Utah Valley recruit lights up No. 1 team

Ben Aird was on BYU and Utah's recruiting radar not too long ago but for some reason dropped off and landed smack dab in the middle of Utah Valley's.
Looks like coach Dick Hunsaker found himself a diamond with the way Aird played against top-ranked Brighton this week.
The 6-foot-10 center, who plays for Bountiful, dropped in 28 points and pulled down 10 rebounds as well as getting two blocks in the Braves 75-68 win Tuesday night.
Aird scored 17 points and grabbed nine rebounds in Bountiful's season opener against Syracuse.
He is being touted as, and wants to be, the best big-man in the state. The high school basketball season is young but Aird seems like a great get for the Wolverines.
Utah Valley loses two big men after this season, Joe Walker and Jordan Brady.

Runners take a championship

Once again Utah Valley showed its Independent dominance, this time it was the cross country runners getting the job done.
Both the men's and the women's teams walked away from the Independent Championships as the champions.
Aiysha Mitchell, who finished first out of Utah Valley runners at most meets this year, continued her success crossing the finish line first for the women. On the men's team, Chase Englestead crossed the finish line second in the men's race and first out of UV runners.



Mitchell came on strong this year with all sorts of determination and grit. After the BYU Fall Invitational earlier this year she said she felt like she had improved tremendously since last season. She was the best runner this year finishing regularly in the top ten at meets. She had goals to meet and now she's the best Independent female runner, good for her. She's a senior so someone else will have to step up next year. Coach Houle was impressed with what she's done this season, pretty much coming out of nowhere to be the leader of Utah Valley.
Utah Valley still has Independent tournaments to play in both soccer and volleyball and since both the tournaments will be in Orem it's liekly the Wolverines could claim three championships in the fall.