The Carbon boy’s volleyball team finished their inaugural season on May 11 at the hands of Salt Lake Academy in the 3A State Championship in the quarterfinal loss round at Utah Valley University. Boy’s volleyball was a new sanctioned sport in 2024 and Carbon put forth a good first season ending 8-18 overall and 4-2 in region play finishing in second place.

Coach Landon Fehlberg was a guest on KOAL’s Drive Time Sports after the loss to Grantsville and was asked after battling with the No.1 team does this give Carbon the feeling that they belong?

” Yes, and that’s true I think from the beginning, when we went up and played a really tough tournament, the boys were kind of like well maybe let’s see how this season goes. After our first home match against Ogden, I told the boys that I didn’t necessarily expect us to go undefeated, but you don’t have to go undefeated to compete. And slowly after we got that first win we could see the mindset start to change. They have the mindset of we do belong, we do win, and we can win, we can do and play volleyball. From a coaching perspective, even when they lose, you want them to see their improvement and I think that is just a testament to just how much these boys have grown this season.”

Below is a recap of the 2024 season.

March 7- @ Morgan

The opening season for boys volleyball got underway Thursday night on the road in Morgan. It was a tight contest, but in the end, the Dinos fell to the Trojans 3-0.

In March of last year, the Utah High School Activities Association added boy’s volleyball to the list of sanctioned sports.

The Dinos came out in the first set battling back and forth with the Trojans, but Morgan went on to take the first set 25-18.

In the second set, Carbon came out strong and was able to get a little closer but still fell 25-20. The third was more of the same, with the Dinos falling 25-16.

Kyler Orth collected four blocks in the contest, and Evan Lancaster added three, to go with his two kills. Jack Hedin had three kills and Eric Holt had two, to go with his three aces and two digs. Carter Warburton and Alexis Bueno had three digs each, and Zeke Wilson added two.

Carbon boys volleyball will host their first home game on Tuesday night when the Ogden Tigers come to town.

Ogden lost their first match as well a 3-1 loss to Ridgeline.

March 12- vs. Ogden

The Carbon boy’s volleyball squad had their season opener on Tuesday night when the Ogden Tigers came to town.  The Dinos were unable to get over the humps against the Tigers as Ogden won in straight sets.

This is just the second game in the history of Carbon boys’ volleyball as the Utah High School Activities Association added it to the list of state-sanctioned sports.

Coming out in the first set the Dinos were able to keep it close for a time but the Tigers pulled away, taking set one 25-19. The Dinos would falter a little more in set number two falling 25-16. The third and final set was more Ogden, as the Tigers took the set 25-15.

Jack Hedin collected four kills, and Zeke Wilson added two. Evan Lancaster and Wilson both had three blocks each, Lancaster also added a pair of service aces. Conner Gleave, Carter Warburton, Eric Holt, and Lancaster all added two digs a piece.

The Dinos now will head to the Thunder Jamboree tournament, playing six matches in two days.

March 15 & 16- Thunder Jamboree- American Fork

Carbon Boy’s volleyball is making its way through its inaugural season and has yet to capture that first win. Over the weekend they traveled to the Thunder Jamboree and played six matches in two days, and were unable to come away with a win.

This is the first year that boy’s volleyball has been a sanctioned sport by the Utah High School Activities Association, but that doesn’t mean that there have not been schools out there that haven’t been playing on club teams and travel teams.

In the opening match, they would face the Salem Hills Skyhawks, a team from 5A with a 5-3 overall record.

The first set was the best one for the Dinos as they earned 16 points, but the Skyhawks came away with the 25-16 win. The next two sets were all Salem Hills 25-10, and 25-12.

Evan Lancaster collected three kills, Zeke Wilson added a pair of service aces, and Lancaster and Alexis Bueno each had three assists.

Up next was Ogden, a team that the Dinos had faced already once in the season. The Tigers took the straight-set win over the Dinos, 3-0, (25-11, 25-8, 25-14).

Jack Hedin collected three kills in the loss, Colby Haycock had a pair of service aces, and Lancaster and Hector Villalba each had five digs.

In their first match on Saturday, the Dinos faced Cedar Valley, from Eagle Moutain. The Aviators handed the Dinos another loss 2-0, (25-11, 25-12)

Hedin was credited with a pair of kills in the contest, Eric Holt and Carter Warburton each collected three digs in the contest.

