GRANTSVILLE — A new outdoor swap meet is set to launch on Sunday in Grantsville and it's expected to draw some of the vendors who operated at the now-defunct Redwood Swap Meet in West Valley City Some of the organizers were associated with the Redwood Swap Meet, but the Grantsville Marketplace The swap meet at 512 Sheep Lane on the grounds of Burt Brothers Motorpark will open at 8 a.m Plans are to hold the swap meet each Sunday and organizers are thinking of expanding to Saturdays The closure of Redwood last December came about because of plans to redevelop the land and other smaller business operators dependent on the income said he has encouraged many of the Redwood vendors to take part in the Grantsville operation expected to draw 200 or so sellers on Sunday and more going forward Gutierrez is not involved in Grantsville Marketplace and said he's scouting for possible swap meet sites closer to the Salt Lake City urban population area The Redwood Swap Meet had hosted around 800 vendors making it among the largest of the informal retail operations in the area "Not everyone can afford to set up their shops at strip malls due to risk, time or money. The swap meet gives them the opportunity to do this once (or twice) a week without having to invest as much time, money and risk," Luna said in a message to KSL.com. He's not aware of any outdoor swap meets in the area that match the size of Grantsville Marketplace but said he senses demand and interest from both vendors and the general public. Entry to the Grantsville Marketplace will be $2 per person. "We will have a variety of vendors — food vendors, sweets/treats, fruits and vegetables, clothing, tools, arts and crafts, jerseys, miscellaneous things and much more. We will be having music of different genres every other week when able to," Luna said. Armstrong Williams takes on the news of the week and asks the questions you want answered. Don’t miss our weekly town hall. Second body recovered from Grantsville Reservoir by dive crewsby Danielle MacKimm TOOEL, Utah (KUTV) — Authorities have recovered the body of the second individual who was reported missing in Grantsville Reservoir after their canoe capsized on Friday The Utah Department of Public Safety’s Dive Team reportedly located and recovered the second victim according to the Tooele County Sheriff’s Office was recovered Friday after bystanders used a kayak to pull him from the water Emergency responders attempted to revive him Police said both men had been in a canoe that overturned falling into the reservoir and struggling to stay afloat and troopers assisted in the search and recovery efforts including the Tooele County Search and Rescue team The cause of the incident remains under investigation Utah — Rescue crews announced they had located and recovered the body of a second person reported as missing at Grantsville Reservior following an incident in which one person died on Friday Watch LIVE below as officials give update on body of missing person located at reservoir: The Tooele County Sheriff's Office said the second person The discovery came the day after the sheriff's office received a call just after 1:30 p.m about two people who needed assistance on the reservoir two people had gone into the water and were struggling to swim responded to the scene and learned bystanders with a kayak had removed an adult man Watch full update below on Grantsville Reservoir incident: including the wind and the reservoir having an inlet and outlet but said they will be at the location for as long as it takes to find the missing person Video below shows scene around Grantsville Reservoir during search and rescue: Grantsville Reservoir is approximately 20 acres and goes to a depth of 50 feet Stay with fox13now.com and FOX 13 News for the latest on this breaking news story LOCAL NEWS 2:35 PM | Updated: Apr 26 BY JACOB FREEMAN GRANTSVILLE — Search and rescue crews were searching for victims after a boat reportedly sank on Grantsville Reservoir Friday The Tooele County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Saturday that two people had died and that person was identified as 60-year-old Paul Casity The other victim’s body was recovered Saturday and that person was identified as 29-year-old Sam Ki A canoe that the two victims were using was also recovered from the reservoir The sheriff’s office said the cause of the accident was still under investigation North Tooele Fire District spokesperson and 103.5 The Arrow host Jon Smith told KSL NewsRadio the reservoir was closed to accommodate search and rescue efforts Smith said multiple agencies were working together to search The Grantsville Reservoir is a smaller reservoir in eastern Tooele County with a depth of about 150 feet we have two search and rescue teams out on rafts searching the reservoir in a grid pattern We don’t exactly know what we’re looking for yet,” Smith said He added that the UHP would bring out a dive team and a drone to assist in the search GRANTSVILLE — Two people have died following an incident Friday afternoon at Grantsville Reservoir Tooele County Sheriff Paul Wimmer said his agency received a report of a boat sinking at the reservoir The 911 caller said multiple people in a boat had been calling for help and were now in the water Witnesses told emergency responders that kayakers had pulled one man from the water immediately initiated lifesaving efforts but were unsuccessful," a statement from the sheriff's office says The second person was missing Friday evening but the Utah Department of Public Safety Dive Team recovered the man's body Saturday Rescuers also recovered a canoe that the two men had been using The cause of the accident remains under investigation Utah — It was a fishing trip that ended in tragedy The bodies of Sam Ki and his father-in-law, Paul Casity, were recovered from the Grantsville Reservoir on Friday and Saturday Officials said the area is known for its wind but the cause of the accident remains under investigation A family friend we spoke to FOX 13 News and said it has been a whirlwind of emotions all of it together,” Alecia Stern said through tears Both Ki and Casity set out on a fishing trip Friday morning at the reservoir the family was notified by police that other people nearby saw the men fall out of the canoe and were struggling in the water Stern said she has known them her whole life “I think what his family is most proud of is that he died [doing] what he loved doing most.” Ki’s body was not recovered until Saturday there’s no obvious damage like cracks or missing components so that will be something that we continue to look into,” said Sgt Dane Lerdahl with the Tooele County Sheriff’s Office Lerdahl said both men did not appear to have life jackets on “We recommend everybody to wear life jackets any time they are recreating on the water It’s always a good idea to have them,” Lerdahl said Their youngest daughter has Down syndrome and suffers from health complications Stern said she worries for her best friend Stern is left with memories of Sam and Paul that will stay with her forever “Me and my best friend went through a period where we didn't talk for a while and I feel like Sam really allowed us to grow our relationship back strong I got to watch Paige and Sam with their girls,” she said Stern started a GoFundMe for the family and asked for privacy during this time 6:37 PM | Updated: Apr 17 BY DEVIN OLDROYD SALT LAKE CITY — A man is dead and a woman is in the hospital following what police said was an incident involving domestic violence in Grantsville Wednesday morning In a press release, the Grantsville City Police Department said officers responded at approximately 9:50 a.m The incident took place at a home near West Street and Utah Drive officers found a female victim with an “apparent” gunshot wound to her head lying on the porch of the Grantsville home Police immediately removed her from the scene officers secured the scene and called Tooele County SWAT for assistance They then searched the home and found a dead male also with an “apparent” gunshot wound According to the press release, the State Bureau of Investigation is assisting in processing the scene Police said they believe no other individuals were involved in the incident and there is no known threat to the public at this time If you or someone you know is going through abuse One person is dead and another is missing after a boat capsized at Grantsville Reservoir Utah (KUTV) — One person is dead and another is missing after a boat capsized at Grantsville Reservoir The Tooele County Sheriff's Office received a report just after 1:30 p.m on Friday of several people on a boat calling for help Those who called said two people had entered the water and were struggling to swim MORE | On the water: Driver dies after high-speed crash into South Jordan lake; speed identified as factor officers from the Grantsville Police Department and fire and medical personnel from Grantsville City Fire and Mountain West Ambulance Service responded to the scene Responders were informed that two bystanders used a kayak to retrieve one man from the water Tooele County Search and Rescue and the Utah Department of Public Safety Dive Team are still searching for one person Officials will be back searching as soon as the sun rises The sheriff's office will still have deputies at the scene overnight "We are asking the public to avoid the area to allow search and rescue and dive teams to work without obstruction," the sheriff's office said Our community members are often jumping in to help," the sheriff's office said GRANTSVILLE, Utah — A fishing trip took a tragic turn Friday, claiming the lives of Sam Ki and his father-in-law, Paul Casity, whose bodies were recovered from the Grantsville Reservoir. the daughter of Paul Casity and fiancée of Sam Ki who said she’s struggling with waking up to a now-silent home She said their house doesn’t feel quite the same anymore A house that was once full of laughter and music has gone quiet it sucks,” Paige said outside their West Jordan home WATCH: Friend mourns deaths of two men recovered from Grantsville Reservoir The two were out fishing at their favorite spot on Friday morning but they didn’t make it home that afternoon Police told the Casity family that people nearby saw them fall out of the canoe “They came up and they said they found Paul deceased “We were just praying and holding on to hope that he got out.” “I’m gonna miss my poppa mostly about just his self and how funny he is and I’m going to miss Sam — we used to do push-ups together,” she said