Brett Hein

Weber State is on the hunt for a new head football coach for the second time in three years, and the official job posting period ended over the weekend. WSU fired Mickey Mental two games before the end of his third season with the Wildcats having gone 2-10 in his final 12 Big Sky games. […]

Coming off a disheartening overtime loss at Utah, Weber State men’s basketball came to play early in Wednesday night’s trip to Utah State, possibly starting to reveal an identity: a willingness to scrap, one through 12, and an ability to get on the boards. But Utah State has an identity, too, returning several leaders from […]

Two former Davis County prep athletes lead this roundup of news briefs from around the sports scene in Utah. Hamblin wins Mountain West weekly award Former Syracuse High multi-sport standout Brevin Hamblin made big plays for Utah State football last week on his way to winning the Mountain West Conference defensive player of the week […]

UPDATE: Weber State officially announced it has “parted ways” with Mickey Mental early Monday afternoon, with Brent Myers working as interim head coach. “We want to thank coach Mental for his efforts and the passion he put into our football program,” Weber State athletic director Tim Crompton said in a statement. “We wish him nothing […]

Possibly the grandest scene in Big Sky women’s soccer history played out Sunday afternoon in Missoula, Montana. The two best teams in the league took care of business to meet in the conference tournament final: No. 1 Montana, a record three-time regular-season champion and RPI 98, hosting No. 2 Weber State, RPI 90 and trying […]

Outmatched and undermanned, Weber State football fell to 1-5 in Big Sky play Saturday afternoon, churned up by the machine that is No. 3 Montana State in a 66-14 final. When third-string quarterback Chance Wilson broke tackles against WSU starting defenders for a 15-yard touchdown run with 1:35 left, it pushed the result into the bad […]

Eastern Washington comes to Ogden feeling pretty optimistic after big changes last week. Dual-threat sophomore Nate Bell was handed the reins as starting quarterback, hurt Idaho with his legs and his arm, and the Eagles held the Vandals to just 14 points in what might be a season-defining win. Now EWU and Weber State both […]

TAYLOR — Who gets credit for No. 11 West Field’s first-round win in the 5A state football playoffs is up for debate. Was it junior receiver Gavin Ortegon with three first-quarter touchdown receptions (four total)? Was it freshman defensive back Drew Combe who grabbed his second interception to pull momentum away from the Vikings and set […]

Weber State men’s basketball usually spends time in the top half of the Big Sky Conference while the WSU women had been mainstays at the bottom. Both those things changed last season, but now coaches and media around the league indicate low expectations for both Wildcat teams with the release of preseason polls this week […]

Ryan Smith and the Smith Entertainment Group announced Tuesday that the company will build a new practice facility for the Utah Jazz at the Shops at South Town in Sandy. SEG purchased the entirety of the Sandy mall in August 2024 as the first step in what will now become a large sports campus to […]