Cedar High School

After taking the Region title last week the Cedar High Speech and Debate team came up just short of the state title over the weekend. Coach Josh Maher was named coach of the year for 4A while several students placed in the competition. Individual results; Sadie Hinck, Kirstin Corry, and Abi Roundy were finalists in speech events, Elena Roundy took 3rd place in informative speech and Abi Roundy took 3rd place in Lincoln Douglas debate. Congratulations Debaters.

The Cedar Reds Girls Golf team finished 3rd in the first tournament of the season as 4 of the Reds golfers finished in the top 10 in the tournament. Taylyn Wilson finished 4th with a score of 43, Denym Bohn finished 7th with a 46, and Kamrey Leavitt and RaeLee Johnson tied for 10th place both shooting 49 on the day. Way to go Ladies!!

Melbourne Earl won the state championship in the 115 lb weight class on Saturday evening at the Sevier Valley Center in Richfield. Earl started her quest for the championship by pinning her competition from Ridgeline in the quarterfinal round in 1:05. In the Semifinals Earl faced the #1 seed from Bear River who had a record of 30-4 on the year. Melbourne pinned her in 1:02. That pitted her in the final against a region rival from Pine View who was 26-4 on the season. Melbourne finished her off pinning her in :40 to take home the championship. Congratulations Melbourne!

Reds Victorious on Senior Night The Cedar Reds Basketball team came out of the gate quickly to run out to a 24-8 first quarter lead as the offense was clicking on all cylinders from the get go. Stockton Albrecht scored 10 points in the opening frame to get the Reds out quickly. The Senior guard led the way with 17 points on the night, followed by Landon Krietzer who put up 12 off the bench. After the first quarter the Reds slowed down a bit offensively and the game balanced out for the two teams but Hurricane was never able to recover from the Cedar blitz to open the game. Nate Rogers contributed 9 points and 9 rebounds, while Ty Bronson also scored 9 points to go along with 6 boards and fellow senior Boston Garrett had 7 points and 10 rebounds. Coming off the bench and contributing 7 points was Senior guard Porter Dodd. Ammon York, Kanden Coronado and Easton Albrecht had 2 points a piece. The Reds will travel to Desert Hills Tuesday, Feb. 21 to take on the Thunder in the first round of the State Playoffs @ 7pm!

Boys Basketball upset bid of Dixie falls just short. The Cedar Reds put up a valiant effort, going toe to toe with the Region 10 leading Dixie Flyers on Wednesday night, leading most of the way. The Reds got out early to a 9 point lead as they were able to execute a defensive game plan to slow down the high flying Dixie squad early. The two squads played fairly even throughout the second quarter as as the Reds carried an 8 point lead into the half. The Flyers came out quickly in the 3rd quarter whittling the Reds lead down to just 2 early in the 3rd but the Reds were able to answer each time the Flyers made a run through the rest of the 3rd quarter. The fourth quarter was equally even matched as each team traded baskets back and forth knocking down outside shots as well as adding old fashioned three point plays. The Flyers took the lead down the stretch leading by 2 points as the Reds had the ball with an opportunity to tie or take a lead but were unable to capitalize. The Flyers knocked down free throws down the stretch to extend that lead to 6 which ended up being the final margin. In a balanced attack on the night Landon Kreitzer led the way with 15 points followed by Boston Garrett's 14 points and 6 boards. Ty Bronson contributed 12 points and 6 boards, while Kandon Coronado put up 9 points. Nate Rogers contributed 7 points with 7 assists, 4 steals and 4 rebounds followed by Stockton Albrecht's 6 points and Easton Albrecht's 3 points on the night. The Reds will play their final regular season game Friday at home vs Hurricane.

