coaches PollsNo. 1 Corner Canyon - The Chargers beat Skyridge, 26-0, on Thursday and will face No. 5 American Fork on Tuesday. Corner Canyon has scored 20 or more goals in its last five games. I'm not certain that will change here but American Fork only gives up 5.7 goals per game on average. No matter the score, I suspect Corner Canyon will win by at least 8 as a conservative estimate. No. 2 Olympus - The Titans beat Timpview, 13-8 (Highlights), on Wednesday and Alta, 10-5, on Friday, which is likely why they jumped to the No. 2 spot over Farmington. The Titans are still No. 3 in the RPI but have a much tougher schedule than Farmington, so I suspect if they continue to win, they'll jump Farmington there too. Olympus takes on region foes East on Tuesday and Skyline on Friday, which could be a great chapter for the rivalry. When will we see a lacrosse traveling trophy for this rivalry like ‘The Rock' for their football rivalry? I believe Waterford/Judge has an old bucket helmet that has been used as a traveling trophy in the past. I'd love to see more traveling trophies to be honest. No. 3 Farmington - After a midweek contest with Bountiful was rescheduled due to weather, the Phoenix beat Bonneville, 18-4, on Friday. Only region games remain on the schedule, with games against Woods Cross and Box Elder this week. No. 4 Mountain Ridge - One of the better games on the schedule for the week will take place on Tuesday when the Sentinels host Timpview on Tuesday. Mountain Ridge won the first game in the series, 13-11, on March 15. No. 5 American Fork - The Cavemen beat Skyridge, 17-4, on Tuesday, then edged Westlake, 12-7, on Thursday. A tough week lies ahead with No. 1 Corner Canyon on Tuesday, then Lone Peak on Thursday. No. 6 Park City - A 19-4 win over Spanish Fork and two region games this week (Maple Mountain & Salem Hills) set the stage for potentially the toughest remaining schedule of any team. After this week, the Miners host No. 9 Brighton (4/27), Wasatch (4/30) and No. 4 Mountain Ridge (5/8) then have a regular-season finale at No. 2 Olympus on May 11. No. 7 Green Canyon - The Wolves bested Sky View, 17-3, on Wednesday and will take on Mountain Crest on Wednesday and Ridgeline on Friday. No. 8 Davis - The Darts beat Layton, 18-0, on Tuesday then beat Highland, 16-1, on Thursday. The Darts have two great road games this week beginning with Northridge on Tuesday and Weber on Thursday. No. 9 Brighton - The Bengals re-enter the poll after a 13-4 win over Bountiful on Tuesday and an 18-4 win over Copper Hills on Thursday. Brighton will play three home games this week: Monday against Maple Mountain, Wednesday versus Skyline and No. 4 Mountain Ridge on Friday. The Bengals finish the season with No. 6 Park City (4/27), East (4/28), Highland (5/5) and No. 2 Olympus on May 7 in a game that will likely determine the Region 6 champion. No. 10 Juan Diego - It will be interesting how the RPI treats the Soaring Eagle moving forward. After a 12-4 win over Judge on Tuesday they stayed at No. 4 in the RPI but after a 20-0 win over UMA on Friday, they dropped to No. 6. If we look at the five remaining games for Juan Diego, the opponent's RPI is as follows: Cedar Valley (48), Waterford (12), Judge (43), UMA (58), Cedar Valley (48). Obviously, these numbers change daily, but let's just say that the Waterford game on 4/27 is a must-win for both Juan Diego and Waterford. My uneducated guess is that the winner will stay in the bottom of the Division A bracket while the loser will go to the Division B bracket. Waterford remaining schedule: Judge (43), Juan Diego (6), Jordan (56), Cedar Valley (48), Judge (43), UMA (58). It will be interesting to see what these games will do the the Ravens RPI as well. If the season ended today, here's what the playoff brackets would look like: Boys Division ABoys Division BBoys Division CWe're getting into the heart of region play so let's see how those are shaking out. Region 1 (In region record): Davis (7-0), Fremont (6-1), Weber (4-2), Northridge (4-3), Syracuse (3-4), Roy (2-5), Clearfield (1-5), Layton (0-7)Region 3: Bingham (6-0), Riverton (4-1), Copper Hills (2-2), Herriman (2-3), West Jordan (2-3), Jordan (1-4), West (0-4)Region 4: Corner Canyon (3-0), American Fork (4-0), Lone Peak (2-1), Westlake (2-2), Pleasant Grove (0-4), Skyridge (0-4)Region 5: Farmington (3-0), Bountiful (2-0), Bonneville (3-1), Box Elder (1-3), Viewmont (1-3), Woods Cross (0-3)Region 6: Skyline (1-0), East (0-1), Brighton (0-0), Highland (0-0), Olympus (0-0)Region 7: Mountain Ridge (6-0), Timpview (5-1), Alta (4-2), Lehi (3-3), Timpanogos (2-4), Orem (1-5), Mountain View (0-6)Region 8: Park City (3-0), Wasatch (4-0), Maple Mountain (3-2), Salem Hills (2-2), Springville (1-2), Spanish Fork (1-2), Payson (0-2), Provo (0-4)Region 10: Juan Diego (3-0), Waterford (1-1), Judge (1-1), Cedar Valley (1-1), UMA (0-3)Region 11: Green Canyon (3-0), Sky View (3-1), Bear River (2-1), Ridgeline (2-2), Logan (1-3), Mountain Crest (0-4)No. 1 Park City - The Miners beat Spanish Fork, 24-0, on Friday. The Miners will take on Maple Mountain on Wednesday, No. 6 Alta on Thursday and Salem Hills on Friday. No. 2 Mountain Ridge - The Sentinels moved up a spot in the poll after a 24-2 win over Mountain View on Tuesday. Mountain Ridge will take on Timpview this Tuesday and Orem on Thursday. No. 3 Brighton - The Bengals will have to wait until May 11 to see who really is the No. 2 team in the state as they take on Mountain Ridge that day. In the meantime, the Bengals will build off its 16-2 win over Highland on Wednesday and a 23-4 win over Copper Hills on Friday. Like the Brighton boys, the girls team may have the toughest remaining schedule with Skyline (4/21), Bingham (4/23), East (4/28), Lone Peak (4/30), Olympus (5/7 - potential Region 6 championship), Davis (5/10), Mountain Ridge (5/11). No. 4 Olympus - The Titans are riding high after beating Pleasant Grove, 27-5, on Wednesday and Timpview, 23-4, on Friday. They also sit at No. 1 in the RPI. May should be an interesting month for the Titans who take on Skyline (5/5), Brighton (5/7) and Park City on May 11. No. 5 Skyridge - Three games this week for the Falcons will be a challenge beginning on Tuesday against Pleasant Grove. On Thursday, Skyridge hosts Westlake then hosts No. 4 Olympus on Friday. No. 6 Alta - Last week was a dominant one for the Hawks who beat Orem, 25-1, and Timpanogos, 14-1. A Tuesday showdown against Mountain View on Tuesday should prepare the Hawks for a Thursday home game against No. 1 Park City. No. 7 Waterford - The Ravens should cruise to victory this week with games against Judge on Tuesday and Juan Diego on Friday. No. 8 Davis - The Darts won't be tested again until May 10th when it faces No. 3 Brighton. No. 9 Wasatch - As votes were coming in I thought this was a typo, but the Wasps are 6-1 and are doing it in style. Only region games remain but that means a showdown with No. 1 Park City on April 30. No. 10 Herriman - This Tuesday will be telling for the Mustangs who take on 7-1 West Jordan who they'll also face on May 6. In the RPI, Herriman is No. 12 and West Jordan is No. 13. If the season ended today, here's what the playoff brackets would look like. Girls Division AGirls Division BGirls Division CGirls region rankings: Region 1: Davis (7-0), Syracuse (6-1), Fremont (5-2), Weber (3-4), Roy (3-4), Layton (3-4), Northridge (1-6), Clearfield (0-7)Region 3: Herriman (5-0), Riverton (4-1), West Jordan (4-10), Jordan (2-3), Bingham (2-4), Copper Hills (1-4), West (0-5)Region 4: Skyridge (4-0), Corner Canyon (3-1), American Fork (3-1), Lone Peak (1-3), Pleasant Grove (1-3), Westlake (0-4)Region 5: Farmington (4-0), Box Elder (3-1), Woods Cross (2-1), Viewmont (1-2), Bountiful (1-3), Bonneville (0-4)Region 6: Brighton (1-0), East (1-0), Skyline (0-1), Highland (0-1), Olympus (0-0)Region 7: Mountain Ridge (6-0), Alta (5-1), Timpview (4-2), Timpanogos (3-3), Lehi (2-4), Orem (1-5), Mountain View (0-6)Region 8: Park City (2-0), Wasatch (2-0), Springville (2-1), Maple Mountain (1-1), Payson (1-1), Provo (1-1), Salem Hills (0-2), Spanish Fork (0-3)Region 10: Waterford (2-0), Juan Diego (1-1), Judge (0-1), Cedar Valley (0-1)Region 11: Bear River (4-0), Ridgeline (4-0), Mountain Crest (2-2), Green Canyon (1-3), Sky View (0-3), Logan (0-3)College UpdateUtah lost to No. 3 Virginia, 18-11 (Recap | Box Score), on Saturday. The game was tied after the first quarter, 4-4, then Utah took a 6-5 lead in the second before Virginia scored 8 unanswered goals. Utah scored the last three goals of the game, making the score 18-11. If you ever get the chance to see a game at Klöckner Stadium, I'd highly recommend it, it's a great venue. The Utes face Cleveland State on Saturday at 10 a.m.Goalie Assist of the Game My second favorite goal of the game goes to MJ:Westminster beat UVU on Thursday, 13-7, and had its game with Colorado College canceled. The Griffins will take on Adams State on Friday and CSU-Pueblo on Sunday. Both games will be at Dumke Field. BYU beat Arizona on Saturday, 12-3, and will take on the Air Force Academy on Saturday at 1:00 p.m in Provo. UVU lost to Westminster, 13-7, on Thursday and will host Air Force Academy on Friday then travel to Utah State on Saturday. WomensWestminster fell to Regis on Tuesday, 19-2, and CSU-Pueblo on Sunday, 15-11. The Griffins will host Adams State on Sunday at 11:00 a.m at Dumke Field. Utah State beat UVU on Saturday, 11-9. Q&A With Syracuse Attack/Mid Brooklyn SuttlemyreCourtesy of Kevin D Hansen PhotographyMy Q&A today is with Brooklyn Suttlemyre who is a Junior at Syracuse High School. Suttlemyre is currently second in the state in goals (58) and points (71) and is winning 0.578 of draw controls. She has two, 12 point games this season where she scored 10 goals and had 2 assists. Suttlemyre hopes to play lacrosse at the next level and wants to be an elementary school teacher and lacrosse coach. “Brooklyn just loves everything about lacrosse, practice, games, teammates, and shooting in the backyard,” said Syracuse head coach Adam Suttlemyre, who is also Brooklyn's dad. “As her coach I love that she likes working on the little things, staying after practice to shoot, and trying to help the newer girls on the team no matter their skill level. She is a very positive player and is an extension of myself on the field. She is very coachable and wants to learn and improve no matter the coach. She has the ability to separate coach and dad which is amazing. Before practice and after I'm like any other dad trying to coach my daughter, and the relationship is just that. But during practice its coach and I can't say enough about that because it can be hard for parents to coach their kid. As a dad I'm Just grateful for the time we get to spend together. Not too many coaches get the opportunity to spend time with their daughter for hours a day, playing a game I have grown to love because of her.”5 Questions w/ Brooklyn SuttlemyreTH: When/why did you start playing lacrosse? BS: I started playing lacrosse in the 5th grade. My elementary teacher coached for a local high school team and it really got me interested in the game. She encouraged me to start playing and I haven't stopped since!TH: What is your favorite part about lacrosse?BS: I love how fast paced the game is! And of course, I love the friendships and my amazing teammates who I wouldn't know without lacrosse.TH: What is your stick of choice?BS: I currently have an STX Exult 600 with a mesh pocket and I love it! TH: What is your favorite field on?BS: Kaysville Jr High field, this was where I played Davis Club lacrosse and Jr. lacrosse. This was the field where I really grew to love the game. I have so many memories there and made friendships that I will never forget. That field became a second home and I will always love playing there.  TH: How/why did you pick your jersey number?BS: My dad was number 13 in high school. He is one of my biggest role models, so I thought it would be fitting if I could carry on the tradition and wear his number as well.Utah Lacrosse HistoryIn 1940, Donald C. McMillan, a Salt Lake City native, joined the Army lacrosse team while enrolled at West Point. McMillan is listed as a member of the team in the 1941 and 1942 Howitzer, the West Point yearbook. The yearbooks back then were what seemed like a year behind as the 1940 team was published in the 1941 Howitzer. Although the yearbooks' recaps don't mention McMillan, his bio states he had 'devoted himself to lacrosse, bridge, barbershop harmony, and tall stories.' McMillan was praised at home in an April 18, 1941 clipping called "Utahn Makes Team" from the Salt Lake Telegram in which the author states that McMillan 'qualified' for the Army lacrosse team. The news came from the public relations officer, Lieutenant Colonel Meade Wildrick. It's unclear whether Wildrick reached out to local papers or if the Salt Lake Telegram was actively searching for stories at West Point and happened upon McMillan. The 1940 Black Knights went 7-3 with a season finale win against Navy, 13-2. The 1941 team finished with an 8-2 record and once again bested Navy, 7-5. Army went on to win a National Championship just two years later but McMillan had graduated in 1941.1940 & 1941 Army Lacrosse Teams in the Howitzer yearbookGoalie Goals & The PLLIf you know me, I love a good long pole goal and a goalie goal even more. Here's a gem from Maryland goalie Logan McNaney on Sunday. Also this week, the PLL announced it would be making a stop in Utah at Rio Tinto Stadium on August 20-21. I personally think this is a fantastic time for the PLL to come here. It will be a little toasty, but it's been awhile since I've been warm at a lacrosse game. I also like that it's only two days. Sure, we get less games, but I'll be honest, three days of games is a lot. We'll also get the Quarterfinals of the playoffs which means the games should be great. Tickets aren't on sale yet for SLC, but you can sign up to be notified on their site when they do become available. I'm also really excited about this: The caption says, “We're honored to share this Land Acknowledgment, and together we recognize that our games will be played on lands that have been inhabited, cared for and respected by Indigenous people for centuries. They are the originators of lacrosse.” Pretty cool if you ask me. That's it for this week. Be kind out there and be sure to follow ULR on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.— Tim Haslam This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.utahlaxreport.com