Carbon would fall in their next match with Herriman 25-6 and 25-10. Moving on to the match with North Sanpete.

In the North Sanpete meeting, the Dinos would come up with their biggest offensive output, but still fell in their opening match 25-20, they came back out and fought their way through the second set taking a 25-18 loss in that.

Charles Tima and Kyler Orth both collected three kills in the match while Lancaster, Tima, and Haycock each had a service ace. Orth had three blocks while Warburton had eight digs in the contest.

In the final match they would face Ogden again and would come up short in the first set 25-11, but put up a bigger fight in the second falling 25-20.

Hedin ended the contest with three kills, Tima had nine digs, and Warburton and Heaton had two service aces each in the loss.

The boys will be back on the floor on Tuesday as they travel to face Wasatch Academy.

March 19- @ Wasatch Academy

The Dino boy’s volleyball team has been looking for their first win since the season started back on March 7. On Tuesday they traveled to face Wasatch Academy and earned a hard-fought 3-1 victory.

Carbon is coming off of a tough weekend when they participated in the Thunder Jamboree playing six games in two days. with the win over Wasatch Academy, the Dinos move to 1-8 this season.

In the opening set, both teams went back and forth with each other in a hard-fought battle that the Dinos would claim with the 25-23 win. In the second set, the Tigers came back taking the 25-18 win.

Set three was all about Carbon as they took the 25-18 win and then turned around and took set four 25-21 earning the 3-1 victory.

Jack Hedin collected 10 kills in the win, and Charles Tima added eight. Alexis Bueno had five service aces and Carter Warburton added four, Bueno would also earn seven assists and Evan Lancaster had 12, and 10 digs while Eric Holt added five.

Carbon will be back on the floor Thursday when the Grantsville Cowboys come to town.

March 21- vs. Grantsville

After earning their first win of the inaugural season, the Carbon Dino boys volleyball team faced the Grantsville Cowboys in Price on Thursday, earning a single-set win but falling in the match 3-1.

On Tuesday the Dinos earned the first victory of the season against Wasatch Academy, sitting at 1-9 there have been a lot of growing pains this season.

On Thursday, they faced Grantsville, a team sitting at 6-5.

Carbon came out and earned the win in a hard-fought first set 27-25. The first set must have taken something out of the Dinos because the next three sets were all Grantsville, with Carbon losing ground in each.

The Cowboys took the second set 25-17. Moving into the third set it was the same story 25-14, and in the fourth and final set, Grantsville took the 25-13 win closing out the Dinos, and taking the 3-1 win.

Charles Tima earned eight kills in the loss, with three service aces, and seven digs. Jack Hedin added nine kills, Carter Warburton eight digs, Alexis Bueno six assists, and Connor Gleeve added three blocks.

March 26- vs. Layton Christian Academy

The Carbon’s boy’s volleyball squad was back on the floor Tuesday night to face an excellent Layton Christian Academy team. Layton Christian entered the contest with a perfect 6-0 record. Carbon didn’t have the horses to stick with the Eagles and lost in straight sets.

The Dinos sit at 1-10 this season which has really been a learning experience for Carbon. From the beginning, the boys were excited and wanted to play, and their excitement hasn’t changed and they show up day in and day out with the same enthusiasm.

Layton Christian entered the contest a perfect 6-0, only dropping two sets in those victories and they were both in the same match.

Tuesday night the Eagles got straight to work taking a first set victory 25-13. The Dinos were in every set with Layton Christian, but couldn’t find the extra gear to get over the hump falling in sets two and three 25-11, and 25-13.

Jack Hedin and Alexis Bueno each had three service aces in the loss for the Dinos. Zeke Wilson added a pair of blocks and Charles Tima had five digs.

March 29- @ Layton Christian Academy

The Carbon boy’s volleyball team was back at it on Friday night on the road to face Layton Christian Academy.  Last Tuesday the Eagles were in Price earning a 3-0 win over the Dinos, on Friday the scenery changed but the result did not as the Dinos were handed another 3-0 loss.

The loss on Friday moves the Dinos to 1-11 this season, they will get their region season underway next Tuesday when they will face Judge Memorial Catholic on the road.

Carbon couldn’t find its footing in the contest with Layton Christian. In the first two sets the Dinos would score the same points in both taking 25-10 losses. In the third and final set, Carbon pushed the issue, making things a bit more competitive but falling 25-17 and giving the Eagles the straight-set win.

