Orem • Cottonwood claimed its second Class 5A baseball state championship in three years on Friday afternoon, holding off Timpanogos 6-5 in the final at Utah Valley University’s UCCU Ballpark.
The hero was No. 9 hitter Jason Luke, who hit a two-run double with two out in the bottom of the fifth to give the Colts the 6-5 lead. Reliever Carson Angeroth pitched out of a bases-loaded jam in the top of the fifth then shut the Timberwolves down in order in the sixth and seventh innings to get the win.
Paxton Richards’ two-run single knotted the score at four and Ethan Hixson drove in the go-ahead run in the fifth for Timpanogos.