Orem • The most important walk of Jackson Hill’s baseball career took him only a few feet from home plate. After a 3-2 pitch sailed high with the bases loaded, the Pleasant Grove outfielder dropped his bat, started toward first base and jumped into the air in celebration, knowing his work was finished.
Brock Watkins trotted home with the winning run in the ninth inning of the Vikings' 5-4 defeat of Lone Peak for the Class 6A state championship Friday night at Utah Valley University, after having forced extra innings with a solo home run in the seventh.