Monday afternoon, the Emery Spartan baseball team played its final game of the regular season on the road at the Ogden Tigers. The Spartans were coming off a big win on Friday over the Carbon Dinos and were looking to get another win before the end of the regular season. Emery was leading going into the bottom of the sixth, but the Tigers came up with seven runs in the inning to take the 8-5 win.

The Spartans ended the regular season with a 9-14 overall record, going 3-5 in region play, and are looking forward to Wednesday, when the final bracket for the 3A State Baseball Championships will be released.

Neither team could muster much offense; in fact, they both went through four scoreless innings. The Spartans came up in the top of the fifth inning, and Bodee Norton would ground out to third, but that gave Drake Stilson the time he needed to cross the plate to put Emery on the board. Ben Johansen came up to the plate next and sent a single to right field that brought Trey Nielson in to put the Spartans up 2-0 going into the bottom half of the inning. Ogden would cut the Emery lead in half to close out the fifth.

Emery would come up in the sixth, and Trygg Jensen would hit a lead-off triple to right. The next batter up was Peyton Nielson, who would hit another triple to center, bringing Jensen into score. Up next was Garrett Conover, who hit a ground ball and reached on an error by the shortstop, driving Nielson in to put the Spartans up 4-1. With one out, Easton Stoker stepped into the batter’s box and hit a grounder and reaching on an error by the third baseman, bringing Conover in to top the Emery score at 5-1. In the bottom of the sixth, Ogden would add seven runs and then hold the Spartans off the board in the top of the seventh to take the 8-5 win.

For the Spartans, Johansen, Jensen, and Peyton Nielson all went 1-4, with Johansen adding an RBI, Jensen scoring a run, and Nielsen scoring a run and adding an RBI. Conover and Stoker went 1-3, with Conover adding a run scored and an RBI, and Stoker adding an RBI. Drake Stillson and Tyce Larsen each went 1-2, with Stilson adding a run and Norton adding an RBI, and Trey Nielsen scored a run in the loss.

Jensen got the start on the mound, going four innings, surrendering one hit and striking out one. Johansen went 1 1/3, giving up seven runs, three earned on four hits, and Peyton Nielson closed out the game, going 2/3 of an inning with a run and a hit.

Wednesday will be the final ranking and bracket reveal from MaxPrep and the Utah High School Activities Association, and then Thursday and Friday, the State Championships will get rolling with Super Regionals at home sites.