Good morning lacrosse fans. Thank you for taking time out of your day for the Utah Lax Report. Don't forget to forward to a friend, it's the best way for the newsletter to grow.Interview with Vessel Kitchen Founder Nick GradingerIf you've been reading the newsletter, you'll recognize the name Vessel Kitchen. It's because they sponsor this newsletter, podcast, coaches poll, etc. Vessel Kitchen is owned an operated by lacrosse-loving people and families and on the podcast today, I spoke with Nick Gradinger who started it all. Nick played at Torrey Pines, Deerfield, Cornell and Denver before eventually ending up in Park City. (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Co-founder Nick Gradinger and executive chef Roe'e Levy on top of the newest Vessel Kitchen location in Salt Lake City's popular 9th and 9th neighborhood on Wednesday, May 20, 2020. You can listen to the latest podcast above or on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Don't forget to subscribe and leave a rating!While you're out and about at games, stop by Vessel Kitchen. Vessel Kitchen has locations in Midvale, Sandy, 9th + 9th and Kimball Junction.Week 5 Coaches PollsNo. 1 Corner Canyon - The Chargers are coming off Spring Break and will host Skyridge on Thursday. No. 2 Farmington - The Phoenix handled Northridge on Wednesday, 16-4, and edge Wasatch, 12-10, on Friday in one of the better games I've been to this year. I have to hand it to the Wasps, they came to play and their crowd gets loud. No. 3 Olympus - The Titans cruised to a 17-3 victory over Box Elder on Friday. One of the marquee matchups this week has the Titans heading to Provo to take on No. 10 Timpview on Wednesday. Olympus also faces Alta on Friday. No. 4 Mountain Ridge - Mountain Ridge heads to Mountain View on Tuesday. No. 5 Park City - The Miners beat No. 8 Davis, 21-8, on Tuesday and will host Payson on Wednesday. Spanish Fork will host the Miners on Friday. No. 6 American Fork - On Tuesday, American Fork will travel to Skyridge followed by a home game against Westlake on Thursday. The following week, AF has Corner Canyon at home and Lone Peak on the road. No. 7 Green Canyon - I suspect the Wolves will win out starting with a game against Sky View on Wednesday and Bear River on Friday. No. 8 Davis - The loss to Park City on Tuesday led to a 19-7 win over Syracuse on Thursday. Layton on Tuesday and Highland on Thursday will setup region play for the rest of the way for Darts. No. 9 Juan Diego - The Soaring Eagle took down Wasatch on Wednesday, 11-9, and Herriman on Friday, 17-3. Juan Diego will finish the rest of its schedule with region play beginning on Tuesday as it hosts Judge.No. 10 Timpview - No. 3 Olympus comes to town on Wednesday then a home game against Orem on Thursday will round out the week for the T-Birds. Other games I'll be watching with interest: Brighton @ Bountiful, Weber @ Syracuse, Copper Hills @ Bingham, Bingham @ Riverton, Bonneville @ Farmington and Skyline @ Bingham. If you can't tell, I'm anxious to see what Bingham is really about. Three wins this week would be impressive. No. 1 Park City - The Miners will face Payson on Wednesday and Spanish Fork on Friday. No. 2 Brighton - The Bengals host Copper Hills on Friday. No. 3 Mountain Ridge - Despite losing to Herriman on Tuesday, 15-13, the Sentinels stayed put in the polls. A home game against Mountain View is the lone game for the Sentinels this week. No. 4 Skyridge - The Falcons will be tested this week with a game at American Fork on Tuesday and a home game against No. 10 Corner Canyon on Thursday. No. 5 Olympus - The Titans are newcomers to the poll and made quite the entrance. A 17-14 win over Riverton and a 13-12 win over Waterford put Olympus on the map. Olympus will host Pleasant Grove on Wednesday and Timpview on Friday. Sophomore Eva Thorn (12g, 4a) leads the team. No. 6 Waterford - The Ravens beat Highland on Tuesday and lost to Olympus on Friday. Back-to-back games this week begin on Wednesday against Juan Diego and Thursday against Cedar Valley. No. 7 Alta - The Hawks will take on Orem on Tuesday and Timpanogos on Thursday. No. 8 Davis - The Darts beat Syracuse, 17-6 (Highlights), on Thursday and will take on Layton on Tuesday and East on Friday. No. 9 Herriman - The Mustangs entered the picture with a 15-13 win over Mountain Ridge on Tuesday. An away game at Riverton on Tuesday and a home game against West on Thursday lies ahead. No. 10 Corner Canyon - A key region game on Tuesday against Lone Peak and an away game Thursday against Skyridge welcome the Chargers back from Spring Break. Several region games take place this week as team vie for a better position. Including the games mentioned above, Farmington @ Bountiful, Bear River @ Sky View and Green Canyon @ Ridgeline are games to keep an eye on. UHSAA RPI ReleasedView the UHSAA RPIs here: Boys RPI | Girls RPI - The RPIs are updated as scores are entered into MaxPreps so it's constantly changing. One thing (maybe the only thing) that I love about an RPI system like is used in lacrosse is the fact that each year before the first whistle blows, every team, no matter how many players, talent, coaches, etc. has the same statistical probability or chance to win the championship. Now, as the games begin, that quickly diminishes, but in theory, everyone is equal at the beginning of the season. This is why I feel the winner of the Division A bracket is the 2021 State Champion. Division B and C winners are champions of those brackets, not the state. When/if we divide into classifications, that's another story. At that point we'd have a 6A State Champion, a 5A State Champion and a 4A State Champion. Another ‘pro' to the RPI is that no matter the school size, you can compete for the top title. Some see that as a disadvantage (‘We are a small school, we shouldn't have to compete with the big boys!'), but I'd argue as a competitor, you want to beat the best regardless of school size. That feels like an excuse to me and quite frankly, in lacrosse, it doesn't hold true. In fact, of the 27 top tier titles that have been awarded in boys lacrosse history, only two current 6A schools have won one: Bingham in 1999 and Corner Canyon in 2015. Now, is an RPI system perfect? No, I don't think it ever will be. As the RPI was released on Friday, the messages started pouring in and like anything, those who don't favor the RPI were the loudest. To be clear, I don't have a say in how the playoffs are determined, but I am a firm believer that the cream rises to the top, no matter what seed they are in the playoffs. I had a whole theory written out about why some teams are where they are but I'm not confident in it yet. I'm going to save it until we get a little further down the line before releasing it. If we look at the ratings from LaxNumbers (Boys | Girls) it certainly feels more in line with traditional thinking. However, the fact is that we're governed by the UHSAA RPI so here's what the brackets would like if the season ended today based on the UHSAA RPI. I decided to create them on another site to save space in the newsletter. Boys Division ABoys Division BBoys Division CGirls Division AGirls Division BGirls Division CBoys Division AThere's a couple region matchups (CC/LP, Fremont/Davis) and some great on paper matchups. Timpview knocked Farmington out of the 2019 Division B playoffs so that would be a fun rematch. For the history buffs, Park City/Waterford (two original teams) would be a fun one to see. I think the 8/9 seed, Green Canyon v. American Fork game would be excellent.Girls Division A I'm going to be honest and say I don't know as much about these teams but Brighton at the No. 5 seed is interesting. They have been the No. 2 team in the coaches poll every week. Mountain Ridge beat Riverton, 17-8 on Thursday. Waterford is the No. 10 seed and only lost to the No. 2 seed Olympus, 13-12, on Friday. Region RankingsI took the average ratings of each region and here's how it shakes out for the boys: Region 4 - 0.616 - This should be no surprise since four out of six teams are in the top 16 with the lowest team only being at 30. Region 6 - 0.596 - Five teams span from 3 to 33. Region 1 - 0.517 - Having three teams in the Top 16 help, however, Layton at 53 and Clearfield at 44 aren't helping. Region 5 - 0.498 - Despite having the No. 2 team, the rest of the conference is in the 21-47 range. Region 11 - 0.487 - Green Canyon leads at 8 but the other five teams are 23-52.Region 7 - 0.472 - Mountain Ridge at 6 and Timpview at 15 are great, but the other five teams are 35, 37, 43, 43 and 56. Region 10 - 0.437 - Juan Diego at 5 and Waterford at 10 are keeping this region out of the bottom with Judge at 46, Cedar Valley at 50 and UMA at 58. Region 8 - 0.422 - This region runs the gamut with Park City at 7 and Payson at 55. Region 3 - 0.419 - The top team is Riverton at 17 but four teams are in the 40-57 range. For the girls, these numbers are a little off because some teams have only played (or reported) one or two games and some are only playing region games. Region 11 - 0.549 - The top team is Ridgeline at 6 with the lowest being Mountain Crest at 38. Region 4 - 0.541 - Teams range from 8 (Skyridge) and 42 (Westlake).Region 10 - 0.526 - With only four teams, Waterford leads at 10 while Cedar Valley comes in at 34. Region 1 - 0.502 - Davis is at 3 but Northridge (44) and Clearfield (52) are keeping this region in the middle of the pack. Region 6 - 0.478 - Olympus at 2 and Brighton at 5 are helping to offset Highland at 46 and East at 54. Region 7 - 0.475 - Mountain Ridge (4) and Alta (9) are the leaders of the region with Orem (50) and Mountain View (53) at the back. Region 3 - 0.465 - West Jordan leads at 12. Region 5 - 0.461 - Farmington comes in at 7 but the next closest team is 24 (Woods Cross) with Viewmont at 51. Region 8 - 0.379 - Park City leads the charge at 1, Wasatch comes in at 19 but the rest are 31, 43, 45, 48, 56, 57. It's certainly going to be interesting to see how this plays out.Next, I took the RPI and organized it by classification to see what those could look like if we ever go to that method. This assumes 3A, 2A, 1A schools would be in the 4A class and this only includes the top 16 teams in 6A and 5A and top 8 in 4A. Boys 6A Boys 5ABoys 4AGirls 6AGirls 5AGirls 4AI won't go this in depth every week, that was a lot of data! College UpdateUtah faces No. 6 Virginia on Saturday at 10:00 am. The game will be on ESPNU. Westminster beat CSU-Pueblo on Friday, 17-11 (Recap) and Adams State on Sunday, 16-7 (Recap). The Griffins will host UVU on Thursday at 7 pm and head to Colorado College on Sunday. BYU beat Concordia-Irvine, 11-10, on Saturday and will take on Chapman today. The Cougars will also head to Las Vegas this weekend for a showdown against UNLV on Friday. UVU lost to Concordia-Irvine, 15-12, on Friday and 11-6 to Chapman on Saturday. The Wolverines will head to Salt Lake City on Thursday to take on Westminster. Utah State lost to Boise State on Friday, 13-8. The Aggies lone game left on the schedule is on April 24 against UVU. WomensWestminster had both its games this weekend postponed. The Griffins will take to the road on Sunday to face CSU-Pueblo. BYU beat Weber State, 21-3, on Saturday. Utah State will host Utah on Friday and UVU on Saturday. UVU will take on Utah on Tuesday. News & NotesMen's Summer League TEAM registration is now open. Click here to register a team. Teams can register from today until May 28th and it costs $25. Individual Player Registration: April 19th - June 16thEarly Bird Registration - $90 (April 19th - May 12th)Regular Registration - $105 (May 13th - June 2nd)Late Registration - $120 (June 3rd - June 16th)Games will begin on June 10th and will be played on Tuesday & Thursday evenings between 6-10pm. All games will be at Albion Middle School in Sandy through June & July. Depending on league size, Albion and the Salt Lake Regional Athletic Complex may be used in July and August. ​Playoffs will be at the Salt Lake Regional Athletic Complex (RAC).A Girls U17 National Team will be heading to the National Tournament in Baltimore on May 29 & 30. Tryouts will be April 24th from 8-10 am. Tryouts are open to any current 9th-11th grade girls and will cost $30. Click here for more information. If you don't follow on Instagram, I shared these gems this week. All pictures courtesy of Peter Stevenson. 2000 Girls Team Utah in Vail2003 Orem Girls - State Champions1999 Orem BoysPeter and Mark Stevenson after the 1995 All-Star gameThat's it for this week. Be kind out there and be sure to follow ULR on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.— Tim Haslam This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.utahlaxreport.com

Good morning lacrosse fans. Thank you for taking time out of your day for the Utah Lax Report. Don't forget to forward to a friend, it's the best way for the newsletter to grow.Interview with Olympus Head Coach Nick MerrellMy podcast interview this week is with Olympus Head Coach Nick Merrell. Merrell played at West and the University of Utah. After graduation, he coached at West with his brother, Corey, and then moved to Olympus in 2017. In the podcast we talk about when Utah went to Colorado in 2008 and beat CU and CSU in the same weekend. Here's my recap from that weekend. Olympus Head Coach Nick MerrellMerrell (2) at the Pac-12 Shootout at UCLA in 2011You can listen to the latest podcast above or on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Don't forget to subscribe and leave a rating!While you're out and about at games, stop by Vessel Kitchen. Vessel Kitchen has locations in Midvale, Sandy, 9th + 9th and Kimball Junction. Week 4 Coaches PollsBefore we dive into the polls, I want to set the stage for the postseason. To be 100% clear, the UHSAA RPI is the sole source for playoff position. The first update will be released this Friday, April 9, at 9 a.m. on the UHSAA website. The coaches poll is a fun poll that I conduct to get the coaches' opinion of where teams stack up. After all, they are the ones on the field, not the computer. No. 1 Corner Canyon - The Chargers went 2-0 last week against Region 4 foes Pleasant Grove (20-5) and Westlake (20-0). Corner Canyon is off this week and will take on Skyridge on 4/15. No. 2 Farmington - The Park City losses meant Farmington moved up one spot in the polls despite not playing last week. The Phoenix will head on the road this week for a 4/7 showdown against Northridge and a sneaky good game on Friday at Wasatch. Two Wasps (Josh Nokes and Cam Horner) played for Farmington in 2019. No. 3 Olympus - After a week off (in Hawaii), the Titans will host Box Elder on Friday. No. 4 American Fork - The Cavemen beat Region 4 opponent Lone Peak on Tuesday, 9-5 (Deseret News Recap), then followed that win with a 10-6 win over Pleasant Grove. American Fork will take the week off and then travel to Skyridge on 4/13 and host Westlake on 4/15. No. 5 Mountain Ridge - A 15-0 trouncing of Timpanogos on Tuesday is a great way to head into Spring Break. The Sentinels are in action again on 4/13 against Mountain View. No. 6 Park City - The Miners fell four spots in this week's poll which is the pollsters correcting the results from two weeks ago when Corner Canyon and American Fork beat the Miners. Last week, the Miners beat Region 8 opponents and newer programs Springville and Provo, 30-1, respectively. A follower on Twitter asked if the 30 goal limit was the new 20 goal limit and I'm here to say that no, it's not. If we look at the box score from that game, 11 Miners tallied at least a point. The leader had 10 points which isn't unheard of in a lacrosse game. The Provo box score shows the Miners were leading 20-0 at the half then went 5-0, 5-1 to finish the game. Park City will take on No. 8 Davis on Tuesday in Kaysville. Say or think what you will, but I think it's a good time to bring up the fact that we've seen a ton of blowouts this year and it feels like it's been more than normal. One coach thinks it's a goalie problem with the hypothesis being there are only a handful of great goalies and no one is stopping shots. I'm okay with that theory. Goalie is a tricky position and we certainly don't have a ton of goalie coaches out there coaching up the goalies. In my experience, it's the position most coaches know the least about. I personally think this is one of many manifestations of sanctioning growing pains. Springville is an offshoot of the old Spanish Fork Warriors so only a handful of players at most have played before. Provo was a first-year program last year and has a new coach this year. I think we'll continue to see these types of scores for the next 2-3 years as teams/programs become more established. I think if we ran a poll, most would say that 30 goals is too many. No. 7 Timpview - A 19-0 win over Mountain View on Monday and an 8-7 loss to Brighton (Highlights) on Friday is a tricky way to head into Spring Break with a 4/14 matchup with No. 3 Olympus on the horizon. No. 8 Davis - I've watched Davis play in-person twice and I'm convinced they have the pieces to be a top team in the state. The Darts host No. 6 Park City on Tuesday in a game that will surely boost the winners' RPI. Davis also hosts Syracuse on Thursday. Green Canyon @ Brighton - Full GalleryNo. 9 Green Canyon - The Wolves enter the polls for the first time this year after beating Brighton, 10-8, on Tuesday and Mountain Crest, 21-2, on Friday. I've talked to two coaches who have played the Wolves and one felt they were better than the score reflected and the other said they were the best team they've faced so far. The Wolves should coast through the remainder of its schedule and enter the playoffs with a lone loss to Corner Canyon. I'm just glad we have representation from Cache County. With the Wolves in the polls, we have three teams from Salt Lake County, three from Utah County, two from Davis County, one from Summit County, and one from Cache County. No. 10 Lone Peak - The Knights lost to American Fork on Tuesday, 9-5, then beat Skyridge, 19-6 on Thursday. A week off will give the Knights time to prepare for a 4/15 showdown against Pleasant Grove. Wasatch v. Bonneville HighlightsNo. 1 Park City - The Miners opened Region 8 play with a 22-0 win over Springville and a 20-8 win over No. 5 Waterford (Deseret News Recap). A week off will lead to more region games against Payson and Spanish Fork. The Miners have 12 players who have tallied at least one goal this season. Senior Kendell Keblish is averaging 6.4 points per game. No. 2 Brighton - The Bengals beat Jordan, 22-5, and will take on Copper Hills on 4/16. No. 3 Mountain Ridge - The Sentinels face Herriman on Tuesday and No. 8 Riverton on Thursday. No. 4 Alta - The Hawks beat Region 8 foe Lehi, 22-2, on Tuesday and will take a week off before taking on Orem on 4/13. Eliza Johnson continues to dominate for the Hawks while averaging 5 goals per game. No. 5 Waterford - The Ravens had a chance to move up the rankings but Park City had other plans, sending Waterford home with a 20-8 loss. Waterford faces Highland on Tuesday and Olympus on Friday. No. 6 Skyridge - Skyridge beat Westlake, 19-7, on Tuesday then beat Lone Peak, 13-7, on Thursday in a key Region 4 battle. The Falcons have the week off before taking in No. 8 American Fork on 4/13 and No. 7 Corner Canyon on 4/15. Sky View @ Bonneville - Full GalleryNo. 7 Corner Canyon - The Chargers beat Pleasant Grove on Tuesday, 15-6, then trounced Westlake, 19-2, on Friday. Corner Canyon enters Spring Break this week then takes on Lone Peak on 4/13 and Skyridge on 4/15. No. 8 Riverton - The Silverwolves will take on Olympus on Tuesday in a battle of unbeaten teams. Riverton will then travel to No. 3 Mountain Ridge on Thursday. No. 9 American Fork - The Lady Cavemen picked up a key win on Tuesday against Lone Peak, 14-10, and a 19-9 win over Pleasant Grove on Thursday. A home game against No. 6 Skyridge on 4/13 will welcome the team back from Spring Break. No. 10 Davis - The Darts have scored 85 goals and allowed just 16 in 5 games. I suspect the trend will continue until a May 10th affair with No. 2 Brighton. Q&A with Waterford Freshman Spencer ReaganSpencer Reagan (35, Waterford) wins a faceoff against Highland - Full GalleryI'm always trying to find a hidden gem when it comes to telling stories about lacrosse in Utah. When going over the stats on MaxPreps I had to find out more about a Freshman at Waterford named Spencer Reagan who is leading the state at the faceoff X. I saw him live against Highland and he's impressive. Here's his stat line through six games: v. Orem: 17/19, 1G, 1Av. Payson: 9/11, 2G, 2Av. Green Canyon: 22/27, 2G, 1Av. Wasatch: 24/26v. Juan Diego: 17/18, 1Gv. Highland: 24/25, 1GThe two faceoffs lost in the Juan Diego and Highland games were from violations. Reagan is currently winning 89.7% of faceoffs. I went back to the utahlax.org site to see how this compares to past years. In 2019, Christian Dimond finished 258/328 which is 78.66%. In 2018, the league leader was winning 78.72% of faceoffs. Jace Thomas (Bountiful/2014), who is regarded as one of the best faceoff specialists to come out of Utah, won 82.43% of faceoffs his Junior year. Reagan should keep pace through the remainder of the Waterford schedule. “I can't say enough good things about Spencer,” said Waterford Head Coach Jack Matthews. “One thing that makes him so dangerous as a faceoff guy is his plethora of moves that he can use. He can win it to himself forward or backward and he can win it to either wing guy. This makes him really hard to defend against and it all comes from his hard work outside of practice. He goes home and does reps, he studies film, he plays in as many tournaments as he can, and so much more. He's also no slouch once he wins it either. He's making plays in transition and he even stays and plays offense for us.”After high school, Reagan hopes to play college lacrosse while studying business. 5 Questions w/ Spencer ReaganTH: When/why did you start playing lacrosse?SR: I became intrigued with lacrosse in the summer of my 5th-grade year and attended a camp put on by the University of Utah. Then, the coach of the Waterford IMLAX 5/6 team, Kelly Caroll, generously provided me the opportunity to play for Waterford in the Fall of that year. I am very appreciative of Coach Carroll for giving me my first chance to play this amazing game. TH: What is your favorite part about lacrosse?SR: My favorite aspects of lacrosse are the friendships I make with my teammates/coaches and the ‘life lessons' lacrosse provides me. TH: What is your stick of choice?SR: My stick of choice is a StringKing Mark 2F stiff on a Maverik shaft, strung with Hero 3.0 strung by Lorenzo Velluto. Lorenzo is a stringing wizard.TH: What is your favorite field to play lacrosse on?SR: There are two fields that I love to play at: Waterford because the field and school are such beautiful places and Troy Park in Maryland because the fields there are very well maintained.  TH: How/why did you pick your jersey number? SR: I chose my jersey number because there were only two extra-large jerseys left and of those two, I liked #35 the best!College UpdateMensIf you weren't watching the Utah v. Boston game on Saturday, you missed out. The Utes fell behind early, 2-0. It looked like it was going to be a long day, but the Utes held strong and traded blows with the Terriers in a game that needed two overtimes to find a winner with the Utes taking home an 11-10 win (Recap | Box Score). Wilson is the smallest player on the field yet scored the biggest goal of his career. How? A great, hard, roll dodge, overhand shot, bounced in the right spot to hit the top shelf or in other words: fundamentals. Fundamentals win ball games. The Utes head to Virginia on April 17. Westminster fell to No. 18 Colorado Mesa, 16-6 (Recap | Box Score), on Friday. Herriman alum Dylan Checketts went 19 of 26 at the faceoff X for CMU. The Griffins go on a two-game road swing this weekend with a game against CSU-Pueblo on Friday and Adams State on Sunday. BYU beat Concordia-Irvine, 14-6, on Thursday and Boise State, 12-3, on Friday. The Cougars will return the favor to the Eagles as they head to Concordia-Irvine on Saturday then take on Chapman on Monday. UVU beat Dominican, 11-10, on Monday then lost to Concordia-Irvine, 11-10. UVU will also travel to Southern California to take on Concordia-Irvine on Friday and Chapman on Saturday. Utah State will head to Boise State on Saturday for a showdown against the Broncos. WomensWestminster beat Fort Lewis on Thursday, 21-17 (Recap | Box Score), then took to the road beat Adams State on Saturday, 20-0 (Recap | Box Score). The Griffins will host UC-Colorado Springs on Friday. BYU beat Utah State, 8-6, on Saturday. The Cougars will play UVU on 4/7 and Utah on 4/10. Be sure to follow ULR on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. — Tim Haslam This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.utahlaxreport.com

