Legendary Bingham High School and West Jordan Junior High School teacher, Lowell P. Hicks died on February 20, 2018 at the age of 104.  Lowell Hicks is best known for writing the music to Bingham High School's Hymn, "We'll Always Remember" back in 1953.   He returned many times to Bingham High to play the hymn on the marimba and recount his days at Bingham High.  He was two months short of 102, the last time he came back to our school.   He was awarded the Candlelight Service Award in 1991 for his outstanding service to Bingham High.   A summary of his accomplishments is listed below: Bingham High music teacher (1952-1958) Composed the music for Bingham High’s school hymn, “We’ll Always Remember” (1953) Opened West Jordan Junior High in 1958 and taught music there for 13 years Retired from Union Junior High in 1976 Member of the Utah Symphony Orchestra  Helped students to appreciate music on a grand scale as an important...

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Bingham defeats East again to win inaugural 6A title, repeat as state champs By Trent Wood Published: Nov. 17, 2017 4:55 p.m.Updated: 9 hours ago   SALT LAKE CITY — When Bingham defensive back Dax Milne intercepted East quarterback Nick Harris with just under a minute remaining in Friday afternoon’s 6A title game between the Miners and the Leopards he collapsed on the turf at Rice-Eccles field out of sheer joy. The reason? He had ensured Bingham the state championship. A few seconds later and a kneel by Bingham quarterback Ryan Wood it was official, the Miners had defeated the Leopards 27-14 for their second straight title and the first ever 6A football title. The Miners were led by their power rushing attack, per the usual for the powerhouse program. Braedon Wissler and Amoni Kaili combined to rush for 77 yards and two touchdowns, while Wood chipped nine yards and a score. Wood also completed 4-of-5 passes for 99 yards. Wissler...

2017 Cleaning and Whitewashing 0f the B On September 30, 2017 the annual cleaning and whitewashing of the B took place. Around 50 specially selected students were privileged to take part in this 90 year old Bingham tradition. After being briefed on the history of this Bingham landmark at the new Bingham High, the students rode a bus to Copperton where they visited the site of the Bingham High building located there from 1931 to 2002. They then were given a tour of the Copperton Concentrator by officials at Rio Tinto/Kennecott before riding to the B. A new feature of this year's whitewashing was the road that Kennecott constructed to the bottom of the block B. This new pathway zigzagged its way from the old Bingham and Garfield railroad bed (located several hundred feet below the base of the B) right up to the B itself. This made hiking a lot safer and whitewashing more convenient. After a truck carrying the cleaning materials parked right next to the B the students unloaded the...

LET’S LIGHT THE B FOR ALL TO SEE The Bingham High School "B" has been a part of Salt Lake Valley's Oquirrh Mountains since 1927. It is located near the birthplace of Bingham High School in Bingham Canyon, Utah.  BHS students, alumni and friends of Bingham High have started a project to raise funds to purchase lights and wiring to light this important part of Utah history. It would be a part of future celebrations at Bingham High as all eyes could turn to the Jumbotron in the football stadium and watch as the proud B high on the Oquirrh Mountains lights up beaming yet another Bingham victory across the Salt Lake Valley. The owners of the land on which the "B" was built, Kennecott Rio Tinto, have agreed to continue to allow students to annually maintain the 100' by 80' monument. An access road was built for maintenance purposes. Kennecott/Rio Tinto has even agreed to install the conduit and lights and to provide power from the nearby concentrator facility. Over 40,000 students...

Bingham High Pay Dirt Club 2017           A miner in the early days of Bingham Canyon, who struck it rich was said to have struck pay dirt.  Those miners would take a mule, shovel, pick and dynamite along with a drill bit and double jack and work hundreds of hours drilling, blasting and shoveling.  With a combination of hard work and little bit of luck a miner might find a rich vein of gold silver of copper ore.  This was “dirt” that paid him money or pay dirt.  Striking pay dirt symbolizes a successful miner.  Because of this, Bingham High School’s Hall of Fame is called the Pay Dirt Club.   Two successful Bingham Miners, James Margetts (Class of 1985) and Robin Pilcher (Class of 1970) were formally inducted into the Bingham High School Pay Dirt Club at the homecoming assembly on September 12, 2017. James Margetts (Class of 1985)           Jim Margetts...

Happy Birthday Bingham High. It is hard to believe that you are 109 years old today (September 9, 2017) --five locations and over 40,000 graduates later.

On May 16, 2017 the Bingham High Alumni Foundation presented six scholarships to graduating seniors of the Class of 2017. The following received a $1500 scholarship in the name of the person or group listed next to their name:   Olivia Madrian---Bingham High Memorial Scholarship (given by current Bingham Miners in memory of inspirational Bingham Miners whose lives were taken during their high school careers or shortly thereafter.) Alyson Williams—Yvonne Cardwell Scholarship Nathan Balls—Cal Crump Scholarship Lauren Keetch—Audio Enhancement/Claudia Anderson Scholarship Alexis Hansen—Hogan Insurance Scholarship Jack Rasmuson—Hogan Insurance Scholarship   Scholarship night was a great success. Alumni Board members read a few of the many accomplishments of each scholarship winner and then presented him/her with a check for $750 (the other $750 will be given after the students finish their first semester of college) and copies...

Beky Beaton Special to The Tribune

Girls’ state track and field • Bingham’s Stetler, Westlake’s Christensen both clear record 12 feet; Stetler gets the win. Provo • Bingham freshman Hannah Stetler already traded state records in the pole vault with Westlake junior Adara Christensen earlier this year. The pair of friendly competitors train together on a club team run in the offseason by Miners coach Kody Pierce and cheered each other on throughout Friday’s competition at the state track and field meet. It was fitting then, and not a bit distressing to either of them, when they both cleared 12 feet on their third attempts, eclipsing the previous state record by a full 5 inches set just a couple of weeks ago by Christensen at the BYU Invitational. Stetler earned the gold medal because she had nailed every jump cleanly on her first attempt in the earlier rounds, while Christensen needed a few more tries, but she collected a hard-earned silver. Stetler just turned 15 and has been vaulting for only three years,...