Brother Andy Skelton is the new Seminary teacher here at Maple Mountain High school. He has been teaching for the past ten years and was most recently at Payson High School. Previously he taught at Skyline, Evergreen Jr. High, Provo High, Payson Jr. High, and Timpview. Andy and Laura Skelton have been married for over 13 years and have four great boys ages 5 to 13.
On Monday, August 22, the Maple Mountain boys golf team had one of their best tournaments at Gladston Golf Course in Payson.
In the end, the team pulled ahead by 15 shots, ranking the team 4th in the tournament. Many of the teammates showed improvement in their performance.
“The team did better than expected,” Coach Averett explained. “The team is working hard, doing well, and having fun.”
On August 26 the Maple Mountain sophomore football team beat Westlake Thunder 23-18 at home. The Golden Eagles played strong, especially Kayden Miner and Mike Matteis; Matteis had a five yard touchdown run. Miner also had a touchdown that day; a 25 yard catch to seal the win for the Golden Eagles.
“I always try to play my heart out every game, no matter what the score is,” explained Miner.
On August 28, 2010 Maple Mountain Girls Soccer played Sky View at home. Even though the young team didn’t get the victory, they still played tough. Sky View beat Maple Mountain 5-0 in a physical game.
“Sky View is a really good team,” exclaimed Coach Carolyn Swenson.
Coach Swenson also said that the game was a good learning experience and now the girls know what they need to work on.
“We are still a strong team,” was Coach Swenson’s final words.
Last Saturday, August 28, Maple Mountain Cross Country jumped hay bales during a two mile race in American Fork. Varsity put forth tremendous effort maintaining fifth place until the very last lap where they finished in eighth. This is only the second meet of the season and they‘re starting off with lots of heart and determination.
To culminate the end of "a tradition of firsts" as a new school, on Friday, May 21, Maple Mountain held it's first student body talent show. It's no surprise, Golden Eagles got talent!
