Lady Falcons fall after impressive run through elimination bracket

Written by Andy Griffin
May 18, 2014

SPANISH FORK — Stansbury will take home the state 3A softball trophy, but Canyon View will take home a measure of pride after staving off elimination four times in two days.

softbThe Stallions are now the two-time state champs after beating Uintah 8-3. Meanwhile, Canyon View rebounded from an opening loss Thursday to play all the way to championship Saturday. CV lost to Uintah 7-1 in a winner’s bracket game Thyursday morning. The Falcons turned around and beat Carbon 7-0 to finish play Thursday.

Friday, Canyon View won three games, eliminating Tooele (5-4), Grantsville (13-9) and Juab (4-3). But Saturday’s rematch with Uintah ended in an 8-5 victory for the Utes, ending CV’s season with a 22-6 record. Josie Platt homered in the loss.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Andy Griffin has been in sports media since 1989 and has covered BYU, Utah State and the Utah Jazz as well as all sports in southern Utah. A journalism graduate of USU, Andy has carried on a dual career as both a sports writer and a sports broadcaster and has been heard around the country. He has also been published in USA Today, Sport magazine, The Sporting News, Fairways magazine, the Los Angeles Times and locally in the Deseret News, the Salt Lake Tribune and the Spectrum. Andy was “The Voice of Region 9 sports,” for many years. He also hosted a daily sports talk show for three years called AG in the a.m. Andy has been married to his college sweetheart Shelly for 28 years and has five children ages 13 to 25.

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