On Tuesday, January 12, the Golden Eagles took on the Red Devils on Maple Mountain’s home court.  Springville took the win with a score of 77-42, but Maple Mountain turned up the heat during the second half and was able to shake up the game.  Though the score wasn’t always evenly matched, Maple Mountain and Springville both scored 50% of their free throws.   Connor Murphy had his highest scoring game of the season scoring 14 points, 9 of which came from 3 point shots.

On Tuesday, January 19, the Maple Mountain High School Varsity Girls’ basketball team had an intense and challenging game against Spanish Fork High School which ended in favor of the Lady Dons 50-43. The Lady Golden Eagles had a slow start against Spanish Fork letting them out score them by six in the first quarter.  But as the game continued, the girls certainly found the motivation they needed to end the second quarter with Maple Mountain outscoring Spanish Fork by 3.

Eleven Maple Mountain High students have been named Sterling Scholars for 2009-2010. The students chosen will now go on to the state competition in February. The categories and the students chosen are: