Utah High School Basketball - Mount Vernon ripped by Piute
January 11, 2024: Junction, UT 84740 The Piute Thunderbirds basketball team scored 86 points and held the visiting Mount Vernon Patriots to 45 in the Thunderbirds non-league triumph on Thursday.
The Thunderbirds now sport a 11-2 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Panguitch for a 1A Region 20 contest on Wednesday, January 17. Piute will meet a Bobcats team coming off a 68-38 league win over Wayne (Bicknell, UT). The Bobcats record now stands at 14-3.
The Patriots (3-9) will now prepare for their contest against Dugway (Dugway, UT). The Mustangs enter the 1A Region 21 contest with a 0-8 record. In their last contest, Dugway was routed by Rockwell (Eagle Mountain, UT), 97-31, in a non-league contest.