Paige will always miss the noise they made I think that’s what we miss the most,” she said The family has set up a GoFundMe and they’re asking the community for help as they navigate this sudden loss and a woman was taken to a hospital with a gunshot wound Wednesday following what Grantsville police are calling a domestic violence incident Grantsville police received a report of a domestic violence incident involving a firearm at a residence near West Street and Utah Drive they located an injured woman on the porch with "an apparent gunshot wound to the head," Grantsville police said in a statement The woman was moved from the porch and treated by paramedics before she was transported to a hospital Police did not specify what condition she was in Grantsville police and the Tooele County SWAT team searched the home and discovered a deceased man inside with a gunshot wound The State Bureau of Investigation was called in to process the scene and conduct the investigation to determine what led to the shooting Grantsville police said it appears no other individuals were involved GRANTSVILLE — Grantsville High School has been the site of a number of sexual abuse investigations against teachers and coaches in just a handful of years Patterns of community support for some of the accused abusers have spurred some victims who experienced sexual abuse at the hands of school staff to recently come forward despite the immense pressure they say they felt in the past to stay silent victims of sexual abuse and investigators to understand the ripple effects of what might be going on in the Grantsville community based on numerous interviews and public records requests uncovered some patterns of abuse and enabling Some students who reported sexual assaults — and an officer investigating the crimes — were threatened out of fear of retaliation by some in the community.One investigation was spurred by the attempted suicide of an abused student and another was shuttered by the suicide of a vice principal and former athletic director who had been accused of abuse.Some Grantsville High staff coaches and members of the community showed a pattern of rallying around accused abusers while creating serious challenges for investigators.Some parents were forced to choose between reporting their child's sexual abuse and protecting them from community backlash "It's what I would call the ecosystem of enabling, where others know about the misdeeds and inappropriate behavior of people in a position of authority — coaches, trainers, doctors — as I've written about," said University of Utah law professor Amos Guiora, who leads the Bystander Initiative focusing on the role of bystanders and enablers in sexual assaults has studied cases of sexual assault at USA Gymnastics Ohio State University and in the Catholic Church University of Utah law professor Amos Guiora speaks about past research on sexual abuse and institutional loyalty KSL.com)It's a pattern that "all but ensures that the survivor-victim is abandoned on two different levels: abandoned when physically violated and then abandoned when they come forward," according to Guiora was assigned to investigate the sexual assault case of football coach Curtis Ware in 2016 I've never gotten death threats or threats like I did" on that case "There was a lot of weird stuff that went on in that high school." parents and students flow through the school; those who graduate often return to teach or send their children It's a community similar to many across the country But that closeness has also been the source of pain for some seeking justice after being sexually abused by well-respected members of the community staff and coaches attended the sentencing hearing of former Grantsville teacher and coach Richard Craig Harrison who admitted to sexually abusing a 14- to 15-year-old student during the 2017-18 school year crazy amounts of letters in support of (Harrison)" were submitted to the court a parent of students who attended Grantsville told KSL.com County employees — some of them former teachers and coaches of the victim — also appeared to support Harrison by sitting on his side of the courtroom for the hearing One parent told KSL.com that a current Grantsville High School student cried in the pews when she saw her teachers there feeling they were not to be trusted if the need to report arose Deseret News)Their attendance was made public through Facebook posts by concerned students and parents Close to 600 people signed a petition demanding those in attendance resign from the school in the name of student safety "These are not the kind of people we can trust to care and protect our children," former student Karma Newbold commented present and future children of our schools Start by forcing these staff members to resign." An attendee who wished to remain anonymous messaged KSL defending staff saying they were at court in support of Harrison's family — his mother and father still teach there "There were people there who sat behind the Harrisons to support them and then turned and visited with the victim's family for 15 minutes to support them And that's what everyone needs to hear and understand." "When the girls and the young women walk into the courtroom and they see that people are sitting behind the defendants' table — from their perspective that's a sign of support … that's a sign of abandonment," Guiora said "You can rationalize it by saying: 'Well the coach and I were actually really good friends our kids play together.' I understand that But that's to miss the much larger picture of how it impacts those who are most in need of help." as members reckon with the multiple instances of public support shown to coaches and teachers who have sexually abused students he pleaded guilty to one count of forcible sexual abuse and two reduced counts of unlawful sexual activity with a minor He was sentenced to a year in prison and began serving that sentence in January Some teachers at the school pushed the boundaries between students and staff and worked as the volleyball team manager her junior and senior years "It was very cool and 'in,' to be tight with the coaches," Coates recalled she felt "there was something there" between her and geography teacher Shane Heath "We weren't working out while we were in the weight room We were hanging out at his desk and he would get involved in gossip." Coates described relationships between coaches and athletes in the small town as "familial," going to Heath's parent's house for a team dinner or watching their baby Coates worked doing bookkeeping for softball games at Deseret Peak I would just go over there to hang out," she said "Just in the tower with him while he was doing his work." Coates continued to work and play at Deseret Peak she went with Heath to get Slurpees after a game we picked up a Slurpee and he took me back to his house and that was the first time we had sex," she said "I was still 17 years old at that time." An undated photo of Korryn Coates playing softball for Grantsville High School Coates says that a teacher and coach encouraged an inappropriate and illegal sexual relationship with her as a minor (Photo: Korryn Coates)"I didn't look at it as something that he did to me I looked at it as something we did together," Coates said I'm looking at 17-year-olds and I could never imagine making a decision like that." When Coates first saw the news about Harrison's arrest she said "it sounded like the same situation" she had experienced it was the health and PE teacher and he was grooming young girls and they were his 'best friend.' It sounded so familiar that I decided to report," she said She went to the police over a decade after graduating high school Heath was interviewed by Tooele County sheriff's deputies according to documents from a public records request An investigating Grantsville police sergeant wrote in an incident report that the interviewing officer said "Heath had been brought in for an interview and confessed to the allegations." Heath was placed on administrative leave the same day according to school district spokesperson Brett Valdez Heath was reported missing and found soon after by a hunter on Little Mountain Road up Miner's Canyon The windows of Heath's truck were open despite ongoing rain and the man was dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound "I've seen the community completely support him — like nobody talked about why he died by suicide," Coates said "It was just this whole tragedy like 'gone too soon,' you know and the whole town showed up for his funeral They had a memorial basketball tournament for him." A post on the Tooele County School District Facebook page from October 13 who was accused of having sex with a former student from Grantsville High School before his death by suicide in September 2022 (Photo: Tooele County School District)Laurien Elsholz was a sophomore when she had a long-term substitute teacher and football head coach Curtis Ware for language arts in 2015 "He was one of the fun teachers," she said "It was a class that you would never sluff Elsholz and her twin sister Paige Elsholz became "teacher's pets," she said "What I found in the books and articles that I've written in the cases where I've been an expert witness the pattern is very similar," Guiora told KSL.com Ware asked the young girls to be football managers "I was never a sporty person," Paige Elsholz "so why (Ware) started liking me and my sister and our friend so much was kind of weird to me." The managers before then the new responsibilities came with more interaction and Laurien Elsholz said he was friends with her on Facebook "Ware became a little too obsessive with us," she said "Ware was always having us come into his office which was in the back room," Paige Elsholz said you'd have the principal walk by and not even blink an eye." "We would just sit there and talk," according to Laurien Elsholz so we'd miss the bus and he would drive us home." who said a number of coaches/teachers had kids in their offices their numbers in their phones or connections through social media apps "It wasn't uncommon for (Harrison) to have phone numbers of different athletes especially lots of the football guys," former student Oaklee Collings told KSL.com "But he had tons of girls' phone numbers and he would reach out to them on different apps." hush-hush that Craig Harrison was texting you," she said "But it never really seemed to be about treatment It was always just like he was chatting." from a Grantsville Police Department victim report showing texts appearing to