Good morning lacrosse fans. Thank you for taking time out of your day for the Utah Lax Report. Don't forget to forward to a friend, it's the best way for the newsletter to grow. I originally had written this entire newsletter and was going to include this tweet at the bottom, but it belongs at the top. It belongs at the top because of the message Paul Carcaterra portrays about his friend, Rob Kavovit. It belongs at the top because as you listen to what Carc says, I'm sure someone will come to mind that has changed your life. It belongs at the top because I've been fortunate enough to have people change my life and most of them are in the lacrosse community. Kavovit was a Syracuse lacrosse legend and so much more. If you take away one thing from this newsletter, please let it be this: Interview with Walker BatemanOne of those people in my life who changed my life for the better is Walker Bateman. I don't want to spoil the podcast, but in essence, Walker came to my group of friends in Jan/Feb of 2000 in the halls of Highland High School and asked one of them, Paul Jones, if he was playing lacrosse this Spring. Paul said yes, and Walker asked Mark Hepworth if he was playing. Mark said he was and then Mark turned to me and told me I should play and that I would be good at defense. Well, that moment led to today. It led to you reading this newsletter and listening to this podcast. I'll never forget watching Walker win five consecutive face-offs and score five consecutive goals within about 50 seconds. Walker coaching at Highland in 2011Walker (left) in Japan with the USA West team with Justin Bokmeyer who played at Army. You can listen to the latest podcast above or on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Don't forget to subscribe and leave a rating!While you're out and about at games, stop by Vessel Kitchen. You won't be disappointed. It's owned and operated by lacrosse players/coaches/fans and fuels the Utah Lax Report.Week 2 Coaches PollsNo.1 Corner Canyon continues to dominate on the field with a 20-6 win over Green Canyon on Wednesday followed by a 13-2 win over No. 5 (then No. 3) Mountain Ridge on Friday. This week will be the last non-region games for the Chargers as they take on No. 2 Park City on Tuesday and No. 8 Brighton on Friday. Their closest margin of victory is currently 11 goals which is an incredible feat. Highlights from the Corner Canyon v. Mountain Ridge game below: No. 2 Park City hosts No. 1 Corner Canyon on Tuesday then heads to American Fork for a showdown against No. 10 American Fork. No. 3 Farmington moved up in the polls after beating No. 8 (then No. 3) Brighton on Monday, 10-8. Farmington then bested Skyline, 17-7 on Friday. Adding Davis Roche to the mix after an injury last year will help the Farmington offense. The Phoenix open region play against Box Elder and Viewmont this week. No. 4 Olympus bested Herriman, 22-4, on Tuesday then beat Westlake, 15-2, on Thursday. The Titan defense has allowed just 13 goals in 3 games. Olympus will travel to Skyridge on Tuesday then Sky View on Thursday. Mountain Ridge Defenseman Jacob WalshNo. 5 Mountain Ridge bested Timpview on Monday, 13-11, shutout Orem on Thursday, 21-0, then lost to Corner Canyon, 13-2, on Friday. I was really impressed with the Sentinels from the sidelines on Friday and suspect they could run the table until the last game of the season against No. 2 Park City on May 8th. No. 6 Lone Peak beat Brighton on Tuesday, 16-15, in overtime. Midfielder Garrett Haas had 13 goals including the game-winner in OT. Let that sink in for a minute. Ready for the next crazy stat? He only took 18 shots. 13 goals on 18 shots. Wow. I dug through the utahlax.org archives back to 2011 and found the closest effort was in 2018 when Box Elder attackman Jack Earley had 11 goals (and 4 assists) against Syracuse. There were plenty of games where point totals eclipsed 10 but Earley is the only one I could find with double digit goals. It's not like Lone Peak ran the score up, they literally needed overtime to win. If anyone has records from before 2011 let me know. I suspect it's a state record, and if not, certainly in the top 5. The Knights then beat Sky View on Friday, 17-0. Lone Peak will host Salem Hills on Tuesday.No. 7 Davis beat Roy, 16-5, on Tuesday then beat Northridge, 12-7, on Thursday. The Darts sit at 3-0 and travel to Fremont (also 3-0) on Tuesday for a key Region 1 showdown with the winner taking the top spot in-region. The Darts will host Clearfield on Thursday. No. 8 Brighton - It was a wild opening to the season for the Bengals when they played its first game on Friday, 3/12, a 8-7 win over Alta, then traveled to Farmington on Monday, losing 10-8, then on Tuesday went to Lone Peak and lost in OT, 16-15. The Bengals host Cedar Valley on Tuesday then gear up to host No. 1 Corner Canyon on Friday. The Bengals have one of the toughest (if not the toughest) schedules. As it sits today, the Bengals play No. 1 Corner Canyon (3/26), No. 2 Park City (4/27), No. 3 Farmington (L, 10-8), No. 4 Olympus (5/7, region game), No. 5 Mountain Ridge (4/23), No. 6 Lone Peak (L, 16-15 OT) and No. 9 Timpview (4/2). For the record, Region 6 only playing in-region teams once in a season allows them to do this, for better or worse. No. 9 Timpview had a great week which propelled it into the polls. On Monday, a 13-11 loss to No. 5 (then No. 3) Mountain Ridge was followed by a 21-6 win over Lehi on Thursday then a 12-10 win over American Fork on Friday. The T-Birds will host Alta on Tuesday and Timpanogos on Thursday. No. 10 American Fork beat Cedar Valley, 16-2, on Monday, then lost to Timpview, 12-10, on Friday. The Cavemen will head to East today in what should be a great matchup. American Fork then hosts No. 2 Park City on Friday. Boys ScheduleMondaySky View hosts Mountain Crest in a great Cache Valley/Region 11 matchup. Jonathan Higginbotham leads the charge for the Bobcats with 6 goals so far this season. TuesdayI'll be keeping my eye on No. 1 Corner Canyon at No. 2 Park City. The game will be streamed here. The other game to watch will be No. 7 Davis at Fremont in a battle of unbeaten teams for the top spot in Region 1. WednesdayBountiful hosts Viewmont at 5 p.m. Looks for the Braves to finally get in the win column after losses to No. 4 Olympus (15-7), Skyline (15-9) and No. 2 Park City (18-12). ThursdayCopper Hills travels to West Jordan for a rivalry game while the ‘Timps' take on each other at 7 p.m. (No. 9 Timpview @ Timpanogos)FridayI'm really intrigued by the Waterford @ Wasatch matchup at 7 p.m.No. 1 Park City beat then No. 4 Corner Canyon, 14-1, on Wednesday then beat Highland, 20-1, on Thursday. The Miners host No. 3 Herriman today then take on Springville on Wednesday. No. 2 Brighton beat then No. 4 Corner Canyon Friday, 16-6. (Deseret News recap) The Bengals will host Cedar Valley on Tuesday then travel to Juan Diego on Thursday. No. 3 Herriman lost to Skyridge on Wednesday, 14-10, then beat Jordan on Friday, 16-5. The Mustangs travel to No. 1 Park City today then host Copper Hills on Tuesday then face Bingham on Thursday. No. 4 Alta reeled off two great wins this week with a 22-1 win over Mountain View on Tuesday then a 13-9 win over American Fork on Thursday. The Hawks will host Timpview on Tuesday then face Mountain Ridge on Thursday in a great Region 7 matchup. Senior Eliza Johnson is second in total goals in the state with 21. No. 5 Lone Peak didn't play this week and moved up one spot in the polls. The Knights will face Wasatch on Wednesday and Highland on Thursday. No. 6 Waterford beat Provo, 20-2, on Friday and will take on No. 7 American Fork on Tuesday. The Ravens will travel to No. 9 Corner Canyon on Friday. No. 7 American Fork lost to then No. 3 Alta, 13-9, on Thursday. The Lady Cavemen will host No. 6 Waterford on Tuesday.No. 8 Skyridge beat then No. 6 Herriman, 14-10, on Wednesday. The Falcons will head to Westlake on Tuesday. Sophomore Haven Buechner leads the team with 14 goals and 3 assists. No. 9 Corner Canyon had a rough go last week with a 14-1 loss to No. 1 Park City and a 16-6 loss to No. 2 Brighton. The Chargers will look to rebound with two home games against Provo on Tuesday and No. 6 Waterford on Friday. No. 10 West Jordan took down fellow 6A schools West and Bingham, 28-1 and 19-7 respectively. The Jaguars will travel to Riverton on Tuesday and Copper Hills on Thursday. Skyline v. ViewmontGirls ScheduleMondayMountain Ridge @ Timpanogos should be a great region matchup. The Sentinels are averaging 19.7 goals per game and are 3-0. TuesdayLayton @ Syracuse will feature two 3-0 teams who are very similar on paper. Syracuse has a slight edge in goals per game at 14.3 but Layton has only allowed 12 goals in three games. WednesdayRidgeline @ Roy has the makings of an upset as Ridgeline enters 2-0 while Roy is 0-2. Both of the Riverhawks wins were by one goal: 11-10 over Box Elder and 12-11 over Judge. Roy lost to powerhouse Davis, 19-5, and Weber, 8-7. ThursdayLike the boys, the ‘Timps' (Timpview/Timpanogos) will face each other at 5 p.m. FridayNo. 6 Waterford @ No. 9 Corner Canyon is a great way to finish the week. Waterford Senior Jaimeson Meyer enters the week with 17 goals in two games and is certainly a candidate for the Player of the Year.CollegeMensWestminster hosted BYU on Saturday in a scrimmage and won 10-7. The Griffins will travel to Ohio on Friday for a showdown against Lake Erie College and No. 3 Mercyhurst on Saturday. BYU will host Dominican on Saturday in Provo. The game begins at 1 p.m. Dominican will stick around over the weekend and take on UVU on Monday at Noon. Utah State hosted Montana in a double-header and lost both games, 11-9 on Friday and 20-8 on Saturday. Utah will take on Mercer at 9 a.m on Saturday in Macon, Georgia. WomensWestminster will travel to Grand Junction, Colorado for an RMAC showdown with Colorado Mesa on Saturday. BYU will host Utah State on Saturday with an opening draw at 4 p.m.Utah State beat UVU, 14-4, on Saturday. The Wolverines will host Weber State on Saturday at Noon. Utah Lacrosse HistoryI posted these pics on Instagram and Twitter and they were well liked! These were sent to me by Matt Moffit, who played at Utah on the 1972-1974 teams. If you have old photos, send them my way! Utah v. BYU in Rice StadiumBe sure to follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. I try to posts scores on Instagram every night and Twitter is automated through a connection with MaxPreps so please enter your scores there as quickly as possible! Also, please enter your stats so I can write about your players.That's it for this week. — Tim Haslam This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.utahlaxreport.com

