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...

Happy Birthday to Bingham High School which turned 110 years old on September 9, 2018.  Classes began on September 9, 1908. Since that time Bingham High School has been located in five different buildings in Bingham Canyon, Copperton and South Jordan. Today Bingham graduates number well over 40,000. Congratulations to Miner Alumni all over the world, not many high schools in Utah can celebrate 110 years.

Bingham Baseball wins 22nd State Title Deseret News May 26, 2018 OREM — It took Bingham coach Joey Sato about two seconds to decide who would take the mound for his team, right after taking a shocking 7-0 loss at the hands of Riverton on Friday. The decision was rather obvious, given the Miners' pool of prominent seniors, and one in particular who has led the team all year long. As usual, the prominent senior responded. Derek Soffe pitched a complete game shutout for the Miners, allowing just five hits and one walk while striking out nine, helping secure a 9-0 win over Riverton along with the program's 22nd baseball state championship. "There wasn't any discussion on that one," Sato said of the decision to use Soffe for Bingham's first elimination game of the 6A state tournament. "He's going to have the ball and let's go because he's going to be ready." Indeed the decision was easy, considering Soffe leading the team in both batting and hitting throughout the year....

BHS Alumni Foundation Scholarships 2018 The Bingham High Alumni Foundation presented 13 scholarships to graduating seniors of the Class of 2018 during its annual Scholarship Awards Night held in the Bingham High School Library on May 15, 2018.  The following seniors received a $1500 scholarship in the name of the person or group listed just before  their name: Beard Family – Nathan Cox Cal Crump – Spencer Harrison George Lendaris – Jaida Middleton Yvonne Cardwell – Callie Avondet Claudia Perry-Audio Enhancement – Rachel Feldman Hogan Financial Services – Camille Eddington Hogan Financial Services – Kallie Brown Class of 65 - James Christensen Class of 65 – John Christensen Class of 68 – Brenden Ballard Class of 72 – Jonathan Spallino BHS Memorial (in memory of outstanding BHS Students who have died before graduation or soon thereafter)– Max Roberts BHS Alumni Foundation Memorial Scholarship--Olivia...

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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          Barry Lehto, a Bingham High School teacher from 1974 to 2009, was awarded the 2017 Candlelight Service Award at the 81st annual presentation of the Candlelight Christmas program at Bingham High School on December 18, 2017.   Since 1937 students at Bingham have been participating in this annual Christmas festival of music and lights.  Since 1975 it has been a tradition to honor someone at this program who has contributed outstanding service to Bingham High.  This award is known as the Candlelight Service Award.            Barry Lehto was born in Ashtabula, Ohio, a small town in Northeastern Ohio.  He attended Ashtabula High School where he played football, ran track and graduated with highest honors as the salutatorian of his class.  Four years later he received a B.A. in biology from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.  While there, Barry lettered in track as a pole...

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...