be from Craig Harrison to a student allegedly sent "the middle of spring of 2017." (Photo: Grantsville Police Department)'Severely groomed' said Harrison "was telling them to wear certain clothes like really tight leggings or spandex-type shorts," offering good grades in return "He said the same thing to my daughter and then also my son's girlfriend," Holmes said "he was telling girls that if they were sore or anything after weight class that they could stay behind and he would stretch them out." Both girls told Holmes they saw Harrison "grabbing these girls' legs and you know stretching them out and then getting his junk up in their private areas while he's doing it … very inappropriate," he said Holmes said he confronted Harrison and then reported the behavior to the athletic director — Shane Heath It was only after a different student came forward in 2022 that criminal charges were filed against Harrison Harrison was accused of sexually assaulting a student 10 different times in seven different locations around the school Court documents say that after some incidents Harrison would send a message asking the student if she was OK "and would tell her to make sure she deleted her messages and not tell anyone." Harrison was accused of grabbing a student's rear "as they were in the weight room with a bunch of students messing around." A witness told police she saw Ware touching a student inappropriately during a home game in the announcers booth Former Grantsville High School teacher and coach Richard Craig Harrison was sentenced to a year in jail in January for sexually abusing a student (Photo: Grantsville High School)Paige Elsholz remembers an escalating pattern of abuse working as a football manager for Ware She would be ordered to meet him in the equipment shed with the doors closed before practice with the same thing happening in the bathrooms during practices says two girls "disclosed the inappropriate touching on several occasions that occurred in Grantsville city that eventually led up to" an incident at a football camp in Cedar City Ware was charged with forcible sodomy from the alleged Cedar City incident Charging documents say Ware made girls take explicit photos for him resulting in three counts of sexual exploitation of a minor Tooele County Chief Deputy Attorney Gary Searle said after a court hearing that prosecutors were alleging Ware asked students to take photos on their phones and then show him the pictures in person to avoid a paper trail "They would dress as he asked them to dress take the photos and then show him the pictures," Searle said The coach was also charged with four counts of forcible sexual abuse Ware made a rule that if the girls cracked their knuckles in class they had to take pieces of their clothing off in the equipment shed according to a police victim interview obtained through public records request and have them change in front of him in the shed Police found girls clothing in Ware's locker after he was arrested It was just really bad," Paige Elsholz said "(Ware) would always threaten us with being football managers you guys will be fired and you'll be nothing.'" "He knew that we had never been anything in our lives and being a football manager was the coolest thing to us," she said "We were finally a part of something and we loved it Paige Elsholz believes she was "severely groomed." When she confronted Ware about their interactions being too noticeable screaming at the football managers on the football field she said Ware "used to be like a dad to me .. I wish it would have stayed like it was in the beginning where he was like my dad." Grantsville High School head football coach Curtis Ware at the time of his arrest in September 2016 (Photo: Tooele County Sheriff's Office)"People did see You'd have to be very blind not to see how rude he was being to us … There had been rumors going around that people would joke and say that we were Curtis' girlfriends Paige Elsholz skipped school after being fired as a football manager though the reason for the firing was unclear apologizing for "(trying) to be your friend," the case file shows "I am your teacher and coach and that is who I need to be From now on that is who I will be," he wrote Paige Elsholz told KSL.com she tried to end her life by overdosing on pills following that text Ware "drove straight to her house and found her inside the home incoherent," according to the police reports found Ware "loading a juvenile female into his truck," when he was stopped to wait for an ambulance A photo of text messages sent by Curtis Ware to Paige Elsholz the day she attempted to take her life (Photo: Grantsville Police Department)Paige Elsholz was rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment before receiving in-patient mental health treatment for about a week Laurien Elsholz and another ex-football manager named Mary reported the sexual abuse of Paige Elsholz to then-Principal Mark Ernst and he just had this dead stare on his face and he slammed his hands on the desk and he was like 'You guys realize that you guys making this (expletive) up will get him fired … You guys realize that he won't be the one going to jail For lying,'" Laurien Elsholz recalled Mary told KSL.com she remembers "the hand slap on the desk when he told us if 'we're lying we'll get in trouble,' … The whole time he just showed no emotion and barely said anything and stared at us while we were choking up." who had been investigating with the Grantsville Police Department confirmed being told the account of events when interviewing the girls A spokesperson for Tooele County School District told KSL.com in a statement: "The account being shared does not accurately reflect the events of that day Ernst said he did not slam his fist on a desk nor did he suggest the students made up the accusations." Ernst was principal at the high school from 2013 to 2017 before becoming an area director He was hired as superintendent of the Tooele County School District in 2022 Guiora said what's important is how the students felt "With respect to when the girls would come forward consistent in their articulation — how did this person exactly react like that Or did this person react like that?" Guiora said "Whether a person in a position of authority reacted this way or reacted that way is actually not really important What is important is what they felt — minimized Laurien Elsholz said she and Mary "just went and sat in our car and I'm like … I can't believe what just happened Ernst — wearing a Grantsville football shirt — told reporters he notified the school resource officer the school district and the police within an hour of the reports Ware was arrested and put on leave pending an investigation I don't know if it's going to turn out to be true or false," he said at the conference 'I don't want to believe that this happened with one of my teachers or to some of the students I supervise.' Being a principal it's a very personal thing And it's heartbreaking to see this happen." the school is the heart of that community," Ernst said It has been difficult on the administration Former Grantsville High Principal Mark Ernst became emotional during a press conference on Sept after the school's head football coach Curtis Ware was arrested and accused of sexually abusing students (Photo: KSL-TV)Ernst said at the press conference that Ware was "very well-respected" in the community as a football coach "One person told me (Ware) is probably the best football mind in Tooele County," he said Former student Karma Newbold told KSL.com the school had a "send off" celebration after school for the football team headed to a rivalry game against Stansbury High School the day of the press conference everyone knew it was in support of Ware," she said "I knew that it was a very tight-knit community I was shocked because Curtis Ware was not a good coach his team wasn't winning," Allred said Records show Grantsville won only one game their previous season and three out of 10 the year before The day of the reporting was the last day Laurien Elsholz and Mary went to school their junior year "Rumors were spread around the school that (the accusers) were making stuff up And everybody believed that because (Ware) was kind," Lexis Perry two other football coaches across the district resigned or were dismissed due to allegations of impropriety The then-head football coach at Tooele High resigned in January 2017 after being investigated for having "inappropriate communication through the phone" with another student according to former district spokeswoman Marie Denson she would not go into detail about what the inappropriate communication was A Tooele High assistant football coach was fired months later after being arrested for sexual solicitation Before the community showed up at the Harrison sentencing teachers and parents packed the courtroom in support of Ware "It was so horrible," Paige Elsholz recalled "There were people standing in the doorway and along the sides and the judge actually had to ask people to exit because there was too many people on his side." that Ware "has a lot of support from football players but they wouldn't have fit in the courtroom .. He's well-loved in this community and they definitely support him." Students and staff held a rally for the Grantsville High School football Sept the day head coach Curtis Ware was arrested and accused of the sexual abuse of students (Photo: KSL-TV)Another student who accused Ware of sexual abuse moved out of state to escape the vitriol she would throw up in the bathroom before the hearing — so nervous and scared to speak out publicly against the coach "When we investigated (Ware) for sexually abusing some of the students I was blown away that the teachers and the principals and everyone at that school were the ones that were attacking us," Allred recalled The girls involved in the case say they were told "horrible things" in grocery stores they were told to kill themselves and they received death threats and social media posts begging them to admit to lying about their claims I went to my profile on Facebook and people were actually tagging to my profile," Paige Elsholz said A coach at Grantsville posted publicly to her page writing that she will "look like the better person for just coming out and saying that you made this up having the courage to just say that you made it up and you're sorry for what you made up." Allred said he had to go into Grantsville High School and tell Ernst I will start arresting every single staff member that talks to any of my victims." "I'd