Good morning lacrosse fans. Thank you for taking time out of your day for the Utah Lax Report. Don't forget to forward to a friend, it's the best way for the newsletter to grow. Interview w/ Bob ImhoffImhoff at the LXM Pro game in 2013 with Kyle HarrisonMy guest on the podcast is Bob Imhoff, who is the wizard behind the curtain that is boy's youth officiating. Imhoff is the boys youth officials assigner for IMLax which means he is in charge of making sure youth games have officials at them. We spoke about his role, what it takes to be an official and more. You can listen to the latest podcast above or on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Don't forget to subscribe and leave a rating!Want to be an official? Head to imlaxutah.org and click on the ‘Officials' tab. If you're 16 and older, you can ref youth games starting at the end of the month. Youth officials start at $36 per hour. Also, never forget: ‘a game without refs is just a scrimmage.' While you're out and about at games this week, stop by Vessel Kitchen. You won't be disappointed. High School PreviewsFellow lacrosse fans, I have an announcement: there are live games today! This day has been a long time coming for all of you out there who had a season cut short last year. I'll be at the Farmington/Juan Diego game and can't wait! MondayBoys: Cedar Vally hosts its first lacrosse game ever against Maple Mountain who is also in its first year. Coach Rykert at Cedar Valley said, “I'm looking forward to the way our athletes gel together in an actual game situation and to see their lacrosse IQ improve. I'm also excited to see how their hard work in the weight room pays off.”Farmington hosts No. 10 Juan Diego. Girls: Weber @ East will kick off the girl's season. TuesdayBoys: Layton will play its first lacrosse game as they take on Logan. Lehi and Westlake waste no time in its rivalry series while all eyes will be on No. 2 Park City v. No. 4 Lone Peak. Girls: Layton hosts its first home game ever when it takes on Bonneville. Pleasant Grove hosts neighbor Timpanogos while No. 6 Alta hosts No. 4 Corner Canyon. WednesdayBoys: Payson, who dons my favorite logo, will begin its lacrosse career against West Jordan. ThursdayBoys: No. 9 Fremont takes on Logan while No. 6 Mountain Ridge hosts No. 4 Lone Peak. Girls: Payson travels two hours to take on Bear River, one of the longer road trips for any team. No. 4 Corner Canyon hosts Jordan, while the Rams of Highland take the field as a standalone program for the first time since 2003 when it hosts Pleasant Grove. FridayBoys: No. 5 Olympus heads to Bountiful while No. 2 Park City travels to No. 8 Bingham in my favorite mascot match-up: Silver Miner v. Copper Miner. Another rivalry takes place this day when No. 3 Brighton hosts Alta. Two preseason tournaments kick-off as well: Battle at the Beet (Corner Canyon, Viewmont, Clearfield, Ridgeline) and the Bulldog Brawl (Green Canyon, Timpanogos, Provo, Herriman, UMA, West Jordan, Maple Mountain). Both events continue on Saturday.Girls: No. 6 Alta hosts No. 2 Brighton. Should be a great game! College UpdateUtah Midfielder Jack Barron, c/o Utah Athletics/Ben HaslamThe Utah Utes fell to Jacksonville, 8-3, on Saturday. "I thought we had a great week of practice, so I didn't sense it there, but we definitely didn't handle pressure really well," said Utah head coach Brian Holman. "I thought we got manhandled there a little bit. I was really proud of our defense, though. I thought defensively our athleticism shows up. That's something I knew before the year started that most of our older, more veteran, guys are on the defensive side of the ball." (Recap | Box Score) The Utes will host Westminster next Saturday at 1:00 p.m. Fans are not allowed at this time. Westminster took to the road and beat Montevallo, 15-8 (Recap | Box Score), on Friday then edged Alabama-Huntsville, 11-10 (Recap | Box Score), on Saturday. The Griffins scored three goals at the end to win the game. The BYU Cougars beat Grand Canyon on Thursday, 12-7, then bested Minnesota on Saturday, 21-3. BYU will take on Westminster on March 19. Utah Valley beat Minnesota, 18-14, on Friday then lost to Grand Canyon in overtime, 12-11. It's the third consecutive game between UVU/Grand Canyon that has been settled in overtime. UVU beat the Lopes in 2016 and 2019. UVU will take on Arizona on March 20.The Utah State Aggies will host Montana in a double-header on March 19/20.The Westminster Women's team started the season with a loss to UC-Colorado Springs, 11-20 (Recap | Box Score), and Regis, 3-17 (Box Score). The Griffins will take to the road and face Colorado Mesa on March 27.The BYU Women's team will take on the Utes on March 20. Survey ResultsThank you to those who filled out the fandom survey. Here's a few interesting points to think about: 17 of 132 people who responded won't watch a professional game this year. That's interesting to me. I'd love to know why (leave a comment or send me an email). Not a surprise, but fun to look at. Be sure to follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. Always an interesting statistic. Probably not a big surprise to most. I asked who would win the Boys and Girls High School championships and Corner Canyon (41 votes) and Park City (38 votes) were the top vote-getters. I asked people to send in their questions so here they are with my responses. I certainly don't know everything so feel free to leave a comment if you have a constructive answer. I also asked for input from a few others: Q: How in the world did Northridge get ranked below Davis/Fremont. People are wild.A: Great question! I heard Northridge beat Davis in the fall but we all know to put little stock into that. Let's see how the results pan out! Q: Best way to raise the overall competitive level of high school lacrosse in the state?A: This is a great question. There is the physical aspect of it: either getting current lacrosse athletes to train in the offseason/lift weights or to recruit other athletes at the school to join the ranks. Obviously improved stick skills from top to bottom and the mental side of the game need to be improved. 37% of people who responded to the survey are going to watch 0-5 professional games this year. There are college games on TV/ESPN+/YouTube, etc every weekend. You don't have to watch them this weekend but watch them in the summer/fall/winter if that works better for you. This goes for coaches too. Ask your coaches how many games they watched this weekend. The answer may surprise you. It's also crucial to build the local youth programs. Q: Don't sleep on Timpview.A: Believe me, I've heard from the T-Bird fans out there. 17 returning starters is a great foundation for a run to a title. Q: The reclassifying/current RPI model for playoff seedings at the end of the season is really bad. Please let Taylor Redd be a guest writer to explain how bad it is.A: Taylor, you have my email… Look, the grass is always greener on the other side. Let's be grateful we are playing games at all, regardless of how they are ranked. Only one team can win the title no matter how the teams get there. Q: How can we help get each participating high school a spotlight on your social media?A: Tag us when you post! I have no method to my madness but I'll do the best I can.Q: What were the high school rankings based off of?A: I believe this question is in regard to the region rankings which were based off the coaches votes in that region. Q: Will fans be able to attend high school lacrosse games?A: Consult the home team. They will surely have some sort of restriction so be sure to know before you go. Q: What are the best ways to continue to build momentum in the youth programs?A: Make it fun. The players have to have fun playing and the coaches have to have fun coaching. Having fun is contagious so if those things happen it will grow. One of my favorite years coaching was a 7/8th grade team combined with players from Highland, East and West. It was so fun to coach that team because the kids were having fun and it was a great time all around. Getting kids tons of touches in practices goes a long way. Q: Being in Nebo School District, sanctioning has been very disheartening. Nebo just hasn't been receptive to lacrosse where most all other high schools have been. A: We always knew there would be growing pains when sanctioning happened. It's manifested itself in many ways for a variety of teams. Nebo is used to having one team and have five now. That's pretty good in one year. We'll look back in 10 years and laugh at the things that plague us today. I should mention that we have a responsibility as a lacrosse community to represent the sport in the best light. Our actions are judged more than others. Q: What's happening with the coaches within Utah lacrosse. Many coaches took a pay cut going over into the schools. From whats been seen from this year and last year there are many coaches that have stepped down and many first time coaches as head coaches. A: If your primary reason for coaching lacrosse is money then coaching probably isn't for you. However, that doesn't mean coaches should coach for free. There's plenty of ways to get creative when it comes to pay, especially in the offseason while the team is ‘club'. A possible reason many coaches are stepping down is because being a head coach at a sanctioned high school takes a ton of off-the-field work. There's a reason the school encourages head coaches to be part of the faculty. A friend who is a head coach spent 10+ hours at the school last week doing admin work on top of 10+ hours coaching. Q: What's the future for girls lacrosse?A: It looks bright to me. We'll have the most high school teams we've ever had which in theory means more girls playing this year than any other year. My daughter just began playing at a newly formed 3/4 program this season. Q: What is the biggest need in Utah youth and high school lax right now?A: Hopefully you listened to the podcast! I'd say officials is the biggest one right now. Imagine a scenario where you get a call that your game is cancelled because there aren't enough refs. Wouldn't it be nice to have three refs at JV games this year? Coaches are always in need at every level. No one should coach alone. It's miserable. I've done it and it sucks. Once someone decides to coach, it's then crucial that they work to improve their coaching. There are many ways to do that. I think that's it for this week. If you've made it this far, thank you! Please forward this to a friend who also loves lacrosse.— Tim Haslam This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.utahlaxreport.com

Good morning lacrosse fans. Thank you for taking time out of your day for the Utah Lax Report. Don't forget to forward to a friend, it's the best way for the newsletter to grow. Let's get to it. Interview w/ Waterford Athletic Director Craig Morrisc/o Ben HaslamCraig Morris is one of a handful of people in the lacrosse community who has seen the sport grown from a few teams in the mid 90's to what it is today. He has coached at the high school and college level and was a huge part of the sanctioning effort. Please take a moment to listen to our conversation, there are tons of great nuggets of information in it. You can listen to the latest podcast above or on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Feeling hungry? We have a lot to get through to stop reading and head to Vessel Kitchen and order my go-to, the Chicken + Grains: shredded chicken, coconut rice, quinoa, spicy house green sauce, fresno aioli, fire roasted peppers. Once you're full, continue reading! 2021 Girls High School Preseason Region RankingsThis wraps up the region rankings. Once again, I didn't come up with these, they are voted on by the coaches in the region. You can see all of the rankings in the story highlights on Instagram. Region 1File photo from the archivesThe Darts received six first place votes and will look to take the Region 1 title with head coach Makenzie Hekking at the helm, leading her alma mater.2021 Region 1 Preseason RankingsDavis (6)Weber (1)Fremont (1)RoyNorthridgeLaytonSyracuseClearfieldRegion 1 Players to WatchSam Wilkes (Davis), Macie Wood (Davis), Ava Bair (Davis), Carlie Murray (Weber), Reanna Maughan (Weber), Emma Greer (Weber), Rylee Webster (Layton), Sieara Christensen (Layton), Allie Gordon (Layton), Brooklyn Suttlemyre (Syracuse), Maggie Manley (Syracuse), Anna Bott (Syracuse).Region 3Herriman: 2019 Girls D-I ChampionsAs the defending champions, Herriman certainly has a target on its back but that was almost 21 months ago. Several key players graduated in 2020 but the foundation should be strong for the Mustangs. Bingham and West Jordan will certainly challenge for the region title. 2021 Region 3 Preseason RankingsHerriman (3)Bingham (3)West Jordan (1)RivertonCopper HillsJordanWestRegion 3 Players to WatchOlivia Rindlisbacher (Herriman), Bailee Butterfield (Herriman), Bailee Fabert (Herriman), Olivia Gilbert (Bingham), Mia Scharman (Bingham), Saige Drecksel (Bingham), Kenzi Winget (West Jordan), Emilee Algier (West Jordan), Sydnee Brinton (West Jordan), Allie Reiser (Copper Hills).Region 5It's not everyday that a new team gets the top spot. Farmington will have a lot to prove in its first season. 2021 Region 5 Preseason RankingsFarmington (4)Box Elder (1)Woods Cross (1)BountifulBonnevilleViewmontRegion 5 Players to WatchPaige Burwell (Farmington), Emily Leavitt (Farmington), Hailey Savage (Farmington), Taylor Byrd (Bonneville), Amanda Davies (Bonneville), Lyssa Hendrickson (Bonneville), Hannah Bird (Viewmont), Bekah Bargeron (Viewmont), Toree Wheatley (Viewmont).Region 6The 2020 Bengals squadThe Bengals return a ton of talent and certainly a favorite to be in at least the semifinals this season. 2021 Region 6 Preseason RankingsBrighton (4)Olympus (1)SkylineHighlandEastRegion 6 Players to WatchHaley Taylor (Brighton), Addi England (Brighton), Grace Rappl (Brighton), Kate Richards (Olympus), Maddy Larkins (Olympus), Hazel Baker (Olympus), Presley Parkinson (Highland), Sofia Patnode (Highland), Amelia Santelli (Highland), Grace Szwedko (East), Britlyn Smith (East), Lindsey Knaphus (East).Region 7File photo from the archivesAlta will look to return to glory as one of the top teams in the state. 2021 Region 7 Preseason RankingsAlta (4)Mountain Ridge (1)Lehi (1)Timpanogos (1)TimpviewMountain ViewOremRegion 7 Players to WatchCalli McDermott (Alta), Marley Webster (Alta), Kate Johnson (Alta), Kiley Mortensen (Mountain Ridge), Tessa Mortensen (Mountain Ridge), Morgan Mackey (Mountain Ridge), Nev Wilson (Mountain View), Holly Huntington (Mountain View), Kaelynn Wilson (Mountain View).Region 112020 Mountain Crest Mustangs2021 Region 11 Preseason Rankings1. Mountain Crest (5)2. Sky View (1)3. Ridgeline T4. Bear RiverT4. Green Canyon6. LoganRegion 11 Players to WatchMarley Kierstead (Bear River), Bailey Bjorn (Bear River), Savanna Pehrson (Bear River), Taryn Durham (Mountain Crest), Alicia Solano (Mountain Crest), Kamrie Wilkinson (Mountain Crest), Belle Quiggle (Ridgeline), Maddie Topham (Ridgeline), Kylee Andersen (Ridgeline).College UpdatesThe Utah Utes fell to Air Force in OT, 10-9. Branden Wilson (2G, 2A), Tyler Bradbury (1G, 3A) and Jack Barron (2G, 1A) led the Utes. Box Score | Recap | Video. When Utah announced going NCAA D-I, it was exciting to think about a Utah/Denver rivalry but let's be honest; the Utah/Air Force rivalry fits the rivalry mold much better for the time being. The Utes face Loyola next Saturday. BYU went to Colorado and faced Adams State on Friday and CSU-Pueblo on Saturday. The Cougars beat the Grizzlies, 15-1, while taking down the Thunderwolves 18-5. Here's the 2021 schedule for BYU:UVU took to the road and beat Concordia, 10-7. The Wolverines will head to Colorado for games against Adams State and CSU-Pueblo this weekend. The MCLA released its plan for something resembling a postseason this year. I think it's easy for most of us in Utah to think things are somewhat back to normal but when dealing with a nationwide organization, it's not so simple. Enter the 2021 MCLA Invitational. This sums it up: I had a thought the other day; does a shortened season last year with no season or no meaningful season this year help or hinder a players desire to play? Let's say you were a Freshman in college in 2019 at an MCLA school. You rode the bench or maybe got a little playing time. Last year, as a Sophomore, your team played 3 games and you saw no time before your season was cancelled. This year, you are a Junior in school but still a Sophomore in eligibility. Your team isn't playing or doesn't want to go to the MCLA Invitational. Does this make you want to play your Senior season more or less? Will teams be younger overall next year? What do you think? Utahns AbroadRyan Baker (Juan Diego) had 3 groundballs on defense for Bryant in a 14-8 loss to Stony Brook.Logann Eldredge (Herriman) had 4 goals and 3 assists against Kent State on Friday. Bubba Fairman (Brighton) had 1 goal and a groundball for Maryland in a 20-9 win over Michigan. Zack Franckowiak (Corner Canyon) had a groundball for Rutgers in a 11-9 upset over Penn State. Several Utahns featured in the Southern Virginia 21-16 loss to Hampden-Sydney. Box Score | Video - Tennison Schmidt (Brighton) had 6 goals and 1 assist. Chandler Wescott (Bountiful/BYU) had 4 goals and 3 assists. Dalon Hampshire (Bountiful/BYU) had 18 saves. On the Women's side at SVU, Alissa Johnson (Olympus) had 6 goals and 1 assist in a 14-13 win over Centre. Box Score | VideoNews & NotesLacrosse PhotographyMy brother and I were talking the other day about lacrosse photography. We're wondering if any of you would be interested in a class talking about the ins and outs of getting great shots at lacrosse games. If you or someone you know (like a team photographer) would have any interest, please reply to this email and let me know. You can see his photos here and mine. We've shot youth, high school, MCLA, WCLA, NCAA, Pro and even International lacrosse. Speaking of photos, if you have any old photos of lacrosse in Utah, I'm collecting them for use on social media and prints for anyone who may want them. Send me an email with what you have! ClinicsThere are a couple of great clinics coming up. On Saturday, February 27, Tornadic is hosting a camp/7s games for girls 4th-8th graders. Learn more here. Also on Saturday, True Lacrosse is offering a FREE Spring Starter Tune Up at Corner Canyon High School. High School ages will be from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. with the youth starting at 10:30 a.m. Register here.LaxnumbersFor the older lacrosse fans, Laxnumbers is the reincarnated LaxPower. For the newer lacrosse fans, Laxnumbers is reincarnating LaxPower, which was an old lacrosse website that housed lacrosse schedules, news, forums, etc. LaxPower was a staple in any lacrosse fan/player/coach/ref daily life. They also had an RPI/Power rating before it was cool. I vividly remember checking scores, standings and power rankings in 2000. You can view it here.Utah Lacrosse Fandom SurveyI'll leave the survey open for another few days. If you haven't filled it out yet, please do so! You can find the survey here. I'm excited to share the results with you in the coming weeks. I think that's it for this week. If you've made it this far, thank you! Next week we should have our first coaches poll which I'm very excited about. Please forward this to a friend who also loves lacrosse. — Tim Haslam This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.utahlaxreport.com

Have you ever misjudged a situation? Maybe you were offered a meal that looked great, but turned out way too spicy to handle. Or maybe you asked someone if they were pregnant only to find out you shouldn't have said anything. Misunderstandings like that can be funny. Others can be dangerous. They also can make for a great story. Small misunderstandings are the hallmark of a good romantic comedy, and big misunderstandings can cause large scale disasters. Today's episode features a collection of stories involving misunderstandings and misjudgments. From implied murder to a fun prank gone wrong, we have stories from Karen Golden, Joe Herrington, and Catherine Conant.   On today's episode, enjoy the following: “The Haunted House” by Laura Pershin Raynor from All Dressed Up (10:58) Laura Pershin Raynor has been featured at a number of storytelling festivals, and is known for her stories about family. This one is about growing up near an abandoned house, known by the children of the neighborhood to be haunted. Laura and her friend, upon mixing various concoctions in order to cure a deadly, make believe, disease, they discover something that looks like blood. And what is a better way to prank people than a haunted house and some fake blood?   “Yenta Pesha” by Karen Golden from Tales and Scales: Stories of Jewish Wisdom (8:15)The next story, told by Karen Golden, comes from her collection Tales and Scales, which received the National Parenting Publications Gold Honor Award. In it, a woman by the name of Pesha spreads a little too much gossip about her friends and neighbors. Her gossip grows so large it begins to create contention within the town, and the people there seek the help of a Rabbi in order to help Pesha stop her path of destruction.   “The Ride” by Joe Herrinton from Shalako (6:32) Joe Herrington is both storyteller and cowboy poet. After growing up in Texas, he spent some time in the Army and as a Scoutmaster. His time there grew both his love and his talent for storytelling. He now lives in California but has not forgotten his love for the west. In the poem entitled “The Ride” he tells of a young man and an old man. The young man decides to introduce his senior to a newfangled thing known as an atv. After the experience, however, the old man decides he'd rather stick to horseback.   A story about overcoming fear by Catherine Conant from Timp 2017 (19:55) Catherine Conant is not only a storyteller, but the founding producer of the Doggone Storytelling Festival in Connecticut. She is not just involved there, however. This story comes from her performance at the 2017 Timpanogos storytelling festival in Utah. It is about a visit she made to the Bahamas to fulfill a dream and the resistance she faced by her family's fear of anything that could remotely be described as dangerous. Ultimately, the trip was good, and facing her fears was worthwhile.   Radio Family Journal: "Vertical Drop" (6:09) Thinking about fears and overcoming them leaves Sam in the grip of a memory. To wrap up today's episode, here's another entry into Sam's Radio Family Journal.     