Alexis Bueno got things done with three service aces and three assists for the Dinos, Charles Tima had three kills and added five digs to his stat line. Jack Hedin added three kills and Evan Lancaster had three assists in the loss.

The Dinos will take the spring break holiday and won’t be back on the court until Tuesday, March 9, when they begin region play on the road in Salt Lake to face Judge Memorial.

April 9- @ Judge Memorial

The Dinos volleyball squad opened region play on Tuesday on the road in Salt Lake when they faced Judge Memorial Catholic. Carbon came away with a 3-2 win in a match that went the distance.

Carbon is now 2-11 overall and holds a 1-0 mark in Region 2 play.  The win also moved them to No. 11 in the latest RPI up one spot from their initial place.

The opening set the tone for the rest of the match as Judge Memorial returned with a 25-19 win. Carbon came back in the next two sets taking set two 25-22 and then again in set three they took a 25-18 win.

Judge Memorial returned in the fourth set, barely taking the 25-22 win over the Dinos. Carbon would shut the door on the Bulldogs in the fifth and final set with an 18-16 win.

Carter Warburton was on top of things collecting 33 digs in the contest, Charles Tima added 14 and earned 15 kills for Carbon. Evan Lancaster had 18 assists and Alexis Bueno had 17, Bueno also had five service aces. Jack Hedin had 13 kills in the Carbon win.

April 11- @ North Sanpete

The Carbon boy’s volleyball squad was back on the court on Thursday night when they traveled to Mount Pleasant to take on the North Sanpete Hawks. This was the second region contest for the Dinos and unfortunately, it didn’t work out in their favor as North Sanpete took the match 3-0.

Carbon moves to 2-12 with the loss and 1-1 in Region 2 play, but they moved to No. 10 in the RPI as we are closing in on the season’s final weeks that will come to a close on April 30.

The first set was the best for the Dinos as they were able to make it competitive but North Sanpete still came away with the 25-21 win. In the second set, Carbon came out fighting but the Hawks, who are ranked as the No. 4 squad in 3A, took the 25-19 win, and in the final set, the Hawks claimed the 25-9 win closing out the Dinos in three sets.

Charles Tima had a pair of service aces and six digs. Kyler Orth collected six kills, and Alexis Bueno collected seven assists, and Zeke Wilson had a pair of blocks in the loss.

April 16 vs. Juan Diego

The Carbon boy’s volleyball squad was back on the court on Tuesday when they welcomed the Juan Diego Soaring Eagle to Price. This was the Dinos’ third Region 2 contest of the season, and they were able to collect the 3-1 win.

The win moves the Dinos to 3-12 this season and 2-1 in region play, it also gets them to the No. 10 spot in the RPI.

This is the first season for boy’s volleyball at Carbon, where some teams in the region, like North Sanpete, have been playing club ball for a while. Coach Landon Felberg was a guest on KOAL’s Drive Time sports and talked about the team’s resiliency this year, especially in games against teams that have been together for a while playing on club and traveling teams.

“Going into the third set (against North Sanpete) it’s tough when you’ve kind of given what you felt like you were doing good before, and could not necessarily get a serve received that we wanted to, and North Sanpete I’ll give credit to them. they played a game of consistency. And that’s one thing that they have had going into the season is that they have had a club team for quite a few years. ” Felberg added that even though things haven’t gone like they wanted to, this team continues to push forward and keep going.

In the matches with Juan Diego, the Dinos came out and took the first two sets 25-19 and 25-16. The third set was a setback but Carbon still fought hard taking a 25-21 loss. In the fourth and final set, Carbon was looking to close things out as they took the 25-18 win.

April 19 & 20- North Sanpete Varsity Invitational

Carbon boy’s volleyball participated in the North Sanpete Invitational over the weekend in Mount Pleasant. Playing five matches in two days, it was a great way to get ready for the playoffs, going up against other teams from around the state. The Dinos would go 2-3 in the tournament.

The Dino boys move to 5-15 this season overall and 2-1 in region play. They have also found their way into the top 10 sitting at No.8 in the current RPI.

The first match on Friday was against Freedom Prep Academy. Carbon came away with a straight-set win 25-19 and 26-24.

Evan Lancaster collected four kills, nine digs, and five assists while Alexis Bueno had a pair of service aces and seven digs, and Charles Tima had six kills in the win.

Salt Lake Academy was next for Carbon. The Dinos would take the first set but then fell in the next two as the Griffins handed the Dinos the 2-0 loss.