gotten so frustrated because the staff members were making phone calls they were doing a lot of stuff that was essentially tampering with the witnesses and I remember telling that to (Ernst)." Allred said he also received threats and public backlash He recalled being cornered in a grocery store at one point by a Grantsville teacher and yelled at He said he began worrying that community members may show up at his house to harm his family Former Grantsville football coach Curtis Ware makes an appearance in 3rd District Court in November 2016 after being accused of sexually abusing students is guilty of what I call institutional complicity and the complicity of silence They cast their lots with the institution rather than protecting the individual." Parents feared how their children would be treated there were multiple students suspected to have been abused by Ware but "parents refused to let the students talk to me," Allred said "because they saw what we were going through as a police department and how the two students that did come forward were ridiculed." "I remember one conversation I had with a dad I remember him telling me that it's the hardest thing in the world he's ever had to do to tell his daughter to not talk about what had happened between Curtis Ware and some of the other athletic teachers," Allred said but I know deep down inside that if my daughter talks about this the damage that's going to be done to her by those around the school is going to be way worse than anything else.'" Allred said he felt some school administrators "didn't want me to dig too much I felt like they tried to direct my investigation in certain ways I had challenges in getting video footage and some video footage magically wouldn't work Just the way things would work out was really bizarre to me that's why I kind of got the impression that (Ernst) was trying to keep me from stuff." "I felt very stonewalled throughout the investigation," Allred said "I just didn't have the support of anyone because I was an outsider Allred said Paige Elsholz approached him and said "The twins were so burned out with the process and having to constantly testify and relive the situation that they ended up just asking the prosecutor to give him some type of deal," he said Ware pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful sexual contact with a 16- or 17-year-old and two counts of attempted dealing in materials harmful to minors prosecutors agreed to drop the forcible sodomy charge for the alleged Cedar City incident everyone just kind of acted like nothing happened and didn't want to apologize to us," Allred said "There were quite a few teachers that felt that he didn't do it and he was forced into pleading guilty." and he was sentenced to five years of probation Ware had created a fake social media profile and began messaging Paige Elsholz Ware "met up with (Paige Elsholz) in the mountains and had tried to convince her to change her story and not testify against him." Allred was able to link a makeup smudge and DNA on Ware's shirt to Paige Elsholz Ware pleaded guilty to an additional charge of tampering with a witness Harrison has an outstanding criminal case against him charged with two third-degree felony counts of tampering with a witness in a separate wrongful detention case involving his ex-wife KSL.com was denied requests to interview Ernst or Grantsville High School Principal Kenna Aagard Emails were sent to every elected school board member but requests for interviews were denied and funneled back to the district spokesperson "The board does not deal with personnel matters dealing with staff," Tooele County School District spokesman Brett Valdez said All attempts to reach teachers who were believed to have attended court hearings or those whom victims said treated them well were also unsuccessful and reported to the district Valdez eventually organized a meeting with Director of Human Resources Charles Hansen Hansen told KSL.com there are significant challenges with transparency when it comes to the handling of any allegations against staff those who report have no way of knowing whether the district acted on complaints due to student privacy and employment laws there will always be an asymmetric flow of information with community members posting on social media and news outlets reporting Policy states the district is not required to release "records containing data on individuals the disclosure of which constitutes a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy," but does need to release "information relating to formal charges against the employee and disciplinary action unless such charges and action are not sustained or are shown to be groundless or except as the data is already classified as public." the Tooele School District released records of a former chorus and Spanish teacher at Grantsville High who pleaded guilty to lewdness involving a child for an incident at a Salt Lake athletic club in 2013 They also released select disciplinary records from a current teacher who was put on probation in 2011 after taking the cellphone of a male student and telling them to "contact male contacts in the student's list of contacts and send a text message indicating that 'I have wanted to tell you this for a while .. I really think I am in love with you and hope you feel the same!! ...' before sending female contacts texts saying ''Rumor has it you may be pregnant,'" according to a notice of probation thus exacerbating the situation," the notice said The district warned the teacher of the "severely egregious nature of the allegations," which she admitted to and could be "a terminable offense from the district as well as civil action against you from the student and his family." The Tooele County School District's operations building (Photo: Tooele County School District)Disciplinary actions from 2023 and 2024 against that same current teacher were mentioned but not shared due to legal concerns No disciplinary records were found for Heath or other teachers requested A disciplinary record relating to Kody Byrd the school's head football coach since Ware was terminated but access to the document was denied on the grounds of privacy that any district employee failed to escalate reports of sexual assault who was formerly the director of human resources terminated Ware's employment just a week after the girls came forward finding the events "more likely than not" despite Ware's "denial of allegations." Christensen continued to push for resolution on the district side until Harrison resigned in February 2022 "for personal reasons." students and parents saying they feared backlash "There's a lot of other people who have been victims but by other students who haven't come forward because of the way that other things had been handled," Perry said adding that she was assaulted her senior year of high school by a student She said she did not report it because of how she saw the community treat accusers Valdez says "the district activities director has worked with coaches and club leaders to ensure unapproved apps are no longer being used Several popular apps have been prohibited due to (the district's) inability to provide proper oversight." Student involvement campaigns have been started to promote peer trust when it comes to reporting bullying and sexual abuse Regarding the repeated appearance of staff at court proceedings directors said the district can't tell staff what to do in their free time issued a statement saying school employees who showed up in court "did not represent the school or district in any official capacity." requires employees "to comport themselves in a way that contributes to maintaining and fostering a positive and safe learning environment for students," on and off campus including "avoiding behaviors that could reasonably lead to the appearance of impropriety." "but if you don't hold people accountable and if people don't see that the enabler is held accountable … if it's not consistently enforced Coates started a peer support group for student survivors of sexual abuse at Grantsville High School on Facebook Other support resources can be found here: If you or someone you know is struggling with thoughts of suicide call 988 to connect with the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline SALT LAKE CITY — Call it the battle of the swap meets Since the Redwood Swap Meet closed last December, many vendors have shifted to a location on Salt Lake City's west side that ramped up operations when the West Valley City site ceased operations. Separately, one of the key figures who had rallied opposition to plans to close the Redwood Swap Meet, Cristian Carbajal Gutierrez, is hoping to open a new swap meet for displaced vendors in Grantsville "I just hope it works for everybody because at the end of the day, there's a lot of vendors that rely on the income from the swap meet," said Monica Acuña, who helped organize El Suami del 801 El Suami operates each Sunday at the 801 Center at 1055 W North Temple in Salt Lake City and it launched in earnest following Redwood's Dec 22 closure to permit the development of the land into housing Carbajal, meanwhile, says the open-air initiative he's pursuing in Grantsville is in cooperation with former Redwood vendors many of them immigrants from Latin America and around the world The aim is not only to create a new space where they can sell goods but also to help teach them the particulars of operating a business in the United States it's more community-based rather than business-driven," Carbajal said "We're trying to uplift our local community." Carbajal had helped lead opposition to the planned sale of the privately owned 26-acre Redwood site, also home to a drive-in theater. The efforts ultimately stalled and the site has been cleared with plans afoot to build single-family homes townhomes and condominiums on the land at 3688 S Visitors to the Suami del 801 swap meet in Salt Lake City peruse some of the tools and other goods on sale in an undated photo. (Photo: El Suami del 801)For the vendors, one of the key issues in light of the Redwood closure has been finding a place to sell, and as Acuña describes it, many have flocked to her location south of the Utah State Fairpark. The 801 Center is a vast warehouse-like facility that typically features live music geared to the Latino community on Saturday nights with hopes for even more and an expansion to Saturday operations by June As at Redwood, the vendors — most of them Latinos — sell everything from tools and clothing to toys and produce, with