High school baseball: Maple Mountain, Spanish Fork avoid elimination with victories in 5A bracket play
The Spanish Fork dugout celebrates during its win over West Field during the 5A state baseball tournament on Wednesday, May 20, 2026. | Scott Winterton Maple Mountain 10 Pleasant Grove 8 Two teams that know each other well went battle once again Wednesday in the 5A state tournament, with No. 2 Maple Mountain coming out on the right side of things this time around against No.
3 Pleasant Grove, 10-8. After falling to Pleasant Grave the day prior, Maple Mountain’s bats were the story of this game, powering the side to victory and living to see another day. Maple Mountain scored in every inning from the second onward and racked up 10 hits in the process.
Maple Mountain got solid production from catcher Brooks Pratt, who went 2 for 3 with two RBIs and a walk. Shortstop Lincoln Beenfield also had a strong showing, going 2 for 2 with a run scored and a walk. “I felt like we laid off a lot of pitches,” said Maple Mountain head coach Jeremy Thomas.
“We didn’t swing at balls, and we swung at strikes, and then when we did swing, we put barrels on it. “As we got into the second time through the order, our hitters had a good approach and that paid off for the guys. ” With the win, Maple Mountain sets up another contest with Pleasant Grove — their fifth meeting of the year — to decide who will advance to the state championship series.
“Pleasant Grove is a great team,” Thomas said. “We knew when they came into 5A that they were going to give everybody a challenge. We knew in our region play it was gonna prepare us for situations like this.
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