Girls Basketball pulls off the Upset of Dixie on Senior Night! The Cedar Reds girls basketball team knocked off the Dixie Flyers on Friday night to upset the #2 team in Region 10 as the Reds used a big third quarter to take a 2 point lead into the 4th. The Reds extended the lead as the defense was able to turn into quick offense with Annalyse Shimada getting a steal and layup and a defensive rebound turned into a run out for the Reds with Kenzie Bird finishing an old fashioned three point platy put the Reds up by 8. with 5 minutes left in the game. The offense went cold for the Reds and Dixie made a run to get the game tied at 39 with one minute left when Mya Bishoff got fouled and hit both free throws to give the Reds the 2 point advantage. The defense of the Reds grounded the Flyers for the remainder of the game causing turnovers and preventing Dixie from scoring for the rest of the game. The Reds used a balanced scoring attack throughout the game as Annalyse Shimada led the way with 11 points, pulling down 4 rebounds adding 4 assists. Kiara Hansen added 6 points along with 9 rebounds and 5 blocked shots. Gabby Gomez, Kenzie Bird, Mya Bishoff and Kianna Warby each had 5 points on the night. Anna Robison contributed 4 points and added 10 rebounds. Way to go Ladies. The Reds will play their final regular season game Thursday at Hurricane.

The Cedar Boys Swim took 2nd place just edged out by Crimson Cliffs for the Title by 12 points. The Reds had strong showings throughout the meet with state champion finishes in the 100Y Butterfly for Andrew Sagers, 200 Yard Freesytle Relay with Emery Cook, Justin Granado, James Smith and Andrew Sagers and 1st place finish in the 400Y Freestyle Relay with Tanner Dodds, Justin Granado, James Smith and Andrew Sagers. Placing in the top 5 in events were 3rd place in the 200Y Medley Relay, Tanner Dodds, Ashten Krans, Tylan Murray and Emery Cook Andrew Sagers 2nd place in 200Y Freestyle Ashten Krans 5th in the 200Y Individual Medley James Smith 2nd and Emery Cook 4th in 50Y Freestyle Andrew Sagers 1st Place in 100Y Butterfly with Kyle Lunt 4th place James Smith 3rd and Justin Granado 4th in the 100Y Freestyle Tanner Dodds 3rd Place in 500Y Freestyle 1st place in 200 Yard Freesytle Relay with Emery Cook, Justin Granado, James Smith and Andrew Sagers. Ashten Krans 3rd place in 100Y Breaststroke 1st Place in the 400Y Freestyle Relay with Tanner Dodds, Justin Granado, James Smith and Andrew Sagers.

The Cedar Reds Girls swim team took 2nd place in the state competition over the weekend amassing 217 points. The Reds took home Placing in the top 5 in events were 5th place in the 200Y Medley Relay-Olivia Price, Sydney Selinger, Addison Taylor and Natalie Moses. Addison Taylor 4th place in 200Y Freestyle Aspen Simper 2nd place in 500Y Freestyle 3rd place in the 200Y Freestyle Relay Aspen Simper, Natalie Moses, Jacie Prisbrey and Olivia Price Olivia Price 5th place in 100Y Backstroke 4th place in the 400Y Freestyle Relay Addison Taylor, Sydney Selinger, Kelsee Leavitt and Aspen Simper

In a precursor to the State Tournament that will take place next week the Cedar Reds wrestlers took on half of the 4A field at the Divisionals over the weekend. The lone winner for the Reds was Aiden Po’uha who won his 190 lb title match by decision 10-8 over his competitor from Ridgeline. The Reds boys had two other competitors reach the finals in Rayce Zobell at 157 lbs and James Houston at 106 lbs but they were unable to get the victory in the championship. Other placers for the Reds qualifying for the State tournament were, James Williams at 106 lbs. at 7th place. Maximillian Diaz at 113 lbs. at 8th place. Greg Melling at 120 lbs. at 3rd place Wyatt Greehhalgh 4th place and Zach Taylor 7th place both qualified at 126 Andres Valencia qualified in 6th place at 138 lbs. Jonathan Kelly 3rd and Cooper Jolley 4th both qualified at 150 lbs. Jancen Payne qualified at 157 lbs 4th place along with Rayce Zobell Justin Anderson took 3rd place at 165 lbs and Carson Savage also qualified in 6th place Oscar Jiminez took 7th place at 175 lbs Ian Po’uha took 6th place at 215 lbs Jayson Ziegler took 4th place at 285 lbs. On the Girls side Melbourne Earl took 2nd place in her weight division, Ice Grilli also took 2nd place, along with Katherine Hall in her weight division.