more space to open outdoors around the 801 Center. Entry for adults is $2 and Acuña, who also helps run a digital Spanish-language radio station, La Mas Picosita says Suami operators plan to keep it open year-round Carbajal Gutierrez said vendors have also set up operations at other area swap meets since Redwood closed though he's hoping many travel to Grantsville when the site there starts operating "It's all family driven," he said His hope is that the Grantsville operation can serve as a business incubator of sorts helping vendors so inclined work toward creation of brick-and-mortar locations "We're trying to involve the vendors directly," Carbajal Gutierrez said ABC4 Utah One person is dead and another is missing at Grantsville Reservoir after a boat capsized Friday afternoon Whether it's a domesticated animal or a wild animal it's important to know what to do when seeing either one out in the wild George has agreed to move a new power substation to a different plot of land in the city preserving an excavation site right across the street from the St UDOT crews have been working for weeks to clear Guardsman Pass to get it ready for the summer season Could grizzly bears cross Utah’s border soon What to keep in mind to stay safe during spring runoff Barbershop hosting free haircuts in honor of Sgt Progress on preparing Guardsman Pass to reopen the department lost its first officer in the line of duty when Sgt Bill Hooser was struck and killed by a suspect in a semi-truck during a traffic stop the friends he made on the force are remembering him as one of the most dedicated officers who took work seriously but also made an emphasis to build relationships A low-pressure system is working its way through the region and will settle over the Four Corners more compact low drops in on the west side of the main low GRANTSVILLE — A former Grantsville High School teacher and coach was sentenced to a year in jail and four years of probation Monday for the sexual abuse of a student in 2017 was originally charged in Tooele's 3rd District Court with six counts of forcible sexual abuse Harrison — a former Utah State University quarterback — pleaded guilty in November to one count of forcible sexual abuse A female student had reported to police that during the 2017-18 school year Harrison sexually assaulted her in different locations in the high school according to the initial police booking affidavit The girl was between 14 and 15 years old at the time weight room and portable classroom," the affidavit says "he vaguely remembers when he put his hand down the front of (her) pants." Harrison also told police he groped the girl "as they were in the weight room with a bunch of students messing around," according to the booking report That hostile environment was evident to former student Oaklee Collings who is a year older than the victim and told KSL.com this week that Harrison continually pushed the boundaries with his student relationships he would have kids come up and sit by his desk during weights class," Collings said and there were plenty of cheerleaders that he would talk to." She added that "it always felt like he was trying to be one of the students" and said it was not uncommon for him to have the phone numbers of football players and "tons of girls' phone numbers." Harrison "would reach out to them on different apps," Collings said "It was always kind of like hush-hush that Craig Harrison was texting you but it never really seemed to be about treatment." "I have known from the time that I was a young 14-year-old girl that Coach Harrison was a pervert," she said claimed multiple inappropriate situations were reported to the Grantsville High School principal and the athletic director The Tooele School District issued a statement saying "We take all instances of sexual abuse very seriously and have policies to help ensure the safety and well-being of our students." A number of teachers from the high school and district attended the sentencing when those teachers sat on the side of the defense with Harrison's family Harrison's parents are also teachers at Grantsville High School and then the other six to seven were current teachers," said April May a parent of a current Grantsville High School student Collings' parents were in attendance — her father He said they "saw teachers that they've known since I was really young a couple of which were some softball coaches of mine." "They were with him and his family and hugging them and greeting them They would not make eye contact with any of us on the prosecution side," May said "Imagine making sub plans today to come and support this while the victim is one of your former students." "Half the staff at Grantsville High School either taught (Harrison) or his siblings or has worked with his parents or worked with him directly." May said the court received "crazy amounts of letters in support of him," despite the fact he pleaded guilty to the charges "I looked at those teachers and thought 'If my son or daughter had to report something they could not go to any of these teachers,'" May said who wished to only be identified by her first name said the victim did "not have one teacher or administrator there on (her) side." However the parent saw an athletic trainer who occasionally works with her child on Harrison's side that the teachers did not realize which side was which they have to understand that there could be consequences and that they're sending a message A man who drove from Idaho to support a former co-worker and was not connected to the school told KSL.com he never saw the teachers interact with Harrison directly "While we understand that some district employees were in attendance at the sentencing they did not represent the school or district in any official capacity." The scene Monday was reminiscent of a hearing in November 2016 for ex-Grantsville head football coach Curtis Ware Ware was convicted in June 2018 of one count of unlawful sexual conduct with a 16- or 17-year-old and two counts of dealing in materials harmful to a minor He also pleaded guilty to tampering with a witness in a separate case a class A misdemeanor that was then reduced to class B misdemeanor after court documents say he pressured the victim into changing her disclosure Ware's defense attorney Susanne Gustin said at the time "(Ware) has a lot of support from football players "many members of the community came out to support him." Collings called it "disgusting" that the community is overlooking the abuse "simply because we sit by them at church or because we knew so-and-so's brother from high school." Harrison currently faces several felonies in other cases after allegedly sending an email to his ex-wife in 2022 posing as a family therapist giving "advice to his ex-wife that she should forgive (Harrison's) indiscretions and attempt to reconcile with (him)," according to charging documents The therapist named in the email said she didn't write the letter The man also faces two counts of tampering with a witness a third-degree felony; and electronic communication harassment Charges accuse Harrison of harassing his ex-wife and trying to convince her to drop charges in a separate justice court case Harrison is scheduled back in court on Feb 18 for a preliminary hearing in those two cases GRANTSVILLE — A Grantsville woman who police say has an extensive history with the Utah Highway Patrol was arrested Monday after witnesses say she was driving as if she was "fighting everyone" on I-80 was booked into the Tooele County Jail for investigation of criminal mischief and reckless driving Both counts come with road rage penalty enhancements if convicted Tooele County dispatchers received several reports of a possible road rage involving a Jeep Wrangler on I-80 From about Saltair to the state Route 201 junction witnesses watched Loveless "tailgate vehicles and throwing items from their vehicle at other vehicles One witness identified a thrown item as a glass bottle," a police booking affidavit states "One witness stated that it appeared the driver of the Jeep was 'fighting everyone.'" Another witness followed the Jeep to a residence in Grantsville Troopers responded to the address and arrested Loveless after questioning her "A records check shows extensive UHP history with Ms including a pending reckless driving charge," troopers noted in the affidavit Loveless was charged in five separate cases in 2024 with various traffic violations She was convicted just last month of careless driving and currently faces charges of reckless driving and reckless endangerment in a separate case WEST VALLEY CITY — The site of what was once a drive-in theater and bustling swap meet has been largely cleared with piles of asphalt and concrete the only remaining indications of what was once there "They did that quick," said Cristian Carbajal Gutierrez spokesman of sorts for the many vendors who once operated at the site Plans to sell the Redwood Drive-in and Swap Meet site for redevelopment to a housing subdivision sparked controversy last summer Many of the 500 or so vendors who operated there including a sizable contingent of immigrants clamored to stop the plans on the privately owned land 22 last year followed by the demolition of the large movie screens at the site about a month ago and clearing of the 26-acre expanse They still look for it," said Maritza Mojica who works at a bakery in a shopping center near the former Redwood site and Carbajal Gutierrez said he and other advocates for the vendors have found a new swap meet site in Grantsville that could start operating later this month or in early May Details of the plans are still being finalized with more information possibly to come out later this week But many of the former Redwood Swap Meet vendors are interested Moviegoers at the Redwood Drive-In Theatre in West Valley City on May 1 The site was recently cleared to make way for a housing development Deseret News)"Everybody's willing to go and give it a try," he said Around 200 people attended a meeting on the plans last Friday the vendors — many of them reliant on the funds they earned for their livelihood — have been doing what they can to make ends meet Some have tried to sell their wares at random locations only to be told to move along by police "Everyone's trying to figure out how to make money," Carbajal Gutierrez said Redevelopment plans at the expanse off the northwest corner of Redwood Road and 3800 South call for some 300 housing units, including 244 townhomes, up to 40 condominiums and 16 single-family homes. Draper-based