High school baseball: Desert Hills, Snow Canyon, Provo and Crimson Cliffs get crucial wins in 4A tournament

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TL;DR

Desert Hills defeated Bear River 12-6 in the 4A state tournament, overcoming an early deficit. Cohen Fuller led the team with a home run and 5 RBIs.

Key points

Desert Hills defeated Bear River 12-6
Cohen Fuller hit a home run and had 5 RBIs
Desert Hills overcame a 3-run deficit
Game was part of the 4A state tournament
Match took place at Kearns' Gates Field

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Bear River and Desert Hills play in the 4A state tournament winners' bracket at Kearns’ Gates Field on Tuesday, May 12, 2026. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News

#2 Desert Hills 12 #6 Bear River 6

After falling behind by 3 runs in the opening innings against #6 Bear River, #2 Desert Hills was tacked on run of run in the innings that followed, and the Desert Hills offense overwhelmed Bear River and got the 12-6 victory in bracket play of the 4A state tournament.

Desert Hills was led offensively by Cohen Fuller, who had a home run and drove in 5 runs in the victory.

Hoyt Atkin was dominant on the mound for Deseret Hills, pitching 5 innings and striking out 6 to get the win.

“We love putting up runs when we’re in the hole. We just have a good team that will compete, and they like to do it. Being down 3 runs in the 1st and then tacking on 2 on, and then 2, and 2, and 2, and 2, and three. That’s just shows what kind of program we have,” said Desert Hills head coach Jagun Leavitt.

Watching the offense score run after run eliminated some of the pressure that the players might have been feeling on the mound and out in the field.

“Scoring runs early and often makes it easier for a pitcher for sure. Hoyt, he’s always confident. Just giving him a little bit more, that’s what really makes him pitch very well. He does a great job. We trust him, he’s a senior and he’s a great kid,” said Leavitt.

Desert Hills has started out the 4a tournament just about as good as they could have hoped, and Leavitt knows that in order for them to continue playing good ball, they will need to build on the momentum that they currently have and be ready to answer back when they fall behind.

“We’re one game at a time, obviously. But we’re just really big on momentum. We get momentum, we want to keep it. You know, if they get some momentum, like a double play, or, you know, throwing a runner out, we want to try to punch him back. They throw us out, and then the next inning, we score a run, get some more runs back,” said Leavitt.