How much do you know about the history of Utah Lake? Did you know that if you looked at a pre-1850's map of the area, Timpanogos doesn't even show up as a landmark? So why is "Timp" such a big part of society and Utah Lake isn't? In this episode, the Commission summarizes the reasons why based on a book, On Zions Mount by Jared Farmer. Utah Valley was originally known as "Utah Lake Valley". The lake was central to survival and to society, but all of that has changed. Listen in and you'll be left pondering how that change occurred. Links from This Episode: On Zions Mount book

Stories in this episode: Brothers Charlie and Sam start a trek up Mt. Kilimanjaro only to find that the steepest trail ahead lies in their conversations along the way; An important spiritual lesson on-stage leads Broadway performer Sandra to the surprising truth about her most challenging role off-stage. Show Notes:  To see pictures and links for this episode, go to LDSLiving.com/thisisthegospel Transcript:  KaRyn  0:03  Welcome to “This Is the Gospel” an LDS Living podcast where we feature real stories from real people who are practicing and living their faith everyday. I'm your host KaRyn Lay. Our theme today comes from an oft-repeated phrase, "What ere thou art, act well thy part," which has made its way into Latter-day Saint cultural consciousness in really interesting ways over the years, like its cousin, "I never said it would be easy, I only said it would be worth it," this phrase is often misattributed. Sometimes it's attributed to the scriptures, sometimes to Shakespeare, and sometimes to the Prophet David O McKay. But it's none of these things really. Nobody really knows where it came from. It was the life motto of President McKay, but that's because he first spotted the saying engraved on a stone in Scotland, where he was a discouraged missionary. The saying brought him comfort, and it helped him to buck up and jump back into the work of gathering Israel with his whole heart. And since then, he has shared it with all of us. And it has come to mean a lot of things to a lot of people in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.   In fact, many years later, it became a touchstone for Sister Elaine Dalton's ministry, as the General President of the Young Women's organization. And if you are old enough to listen to conference in 2013, you might actually remember her very last talk before she was released. She talked about how this phrase sustained her during a time of deep discouragement. But why? What is it about acting well our part that captures our imagination and buoys us up in the face of disruption or challenge? Well, in today's episode, we have two stories from three people who found out what Shakespeare, or Shakespeare's brothers cousin, or whoever it was, who wrote that, what they already knew, when they carved that phrase into the rock. Our first story comes from two brothers who faced a steep mountain both literally and figuratively, and came down the other side with a clear sense of their part in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We'll start with Charlie, and then you'll hear from Sam as the story develops. Here's Charlie and Sam.   Charlie Bird  2:08  So the first thing I remember thinking was, "Is this real life?" Because I'm looking at this mountain above me. And honestly, I couldn't really see much. It was just like a jungle with trees and vines, and it was just going higher and higher. And then it was just lost in the clouds. And I couldn't believe that I was actually at the base of Mount Kilimanjaro. If you know anything about my family, it's that we're kind of extreme and we love physical challenges. I'm there with my dad and my little brother, Sam, and my sister, Hannah. What we decided to do for this Kilimanjaro summit was try to do an unassisted hike. So most of the time, when you're hiking the mountain, you have like porters to carry your food and your water. But we wanted to go unassisted, which means we had everything with us just on our own backs. So I hoist this bag onto my shoulders, and I was like, "Oh my gosh." This is like the first moment that it's actually hitting me that I have to take this bag to the top of the tallest freestanding mountain in the world.   We go to weigh it in, and I can't remember exactly how many kilograms it was, but I did – it was like 30 kilograms, which is roughly 65 pounds. And I'm looking at my brother Sam, and we're like, "Are we cool? . . . Or are we crazy?" And looking back, I think it was a little bit of both. And honestly, all the park rangers there thought we were definitely crazy. For about two years before that I'd become a really avid hiker around Utah. And so I would do Timpanogos on the weekends with friends just for like fun and Angels Landing was a breeze and I was hiking all over the Wasatch Front and all over southern Utah. And I felt pretty good. But about 20 minutes into this hike – Kilimanjaro with 65 pounds on my back – I realized this was not going to be like any hike I'd ever done before.   One of the most incredible things that I noticed immediately was the environment, my surroundings. I've never seen so much foliage and animals, there was monkeys jumping through the trees, the landscape was just so beautiful. And there was these mossy vines that were hanging over this dirt path, the light was coming in, in like filtered scattered bursts illuminating the floor and there were flowers on the jungle floor. This is, this is the kind of trip that you know, everyone wants to go on but I was actually living it. I was like, "I cannot believe I'm doing this." And even better, with some of the people who I loved the most.   A couple hours into the start of our hike, we're just climbing. Elevation is steep and me and my little brother Sam are just moving out. For some reason. We were just feeling good. I think we were just excited to be there. We kind of got ahead of the rest of the pack. And for a while it was just me and Sam on the trail. And it was so interesting to look over at him. And notice that, you know, he'd always been my little brother. He's five and a half years younger. It was always kind of like – he was just little, you know? But now I'm looking at him and he's the same height as me and our strides are matching and I was like, "Dang, my little brother's like – a man." You know, I'm protective of him. I've always been like a caretaker of sorts to him, but now he was an equal and that that was kind of the moment I realized that he was an equal as we're moving out on this trail.   Sam Bird  5:18  Charlie and I had always been close. He had always been my best friend, my older brother, five years older than me. So I've always looked up to him, really in everything. Just the way he's been able to interact with people. He – we always said that Charlie is so skilled and talented in so many different fields that, that he could literally do anything. And I wanted to be like that. And he coached me through a lot of things and taught me a lot of things. And I was just happy to be with him.   Charlie Bird  5:46  You know, sometimes I wish there was a word that conveyed something stronger than brother, because that's how I've always felt with Sam. Growing up, we shared a room, and we basically shared everything. We played basketball – he's a basketball star – I honestly can't remember a single time I've ever lost a pickup game at the Rec Center, when Sam's on your team, like you want Sam on your team. And we just loved adventure. And we would explore and we would sing together and try to cook together and stay up late every night talking just about our lives and what we wanted to do and our big dreams. And then now as adults, we share the same clothes and we bought the same type of car. And just everything we did, we were we were essentially like twins.   And so sometimes using the word "Brother" to describe Sam doesn't seem like it's full enough – that it's meaningful enough, because our relationship was just, was just so deep. But there was one really important part of me that Sam didn't know anything about. And as we're walking up this mountain, and I realize that he's no longer just a little brother, that he's my equal, I'm realizing that I was hiding something really important from him. The fact that I'm gay.   At this point in time, I was putting so much emotional and mental and spiritual energy into trying to figure myself out and figure out how to reconcile my faith with my orientation. And so much of my life was devoted to that. And he didn't know anything about that. And I felt that  – it almost felt like a physical barrier to our relationship. I get asked quite often, "Why do you have to come out? Like, straight people don't have to come out." And in a way, I think that's kind of the point, like, the assumption is that everyone is straight. And so everyone – at this point in time – was assuming that I was straight. And to be completely honest, for a little bit, I liked that. Because for a long time, I wanted to be straight, so bad, I really wanted to fit in. And so when people assumed I was straight, I felt like I didn't have to work so hard to prove my worth. And the paranoia of someone thinking that I was gay, would go away.   But as I became more accepting of myself, and as I started praying about the nature of my orientation, and feeling like I needed to accept it and stop trying to change, everyone else thinking I was straight got really awkward. Because – because I'm gay. And people were like, either always trying to set me up on dates with girls, or talking about my future wife and my future family. And I just felt so weird about it. And especially with Sam. I mean, we're brothers. So like, we talk about girls. And like, that was a big part of our relationship. And it was a part that I had faked my entire life. I just felt so insincere and, and awkward hiding this part of me. So there I am, on what I consider to be like one of the most exciting, beautiful, like vacation, trip, adventures of my life, and now we're three hours into the hike and I'm having this existential crisis. Because I'm like, "Sam doesn't know I'm gay. And no one knows I'm gay." Well, actually, at that point, my sisters and my cousin knew and that was it. And I was like, "I'm living a lie."   And I was trying – really what I was trying to do was just like, be mindful and be in the moment. So instead of like focusing on all of this, like anxiousness and worry, I just start thinking about the trees. Like, "I'm going to focus so much on the beauty of this landscape, that it's just going to push this out, and I can shelf it until I can figure out what to do with it." And so I'm looking at the trees and, and I'm, I'm an artistic soul, and I have a real soft spot for nature and for beauty and for beautiful things. So I'm just trying to focus all of that energy into that side of my personality so I can forget about that I can't tell Sam I'm gay.   And the reason I felt like I couldn't tell him is because I cared about him so much. And I was so, so terrified of any potential rejection. I mean, this is, this is my brother, like, he's an extension of me and, and his role in my life is paramount. And the thought of changing that relationship, or making it weird or divisive, or polarizing or just even different, filled me with such incredible fear. It was crippling. And, you know, on top of that, I'd always kind of been his mentor, you know. I, I was the older brother, he would come to me for advice and with questions, especially spiritual questions. And I – this recurring thought I keep having was, "Is he still gonna trust me if he knows I'm gay? And how am I supposed to teach him anything about life or religion or faith? When I myself am incredibly confused? like, how is he going to trust me?" The weight of that potential rejection was so heavy, and it weighed so heavy on my soul, like it was heavier than my backpack, which by the way, was incredibly heavy, if I can remind everyone it was 65 pounds. I just, I didn't know what to do.   As we're walking, we're sweating. We're breathing heavy. And it's been probably 35 – 45 minutes, where I'm just focusing on the trees, you know? And he's like, "What are you thinking about?" And I was like, "Uh oh, he caught me off guard. I wasn't expecting it." So I just kind of went along with what I was trying to do, which looking back, it was silly, but I was like, "Oh, you know, just like the trees." And so I start describing what I was trying to see in the trees. And, and you know, which is true, like, my goodness, they were beautiful. But I'm trying too hard.   Sam Bird  11:59  Everything was normal. And then all of a sudden, Charlie started talking about the trees, but like, in a really weird way. I know, Charlie, and I know he loves trees, right? And I know Charlie always loves to talk about like, the elements and everything working in sync, and blah, blah, blah. But at this point, I'm like, "Alright, Bro, I get it. The trees are nice." It's like, this is 45 minutes of us talking about trees right now. So I'm done. I'm like, "Okay, what is actually going on?"   Charlie Bird  12:29  And he's like, "Dude, like, why are you being weird? What's actually up? Because I can tell there's something up." And I got the coming out feeling. So, it's funny, people ask me a lot like, "What does it feel like to come out?" And I think coming out is one of the most courageous things anyone can do. Because it's scary, you know, like that potential rejection is a really hard thing to face, especially with someone you care about. And I compare the coming out feeling to the way someone might feel if they had to speak unprepared in front of a group of like, 100,000 people. Or, in fact, the closest thing I've ever got to it is the feeling of when the spirits telling you that you need to bear your testimony on a fast Sunday, but magnified by like, some exponential amount, because it's just so – like, it's like this release that has to happen, and you know, you have to do it. But no part of you wants to stand up and walk to the pulpit. And you're not sure that your legs will support you or you don't know if you're going to pass out or throw up.   So here I am taking that walk to the pulpit, as I'm about to speak and tell my brother that I'm gay. And I started hyperventilating. Which, it's so funny because like, I'm an athlete, and I am a gymnast, and I'm always so in control of my body and my body's reactions to things. And I started breathing so heavy and I was like, like verging on a panic attack hyperventilating, I was so nervous to tell him. And he – I remember he made this joke, he was like, "Well, for being the world's greatest mascot, you're sure not in very good shape." And he's like, taunting me because he's like, "Haha, I'm in better shape than you." And then I was like, I actually couldn't breathe. And so I got it out, I muttered out, "It's not the mountain," Between like – honestly it was like "It's . . . not. . . the. . .mountain." And I remember his face changed, like his, his brows knit together, and he got really concerned and he was like, "Oh, like, are you okay?" And he's like, afraid I'm actually going to pass out because I probably was about to. And he was like, "Hey, there's a fallen log right over there. Give me your bag, I'll take it over there and we can rest for a while and get get some food. I have a Snickers bar, you should eat it." And I'm watching my brother just have so much love for me. I was like I have to tell him. He says "If it's not the mountain, what is it?" I said "Sam," and I waited for a while. I said, "I'm gay. He said, " . . . what?"  And I said, "I'm not attracted to girls." Like I kind of defined it for him. I wanted him to understand what I was saying. I said, "I'm gay, Sam. I'm attracted to guys."   Sam Bird  15:23  At first, I thought it might have been a joke. Because I was confused. I thought Charlie was straight, totally 100% straight. So I was kind of trying to figure out how he could be gay. Because in my mind, it wasn't an option. My mind directed to just, "Okay, then what about this girlfriend? Or what about whenever you told me this or that?"   Charlie Bird  15:47  And honestly, at this point, I still wasn't sure how this conversation was going. I was like, "Is this a successful coming out or not? Because we haven't really gotten anywhere." And he was just confused.   Sam Bird  15:58  And I started asking him questions, and I asked him, I was like, "Isn't it a choice to be gay? Like, why'd you choose this?" I remember him telling me "Why would I choose this? You don't think – " and he went off on like a rant, and it was emotional. He said, "You don't think I want to get married in the temples Sam? You don't think I want all these things – that we all want?" The blow that hit me the hardest was whenever he said that he went on a mission – he served a mission, hoping that if he served well, and if he served perfectly as he said, God would take his "gayness" away from him. And that's when it really clicked for me, that he didn't choose it. Being gay is not a choice. There's so much more than what meets the eye.   And I felt horrible. I felt horrible, because I had said a lot of things very, like derogatory things about gay people. So I apologized for all the things I told him, all the things I'd said, just all my misconceptions. It was tough. I still didn't really know what to do. So I said, "But what are you gonna do? Cause I don't know what to do so like, what are you gonna do?" And when I asked him what he was gonna do, I meant it in a way of like – a futuristic way, as in like, "Okay, what are you gonna do with your life and with everything that we've been taught, and everything that we know, inside the church, even outside the church, like social norms?" So the question I asked was probably kind of a tough question to answer. And it was, and he just said, "I don't know. I don't know what I'm gonna do." And whenever someone you love, so much, doesn't know what to do. I think in any circumstance, it's hard. And so I just told him like, "Bro, I don't care what you do. Like, I'm gonna be here for you, I love you. You're my older brother. We're tight. We're, we're cut from the same cloth, nothing will change. Nothing will change between our relationship." It was an emotional moment, like we embraced. We started crying.   Charlie Bird  18:07  He explained to me that, like he had so much faith and love for me. And that whatever I chose, he knew would be the right thing for me, and that he would support me no matter what. And at this point, I'm speechless. Because I don't think there could have been possibly a better reaction. I'm coming to him with this this huge, weight. Something I was so nervous to tell him. And he said, "I love you. And I trust you." And those were my two biggest fears – that his love for me would change, and that he wouldn't trust me. And I know he was inspired to say that.   Sam Bird  18:49  So we sat on this log, we shared a Snickers bar and we just talked. And I told him I'm sorry. That's mostly what happened – was me just apologizing. Maybe for 30 minutes. I just told him I was sorry. He, you know, he forgave me really quickly said, "It's okay. You didn't know, you didn't know." But I still felt bad. I'm like, "Yeah, but . . . " The worst part was that he couldn't trust me to tell me before, when it was harder. And that's important. I'm glad he came out to me whenever he felt like he was comfortable to, but I wished I could have done something before to make him feel comfortable.   Charlie Bird  19:27  So about 20 minutes later, we're sitting on that same mossy log, and my dad and my little sister and the trail guide came up and caught up to us. Honestly, they were kind of mad. They were like, "Where have you been?" And we're like, lost in Africa, you know? And we're like, "Oh, we were just feeling it." And it was just so funny to know that me and Sam were the only ones who knew that we just had this incredible spiritual bonding experience. And my dad and my sister Hannah are like, "You're so annoying. You think like, what are you trying to prove?" And we were joking with them and we're like, "Dad, you're just, you're just mad because we're so much faster than you, you old man." And you know, Sam's words were still ringing in my head when he said, "This doesn't change anything." And I was like, "Oh my gosh, nothing changed. This feels normal." But at the same time, everything changed, because now all this weight that I was carrying up this mountain emotionally, is gone. And now we can just focus on the physical weight. How great is that? Like, that's the reason I'm here in the first place. I love a physical challenge.   And the rest of the mountain, we just hiked it with this vibrance, and this tenacity. We descended through these beautiful valleys and we walked through these fields of broken obsidian. And I was just feeling so good. And I'm kind of a peacock, and I like to show off. And so a couple of times, we'd catch up to hikers that had been doing it for days. And we – we'd you know been, we'd been skipping campsites because we just felt so good. All four of us. And I would take off my bag and I'd be like, "Hey, Dad, take a picture of me doing a backflip." Just so all the hikers could watch me do a backflip on this ledge. This I mean, like ledges that look over the earth, the whole world just fields of endless clouds.   And at night, it was so cold, the sun would go down, it was just freezing. And me and Sam were sharing a little two person tent. So we would just like get as close as possible and try to sleep. But we didn't have mattress pads or anything because it was so minimalist. You know, we took only like bare necessities. And so these rocks are cutting into our ribs and we can't sleep. So we just talked. And I was honest with him. And I noticed that as I was vulnerable and opened up, he was sharing things with me, too. Things that he'd been struggling with or dealing with or trying to figure out that he'd never really felt able to, to bring to the surface. And the love we had for each other was like gilded in a way. Because we just got so much closer.   On the morning of the fourth day – maybe it was the third day – it wasn't very many days, that's all I know, it's kind of all a blur. But we woke up at two in the morning. And after we'd been at base camp and we took the the final summit to the top of the mountain, the four of us together and it was cold and it was windy and like probably 1000 times I wanted to stop and turn back because it was just so cold. But there was no way we were going to risk missing sunrise at the top of this mountain after we worked so hard to get there. And we're waiting up there, it's it was negative three degrees Celsius. I'm not sure the conversion for that, I'm only good at kilograms. But uh, we're waiting up there shivering next to each other. And we watched the sunrise from the summit of the tallest freestanding mountain in the world. And it illuminated the glaciers and it casts beautiful pink and blue hues. And it was one of the – if not the most magical moment of my life. And I got to share it with the people I love the most.   