developer Edgehomes dubs the development Solari on its website with site development to commence in the coming months a fruit and vegetable vendor at Redwood Swap Meet in West Valley City KSL.com)"Edgehomes is scheduled to begin development in June 2025 We anticipate the project will span approximately three years," the company said in a statement to KSL.com Edgehomes acquired the site from Los Angeles-based Land and Leisure Corp Many of the former vendors at the Redwood site had roots in Mexico the rest of Latin America and other countries They sold everything from clothes and fruits and vegetables to dietary supplements and tools The proposed Grantsville site west of West Valley City is about a 25-minute drive from the Redwood location But many of the vendors are willing to give it a try if their former cohorts are on board the thinking being that if enough locate at the site Carbajal Gutierrez said he is still scouting for other locations more centrally located in the Salt Lake City urban area 1:32 PM | Updated: Mar 31 BY CARLYSLE PRICE SALT LAKE CITY – A Grantsville man was charged after investigators said he possessed and distributed child sexual abuse imagery is charged with five counts of sexual exploitation of a minor On Aug. 16, 2023, court documents said an electronic service provider submitted a cybertip to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that the suspect user of an account downloaded child sex abuse material The tip reportedly included an email address internet IP address and the suspected photos The tip was sent to the West Virginia State Police Department before being transferred to the Colorado Springs Police Department then the Cache County Sheriff’s Office Detectives with the CCSO reportedly confirmed the uploaded files were child sexual abuse imagery and served a search warrant on the suspected account the IP address and the suspected email account Detectives discovered Harris’ name listed in the account’s billing information and “determined the defendant was likely the Suspect User,” a probable cause statement said Court documents state the CCSO then transferred the case to Tooele County It was discovered Harris was on parole for a 2019 forcible sexual abuse conviction and the case was transferred again to Adult Probation and Parole agents with AP&P went to Harris’ residence where he was reportedly read his Miranda rights Harris admitted he owned the suspect account and used the account to download the images Documents state he told the agents he used the account to share files with others and had a different account with the service provider because his suspect account was banned An agent with the AP&P also found “pornographic images of an age-difficult young female on Defendant’s phone in the deleted files,” court documents state The State requested Harris have a no-bail warrant for his arrest and said he is a substantial danger to others in the community specifically to children under 18 years old Utah — After a bit of a skeleton decoration scandal in Grantsville last year the city has taken it upon itself to embrace Halloween decorations this year The city asked businesses to put out their best skeleton decorations this year residents will get the chance to vote on a winner but private citizens," said Grantsville Mayor Neil Critchlow People are taking walks with their kids to look at the skeletons." The city has asked local places to go all out for skeletons for their competition I was happy because it was a chance for them to show that they all have a great sense of humor and they love that the town wants to do fun things,” said Christina Keener Critchlow explained how they're taking bad publicity from last Halloween season and turning it into good by getting everyone involved We have the stripper crew down there at our neighbors and it’s kind of turned into a whole neighborhood thing,” said Grantsville resident Bryan Duvall Duvall and his family went with the same theme as their neighbors down the street “These two men right here are watching the woman and the woman here is saying hi to that man," said Breyker Duvall you'll see that there's one over here and the one over there is waving her arm and she has money and you have to be 21 or older to get in." Breyker said he's just happy that the whole town is celebrating his favorite holiday My favorite time of year — everybody loves it," he said | https://www.newsandsentinel.com | 519 Juliana St. Canyon View can now call itself repeat 3A girls state wrestling champions barely edging out a Grantsville side that finished with 244 points It was a 2-horse race for the better part of the state tournament Grantsville led for a big chunk of it but Canyon View stayed hot on their tail Things remained up in the air for the better part of the final day and it came down to the 190-pound weight class between 3-time defending champion Tilisa Matakaiongo of Canyon View and Juab’s Macee Ercanbrack With Grantsville leading just slightly and with no more wrestlers competing In order for Canyon View to take the title something she was very well aware of throughout the course of her match Matakaiongo proved to be clutch for her team once again getting the pin that her team needed at the 4:46 mark to seal the championship “It was right before the third round and I heard people saying your sisters need a pin from you ‘I have to get this done,’ said Matakaiongo I was scoring points in the first two rounds While things may have been stressful for Canyon View once it was Matakaiongo’s turn to take the mat head coach Travis Carter knew his team could pull off something special becoming a big time leader for our team,” said Carter Carter also didn’t hesitate to address the adversity his team had to deal with and how it was able to come together in the big moments “That was just a roller coaster every day,” he said We had some girls get injured and were taken out of the tournament We had a girl not make weight which was just devastating and we had the girls just putting up the energy and it was just amazing.” Also helping to will their team to victory and winning championships in their individual meets for Canyon View were Brooklyn Barney (125) Gemma Carter (130) and Adriana Sierra (170) Evie Davidson of Union made quick work of her opponent Nellie Carter of Canyon View via fall 59 seconds into their match “I had a pretty good season,” Davidson said “I only lost two matches all season so my record I think was 44-2 so it was really good I think one of the only reasons I got here was probably all of my coaches They just pushed me and made sure that I took advantage of the opportunities that I was presented.” After having faced Carter twice previously Davidson was feeling confident in knowing what she needed to win her third championship “I kind of knew how she was going to wrestle going into it because I had wrestled her twice before because she was coming after me just as much as I was,” Davidson said Other winners of their respective weight classes included Juab’s Atti Nelson (100) Grantsville’s Lindee Ussing (155) and Juan Diego’s Avie Hernandez (235) 2:39 PM | Updated: Apr 26 Search and rescue efforts underway in Grantsville on April 25 BY JACOB FREEMAN Have a story idea or tip? Send it to the KSL NewsRadio team here Utah (KUTV) — A man ran into a mom and her 1-year-old child with his vehicle in Grantsville has been charged for driving through an intersection while the woman was crossing with her child in a stroller Video surveillance from a nearby house showed the woman with her 2-year-old son on a bike and her 1-year-old son in a stroller crossing the intersection of Meadow Lark Circle and West Clark Street Tuesday MORE:Layton auto-ped hit-and-run victim identified; driver who fled scene still at large Court documents said the 2-year-old on the bike made it across the intersection with his mother pushing the stroller about 35 feet into the intersection Craven's vehicle — that he admitted to driving — is seen in the video turning onto Meadow Lark Circle "at a high rate of speed," documents said The mother of the two boys "screamed and waved her arms," but there was no indication Craven tried to stop or avoid them The woman and the stroller with the child inside were hit Documents said the 2-year-old on his bike was missed "by mere inches." Police found the stroller a measured 43 feet away and Craven's car came to a stop about 51 feet from where the two were hit Craven got out of his vehicle and approached the mother and child Documents said the 1-year-old had "a large head contusion and was actively bleeding," being taken to Primary Children's Hospital Officers claimed Craven's car smelled strongly of marijuana and he told police he had a medical marijuana card He told police the last time he had smoked was the night before Police had Craven participate in a test to observe if he was sober and documents said he appeared to be under the influence of drugs Craven later told police he had a bottle of fake urine strapped to his thigh which he said was for in case there was a random drug screening at his work Craven was taken to Tooele County Detention Center on two charges of negligently operating a vehicle causing serious bodily injury and possession sale or use of an adulterant or synthetic urine Here’s a recap of Tuesday’s 3A girls basketball semifinals at the UCCU Center in Orem Whenever you get 17 steals in a game you give yourself a really good chance at taking the win That’s exactly what Canyon View did Tuesday as it beat South Summit 45-37 in the 3A semifinals Canyon View was a defensive pest all game and made life difficult for the Wildcat offense its own offense got off to a quick start with 19 first quarter points South Summit slowed the game down in the second quarter though and kept Canyon View at bay with only two points in the frame The Wildcats didn’t score particularly well but their defense was enough to take a 22-21 halftime lead “South Summit threw some good little kinks at us,” said Canyon View head coach Jaycee Barnhurst of the second quarter struggles “They denied two of our best shooters and it took us a while to adjust ‘What do I do when I’m denied?’ We just kind of sat there we freaked out a little bit and we had a bit of a pity party At halftime we talked about some things to do and I felt like those players adjusted and then it was a different game from there.” The offensive groove never truly came back for Canyon View but it more than made up for it with its second half defense South Summit averaged 51.5 points per game which was one of the better offenses in 3A and Canyon View held it to just 15 points in the second half South Summit star Emma Broadbent still filled up the stat sheet with 17 points and 19 rebounds but Canyon View kept her shooting percentage to an inefficient 26% I said that we have a lot of players that can score but the focus had to be on defense,” Barnhurst said The score stayed close, but fourth quarter steals and transition buckets from Maya Nichols and Bethanee Vargas were enough to put Canyon View safely over South Summit Vargas led the Falcons in scoring with 16 points Canyon View will have a chance to win its first state championship since 2006 but it will have to do so against Region 12 foe Emery in Wednesday’s championship game The Spartans and Falcons traded games this season “Hats off to Emery for getting past Grantsville and we’re excited to see Region 12 match up in the championship,” Barnhurst said We’re going to go prepare and we’re going to be ready to go.” You wouldn’t have been crazy if you believed the 3A girls state tournament was anything but a formality Grantsville had an argument as the best team in the state for a large portion of this season the Cowboys took down everyone in their path The only blemish on their otherwise perfect record was a loss to Duke signee Emilee Skinner and the Ridgeline Riverhawks Maxpreps’ 14th-ranked team in the entire country 5 Emery punched its ticket to the championship game with an upset of top-seeded Grantsville 50-47 in the 3A semifinals on Tuesday thanks to some clutch plays down the stretch The Cowboys and Spartans played each other in early December and it was a completely different story “They were the only ones that believed in them,” said Emery head coach John Faimalo of his players “Everybody else wrote (Grantsville) in as the state champion coaches believed in the girls and the girls believed in each other.” Emery jumped on Grantsville with hot shooting early and ended the first half having made 57% of its 3-point attempts The Spartans led by eight at one point but Grantsville never went away, and and a buzzer beater from Avery Allred kept the Cowboys within 26-25 at halftime The biggest asset Grantsville utilized against Emery was it’s point-of-attack defense, as Allred and Kodee Williams kept things tough on the Emery guards Turnovers were a problem all game for Emery as it ended the semifinal with 29 giveaways but each time the Spartans ran back on defense and often picked off a turnover of their own ‘Stats are stats.’ At the end of the day we could have 100 turnovers but as long as the scoreboard shows a win that’s the only stat I care about,” Faimalo said Emery led almost the whole way through the second half though it never became more than a three-possession game Every time Emery threatened to break the contest open Grantsville responded with a run of its own One such sequence came midway through the fourth quarter when Emery held a 42-37 lead, as Grantsville had a quick succession of a 3 from Williams and a transition bucket from Emmy Butler to tie it 42-42 Then with the game tied 47-47 with under 30 seconds left, the Spartan defense forced a turnover and Kali Jensen went to the free throw line The Spartans then forced another turnover and KaBree Gordon sunk both three throws to secure the 50-47 win Katelyn Nielson was also a big offensive piece for Emery in the win with 14 points “I’m just so proud of my girls and the way they laid it all out,” Faimalo said so we’re lucky to get away with the win and it’s just great for our girls My girls played hard and that’s about all I can say.” 8:13 PM | Updated: 8:34 pm BY SHARA PARK GRANTSVILLE – A community in Grantsville was put on alert Sunday when a live World War II-era artillery shell was discovered on a family’s property “There was a citizen out there that recently passed away As the family was cleaning up the property a 155 mm artillery shell,” Benjamin Porter a spokesperson with the Unified Fire Authority A community in Grantsville was put on alert when a live World War II-era artillery shell was discovered on a family’s property on Dec that it was just kind of laying in the dirt It was just set aside and looked like it had potentially been forgotten about,” Porter said Grantsville police were first on scene to observe the device As neighbors were asked to shelter in place UFA’s Bomb Squad Special Operations Division then responded and used a robot to x-ray the device and determined it was still live Air Force was then called in to collect the shell and dispose of it “They did find that it was a relatively low risk so they let the surrounding homes know,” Porter said The agencies involved in removing the artillery shell are now trying to determine how it got to the property and how long it was there They said they didn’t believe there was any criminal activity involved Porter said he’s grateful for how the family responded to finding the device and reminded others to call 911 if they ever come across something similar “If you’re to find any kind of unexploded ordnance whether it’s blasting caps or dynamite or any kind of wartime artillery shells we can check it out and we can handle it if we need to.” Follow @KSL5TV The final results of the 3A girls state tennis tournament were a mystery for all of the players and fans who endured the warm sunny weather that lasted almost into the early evening Saturday at Liberty Park Afton and Mya Orgill’s individual titles in No 3 singles were the difference as Grantsville narrowly won the team title The day’s matches included two that lasted more than three hours in 80-degree heat and Cowboys coach Stephen Thurgood said the finish became one of his best memories of his 12 years coaching at Grantsville was so happy he welcomed picking up the tab for his team’s dinner at a Salt Lake restaurant before the Cowboys returned to their small community about 30 miles west of Utah’s capital “I’ve already retired twice,” said Thurgood “but I’m on a one-year contract so I’ll be back next spring with the boys team Because the team scoring was so close and not updated on the UHSAA website in real time nobody could monitor the outcome accurately When UHSAA officials revealed the outcome of the team titles it felt more like a Hollywood awards extravaganza wherein the decision is delayed by the opening of an envelope finished with 56 points to edge Rowland Hall (52) Rowland Hall and Morgan finished tied for their region title late last month and each coach knew state would be close and likely depend on the smallest of breaks After Afton Orgill won her individual crown earlier in the day she cheered on her teammates whose match was the finale and gave Grantsville the five necessary points to leapfrog defending champion Rowland Hall Rowland Hall had gained a one-point advantage only minutes earlier when Ainsley Moore and Fiona Kean won their second straight three-set match and then fell to the court with fatigue “All of our region fought all season,” said Thurgood “All the players know each other well and any of the matches really could have gone either way Morgan’s Macey Dee kept her squad in the race with a first-place finish in No Rowland Hall’s strength was in doubles play where Jane Borst and Savanna O’Connell emerged on top GRANTSVILLE – A community in Grantsville was put on alert Sunday when a live World War II-era artillery shell was discovered on a family's property "There was a citizen out there that recently passed away a 155 mm artillery shell," said Benjamin Porter "They said that when they found it that it was just kind of laying in the dirt It was just set aside and looked like it had potentially been forgotten about," Porter said UFA's Bomb Squad Special Operations Division then responded and used a robot to X-ray the device and determined it was still live "They did find that it was a relatively low risk so they let the surrounding homes know," Porter said They said they didn't believe there was any criminal activity involved Porter said he's grateful for how the family responded to finding the device and reminded others to call 911 if they ever come across something similar "If you're to find any kind of unexploded ordnance whether it's blasting caps or dynamite or any kind of wartime artillery shells It’s not often you get to skip your political science class to flip on ESPN2 and watch your name get announced as a participant in the 2025 McDonald’s All-American game But that’s exactly the type of Monday Emilee Skinner got to experience this week Basketball recipient had a pretty good feeling her name would get called during the lunchtime but seeing it actually unfold that way was a pretty special moment nonetheless once it finally announced my name I felt really good about it I’m super excited to play with the girls because I’ve played with them at camps and on team USA so it will be fun to play with the girls and hang out with them,” said Skinner who will play in the game in Brooklyn on April 1 Skinner becomes just the third McDonald’s All-American from Utah joining Fremont’s Timea Gardiner (2022) and Lehi’s Michelle Harrison (2006) a few hours after the nationally broadcast announcement Skinner got the opportunity to showcase why she’s a McDonald’s All-American on her home floor With undefeated Ridgeline hosting undefeated Grantsville on Monday in a marquee showdown of two of the best teams in the state the Riverhawks were cutthroat from the jump in a dominant 67-34 victory Skinner filled the stat sheet with 18 points five steals and three blocks for Ridgeline Both teams had similar quality wins this season against teams like Copper Hills and Ridgeline coach Ainsli Jenks new it would take a great effort to beat Grantsville She attributes the win to preparation and the way her girls attacked Grantsville’s 1-2-2 aggressive half-court zone defense really hard in film and in practice looking at that 1-2-2 defense that is just stifling Grantsville has done a phenomenal job holding teams to low points Megan has them playing good tough defense,” said Jenks Grantsville hadn’t faced a team the caliber of Ridgeline though With Skinner getting extra defensive attention along the perimeter Ridgeline passed quickly out of the pressure and Grantsville’s defensive rotations in the paint were too slow Abby Mumford scored on four straight layups in the first quarter as Ridgeline’s lead swelled quickly to a dozen points “We’ve been working really hard at finding those holes and I think the girls did a phenomenal job,” said Jenks “I don’t know how many layups we had that first quarter and Abby Mumford going to