Volleyball: BYU women sign three
BYU's women's volleyball program signed three high school players to national letters of intent recently, although none are from Utah.
Utah landed a couple of the state's standout players, but this has been considered a down year for Utah girls volleyball players, despite the phenomenal growth the sport has had in Utah recently.
The Cougars signed setter Markelle Malone, a four-year all-conference selectee from Durango High in Las Vegas. They also acquired Malia Marquardt, a rightside hitter from Vista High in Vista, Calif., and middle blocker Nicole Warner of Rigby High in Rigby, Idaho.
Last fall, BYU made a run to the Elite Eight after a disappointing performance at the MWC tournament and finished ranked No. 12 in the nation.
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We've had a lot of news about Utah teams that played well in several club basketball tournaments the past few weeks in Houston and Las Vegas.
Well, another Utah player has also participated, but on a out-of-state team.
McKay Blackburn, a 6-foot-7 sophomore at South Sevier in Monroe has been playing for the Las Vegas Blue Devils 16-under team.
The team lost by three points in overtime in the Platinum Division championship game at the Las Vegas Easter Classic in March.
At the Kingwood Classic in Houston, the team lost in the Silver Bracket championship game (it had to forfeit in the middle of the second half when a team member suffered an eye injury that required emergency surgery).
At the Las Vegas Spring Classic, the Blue Devils lost by four points in the Gold Division's championship game.
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We mentioned that a team of Davis High prospects went 1-2 at the Las Vegas Spring Classic last weekend. Actually, the team went 2-2. The results on the tournament's Web site are wrong, several readers have informed us.
Davis lost its second game while playing without one of its stars, James Cowser, who was lost in the first game due to a badly sprained ankle.
Utah landed a couple of the state's standout players, but this has been considered a down year for Utah girls volleyball players, despite the phenomenal growth the sport has had in Utah recently.
The Cougars signed setter Markelle Malone, a four-year all-conference selectee from Durango High in Las Vegas. They also acquired Malia Marquardt, a rightside hitter from Vista High in Vista, Calif., and middle blocker Nicole Warner of Rigby High in Rigby, Idaho.
Last fall, BYU made a run to the Elite Eight after a disappointing performance at the MWC tournament and finished ranked No. 12 in the nation.
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We've had a lot of news about Utah teams that played well in several club basketball tournaments the past few weeks in Houston and Las Vegas.
Well, another Utah player has also participated, but on a out-of-state team.
McKay Blackburn, a 6-foot-7 sophomore at South Sevier in Monroe has been playing for the Las Vegas Blue Devils 16-under team.
The team lost by three points in overtime in the Platinum Division championship game at the Las Vegas Easter Classic in March.
At the Kingwood Classic in Houston, the team lost in the Silver Bracket championship game (it had to forfeit in the middle of the second half when a team member suffered an eye injury that required emergency surgery).
At the Las Vegas Spring Classic, the Blue Devils lost by four points in the Gold Division's championship game.
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We mentioned that a team of Davis High prospects went 1-2 at the Las Vegas Spring Classic last weekend. Actually, the team went 2-2. The results on the tournament's Web site are wrong, several readers have informed us.
Davis lost its second game while playing without one of its stars, James Cowser, who was lost in the first game due to a badly sprained ankle.
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