The Corner Canyon High boys basketball team entered the 6A state tournament ranked fourth and lived up to its seeding, finishing in the state’s final four. After a first-round bye, the Chargers defeated No. 13 Mountain Ridge 65-45 before holding off No. 5 Bingham 62-52 Feb. 24 at the University of Utah. Seniors Bryton Valdez and Noah Bendinger combined for 28 points while junior Tyler Mortensen was also in double figures with 10 points. It was the third meeting for the teams this season with both squads splitting the other two games, winning by three points in each matchup.

In the semifinals Feb. 26, Corner Canyon lost to No. 1 Herriman 64-55, even with 19 points from Bendinger, 13 from Valdez and 12 from Mortensen. The Chargers seemed to have control of the game a few different times until the fourth quarter when they managed just 7 points on offense to the Mustangs’ 19 points.

This season, Bendinger led the squad with 23 points a game while Valdez averaged 12. Valdez dished out five assists a game while sophomore Mo Brown was the leading rebounder with four a contest.

Also on the 2024-25 team that went 18-8 this year, with an 8-2 Region 2 mark, were seniors Hudson Brown, Brigg Jensen, Tag Jensen and Peterson Lunt; juniors Khi Davis, Drew Liljenquist, Tyler Mortensen, Dillon Robert and Peyton Torkornoo; sophomores Diesel Dart, Krew Eckman, Andrew Morrell and Carsen Schultz; and freshman Josh Tolman.

Girls

After a first-round bye in the 6A state tournament, the 12th-seeded Corner Canyon High girls basketball team lost to No. 5 Bingham 60-40 Feb. 20. Senior Addi Yeomans led the Chargers with 17 points in the loss.

Senior Aubrey Mulitalo was the team’s leading scorer this season at 13 points a game while Yeomans added 8 and seniors Kenzie Randall and Sorrelle Nielsen both had 6.

Also on the 2024-25 squad – that went 13-11 overall and 3-7 in Region 2 – were senior Brooke Luper; juniors Olivia Gleason, Hailee Johnsen, Kate LeRoy and Allie Walquist; sophomore Addison Paynter; and freshman Maija Mortensen.

Corner Canyon was coached most of the year by Craig Morris until Evric Gray stepped in for the last three games of
the season. λ