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  "path": "/sports/2026/05/07/high-school-boys-volleyball-6a-championship/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-08T04:51:37.000Z",
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  "textContent": "In all three years of sanctioned high school volleyball in Utah, top-seeded Lehi may have had the single greatest momentum swing during its 6A championship match against No. 2 Bingham Thursday night.\n\nThe Pioneers were down 2-1, and with their season on the line, they engineered a 17-2 run in the fourth set. The momentum carried through the fifth set, and Lehi took the 3-2 title win over the defending champions.\n\nBefore the Pioneers’ dominance, it was Bingham who had the advantage. It started on the block. The Miners were following Lehi’s hitters well, which resulted in 13 total blocks through three sets.\n\nLehi’s hitters were still getting kills, but their errors were also rising due to kill attempts around the Miners’ block. Bingham’s JJ Faiivae and Brody Siddoway were dominant up front and helped earn the 2-1 set lead.\n\n“We have to make adjustments,” Lehi head coach Kolby Shewell said. “That’s what I have my coaching staff for. They help me find the holes.\n\n“Bingham is such a good team. They can go on runs at any time, but I had confidence in my guys because they had the confidence.”\n\nEverything changed in the fourth set, and Lehi got multiple players involved.\n\nMost of the Pioneers’ offense runs through star outside hitter Ashton Shewell, who leads the state with 511 kills while also hitting .416. He brings a lot of gravity, which allows other guys to get involved. Some of the biggest beneficiaries Thursday were Jonny Dustin and Thomas Wood, who had 17 and 12 kills, respectively.\n\nLehi setter Ty Reynolds also had a huge performance with 65 assists.\n\nBut it wasn’t just offensively; Lehi was playing near perfectly everywhere on the court.\n\n“We were in flow state,” Dustin said of the 17-2 run. “We could not have missed. I can’t even explain it. It was just perfect.”\n\nLehi dominated the fourth set 25-13, and kept the momentum going into the fifth set. The Pioneers jumped out to a 4-0 lead and held on for the 15-11 victory.\n\nAshton Shewell was the clear star for Lehi. He finished with 25 kills in the championship game, 10 of which were in the second set.\n\n“He wanted it,” Kolby Shewell said. “When he wants something, he goes and gets it and it shows with 25 kills. His fire drives the team, every team that he’s on.”\n\nDuring the fifth set, Bingham took a timeout as Lehi held a 14-11 lead. During that timeout, the coaching staff didn’t say a word. All that was said was one line from Ashton Shewell: “Just one more point.”\n\n“He was pushing the team,” Kolby Shewell said. “He did the coaching at the end because he knows he’s a winner. He’s been here before with basketball.\n\n“He knows what it takes, and he brings that fire, and he brings the better out of his teammates.”\n\nIn the end, what led Lehi to the win was the dominance of Ashton Shewell and his teammates’ ability to play around him.\n\n“That’s what happens when you focus on Ashton,” Kolby Shewell said. “That’s when you have players like Ashton and Jonny that you have to focus on. It opens people up.”",
  "title": "High school boys volleyball: Lehi dethrones defending champion Bingham in 6A state championship"
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