The Cedar Reds girls basketball team picked up win #4 on the season as they defeated Pine View to gain the season sweep of the Panthers. The two teams struggled offensively early, between the two teams there was one basket and 4 free throws scored as the Reds took a 5-1 lead after the first quarter. The second quarter the offenses started to click as Pine View scored 12 points and the Reds spread the offense around with Kasia Davis and Kianna Warby each hitting 3 pointers and Anna Robison and Kiara Hansen each scoring a basket. The Reds took a 15-13 score into the break. The game turned and the third quarter belonged to the Reds as they were able to run out to a big lead outscoring the Panthers 20-5 in the 3rd. With the game seemingly in hand after the Reds kept the Panthers to 18 points in the first 3 quarters, the Panthers would not go away applying full court pressure and the Reds struggled to break the press allowing Pine View to work back into it to get within 4 with three minutes left. Key free throws down the stretch from Annalyse Shimada and Gabby Gomez secured the lead late in the game for the Reds to come out victorious. The Reds used a balanced scoring attack led by senior Anna Robison's double double scoring 10 points with 11 rebounds and Kiara Hansen scored 9 points and pulled down 11 boards as well. Gabby Gomez scored 9 points with 4 assists. Kasia Davis and Annalyse Shimada each had 6 points, with Mya Bishoff and Kianna Warby each scoring 3 points and Sadie Parson pulled down 8 rebounds along with her 2 points. The Reds move to 4-6 in Region play with 2 more games left on the schedule hosting Dixie and traveling to Hurricane next week.

The Cedar Reds Mohey Tawa moved onto the State Finals round after an impressive performance on Thursday afternoon at UVU. The Reds were in the top 2 of the 4 teams in their pod moving them onto the final round for the State Drill Team Championships. The 4A Finals competition will begin at approximately 4:36 pm. Mohey will be taking the floor for the Military routine at 5:18 pm, Dance routine will be at 5:48 pm and the show routine is scheduled for 7:18 pm.

The Cedar Reds Varsity Girls Basketball team got the victory over the Crimson Cliffs Mustangs 34-26 on Tuesday night. It took a while for the offense to get started as the Reds could only muster 9 points at the half falling behind the Mustangs 14-9. But the Offense started to click and the Defense continued to hold the Mustangs at bay as Cedar outscored Crimson Cliffs 14-6 in the third quarter to take a 3 point lead into the 4th. The Mustangs were able to even the score at 26 a piece with 6:15 to go in the game but the Reds closed things out by holding the Mustangs scoreless the rest of the way to get the Victory. The Reds were led in scoring by Annalyse Shimada who had 9 points followed closely by Gabby Gomez who poured in 8. Mya Bishoff hit a couple of three pointers for 6 points, Kiara Hansen had 4, Kianna Warby, Kasia Davis and Anna Robison each had 2 points and McKenzie Bird put in a free throw for 1 point to round out the scoring on the night for the Reds. Shimada and Hansen each pulled down 9 rebounds and Gomez added 4 assists in the Win.

The Cedar Reds girls Swimmers edged out the Crimson Cliffs Mustangs by 1.5 points to take home the Region Title. A great effort all around by the entire team allowed the Reds to bring home the Trophy. The event places are shown below. 200 Yard Medley Relay=3rd Place–Aspen Simper, Sydney Selinger, Addison Taylor and Natalie Moses 200 Yard Free=1st Place–Aspen Simper, 2nd place Addison Taylor, 3rd place Olivia Price, 6th Place Jacie Prisbrey 50 Yard Freestye=2nd Place–Sydney Selinger, 4th place–Natalie Moses 100 Yard Freestyle=5th place–Natalie Moses 500 Yard Freestyle=1st Place (School Record) Aspen Simper, 2nd Place Addison Taylor 200 Yard Freesytle Relay=1st Place–Natalie Moses, Olivia Price, Jacie Prisbrey and Aspen Simper 100 Yard Backstroke=2nd Place–Olivia Price, 3rd Place–Sydney Selinger 400 Yard Freestyle Relay=3rd Place–Addison Taylor, Olivia Price, Kelsee Leavitt and Sydney Selinger WAY TO GO GIRLS!!!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS.

