Box Elder Bees

Box Elder isn’t too upset about a long region championship-winning streak ending this year.

Now that the spring sports season is over, let’s reflect on some of the best things that happened this spring for high school sports in Northern Utah.

Meet Mallory Merrill from Box Elder High, this week’s female standard star

When things are clicking, they’re clicking, and for the Bees — against a Braves team they failed to beat in four previous meetings this season — things clicked at the perfect moment.

Box Elder High School defeated Bountiful in two back-to-back games to become the 2018 state champions at the 5A state softball tournament in Taylorsville on Thursday, May 24, 2018.

TAYLORSVILLE — Syracuse took a 2-0 lead after four innings, then scored two insurance runs in the seventh inning to eliminate Layton 4-1 in Wednesday’s final game in the 6A state tournament one-loss bracket. Ashtyn Bauerle pitched a complete game in the win for Syracuse, giving up two...

Bountiful will play for its first softball state title in school history on Thursday

Teams duke it out during the state softball tournament on Wednesday, May 23, 2018 at Valley Regional Park in Taylorsville.

Teams battle during the state tournament softball quarterfinals on Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at Valley Regional Park in Taylorsville.

Rain and lightning forced the delay of the state softball championships Tuesday as the final four games of the day’s competition reached the fifth inning and later.