Carbon came out earning a first-set win 25-21. Salt Lake Academy would flip things in the second taking the win by the same 25-21 score. The third set was a battle but the Dinos fell in it 15-12.

Connor Gleave and Jack Hedin each collected five kills for Carbon. Bueno had another great outing with 10 assists, seven digs, and five service aces, Lancaster added seven digs and five kills in the loss.

The final match on Friday pitted Carbon against host North Sanpete. This was the third time these teams had hooked up this season with the Hawks taking the first two meetings. The Dinos would come out swinging against the region foe but fell in straight sets.

The first set was about North Sanpete they came out taking the 25-16 win. The second could have gone either way, but the Hawks took the 27-25 win. Tima had eight digs in the contest, and Bueno added five assists. Carter Warburton and Hedin had two kills each.

On tap for Saturday morning was another team that Carbon had faced before Wasatch Academy. Back on March 19, the Dinos collected their first win with a 3-0 straight-set victory. This time it was more of the same as the Dinos won by the same tally 25-9, 25-12, and 25-17.

Tima collected eight service aces to go with six kills. Lancaster earned eight digs and 10 assists in the Carbon win.

The final match of the day was against American Heritage, the No. 3 school in 3A with a 13-6 overall record, they also sit at 4-0 in their region.  The Patriots got all they wanted from the Dinos as Carbon fought hard in every set but fell in straight sets 25-21, 25-21, and 25-23.

Lancaster collected 10 assists for the Dinos. Bueno had nine digs and four service aces, Hedin had seven kills, and Zeke Wilson had four service aces and four blocks in the loss.

April 30- vs. North Sanpete

The inaugural volleyball regular season ended for the Carbon Dinos in a straight sets loss to the North Sanpete Hawks Tuesday night at Carbon High School.

Carbon entered Tuesday’s regular-season finale needing a win to earn a share of the 3A South Region championship. Despite applying pressure throughout the first two sets with the Hawks, the Dinos were unable to protect the home court.

North Sanpete earned a 25-16 victory in the first set. The second set proved to be the most competitive but again favored the Hawks, 25-23. North Sanpete closed out the evening with a convincing 25-11 win.

Carbon closes out the regular season with a 4-2 mark in region play and a 7-16 record overall. After starting the season 0-8, the Dinos showed marked improvement in the program’s first year, finishing the schedule with seven wins over the final 15 games.

With the regular season now complete, the UHSAA has released the final RPI rankings, setting the stage for the 3A State Tournament, which will take place at Utah Valley University. Carbon earned the No. 8 seed, placing them in a first-round matchup with No. 9 Wasatch Academy on Friday, May 10.

Carbon and Wasatch Academy are no strangers to one another after squaring off twice in the regular season. The Dinos had little issues with Wasatch Academy, winning in straight sets on both occasions. A win for Carbon would place them in the second round against No. 1 Grantsville.

May 10 & 11- State Championships- Utah Valley University

In its inaugural season, the Carbon boy’s volleyball squad got their feet wet taking part in 26 matches going 8-18. Last week they started post-season play in the 3A State Championships earning a win in the first match against Wasatch Academy. They would face two more opponents taking losses in both matches and closing the season.

Carbon was a perfect 2-0 in both matches with Wasatch Academy in the regular season, and the same result happened in this match with a 3-0 win, 25-20, 25-23, and 25-20.

Evan Lancaster collected 16 kills in the match while Jack Hedin had 15, and Charles Tima added 10. Zeke Wilson had nine kills and five service aces, and Alexis Bueno earned 20 assists in the win.

In their next match, the Dinos faced eventual state champion Grantsville. Carbon couldn’t find a way to topple the Cowboys losing in straight sets 25-15, 25-13, and 25-20. The loss to the Cowboys dropped Carbon into the one-loss bracket.

Tima, Wilson, and Lancaster would collect four kills each in the loss. Carter Warburton added nine digs for Carbon.

Up next was Salt Lake Academy. They finished the regular season with a 20-12 record and were sent to the one-loss bracket by the Ogden Tigers. In a win-or-go-home match for both teams, the Dinos were handed a straight-set loss 25-21, and 27-25.

Wilson collected five kills and four service aces for Carbon. Warburton, Tima, and Lancaster each collected seven digs, and Bueno had four assists in the loss.

The Dinos finished the season 8-18 with a 4-2 region mark.