This Kilimanjaro trip, we talk about it so much for so many reasons. You know, we got up and down in four and a half days, which was unprecedented. Honestly, we got down so fast, because we ran out of food and we were just starving. So from the summit, we just went all the way back down and just did like, I don't know, like 16 to 20 hours of like straight hiking on the way down. And in this trip for Sam and, Hannah and my dad and me, it's become like, almost a legend, you know, some sort of fable that we just love to recount and tell stories. And, "Remember when we did this . . . " and it just, we just really loved this trip. But out of everything that happened for me, and I think for Sam too, the most beautiful thing was that moment where where I came out to him. And he met me in such a wonderful, perfect way for the situation.   Sam Bird  24:03  I never really knew how important the Kilimanjaro trip was to Charlie until he published the book, until he published Without the Mask. And I'm just happy that we're so much closer now. Like now I can tell Charlie anything. And he'd love me anyway. And vice versa. He could tell me anything, and I'd love him anyway. And so we know that. And that trust that we've developed in large part because he came out to me has absolutely strengthened our relationship.   Charlie Bird  24:37  For a really long time I was acting a part that was never my part to act. It was a role. It was it was fake. But when he saw me for who I am, it helped me connect with who I am. And it solidified all the real parts of our relationship. And it kind of made all of that fakeness and that triviality – was gone. It just felt so much more real.   Sam Bird  25:03  He was made for this. I think, I think that he was made to be a leader in this, like this movement of just equality and seeing everyone as Christ would see them. So even a hater who DM's him on Instagram, he tries to see them as Christ would see them, Because that's what he hopes from them, which I've, I couldn't do it, I couldn't do it. I would want to throw hands, I would want to find somebody, I would want to say, "Don't you call my brother that! I'll. . . Ahh!!" But he just responds every time, "Sam, I will not fight hate with hate." The perspective shifts that has been that he has instilled in me has been monumental just for my ability to see people the way God sees them, and the way I should see them. And the way someone should treat someone.   To act well my part, I first need to know my part. And I think that if each person did that we could create change within our families, our communities. And that's why I'm so proud of Charlie, because within our family and our community, it has happened. And the difference has meant everything – I know it's meant everything to him, and because it has meant everything to him, it means everything to me.   Charlie Bird  26:22  When I think about the way that Sam interacted with me, in that moment, one of my most vulnerable, courageous moments, I can't help but think that that's exactly how the Savior would have acted. I believe that he would have shown love, and that he would have shown trust, and that he would have been able to do that same thing and read who I am and what I needed. And it was so beautiful to see the Savior – my Savior – Jesus Christ, emulated in my brother. And I feel like I've learned a lot about how to be Christlike, and how to actually love a human, because of the way that Sam was able to act well his part.   KaRyn  27:17  That was Sam and Charlie Bird. You may recognize Charlie's name from the years that he was celebrated as the BYU mascot Cosmo. And as Sam mentioned, Charlie wrote a book about his time as Cosmo and what it was like to come out to the world in such a public way, and why it was so important to his faith that he do it. The book is called Without the Mask: Coming out and coming into God's light. And that's where we first found the story. But like any good story, there was so much more to it. And we were really happy to be able to share both Charlie and Sam's experiences, I can feel the love that they have for one another, and even more than that I can feel the love that they have for Christ. And that love is what fuels their desire to follow him in whatever role they are asked to play.   In this story, in this moment in time, playing their part will looked different for each of them. For Charlie, stepping into his role meant bringing honesty and vulnerability and a willingness to trust his spiritual promptings to the stage. But for Sam playing it well looked like listening, offering generosity of heart and apologizing. Their roles, their part in the play of life will most likely be reversed at some point. I mean, that's true for all of us. We never step into the same stream twice. But if like Sam and Charlie, we lean into the attributes of Christ that we are so desperately trying to take on ourselves, we'll be able to show up for whatever role is next in our life with confidence. And our final story comes from Sandra, whose time on a big fancy stage prepared her well for a season of life with very little to no fanfare. Here's Sandra.   Sandra Turley  28:59  Our youngest daughter is absolute sweet and sour. She is sickeningly sweet, sometimes, actually, most of the time she's sickeningly sweet, where I feel like there's nobody more angelic than she. There just is not. The cuddles and the loves and the squeezes and the love notes are overwhelmingly loving and gorgeous. And then she comes out with these shockingly sour moments where she's just screaming because she's the youngest of four, and we have trained her to think she's the queen of the world, and that she should get everything that she wants at the moment she wants it.   So a few weeks ago, I was asking her for the millionth time – okay, fine, to be fair, probably the 14th time – to sit down and just finish her lunch. Just finish the lunch. It's been sitting there for an hour, please just finish her lunch. I leave the room I come back in, she's nowhere to be found. In fact, she's outside jumping on the trampoline. So I go outside, try to stay calm, bring her inside, and she knows what's gonna happen, because this is not a one time occurrence. We come inside and I put away her lunch and I take her upstairs and I say, "I'm sorry, you missed lunchtime, time to go take a break." And she starts kicking and screaming that she's starving, and what am I doing to her? If I don't let her eat lunch, she's probably gonna die. She's telling as she's screaming this. And so while she's screaming, I start screaming, "I can't do this anymore! You never listen to me. You really, you have to stop screaming. Right now!" Is what I'm yelling to her. "Please stop screaming" is what I'm yelling, ah. And here is the moment that I find I'm in constantly.   This is a repeat performance for the two of us. And I see a pattern that I am desperately trying to break. The pattern is, I get triggered by a single moment, then I have one initial thought from that moment. And shortly it turns into an avalanche of self loathing, where I completely closed myself off to everything else and figure that I'm the worst person in the world. Meaning in this instance, my first thought, as I shut the door and left her screaming in her room was, "You, Sandra, are so horrible for yelling at her." And then that one thought avalanches into all of these horrible thoughts that I'm a horrible mom, I need to control my temper, "Why can't you just let her be seven? She's going to be scarred for life. You haven't taught her right, it's your fault, not hers, you're never going to get better at this." And then the worst thought of that avalanche becomes, "This is because of your voice." My voice that God gave me, that I have used as a singer and a performer on stage. I've used it to actually bless thousands of people's lives in ways that I could share somewhat of His spirit, is also the same voice that I just used to crush my little daughter's heart.   So in 2003, I was performing on Broadway in Les Miserables. I was performing the role of Cosette, the daughter of Jean Valjean, the main character.  And the whole story is just gorgeous. The whole story is about this man, Jean Valjean his redemption in life and each night, as I was performing in the show, adding my voice to the voices of all the other characters on stage, I was not amiss to the fact that we were sharing the concepts of mercy, and justice and sacrifice and charity. And I heard at the end of every single show, as my character Cosette was down at the very front of the stage, I could hear the sound that was my favorite to hear, which was the passing of the tissue packages from audience member to audience member and the sniffles. Because to me that small little sound meant that lives were being changed. hearts were being touched. Maybe they were thinking, "I should have more mercy or for that person in my life, or maybe for myself." So there's no doubt in my mind that God was in the work that I was doing on stage. No doubt at all. God's spirit was there. Whatever anybody else wanted to call it. I called it the Spirit, the Holy Ghost. That's what I was feeling every night.   I also felt that just as much offstage as I did onstage with maybe a touch more nerves offstage than on because offstage, God was with me as all of my friends, all the cast members and crew members were every single day barraging me with questions about my faith. And that brought probably more nerves than singing a pretty little song in front of 1600 people up on the big stage. Questions just came at me mostly about how young I was. I was just 22 - 23 years old when I was performing. And every day it was like, "Why are you married already? That's weird. How could you have chosen somebody to be with already?" "Why don't you come out with us to party and drink?" "What's the big deal about your underwear?" "Tell me about Joseph Smith." "I want to know about temples." "Can you please explain this polygamy thing?" And, "Are you even Christian?" That was always the one that just that was a gut punch to me. If I hadn't acted in a way that people knew, without a doubt that I was Christian, then I was going to answer that one as clearly as could be.   My whole hope, in these conversations and friendships backstage, was to love the way that Christ has asked me to love. That everyone would somehow know that I would never judge them. And that rather I loved each of them so fiercely. There wasn't a day that I wondered whether I was doing this thing, right or not. This whole Christian thing, and trying to love all the people around me.   But one night, in particular, I was on stage, it was the very end of the show. And there was a man who was playing the role of Jean Valjean. And it happened to be his last night performing that role before he was going to move on to another show. And as I sat at his feet, as his character was dying at the end of the show, and I was his daughter, weeping, literally at his feet. And I couldn't help but think about my relationship with this man, not the character, but with this man. Who was a friend of mine, and who I loved, and who had had so many questions. Who had wondered, honestly, about my faith. And I wept at his feet – not as the character – but as Sandra, wondering, have I done enough? Did I say enough? Did I say the right words at the right time? Did I answer correctly? Did I speak your truth, God? Even regardless of all that, did I love this man enough? And as I wept, I just felt the words, "Well done." I felt them deeply and truly in my heart, and then I wept some more. And it's a dang good thing that my character was supposed to be crying right at that moment. Because I did, I just cried, and I felt God saying, "You're doing it. You're doing it just, just right, Sandra. Good job."   So as I come back, and try to apply a moment like that, to the life that I'm in now, about 17 years later, I'm home, I've got four kids that are not applauding me every day. Like the applause that I receive when I'm onstage. I've got an awesome husband, who shockingly, doesn't ask for my autograph at the end of every day that I perform. And I don't even take a bow after I fold a load of laundry.   But here's the deal. As I'm home with these great kids during this wild pandemic, and virtually homeschooling four kids, and I've got this hard working husband in the makeshift basement office, I think I'm starting to figure out how to break this pattern of having one thought of my own in between my own two ears, that triggers and turns into an avalanche of self-loathing thoughts. Maybe the past six years of my life has been a journey to find some self-healing. From some, you know, mental heartache. I don't know if that's even a term "mental heartache." That's two different organs in the body. But it kind of goes together.   I think that as I've been trying to study all the different ways that I can find more mental balance from depression, anxiety, and keep my body as healthy as possible. I feel like right now, I'm trying to put all of the pieces together that I've studied. And now maybe, just finally, even though God has been a part of that whole process, maybe just now I'm actually really engaging him and saying, "I've done all this work. You've guided me to all of these thoughts in this work to heal myself. And maybe I've left you out of the biggest part, which is to turn to you immediately. The second, something happens that causes me to doubt myself." This is, this is this is the real stuff, because this is this is where I'm living right now. This is that space of, "Dang it, I did it again. Here I go. Here's that first thought.” And I know if I let my brain run free right now, and don't engage with the heavens and don't call God to be with me right now, then I'm going to be in the dumps for the next few days. I am going to fuel my mind with such negative talk about myself. And that's going to be harder to get out of that side.   So what I'm trying to do is try to stop it right at that first thought, and say, "Okay, you've had your time, first thought, you can tell yourself, Sandra that 'You're being ridiculous and naughty, and you shouldn't have done that.' And that's fine. And now let's move forward. Let's invite God into these thoughts in your mind, let's invite the heavens to be part of this process, instead of trying to do this on your own."   What have I finally learned . . . I still yell at my kids. But just last week, I was sitting at our dining room table. It was at the end of a really, really long day of virtual learning gone wrong. It was a day where every child took their turn at a massive breakdown. And all of us wondering, "How on earth is this gonna work? How are we, as a family unit, going to make this pandemic work to our benefit?" And not, maybe not to our benefit, just kind of survive it on a day to day basis. How are we going to deal with the technological problems and the learning problems and teachers over Zoom, and four kids sitting around one table with headphones on, and each of them yelling at each other to be quiet when somebody does something that disrupts their, their thinking.   But at nine o'clock at night, at the end of a long day like that, it was amazing to take a breath for a second, and I looked up, got out of my own brain for a moment. And I saw my oldest daughter, helping our son with his math homework, which he desperately needed help with. I saw our third child walk in with a huge smile on her face, because she had just voluntarily folded the laundry that I had left for probably a week. I heard my husband upstairs telling a bedtime story to our sweet and sour seven year old to try to get her to go to sleep. And as I paused and I soaked in everything that I could see and hear in that moment, I felt again, a really, really soft and quiet. "Well done." We were gonna be able to do this together. And "Well done" at that moment wasn't, "Well done, you've shared the light of Christ with someone who may otherwise not have had it," it was, "Well done. You're living in the light of Christ, in your home with your husband and children who know Christ and love him and are learning more of him. And you're doing it right. You're doing this well." And that's all he ever asks of me, was just to give my best effort.   KaRyn  43:17  That was Sandra Turley. I have been blessed to love and adore Sandra for years now. And one of the things I admire most about her is her unexpected realness. And I say unexpected on purpose, because she knows how to be polished. She knows how to walk on a stage and show the world something beautiful, but her desire to walk on that same stage and show the world real beauty – her testimony of the healing gifts of a God who values progress over performance? That is a true act of discipleship. And what about that laundry, and those kids who refuse to applaud when the mountain on the couch is conquered? Like Sandra knows all too well. There are so many tough roles that will play in our lives that will go absolutely unnoticed by mere mortals. And while we're waiting in the wings for a chance to be seen, we can stop and take the breath and look around and listen. And we'll discover that those moments are not lost to Him who sees all.   The first time I heard the phrase "Act well, the part" was at my very first Youth Conference in Redding, Pennsylvania. The entire conference was centered around a stage play that we were writing and acting during the long-ish weekend, and I was in heaven. Not only because my youth group leader was a very cute 17 year old boy, but also because acting felt like my life's calling at 14. I walked away from that conference with a serious crush on said youth group leader and a basic understanding that to act well one's part, one had to commit fully to the gospel of Jesus Christ in word and in deed. And that stuck with me, although my understanding of it has evolved over the years. At first, as someone obsessed with theater I saw acting well as an outward expression. It was being seen doing the right things at the right time or not doing things so that others would know that I was a good member of the Church. Acting well was a performance directed towards other people. And then as I grew in my desire to be more connected to Christ, acting well became a pursuit, it was still a kind of outward performance, but it was now directed at a different audience.   I wanted the Savior to see my good works, and give me his approval. And I don't think either of these efforts were bad, they led me forward. In most cases. I'll admit that sometimes the approval seeking part of my performance got in the way of actual connection to Christ and His gospel, especially when it faded into perfectionism. But overall, they were both really important phases in my spiritual growth. However, these days, I find myself more drawn to the first part of that phrase, than the last part. "What ere thou art, act well thy part." "What ere thou art –"  what are you? Figure that out first, commit to that. Commit to our role as a beloved child of Heavenly Parents, a follower of Jesus Christ, and a disciple in the work of gathering. Then the acting well comes easily because now it's an act of integrity. It's a deeper promise to be who you are supposed to be, regardless of external influence. It's an inward devotion, a quiet reconciliation with your divinity that leads to a powerful outward expression of God's love for all his children. And it's no longer simply performative.   It's now authentic discipleship. And it expresses itself in the moments that we breathe in, and let God tell us that we've loved enough. Or when we step back from our own biases to meet our brother exactly where he is on his upward hike, or when we finally decide to take off the mask we've relied on for so long, and allow others to be a witness to our deepest vulnerability. I think that's why this phrase is so compelling to us, as disciples of Christ. Why it's stuck around for so many years since President McKay brought it on the scene, because it's an invitation for us to learn what we are, and to understand who's we are, who we belong to, so that we'll know what we do, and why we do it. That acting out of integrity, that changes everything. It makes doing it well or acting our part well the result and not the goal. And that's something that will give us strength and power in the most challenging times.   That's it for this episode of This Is the Gospel. Thank you to our storytellers, Sandra, Sam, and Charlie for sharing their stories and their true selves with us. We'll have a link to Charlie's book Without the Mask as well as links to both Sister Dalton's talk, which I re-read and love, and a cool little write up of President McKay's discovery of and love for this saying in our show notes at LDSliving.com/thisisthegospel. You can also get more good stuff by following us on Instagram or Facebook at This Is the Gospel_podcast.   All of the stories on this episode are true and accurate, as affirmed by our storytellers. And of course, if you have a story to share about living the Gospel of Jesus Christ, please call our pitch line and leave us a story pitch. The best pitches will be short and sweet. But they'll also have a clear sense of the focus of your story call 515-519-6179 to leave us a message.   If today's stories have touched you or made you think about your discipleship a little bit more deeply. Please share that with us. You can leave a review of the podcast on Apple, Stitcher, or whatever platform you listen on. And if you can't figure out how to leave us a review, which I totally get. They don't call me “Grandma KaRyn” for nothing. Check out our highlight on our Instagram page for some tips. Every review helps the podcast show up for more people who are looking for something to help them stay close to the source of all good things during the week. This episode was produced by me KaRyn Lay with editing and story production help from Erika free. It was scored, mixed and mastered by Mix at Six studios, and our executive producer is Erin Hallstrom. You can find past episodes of this podcast and other LDS Living podcasts at LDS living.com/podcasts.     Show Notes + Transcripts: http://ldsliving.com/thisisthegospel See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former State Am champ Dan Horner wins the Vox Marketing Central Utah Am, the inaugural tournament held at the new Timpanogos. Horner joins the pod to break down his round and share his thoughts on the new course. 

