High school baseball: Spanish Fork, West Field, Pleasant Grove, Maple Mountain get victories in 5A tournament play

Stock art Here’s a recap of the four 5A state tournament bracket play games at UVU on Monday. This story will be updated. Spanish Fork 5 Payson 0 The defending 5A state champions, No.

1 Spanish Fork, got their title defense started off on the right foot, riding the pitching of Matai Johnson to a 5-0 victory over No. 9 Payson in the 5A tournament bracket play. Johnson had a no-hitter heading into the sixth inning, but it was eventually broken up by a bunt single by Payson’s Yoshi Schaugaard.

Johnson finished with a complete-game shutout and struck out seven batters while walking just one. “Matai Johnson gave us an awesome start. Anytime we get a no hitter going from our guy, we love our chances.

I love his composure on the mound and he’s just a bulldog out there. Every time he is on the mound, we know we’re going to get a good start,” said Spanish Fork head coach Hadley Thorpe. “He’s just going to go right at hitters and throw a ton of strikes and challenge guys.