The Cedar Reds boys swim team finished in 2nd place at the Region 10 meet over the weekend. The boys were edged out by The Crimson Cliffs Mustangs by 5 points 416-411. Individual Results listed below. 200 Yard Medley Relay=3rd Place–Tanner Dodds, Ashten Krans, Tylan Murray and Justin Granado 200 Yard IM=3rd place–Tanner Dodds, 4th Place– Ashten Krans 50 Yard Free=3rd place–James Smith, 4th Place– Emery Cook, 5th Place–Andrew Sagers 100 Yard Butterfly=2nd Place–Andrew Sagers, 6th Place–Kyle Lunt 100 Yard Freestyle=2nd Place–Jsutin Granado, 4th Place–James Smith 500 Yard Freestyle=2nd Place–Tanner Dodds 200 Yard Freestyle Relay=1st Place-James Smith, Emery Cook, Tylan Murray and Andrew Sagers 100 Yard Backstroke=3rd Place–Justin Granado, 6th Place Joshua Barrick 100 Yard Breaststroke=2nd Place–Ashten Krans, 6th Place Emery Cook 400 Yard Freestyle Relay=1st Place–Tanner Dodds, Justin Granado, James Smith, Andrew Sagers Congratulations boys!!!

Aspen Simper breaks 34 year old School Record! Aspen Simper swam the fastest 500 Yard Freestyle in the History of Cedar High School at the Region championships over the weekend swimming a 5:28.14. The Previous school record of 5:29.73 was set in 1989 by Danyale Griffiths. Congratulations Aspen!!!

The Cedar Reds Wrestling team got another Win in the Duel vs the Mustangs by a 42-35 score. The duel started off with the heavyweight division where Jayson Ziegler earned a forfeit to give the Reds. a 6-0 head start. Crimson quickly overcame that deficit with a pin and a Technical fall for an 11-6 lead before the Reds answered right back with back to back pins by Greg Melling and Wyatt Greenhalgh to give the Reds an 18-11 advantage. The next 18 points belonged to Crimson as they earned two pins and an injury forfeit to take the lead right back at 29-18. The Reds would dominate the mat from that point on as they won the next five matches Cooper Jolley (9-2, dec.) and Jancen Payne (13-8, dec.) both picked up wins by decision before Justin Anderson, Carson Savage and Aiden Po’uha each picked up wins by fall to give the Reds 24 more points and a 42-29 advantage before the final match of the night was taken by the Mustangs at 215 pounds by way of a fall making the final score 42-35 in favor of the Reds. Way to go Wrestlers.

The Cedar Reds Boys Basketball team avoided the upset on Wednesday night with a huge 3rd quarter outscoring Hurricane 25-11 and would hold off the Tigers in the 4th quarter for the win. Ty Bronson led the Reds in scoring with 13 points in his return from a wrist injury. Nate Rogers had 12 points and the Albrecht brothers combined for 18 with Stockton netting 10 and Easton scoring 8. Kreitzer and Coronado each added 7 points and Boston Garrett contributed 5 for the Reds. Nate Rogers also added 7 rebounds and 6 assists in the win. Way to go Reds!!!

Boys Basketball travels to Snow Canyon Tonight The Reds are taking on the Warriors at 7 pm tonight in Santa Clara. The Reds are 5-6 and sit at #11 in the RPI while Snow Canyon is 9-5 and #7 in the RPI standings. Good Luck tonight Reds, go get a W!!! Watch it Live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17o6_5mGOYs

Wrestling takes on the Warriors at home The Cedar Reds Wrestlers are hosting the Snow Canyon Warriors on Wednesday evening at 7 pm. Come out and support the Wrestling team tonight. Good Luck Wrestling!!!

NCAA and NAIA Athlete Eligibility and Recruiting Workshop Paul Putnam recruiting services will be providing a 3 part workshop starting Mon. Jan 9 to discuss NCAA and NAIA eligibility requirements for colleges and providing recruiting information. This will be an online workshop. Details and information are found on the youtube link below. https://youtu.be/C6b2A9pA6i0