work and Em (Skinner) and (Makaydi Jenks) finding her down there and I just thought it was great team basketball.” Mumford finished with a game-high 19 points Ridgeline led 16-6 by the end of the first quarter and then 37-13 at the half The Riverhawks’ biggest lead was 65-28 late in the game before Grantsville’s Renn White drained back-to-back 3-pointers in the final two minutes Grantsville coach Megan Vera certainly believed Monday’s game was winnable but said the mentality just wasn’t what it needed to be “I felt like in warm-ups there was a lot of confidence and in the locker room a lot of confidence you’ve got to have a killer mentality,” said Vera and we weren’t making our defensive rotations This was the third straight season Ridgeline and Grantsville have played a nonregion game despite being in different classifications The previous two years the games were played before region play but Vera really wanted this year’s rematch in late January to prepare her team for the state tournament Grantsville has been the favorite in the 3A tourney each of the past two seasons in its quest for the first girls basketball state title in school history but each year it underachieved in the playoffs “We knew in the middle of region last year that we needed to throw in some games this year in region play just to challenge us and maybe humble us and prepare us for the end of February a little bit better than what we got prepared last year,” said Vera 27 helps Grantsville lift that elusive 3A title trophy on Feb then the thrashing will all have been worth it Vera admits success depends on how her girls respond to the humbling loss “I would’ve liked to put up a more competitive game but mentally we did not show up ready to compete tonight,” said Vera That’s going to be telling for us tomorrow.” Avery Allred led Grantsville in the loss with nine points Morgan has made plenty of statements on the way to a dominant start this season none more emphatic than a 42-3 rout of rival and 6-1 Grantsville Friday night Versatile offensive weapon Lincoln Gilson scored three touchdowns and Jake Hansen housed an 80-yard pick six to firmly entrench the Trojans at the top of 3A North with an 8-0 overall record “That’s one thing about playing Grantsville you know they’re always going to play hard so you’ve always got to play hard,” Morgan coach Jared Barlow said Morgan gifted Grantsville its only points of the game on a questionable fake punt call deep in their own territory leading to a 35-yard Brent Knickerbocker field goal with 10:39 in the first quarter Morgan took the lead in just six plays on a Beck Sheffield 10-yard bullet to the back corner of the end zone to Boston Zack Morgan’s defense then grabbed an interception from Grantsville’s backup quarterback on the ensuing third down a tough break after starter Dallan Van Vliet was forced off the field for one play after his helmet was knocked off The Trojans went back to work and leaned on Gilson’s versatility in both the pass and run game The senior stormed through the gut of Grantsville’s defense to make it 14-3 with 6:04 left in the first quarter on a 12-yard scoring carry “He’s kind of like a safety blanket,” Barlow said “When you have somebody like that on offense but it opens things up for other guys as well.” Grantsville’s defense did its part in the first half forcing two Sheffield interceptions and recovering two Morgan fumbles but the Cowboys offense failed to capitalize while trying to stave off Morgan’s aggressive blitz and pass rush timing Van Vliet tossed an overthrown pick to Hansen while under pressure to set up a 12-play offensive march punctuated by Gilson’s second first-half rushing touchdown to make it 21-3 “One thing we stressed this year is just getting the ball into playmakers’ hands,” Gilson said The teams exchanged turnovers on a Morgan fumble and Van Vliet interception before the Trojans went back to the night’s strategy of stretching the Cowboys laterally from sideline to sideline until they broke again Gilson’s gliding for his third score on a jet sweep for the 28-3 lead at halftime “Whatever we can do to motion and get the defense in something that we want Morgan made Grantsville pay on another Van Vliet overthrow in the third quarter Hansen snatched his second pick and weaved his way across the field for the 80-yard interception return home run to put the game firmly out of reach After the first pick six of his high school football career Hansen said the Morgan secondary is a “no fly zone” and that each level of the defense complements the other from pressure to tackling to turnovers I couldn’t have done it without them,” Hansen said Morgan added a final touchdown with a 1-yard Krew Galbraith scoring dive for the 42-3 margin with 4:42 left in the game Barlow complimented the focus of his team to dial in week after week a clear strength of this Trojans team that’s outscored opponents 270-10 in the last five games it’s about how good can we be,” Barlow said “Focus on us and everything else should take care of itself.” Utah (KUTV) — Unified Fire’s Bomb Squad responded to a situation involving a live artillery shell on Sunday at a Grantsville home Authorities said members of the Special Operations Division were dispatched to the home on Peach Road after reports of ordinance found on the property on Dec The bomb squad arrived and located an old artillery shell that had remained live for many years Officials with UFA said the person living in the home had recently died and family discovered the shell that dates back to World War II A shelter in place was issued while crews checked out the shell The bomb is at least two feet long and about 100lbs The team secured the shell and safely transferred it to the U.S It was Senior Night and homecoming at Juan Diego Catholic High School Thursday night It was also the highlight of Zac Szymakowski’s athletic career so far in the United States But the Grantsville Cowboys left the field with the loudest shouts after a 21-7 win over the Soaring Eagle in a 3A North regular-season finale the Cowboys clinched second place in the standings and Jayden Atkinson rushed for three touchdowns and the Cowboys’ defense held Juan Diego in check until midway through the fourth quarter Millward was especially proud of his team’s line play and the way it kept its composure after a 45-minute lightning delay early in the first quarter “Our line guys aren’t very big but we didn’t get pushed around,” Millward said “and I liked the way we came out after halftime and started moving the ball with our passing game “Juan Diego is always tough but we’re peaking at the right time.” Grantsville took advantage of a fumble on Juan Diego’s first possession and a series of Atkinson runs got the Cowboys on the scoreboard first A storm front blew through the Salt Lake Valley shortly afterward and sent both teams to the locker room for 45 minutes the Cowboys quickly regained the momentum and Juan Diego’s inability to establish its usually potent running game also led to Szymakowski’s varsity-playing career a transfer from Australia who has experience playing Australian football joined his new friends on the Soaring Eagle football team but was ruled ineligible due to the UHSAA’s recently adjusted rules involving foreign players District Court granted a temporary restraining order “I had been playing in some JV games but there’s nothing like suiting up with my mates on the varsity,” said Szymakowski who punted five times and placed three of them inside Grantsville’s 20-yard line and I wish all the kids who wanted to play didn’t have to deal with what he had to go through,” said Juan Diego coach Danny Larson Szymakowski was not a factor in the eventual outcome but hopes for more action in the postseason and is also considering playing lacrosse in a few months Juan Diego didn’t record a first down until midway through the final period the Soaring Eagle faced another fourth down but quarterback Hayden Mezenen faked a handoff took advantage of a good block and sprinted 58 yard untouched for a touchdown “That’s the type of game we play,” said Larson but we got one there and if we could have gotten loose for one or two more Juan Diego stopped the Cowboys on their next possession but Dallan Van Vliet’s 64-yard punt was a momentum-buster and Grantsville put the game away when Atkinson scored his 14th touchdown this year with a 5-yard run will advance to the 3A playoffs and are expected to earn a first-round bye and a second-round home game 5:48 PM | Updated: Oct 25 BY DAN RASCON GRANTSVILLE — A mother and her two kids from Grantsville are lucky to be alive after the baby in the stroller was hit by a car and thrown 43 feet through the air The car also knocked the mother to the ground Grantsville Police told KSL TV that the driver was high on marijuana at the time on Tuesday at the intersection of Meadow Lark and Clark Street Ring doorbell video from a neighbor obtained exclusively by KSL TV showed the mom crossing the street pushing the stroller with her one-year-old baby inside The mom’s two-year-old son was in front of them riding a balance bike no,” as the car was heading right for them She was knocked to the ground as the stroller went flying through the air I didn’t know if I was going to be hit or my toddler was going to be hit,” Kylie Marshall told KSL TV got up from the ground and ran to her baby in the stroller “I just knew I needed to get to her right now I ran across the street as fast as I could terrified of what I was going to find in the stroller,” Kylie Marshall said Her one-year-old girl was taken to Primary Children’s Hospital She suffered a concussion and had scrapes and bruising and was later released Kylie Marshall had cuts and bruising on her elbow “It was such a miracle that no one died or got critically injured Marshall’s husband got the call from police while at work “Worst case scenario easily all of them could have died,” James Marshall said was booked into Tooele County Jail on two counts of DUI causing a serious injury “They were right in the middle of the intersection and there was no attempt to brake It was determined later that he was under the influence of marijuana He was given a series of tests which he failed,” said Lt Jeff Watson with the Grantsville Police Department Police said Craven also had a vial of clean urine he was wearing inside his clothes for drug testing at work “This is someone that obviously has a problem If he is driving around wearing a container of fake urine in his pants so he can pass a urine test he knows he’s going to test positive,” Watson said