The new, redesigned, rebuilt East Bay is ready, but it's not East Bay anymore. Provo Mayor Michelle Kaufusi and East Bay pros Kean Ridd and Brett Watson join the pod to tell us about bringing back, and forward, Timpanogos Golf Club. You'll like the new Timp. 

Siblings can be both a blessing and a curse. They can provide someone to talk to on lonely days, make boring moments more fun, or help you out in a time of need. On the other end of the spectrum, they might know exactly which buttons to push to annoy you, blame things on you, or do something so weird that you don't even want to associate with them. In the end, siblings can have a huge effect on our lives and we should be grateful to them for any of the good that they do for us. On today's episode, we'll have the pleasure of hearing all about siblings. Both funny stories and heartwarming ones that we're sure will bring great memories to any who listen. On today's episode, enjoy the following:“When Our Streetlights Come On” by Norah Dooley from My Bad, Bad Dog and Other Stories (8:20)Norah Dooley is well versed in the art of story, as her work involves writing tales, teaching storytelling, and performing. When she was little, she and her brother couldn't have been more different. She was afraid of everything, and he was afraid of nothing. She was so afraid of getting in trouble that she wouldn't even let herself have fun. But her brother helped her get over that fear by keeping her out past her curfew. “You're Safe, Mary” by Syd Lieberman from Lieberman Live (4:08)The Vice President of the Timpanogos storytelling festival, Debbie Richan, said of Syd Lieberman, “God created Syd because he loves us.” That quote resonates particularly well in the story of three young sisters who work together to make the youngest happy. “Wendy's Hammer” by Anthony Burcher from Anthony Squished My Banana (5:38)Though siblings can be pleasant, we all know that there is also a lot of time spent bickering, teasing, and fighting. Sometimes, if you tease a sibling enough, there are consequences. Hailing from Virginia, Anthony Burcher has a story about his siblings after he got a terrible ear infection. “Doobies” by Donald Davis from Mama Learns to Drive (7:16)Siblings aren't the only ones involved in family shenanigans. Donald Davis has a story to tell about his own children and their adventures with concealing unwanted food.  “Sillier Than You” by Bill Harley from The Best Candy in the Whole World and other stories (10:42)Bill Harley's tales are known to be about growing up and navigating the world. This much can be seen in the next story. Bill tells about two sisters, one of which is so weird, the other just can't stand it anymore. Little did she know, her sister wasn't as weird as she thought. “We Hold the Rope” by Sheila Arnold from Mini, Many, Minnie Tales (8:30)Sheila Arnold says that she became a storyteller because of her son. Perhaps that gave her a perspective on her story about a young man who resented his older brother only to find out that he was the one who would help rescue him in his time of need. "The Three Little Pigs" by Mark Binder from Classic Stories For Children (5:55)We wrap up today's episode by bringing you a classic sibling story told by Mark Binder. In it, three famous siblings of which almost everyone has heard, build new homes out of three very different materials with very different results. 

The Timpanogos Storytelling Festival has been delighting fans of the medium for the past 31 years. And this year the festival will be more accessible than ever! The virtual event will feature some of the most renowned tellers in the business, many of whom you'll hear on today's episode of The Apple Seed, including Pippa White, Donna Washington, Ed Stivender, and of course, Donald Davis. For tickets to see some of your favorite storytellers right from the comfort of your own home, visit timpfest.org On today's episode of The Apple Seed, enjoy the following:"The Red Scooter" by Donald Davis (11:38)There's no storyteller that personifies the spirit of the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival quite like North Carolina storyteller Donald Davis does. He's been on stage at Timp just about every year for all of its 31 years. Here he shares a Christmas memory that's enjoyable year-round.  "The Great Blizzard of 1888" by Pippa White (10:28)Pippa White is known for telling beautiful, historical tales, often in rhyme. This next story - a favorite of ours - is about a teacher, and a classroom full of kids during "The Great Blizzard of 1888".  "Like Bread Loves Salt" by Ed Stivender (14:31) Here's a story from another Timp-favorite, Ed Stivender. It's about an aging king who dsires to pass his throne on to one of his three lovely daughters. Whoever provides the best answer to the question, 'Which one of you loves me the most?', will receive the best parcel of land.  "Sody Saluradus" by Donna Washington (10:24)Have you ever had a difficult time remembering a key piece of information? Perhaps the next time you struggle to remember something you should put it to a song. Although, in the case of this story, "Sody Saluradus", from Timp-newcomer, Donna Washington, a little jingle gets the characters into quite a bit of trouble.  "Museum of Your Life" by Donald Davis (2:29)Donald Davis wraps up a wonderul hour of storytelling with a plea to listeners to share stories with their loved ones.

On today's episode of The Apple Seed, enjoy the following: "The Red Scooter" by Donald Davis (11:38) "The Great Blizzard of 1888" by Pippa White (10:28) "Sody Saluradus" by Donna Washington (10:24) "Like Bread Loves Salt" by Ed Stivender (14:31) "Museum of Your Life" by Donald Davis (2:29)

Mary Murdock Meyer is the Chief Executive of the Snake Shoshone Timpanogos Nation. "As Chief Executive of the Timpanogos Nation I [Mary Meyer] have pondered many times how our people were forgotten. We are the living descendents of legendary Chiefs Walkara, Kanosh, Tabby, Arropeen, Washakie, Tintic, Sowiette, Sanpitch and others, who extended their hospitality to Mormon leader Brigham Young and his followers." Phillip B Gottfredson has been researching the Black Hawk War since 1989 and has published "My Journey to Understand... Black Hawks Mission of Peace". "Some 70,000 Timpanogos Indians — the aboriginal people of Utah — died from violence, starvation, and disease after Mormon colonists stole their land and destroyed their culture over a 21-year timeframe according to the detailed account Gottfredson learned from the Native Americans."   Music:  Keep My Memory (Alexis Raeana feat. Charly Lowry) Jay Winter Nightwolf, Host Verona Iriarte, Prayer Moe Thomas, Production Editor

The Timpanogos Storytelling Festival has been delighting fans of the medium for the past 31 years. And this year the festival will be more accessible than ever! The virtual event will feature some of the most renowned tellers in the business, many of whom you'll hear on today's episode of The Apple Seed, including Robert Jones, Kim Weitkamp, Charlotte Blake-Alston, Paul Strickland, and of course, Donald Davis. For tickets to see some of your favorite storytellers right from the comfort of your own home, visit timpfest.org On today's episode, enjoy the following stories:"Irene" by Robert Jones"The Old Stained Man" by Kim Weitkamp"These Will Carry You Far" by Charlotte Blake-Alston"Melvin V. O Droit Eulogy" by Paul Strickland"I Know You Have Stories" by Donald Davis 

On today's episode, enjoy the following stories: "Irene" by Robert Jones "The Old Stained Man" by Kim Weitkamp "These Will Carry You Far" by Charlotte Blake-Alston "Melvin V. O Droit Eulogy" by Paul Strickland "I Know You Have Stories" by Donald Davis

Timpanogos Cave National Monument (0:00:00) When we think of adventures of old, we often think of people staying in caves at night with campfires burning to keep them warm. We think of them walking through dark caves with lanterns in their hands, finding different crevices, ponds, and even paintings. There's something so intriguing about caves; there's so much to discover and explore. So for today's Adventure Club, we wanted to go on an adventure to Timpanogos Cave. We've invited Cami McKinney from Timpanogos Cave National Monument onto the show to discuss this glorious place. Cami has worked at the monument for 23 years and currently serves as the Integrated Resources Program Manager. We're excited for her to teach us more about Timpanogos Cave National Monument.   Reading with a Worm (0:18:14) With Independence Day just around the corner, lots of families are preparing for camping trips, barbeques, and lots of outdoor time. Sure, there are hikes, lawn games, and swimming pools to keep your children busy, but you might be looking for something new to do outside. Well, we have an idea for you—playing with worms. Jodi Wheeler-Toppen is a children's book author. One of her most recent books is “This is a Book to Read with a Worm”, a picture book that guides you through simple science experiments your child can perform with earthworms. Jodi is here with us today to tell us all about these fun experiments.   De-escalating Work Drama (0:33:21) Remember the times we had to deal with co-workers in our offices. Hopefully for the most part you had nice people that you worked with who got their jobs done and weren't too aggravating. But I'm guessing there's a person or two that you're kind of glad you only have to deal with them over zoom. However, we are going to return to our jobs and there's always going to be people we don't get along with that we have to work with. So, what can we do to not let personal issues get in the way with our own success? To help us know 5 simple steps to de-escalate work place drama, we've invited Stacy Penright on the show. She's a business initiatives consultant and the CEO of Respect My Voice.   Chronic Loneliness (0:52:45) While introverts–and sometimes extroverts–enjoy, even crave alone time, no one likes feeling lonely. But occasionally, those feelings of loneliness can creep in on us—and they can have devastating effects. Studies show that loneliness can have the same effect on your body as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. So, what can we do to combat these feelings? Here to talk us through loneliness and how we can fight it off is Dr. J. W. “Terry” Freiberg, social psychologist and author of “Surrounded By Others and Yet So Alone.”   Mini Book Club (1:10:51) Rachel Wadham, of BYU Radio's Worlds Awaiting, talks about the best psychological thriller books that we should check out. You can see a complete list of the books she mentioned on The Lisa Show's social media platforms   Summer Fire Safety (1:26:40) One of the best parts of summer that we can luckily still enjoy this year is the feeling of sitting around a fire. Whether you're roasting marshmallows or just chatting with friends, fire makes everything feel cozier. However, our little fires can quickly turn into blazing infernos if we're not careful.  So, it's important that we realize our individual responsibility to practice fire safety in order to protect ourselves, our families and our communities from the destruction that we sadly see very often in the summer months. To help us know exactly how to practice fire safety, just in time for the Fourth of July, is U.S. Fire Administrator Keith Bryant.

Cami McKinney discusses a national monument, Jodi Wheeler-Toppen talks about her educational books, Stacy Penright teaches how to de-escalate drama, Terry Feirberg explains how to overcome loneliness, Rachel Wadham gives book recommendations, Keith Bryant gives fire safety tips.

Coach Izzy Ingle is entering his 6th season as the Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Timpanogos High School. The T-Wolves won three straight Region Championships in 2017, 2018 and 2019 where Coach Ingle was named “Coach of Year” in 2017 and 2018 by the Utah High School Basketball Coaches Association. Izzy hit a major milestone last year on December 20, 2018 when he won his 200thgame as a head coach. Prior to coming to THS, Izzy was the Head Men’s Coach at Gordon State College in Barnesville, GA from 2007-2014. The Highlanders averaged 21.7 wins a season over his last three years and won the 2012 NJCAA Region 17 Championship and the NJCAA District 13 Championship. Izzy was named the NJCAA District 13 “Coach of the Year” and is the youngest Head Coach in Georgia Junior College history to lead a team to the national tournament in Hutchinson, Kansas. Shortly after his departure, Coach Ingle was inducted into the Gordon State College Athletic "Hall of Fame". Overall, he’s been named “Coach of the Year” on 4 separate occasions. Before his coaching experience at Gordon State, Izzy was a member of the coaching staff at Kennesaw State University (2006-2007) and played at KSU from 2002-2006. The Fighting Owls won two Peachbelt Conference Regular Season Championships (2004 and 2005), a Peachbelt Conference Tournament Championship (2004), an NCAA DII South Atlantic Region Championship (2004), and were crowned the NCAA DII National Champions (2004). Izzy finished his playing career as the all-time winningest player in KSU history with an overall playing record of 97-38. Coach Izzy Ingle has a Bachelor’s Degree in Sport Management from Kennesaw State University and a Master's Degree in Sport Management from Georgia Southern University. He is married to the former Candice Johnson from Orem, UT (Timpanogos graduate '01) and they have four daughters: Isabelle, Ivy, Indie and Isla. @Coach_IzzyIngle izzingle@gmail.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kevin-furtado/support

A wonderful combination of true embarrassing stories involving doctors, athletes, glaciers, and a wedding day!Tailbone Trauma on Timpanogos (:48)Delicious Gas Doctor (7:55)Michael Jordan Mix-Up (13:41)Bouquet Toss Blunder (20:14)Start your podcast with Buzzsprout!https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1016092Subscribe for more embarrassing stories each week! Submit your embarrassing story to us at https://www.embarrassingpodcast.com.If you like this episode, share it with your family and friends so they can have a laugh (or two).Send us your embarrassing stories!https://www.embarrassingpodcast.comConnect with us on social media!Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/Embarrassing-Stories-Podcast-106251864393577Twitterhttps://twitter.com/EmbarrassPodInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/embarrassingstoriespodcast/

