High school girls basketball: Bingham rallies past No. 1 Fremont to claim repeat 6A state title Bingham made 9 of 14 3-pointers to overcome a 10-point first half deficit on its way to state championship By James [email protected]  Feb 29, 2020, 9:20pm SALT LAKE CITY — Fremont has gotten the better of Bingham in the regular season each of the past two years, but when it has mattered most in the playoffs, the Miners have proven superior in the clutch. A year after bouncing tournament-favorites Fremont in the semifinals, Bingham got the better of No. 1 seed Fremont again on Saturday night in the 6A championship, pulling away late for the 59-51 victory and a repeat state title. On Saturday morning, Bingham watched film of its 27-point loss to Fremont back in December, and coach Charron Mason said her players’ reactions to a simple question reassured her that they were ready for the tough challenge. “I asked the girls, what have we improved since then,...

Deseret News February 2, 2020 OREM — Bingham captured its first drill team state title since 2012 at the 6A state championships at UVU on Saturday, and in the process halted Copper Hills’ seven-year reign atop the state’s largest classification. Bingham finished first in the military and dance categories, and fourth in character to secure the eighth state title in school history. Herriman finished second in the team standings, followed by Layton in third. “Competition at this level comes with a lot of pressure and intensity. These girls fought through challenges, injuries, sickness, and always kept going no matter what. So much blood, sweat and tears goes into every single day of practice when you’re striving to win. As their coach, I couldn’t be more proud of them for pushing to be better every day and never giving up. Watching them be unified as a team, overcome struggles and become stronger dancers and people was indescribable. Winning a state title was the cherry...

George Sluga inducted into Coaches’ Wall of Fame February 4, 2020 To recognize the dedicated and outstanding service that coaches have rendered to Bingham High, the Coaches Wall of Honor was established in 1999.  Large banners have been placed on the east gymnasium wall to honor the outstanding men and women who have mentored Miner athletes.  Tonight, we honor George Sluga. Introduction George Sluga is an unique individual—a true Bingham Miner. He is one of the few people in the world who can say he was: Born in Bingham Canyon Attended grade school and junior high school in Bingham Canyon Attended and graduated from Bingham High School—graduating in 1960 (60 years ago) Was a teacher and a coach at Bingham High School his entire 36-year career Biography George was hired in 1964 when Donald Parr (later a superintendent of Jordan School District) was principal. He taught social studies, PE, Health and Drivers’ Education at Bingham from...

A big happy birthday goes to Bingham High which celebrated its 111th birthday on September 9, 2019.  Classes were first started on September 9, 1908 on the second floor of Canyon Hall at the mouth of Markham Gulch in Bingham Canyon.  Since that time Bingham High has been located in five different buildings in the towns of Bingham City (1908-1931), Copperton (1931-1975) and South Jordan (1975 to the present). Happy birthday to a great school with a great heritage and traditions of excellence.  

The new Bingham Robotics Team is looking for business sponsors and mentors in our community to help make next year's robot successful.  If you have a business, a background or just an interest in any of the following fields, the team could use your help: engineering, programming, electronics, shop equipment for fabricating parts and marketing and event give-aways.   Jordan District was extremely helpful with funding last year in order to get the team up and running.  The team is now looking for sponsors for this fall to hep fund the robot as well as to help cover competition and travel fees.  The students in the class/club are entirely responsible for the design, programming and build of a robot to compete against other teams in the January competition.  However, students need experts to bounce ideas off and specialty equipment for altering or fabricating parts.  The Bingham rookie team successfully built a functioning robot and competed against...

2019 Bingham Academic Decathlon Team Takes State by Scott Crump   Congratulations go to the Bingham High School Academic Decathlon team which won the state tournament held in St George on March 7, 8 and 9, 2019.  With 41,814 points, the Miner decathletes captured their fifth state title.  Lone Peak High finished in second place with 41,798 points and DaVinci Academy of Ogden came in third with 40,060 points.  The Miners won their state championship by one of the narrowest margins in state history—one question out of the possible 2,680 questions answered.  The victorious Miner team won over 39 medals in the 10 subject areas of the competition which, this year, centered on the 1960s in American History.  The team won every gold medal possible in the subject areas of Art, Mathematics and Economics.  Allison Argueta won the top scholar award for Bingham’s team amassing 7,956 points and won a team high of 7 medals.  Isaac Cutler, competing...

LADY MINERS WIN STATE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP TAYLORSVILLE — Losers on consecutive nights to both Fremont and Copper Hills in early December, the Bingham girls basketball team flipped the table in a big way in becoming the ultimate winner in late February. The stage this time was the 6A state championship, which the Miners took with a 46-41 win over the Grizzlies on Saturday, a night after taking a 46-42 win over Fremont. "It feels amazing. We've worked so freaking hard for this and it's great to see it pay off," said Bingham senior Maggie McCord during Bingham's championship celebration. "We deserve it. We worked so hard this season and I'm so glad I could experience this with my teammates for my final year." As for McCord, she hardly could have proved more clutch down the stretch and throughout the tournament. The senior guard led all scorers with 25 points in Saturday's win, with six of those coming by virtue of foul shots during the game's final minute and a...

Steve Saltas and Vince Christensen received the 2018 Candlelight Service Award at the 82nd Annual Candlelight Concert at Bingham High December 17, 2018. Steve and Vince were instrumental in lighting the Bingham B on the side of the Oquirrh Mountains. Thank you Steve and Vince for your dedicated service to Bingham High. Steve Saltas grew up in Leadmine and is a 1978 graduate of Bingham High. Vince graduated from Spanish Fork High but is now a true Miner!

About Utah: After 91 years, the ‘B’ gets lights By Lee Benson Published: September 16, 2018 4:36 pm In picture: Bingham High School alumni John Berg, left, David Gourley, Gary Curtis and Deanne Curtis stand below the 91-year-old Block “B” that will be lit up the night of Sept. 20. COPPERTON — Ninety-one years ago, when the big block “B” was erected on the mountainside, it had plenty of company. There was Bingham Canyon immediately adjacent to the south, home to the town of Bingham Canyon, which at its height was occupied by roughly 13,000 people, most of the households headed by miners who toiled for Utah Copper, later to become Kennecott Copper. Then there was Bingham High School, for which the “B” officially stood. The school had been around since 1908, educating all those miners' sons and daughters, and for years, school spirit had cried out for a symbol that said “This is Bingham.” In 1927, the people of Bingham finally did something about...