This is the second year that Bingham lacrosse has been placed into the same Class 6A Region 3 league as all of the other sports at the school. 

In years past while lacrosse was in the process of being sanctioned by the UHSAA, the Miners were placed in either Division A, B, or C depending on the number of players and skill level in the program on both the boys and girls sides.

But the Miners didn’t take anything for granted, and now they’re region champions for the third straight year, said Bingham boys head lacrosse coach Brett Everill. 

“We feel very blessed to make it a three-peat for the region title,” Everill said of his team that clinched the title with three games remaining in the season. 

Bingham [6-0 Region 3, 12-4] headed into the 6A state tournament as the No. 6 seed, defeating 11-seed Riverton and were set to play Davis in the quarterfinals (after press deadline).

The way the Miners became region champions was rather interesting—but was partway by design. 

After the snow came in with a fury and was gone with the brisk late April winds, so were the ides of March, according to Everill, who thought that his Miners still had some growing up to do in the preseason. 

Some of those teams were scheduled to get Bingham ready for the state tournament; other games gave younger kids more experience due to injuries to older players. 

That preseason record of 6-3 was emblematic of Everill’s approach to slowly build momentum early on, but as the Miners approached the beginning of region play in mid-April, they were off and running with their sticks. 

Led by senior Nick Anderson who topped Bingham in two statistical categories [27 goals, 37 points], his play helped turn around the Miners fortunes and steer them toward a third straight region title. Senior Jordan Whitney battled through early season injuries and led the Miners with 29 ground balls. 

Juniors also played a part. Curtis Carlson led Bingham with 10 assists while Ryken Whitney forced eight turnovers. Meanwhile, it was senior James Southworth who led the Miners in front of goal with 43 saves. 

As far as the program goes, Everill had nothing but great things to say about Bingham as a school and lacrosse program that is still a rather new sport in the Utah high school sports landscape. 

“We are getting better every day. The culture has been amazing! It's an honor to coach such good kids. I am really proud of who they are becoming. We have a great coaching staff and the Bingham's admin have been great to work with. 

We have a fairly solid, well balanced team. We had great game plans for those opponents [in Region 3], we made sure to not overlook anyone. We fared well against all of them.” λ