The Payson High School Sports Broadcasting program has been working on a PHS Sports Podcast.  The students have named it 'Pridecast"  In the first episode, Jordan and Preston interview Caide Hunt and Shelby Shurtliff to talk about how the softball season and what to expect the rest of the year.  In the second interview, Jordan and Preston interview Connor Atkinson and Easton Smith to expand upon the baseball team and what the future looks like for Payson Baseball. Look for more episodes of the Pridecast later on in the school year. 

Payson High School. PHS. Pride Honor Strength.  Here at Payson High School we are all a part of an undeniable bond--we are all a part of the Lion Pride. And being part of the Lion Pride is so much more than just attending this school. It’s supporting, respecting, and representing our school as best and well as we can.

SI's High School Athlete of the Month is Wyatt Johnson, a junior from Spring Lake, Utah who attends Payson High School.  He competes in bareback and bull riding rodeos.  Watch the video here: http://www.si.com/high-school/video/2015/04/08/high-school-athlete-month-wyatt-johnson

In a time when students have Google, Spark Notes, Wikipedia, and a handful of other search engines, doing homework has become easier than ever!  With colleges and scholarship committees jarring up their acceptance qualifications higher and higher every minute, how can students be expected to have a 4.0 GPA, a 36 on the ACT, work a full time job, do community service, and have time to do homework?

Who doesn’t love money? Everybody wants to be rich. Money is the one thing in this life that can buy food, freedom, land, love, and everything else that’s good in this life. But money doesn’t just get handed to people. People have to work for money, and most of the time that work is tedious and/or hard. But once a year, there is a chance to hit the jackpot with zero risk-The NCAA basketball tournament. If a bracket is filled out 100% correctly, (guess every game right) you have a chance to win the billion dollars.

Not many of us know where the shamrock really came from. Most of us know it is the big symbol for St. Patrick’s Day, and we see it everywhere we go in the month of March. It has been long forgotten by the public where the four leaf clover legend originated from.

Knock on wood because the day of luck, or perhaps the day of bad luck is coming up on March 17th – St. Patrick’s Day!  Either way, did you know that the phrase, “knock on wood”, comes from a theory of luck? It’s called superstition.  According to google definitions superstition is an excessively credulous belief in and reverence for supernatural beings.

Back to Back State Champions

How did you spend your Valentine’s day? While many people were spending time with those they care about on February 14th, our wrestling team spent it (along with February 13th) wrestling for/winning their second consecutive state title!