This week’s Maple Mountain High Prep of the Week is Baylee Nielsen. She has been playing soccer for 12 years.  Baylee plays forward for the Golden Eagles girls soccer team. This season has been very successful for her; so far she has scored 22 goals to lead her team. 

On the field Baylee tries to be in her own world and play her game.  To date, the Lady Golden Eagles’ record is 16-2-0 and soon will be playing in the state tournament.

Baylee says, “I have high hopes for state this year because we are a very good team, and we could have a good run this year."

Maple Mountain boys golf team has performed well this season.   The toughest competition for the Golden Eagles has been Spanish Fork, Uinta, and Salem Hills.   Maple Mountain players Kendrik Gibson, Luke Walker, and Payton Poulsen have been exceptional players.

Nick Langford, team captain, said, “I’m looking forward to state; I love golf because it’s competitive.”

Head Coach Johnny Averett’s goals for the team are, “To be better than what they were at the beginning of the season and have fun doing it.” 

2010 Homecoming Royalty Announced during Assembly

Homecoming Queen, Kaitlin Schramm, escorted by Lance Merrell
1st Attendant, Ashley Phelps, escorted by Chase Brown
2nd Attendant, Chaliece Jones, escorted by Zachary Asbell
3rd Attendant, Nicole Killian, escorted by Thomas Bird

2010 Homecoming Royalty

Homecoming Queen, Kaitlin Schramm, escorted by Lance Merrell
1st Attendant, Ashley Phelps, escorted by Chase Brown
2nd Attendant, Chaliece Jones, escorted by Zachary Asbell
3rd Attendant, Nicole Killian, escorted by Thomas Bird

Photo from left to right:  
3rd Attendant, Nicole Killian, escorted by Thomas Bird, Homecoming Queen, Kaitlin Schramm, escorted by Lance Merrell, 2nd Attendant, Chaliece Jones, escorted by Zachary Asbell, and 1st Attendant, Ashley Phelps, escorted by Chase Brown

On September 16, the Maple Mountain Golden Eagle Girls tennis team played their last home match of the season.  Their above average play lead to their 5-0 win over cross-town rivals, the Springville Red Devils. 

On September 16, Maple Mountain Girls Soccer team won their game against Uintah, 4-0.

Kaitlin Schramm said, “The game was good and turned out better for us than Uintah. We were pumped up expecting hard competitors; but, were surprised to see that they lost some valuable senior players. It was a chance to work on possession.”

When asked what her goal for the team was she said, “To make it to state finals and go as far as we can.”

Hailey Gerrard’s goal for the team is, “Just to have the team’s friendship stay strong throughout the whole year and have it not deteriorate.”

This week’s Maple Mountain Prep of the Week is girls tennis star Calley Bankhead.  Calley plays First Varsity Singles for our girl’s tennis team.   This season she has dominated every opponent she has played, to back up her 10-0 Region record.

Maple Mountain runners exploded onto the Murray Invitational course last Friday.  The Golden Eagles did exceptionally well dazzling the other 61 schools that were competing. For many runners this was the biggest race of their lives, in a literal sense.  Battling against schools like Davis and Pine View, Varsity boys pulled off an 8th overall win while Varsity girls placed 12th.

Although few in numbers on Friday, September 10, Maple Mountain students who attended the after the game stomp dance had a blast celebrating a game well fought.  Almost everyone was singing along to the song, “Baby,” by Justin Bieber.  When a slow song played, those who didn’t have partners created a big circle in their group of friends and swayed to the music.