Boys Soccer

The Braves are 4-5 on the year, including a shootout loss to Layton on March 11. Bountiful opened the season with a 3-1 win over East, the loss to Layton, a 4-3 loss to Clearfield and a 3-1 win over West. Region play began with a 2-1 victory at Viewmont on March 23, another shootout loss to Woods Cross on March 23, another shootout loss to Riverton, then a 2-0 win over Farmington on April 13. Their latest match before our press deadline was a 4-1 loss at Box Elder on April 16.

Dallin Burgin has led the Braves offensively with 8 goals, while Javier Moreno has added 4. Parker Hayford and Cole Ingles split credit for a shutout in goal.

Baseball

Bountiful was 7-6 as we went to press. The season began with a 19-0 rout of Roy on March 16, followed by a 2-0 shutout of Roy. Bountiful lost to Salem Hills 4-3 before beating Mountain Crest 5-3 and Park City 8-2. But the Braves then lost games to Alta 3-1, Riverton 5-0, Green Canyon 9-6, and Brighton 7-6. They righted their ship with a 1-0 win over Carbon and a 3-0 win at Box Elder in the first region three-game set. The Bees won game two 8-5 but Bountiful won the series ender at home 5-3.

Pithcers Easton Aubuchon and Truman Duryea are both 3-1 on the year. Duryea also led the team with 7 doubles and 9 RBIs through April 16.

Softball

The Lady Braves are always tough in softball, and through the first 10 games the team is 8-2. Wins were over Davis 10-1, Copper Hils 3-1, Cyprus 12-1, Bonneville 18-6, Viewmont 17-4, Northridge 19-3, Woods Cross 15-0 and Farmington 5-4. The only losses were to Weber and Clearfield.

Shambre Maestas was 3-0 on the mound, Annie Salazar 3-1 and Eva Stoddard 2-1. Stoddard led the team with 4 home runs and 20 RBIs. Livi Arona had two homers and 14 RBIs for the Braves, and Salazar also homered twice in the first 10 games.

Lacrosse

Bountiful’s boys picked up its first win of the season with an 18-6 win over Viewmont March 24. “We played well,” head coach Peter Jordan said, noting the performances of senior attack man Sam LeFevre who had six goals and two assists and junior long pole Cole Terry who had 19 ground balls, three assists and a goal. “They had great games.”

Jamison Bain added four goals and one assist along with Hayden Hanson (three goals, one assist), Payson Hadley (one goal, one assist) and Rustin Lowe (one assist).

Bountiful lost to Brighton 13-4 April 13. Hayden Hanson scored two goals to lead the Braves while Sam Lefevre (one goal, one assist) and Jamison Bain (one goal) also scored.

Against Box Elder April 16, Bountiful won 13-5 behind four goals and one assist each by Hanson and Lefevre.

Also helping offensively were Porter Hadley (two goals), Payson Hadley (one goal, one assist), Jamison Bain (one goal, one assist), Declan Watt (one goal), Isaac Stout (two assists), Rustin Lowe (one assist) and Elijah Lowe (one assist).

The Braves had a 3-4 record as of April 16.

The Bountiful girls defeated Viewmont 6-5 March 23 in its first game of the season. The Braves went up 4-1 early and held on for the narrow win.

“It was a great first game for the new girls and was really evenly matched,” head coach Olivia Cook said.

Emily Stewart had four goals and Synnove (Sunny) Price-Huish added two for the Braves.

“Grace Nixon played goalie and just started playing lacrosse last week and had some amazing saves,” Cook said.

Against Woods Cross March 25, Bountiful lost 12-9. 

“It was a really great game,” Cook said, noting freshman midfielder Naomi Bryson’s play. “She played so great on the entire field. She has no lacrosse experience and has picked it up so quickly. She is aggressive, has great footwork and is hungry to create turnovers and opportunities on defense.”

Lauren Jensen led the Braves with four goals while Price-Huish scored two with Maddi Stott and Millie Urie adding one each.

Bountiful lost to Farmington 17-3 April 13. Lauren Jensen led the Braves with two goals while Emily Stewart added the third Bountiful score.

“It was a really tough game for our girls as almost all of them are brand new to lacrosse,” Cope said. “This was the first team that we played were it looked like everyone from the other team was pretty experienced in lacrosse, but it’s always a learning experience and I think my girls have a few takeaways from losing a game like that.”

Against Box Elder April 15, the Braves lost 19-10. Bountiful was 2-3 on the season to this point.

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