Spring sports head into homestretch with 44 state titles up for grabs

West and Cyprus play a high school softball game at West High in Salt Lake City on Monday, April 25, 2022. The 2021-22 high school sports season is in its final stretch.

Scott G Winterton, Deseret News

The chaos that is high school spring sports is already well underway and will reach its crescendo quickly as the 2021-22 season feverishly comes to a close within a few weeks. But not before the UHSAA doles out a lot of hardware — 44 championship and 44 runner-up trophies to be exact.

May is by far the busiest calendar month of the season for the UHSAA, which was made even busier with the introduction of boys and girls lacrosse last season.

In total, there are 10 sports during the spring (baseball, softball, boys soccer, boys and girls lacrosse, boys and girls track, boys tennis and boys and girls golf), which necessitates 44 state meet/tournaments over a 29-day span from start to finish. UHSAA executive director Robb Cuff said it’s even more congested when you consider that it’s only 18 days from the first spring trophy being handed out to the last.

The spring sports madness got underway April 29 with the 3A and 2A boys soccer state tournament games. Trophies will start being handed out early this week with girls golf championships along with 4A, 3A and 2A soccer titles.

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The 2021-22 season officially concludes May 28 with the 6A and 5A baseball state championship games.

The goal for the UHSAA is to have everything wrapped up by the Saturday before Memorial Day. Weather can sometimes make getting all the tournaments finished on time a challenge, but the UHSAA has had luck getting everything in before Memorial Day for at least the past two decades.

For high school athletic directors, the biggest challenges they face in the spring happens well before the May madness and it’s all Mother Nature’s fault.

“The biggest challenge is the weather and trying to manage fields and cancel and reschedule games. Spring weather is so unpredictable. We also have with boys and girls lacrosse more sports in the spring than any other season,” said Maple Mountain athletic director David Boyack. “Counting the days until summer break.”

There really isn’t a slow season anymore as the UHSAA has expanded classifications and the number of sports it sanctions in recent years. In the fall the UHSAA handles 34 state competitions over a 52-day span from start …read more

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