Good morning lacrosse fans! I hope you are doing well and thank you for spending some time reading the Utah Lax Report. If you enjoy what you read, please forward to a friend! The podcast is a little different and I hope you enjoy it. Feel free to leave any comments below or respond to this email! News & UpdatesIf you didn't hear, the Premier Lacrosse League is going to have a tournament style, quarantined season beginning on July 25 and ending on August 9. They are calling it the Championship Series and each team will play 4 games and then go into a playoff structure. The format is similar to a World Cup or the Lacrosse World Championships. Obviously it's a bummer that they won't be coming to Utah, but at least we'll get live lacrosse this summer! In the local press, the Daily Herald spotlighted Timpanogos girls lacrosse captain McCall Dunn. “In addition to staying in shape, Dunn is completing her senior course load online, working at a wholesale nursery and going on frequent hikes.” Read the full article here. Also, Utah attackman Colin Burke was selected as the No. 3 player in the 2020 Major League Lacrosse draft. KSL writer and friend of lacrosse, Sean Walker, penned an article about Burke turning pro. There's a podcast in that article as well where Walker interviews Burke about becoming a New York Lizard. Tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., U.S. Lacrosse is hosting a ‘Team Huddle Webinar' and will feature two Team USA players in Marcus Holman (Men's Attack) and Kerrigan Miller (Women's Midfield). It is free to U.S. Lacrosse Members and you can register here. Last but not least, Tribal West opened a second store in the state, known as Tribal West North! The store is located at 600 S State St. STE 4, Clearfield, Utah 84105. It opened two Saturdays ago and is ready for your business. It features all the same things that the Sandy store offers so check it out! You can also shop online. If you didn't already listen to the podcast above, you should check it out. I talk to Tribal West owner Fish Bartlett about opening the second store. Senior SpotlightsI'm going to publish these today, 5/18 and 5/25 then we'll be done so if you want to submit, please do! Send them to tim@timhaslam.com.Alta Girls#11 Majena Horoba - Attack - Majena has been playing for our varsity team since her freshman year. Majena's passion for lacrosse is contagious. She is constantly searching for the next thing to make her and her teammates better. From shooting on goal in her free time, to encouraging wall ball throughout the off-season. Majena never stops. As a lacrosse player, Majena plays a sneaky game. She's constantly looking for plays with other teammates and ways to create fast movement on attack. Majena was an extremely consistent player and always ready to attack the goal. Next year Majena will be attending the University of Utah. There she hopes to study Athletic Training. #24 Annika Sanger - Defense - Annika has been playing for our varsity team since her freshman year. Annika is a defensive powerhouse. She lets no one by her when playing 1v1 defense and is an incredible communicator. You can hear her from a mile away. Annika's understanding of team defense is incredible and helped our younger players learn so much last season. While Annika played defense for us for four years, she never stopped practicing her shot for her future career as a Midfielder. Next year Annika will be attending the University of Utah. At The U Annika plans to study kinesiology and play on the club lacrosse team. #32 Peighton Kimble - Goalie - Peighton has been playing for our varsity team since her freshman year. Peighton's experience in goal is easy to notice. She plays lacrosse at every opportunity she can. For years, she played for both our JV and Varsity club teams. Over her career Peighton has made hundreds of saves in goal and backed our defense with her voice. This year, fall and pre-season, Peighton showed her commitment to Alta and excitement to spread her knowledge to younger players. Peighton's ability to take direction and apply it during every play is every coaches dream. Next year Peighton will be getting her EMT license and working as an Emergency Care Tech in the Salt Lake Valley.#38 Kemry Breur - Defense - Kemry has been playing for our varsity team since her freshman year. Kemry is our quiet and tactful defender. Kemry's defensive positioning is impeccable and has challenged our attackers for years. As a senior, Kemry's personality and voice truly came to light. Watching her lead this pre-season was such a joy. She used her voice to encourage teammates and her textbook skills to show the perfect example. Next year Kemry will be attending the University of Utah and hopes to get a bachelor of science in nursing.   Olympus GirlsSamantha Larkins - Sam was our Defensive MVP last year and was voted a team captain this year. I cannot say enough good things about Sam. She is humble, coachable, reliable and level headed. Her field sense and work ethic have allowed her to be a play maker all over the field. She was the core of our defense but also made some of our best offensive plays. She is a phenomenal player on the field and an even better person off of it. Sam will be attending BYU in the fall and hopes to continue playing lacrosse.Marissa Meier - Marissa might be the most coachable athlete our program has ever known. She started playing lacrosse her Junior year and set a goal to make varsity this year. Her work ethic and determination are unparalleled. She was a starter this year and an incredible asset all over the field. She always has a positive attitude and was a joy to coach. She will be attending BYU in the fall.Brieann Adams - Brieann also started playing lacrosse her Junior year. She played defense for us on varsity this year and did a fantastic job. It was incredible to watch how quickly her stick skills and knowledge of the game improved. She, too, is incredibly coachable and is willing to implement new skills as soon as she learns them. She did everything we ask with 100% effort and is always the life of the party. Brieann will be studying medicine at Utah State University in the Fall.Kayla Knaperek - This would have been Kayla's first year of regular season lacrosse. She transferred to our team from Lone Peak and we feel so lucky to have had her play with us. She is a great leader down on defense and is always looking/asking for ways to improve. She is an incredible teammate—super inclusive and supportive. She always looks for and points out the best in others and we loved having her on our team!  Kayla will be attending UVU in the fall.Sky View BoysCaden Tempest - Caden has worked really hard as an LSM for Sky View.  His main focus was speed and stick skills.  He was diligent at making all the early morning practices and was really looking forward to his senior year of lax.  His hustle was fun to watch.Memphis Checketts - Memphis plays middle and has been playing lacrosse since he was in 4th grade. His hobbies include: snow-skiing, wake-boarding, golf, motocross, and building stuff. Memphis is an honor roll student and works for Premier Cabinets and Diversified Home Loans. After graduation Memphis plans to serve an LDS mission and attend Utah State.Landon Hill - Hill is honored to be chosen as one of the captains for the Sky View lacrosse team. He has been playing lax since the 4th grade. He loves playing attack and hangin out with his teammates.Jacob Zollinger - AKA Zolli, has been playing lacrosse since he was in 8th grade. Not only plays lacrosse but loves Sky View football. He has been playing varsity since his freshman year. He is a defender and has played LSM.Ty Coats - Coats has been loving and playing lacrosse since he was in the 4th grade. He has so much heart in this game and loves playing LSM. He has focused on strong stick skills and being a team player, building the team and staying positive.Jonah Teitjen - Tietjen is a hardworking midfielder who loves the sport of lacrosse. He began playing lacrosse in the 7th grade and has played for several school and club teams in the valley. In addition to lacrosse, Jonah has run cross country and sung in the school choir. He is an excellent student athlete and a member of the Honors Society.  In his free time he enjoys playing guitar, skateboarding and riding motorbikes. After graduation he plans to serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and then return to Utah State University to pursue a degree in biology and pre-med.Kaleb Bodily - Kaleb worked extremely hard and earned a spot as captain for good reason. He is always a great example to the other players and just quietly made a huge difference on the team. After graduation Kaleb will be continuing his education getting experience in the trades.  Summer TournamentsThe main summer tournaments in the state are still scheduled to happen. Some have adjusted their dates. Aloha Tournament - June 12 -13Legends Western Invitational - July 29 & 30Ski Town Shoot Out - August 7 & 8Park City Showdown - August 13 - 15That's it for this week! Be sure to send to a friend if you enjoyed this weeks newsletter and new podcast. — Tim Haslam This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.utahlaxreport.com

#plugintodevin Show - Devin Thorpe for Congress Guest: Isaac Nuttall. Issue: Making government more of, for, and by the people (i.e Campaign Finance Reform, Improving Voter Participation, etc.) I see many people at my school (Timpanogos), and community abroad, who are affected heavily by voter apathy, seeing no feasible way to improve politics at all level. This has led to depressingly low voter turnout levels for young people in my community, leading to one party holding a monopoly on state and local politics. I know that if young people, my friends, classmates, and neighbors were to engage in the political process, state and local politics would be far more reflective of their, as well as my, pressing issues. This issue of making government more of for and by the people, particularly among traditionally silent voting groups, is paramount above all other issues. I believe that we need extensive campaign finance reform to make our leaders more beholden to their constituents and less to wealthy donors. A solution I support is Seattle's method, in which we give every eligible voter $100 in public money to donate to whatever candidate they want; candidates who accept these donations agree not to accept any donations above $250. As for improving accessibility to voting and decreasing voter apathy, I support measures such as same-day registration, making Election Day a Federal Holiday, and Automatic Voter Registration. However, as long as they are fully accessible to all U.S Citizens, I am not neccessarily worried by Photo-ID Requirements. Bio: My name is Isaac Nuttall. I have lived in seven different places including India, Texas, Philadelphia, Utah, etc... I moved to Lindon Utah from Keller Texas two years ago, having gone to the National Finals of the National History Bee three years in a row, but my interests were rapidly shifting from history to politics, having been shocked along with the rest of the country by the election of Donald Trump. I have volunteered for a handful of political campaigns including Daniel Friend, Luz Escamilla, James Singer, etc... I now love politics and speech and debate, with my main events being Student Congress and Extemporaneous Speaking, which has opened a love within me for the many issues facing our country, and how we as Americans must recognize and work towards the common good. I am most passionate about how we can make politicians more beholden to their constituents and less to wealthy donors, improve access to voting and improve voter participation and in essence, make government more of for and by the people, the issue I hope to speak on in the podcast. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/isaac.nuttall.52 Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/isaac-nuttall-9b7928185/ Photo credit: Bell Photography. #plugintodevin #UtahValues #BoldSolutions #UTpol

Susan Griffith is the Executive Director of Timpanogos Legal Center. She has 30 years of experience in working with family law and domestic violence issues. Susan has been part-time faculty at Brigham Young University’s Law School since 1995. She teaches clinical courses in Family Law, Domestic Violence Intervention, Child Advocacy as well as externship classes and skills-based courses. Susan was a founding member of Timpanogos Legal Center and loves the challenge of finding ways to help more people and involve more attorneys in pro bono work.TIMPANOGOS LEGAL CENTER IS A GROUP OF VOLUNTEER ATTORNEYS WHO PROVIDE FREE LEGAL ASSISTANCE. TLC’S PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE LEGAL SERVICES, AND TO LIFT THOSE COUNSELED IN IMPROVING THEIR LIVES.https://timplegal.com/801-649-8895Tuesday Night Clinic: Every Tuesday evening from 5:00-8:00 p.m. 1st floor of the Health and Justice Building, located at 151 S. University Ave. in ProvoIf you are victim of domestic violence and are seeking help there are resources available: National- http://ncadv.org/ Local- https://victimsofcrime.org/our-programs/past-programs/stalking-resource-center/stalking-laws/criminal-stalking-laws-by-state/utahhttps://www.utahlegalservices.org/https://www.legalaidsocietyofsaltlake.org/https://timplegal.com/http://www.utahvictimsclinic.org/ https://www.udvc.org/resources/get-help-now.htmlSupport the show (https://secure.givelively.org/donate/utah-domestic-violence-legal-services)

Tanya Bennion is a mother and graphic designer/web developer, and enjoys photography and travel. She grew up in Wyoming, served a mission in Fukuoka, Japan, and attended school at the University of Wyoming, BYU, and American University. Tanya and her first husband, Bailey, were married just over two years before he passed away. She and her second husband, Jeff, have one son and live in the Salt Lake City area. Highlights 06:45 Whirlwind romance; met and married Bailey in six months 07:45 He was a convert and they married in the Timpanogos temple 09:30 Six weeks into the marriage, they found a lump on his neck and he had Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. She knew she would be a widow soon. 11:00 Rollercoaster of medical problems during their short marriage, and he died shortly after being declared clear of cancer, two years three months into their marriage; she was 25 13:25 Experience finding him at home 16:40 He was her knight in shining armor, and she had to pick up the pieces 17:30 Grief group was run by nuns, for women 65 and younger, and no one in the group understood her experience, but she found that it was still very helpful for her because she was talking about it. Stayed for a year to reduce potential for additional trauma. 20:00 Social relationships changed because of the uncomfortable circumstances, but her visiting teachers were her rock and one young girl at church sat with her every week; any conversation is good and better than ignoring 23:00 Men can be sealed to multiple wives while they are living, but women can only be sealed to one man while living. This is difficult for young widows because young men don’t want to date and marry someone who is already sealed to someone else. 24:45 Her advice: Talk about it every chance you can because that is how you will heal 25:30 Created a support group for young Latter-day Saint widows without children, and began serving at the Washington, D.C. temple 29:30 Dating: almost everyone lost interest as soon as they learned she was sealed to someone else. How our religious culture plays into this and what it really means. 35:05 Difficulty because there are no resources for young widows in the Church, and some policies are roadblocks despite no problems with worthiness; she has always had to teach her leaders how to deal with it because they don’t know how it all works 39:30 You are not denied any blessings or temple blessings; if you’re not sealed in this lifetime you can be sealed after, and God is just; the gospel is all faith-based and we need to believe that everything works into God’s plan 42:00 Worries as she is considering breaking the first sealing because of concerns for Bailey’s place in the sealing; understanding that sealing is both horizontal and vertical 44:15 Thoughts and feelings of disloyalty when facing breaking the sealing, but understanding that everything can be fixed 49:00 What sealing and being born in the covenant really means; avoiding the spiritual calculus when you understand how it works 55:00 The process of breaking sealings has wrinkles for widows because it is designed around sealing cancellations with divorce; be aware of the process and sensitive to its likely effects on the widow 1:06:45 Being patient and sensitive to the issue within a marriage 1:09:20 You can find support groups online and network to find support 1:11:00 How this experience has strengthened her testimony of Jesus Christ

We’re excited to be working on music for the upcoming Halloween Concert. Tune in to discover this year’s theme and the fun music we will perform. And please visit www.TheTSO.org for more information and to get your tickets.

Paul Gunther, member of the Board of Directors at the Bank of American Fork, joins Doug Pew to talk about his love of music and the TSO.

This is the second of a 2-part episode where Music Director, John Pew, discusses how the TSO came into existence. What caused him to want to start an orchestra? What previous experience did he have that made it all possible? And how has the TSO grown into such a wonderful organization? Tune in to hear the answers to these questions and much more. And please visit www.TheTSO.org for more information and to get your tickets.

This is the first of a 2-part episode where Music Director, John Pew, discusses how the TSO came into existence. What caused him to want to start an orchestra? What previous experience did he have that made it all possible? And how has the TSO grown into such a wonderful organization? Tune in to hear the answers to these questions and much more. And please visit www.TheTSO.org for more information and to get your tickets.

Join The Apple Seed live at the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival TOMORROW! on Friday, September 6, from noon Eastern to 7:30pm Eastern, we'll be broadcasting a live video stream of performances at the TImpanogos storytelling festival! Find the stream at byuradio.org/appleseed!

On this, the first episode of the Timpanogos Symphony Orchestra Podcast, Music Director, John Pew, and Associate Conductor, Douglas Pew, introduce the 2019-2020 concert season. There's a lot of exciting music coming up this season and many special guests.  Tune in to find out what's in store for the TSO's 9th season. And please visit www.TheTSO.org for more information and to get your tickets.

In today's episode, enjoy the following stories:“My Wild Beauty” by Jay O'Callihan on his album Dancing with Fire“Lusmore” by Clare Murphy, from the 2012 Timpanogos storytelling Festival“The Noisy House” by Syd Lieberman on his album Joseph the Tailor

It's great to want to climb mountains, but are you prepared for what's downhill? Mary talks about her recent climb up Mt.Timpanogos with her good friend Jeanette Bennett, founder and editor-in-chief at Bennett Communications, where she primarily focuses her pen on Utah Valley Magazine, BusinessQ Magazine and Prosper Magazine. Together, they discuss the goal of reaching the summit of life but not being prepared for the other side of your success. What should you do to prepare for the "downhill"? Find out what's next on today's inspirational podcast!

In a battle for the playoffs, Maple Mountain beats Timpanogos in overtime, 36-35.

Week 6 of the High School Football season brings a showdown between American Fork and Lone Peak, Orem scores 63 points, and Wasatch hands Timpanogos its first loss of the season.

This week's teacher feature award goes to Greg Park from Timpanogos High School. Mr Park does it all teaching 6 subjects at the school from student government to Japanese. A student nominated him because their life was hugely impacted by him as a teacher. Just being there for the students and making them feel safe means the world to him. Mr. Park receives a special recognition award from Zions Bank, an overnight stay at the Anniversary Inn, dinner for two at the Roof Restaurant downtown, and two season passes to the new Hale Center Theater. At the end of the year, one lucky teacher will win the lease of a new car provided by Burt Bros. Tire and Service. KSL NewsRadio and Zions Bank are proud to honor Utah's best teachers with the KSL Teacher Feature Awards! Since 1994, Teacher Feature has highlighted outstanding teachers throughout the State of Utah. Winning teachers are announced every Tuesday morning, September through June, on Utah's Morning News with Brian & Amanda.

Picture yourself scrolling through your Facebook feed. You see a friend’s picture on top of Mt. Timpanogos. They look happy, healthy and adventurous. You get a little envious.

Each day we have mountains in front of us. They are a witness to our fears. When we climb those mountains they become our strength. Mary talks about her hike up Mt. Timpanogos and how it was an incredible metaphor for life itself. Learn the 10 things you will discover about yourself on your life's trail. You will soon discover that nothing is out of reach no matter what the world might say. Get ready for a truly inspirational episode!        

For Easter, a discussion of George Herbert's "Easter Wings." Recorded while out on a hike on a beautiful afternoon in the foothills under Mt. Timpanogos in beautiful Utah.

This episode of The Apple Seed features the work of just a few of the great tellers featured at the 2107 Timpanogos Storytelling festival: Donald Davis, Charlotte Blake Alston, Bil Lepp, Michael Reno Harrell, Josh Goforth, and even our host, Sam Payne!

Stories, songs and conversation with Kim Weitkamp from a live recording at the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival.

Stories from tellers who appeared at the 2016 Timpanogos Storytelling Festival.

Highlights from the 25th Annual Timpanogos Storytelling Festival.

Highlights from the 25th annual Timpanogos Storytelling Festival.

Highlights from the 25th annual Timpanogos Storytelling Festival.

Highlights from the 25th Annual Timpanogos Storytelling Festival.

Stories and songs recorded live at the 2011 and 2012 Timpanogos Storytelling Festivals.

The winners of KBYU-FM/Classical 89's High School Choir Competition

Exclusive audio from the 2013 Timpanogos Storytelling Festival held in Orem, Utah.