It was another banner year, literally, for the Miners athletics program, claiming five state titles and numerous other wins and accomplishments. Park City emerged victorious in hockey, boys golf, boys swimming, girls swimming and girls lacrosse.
The girls lacrosse squad ended the year off with fireworks, winning their state title Thursday.
The Miners now have 98 total UHSAA titles and five more in hockey.
Many Park City programs will use the summer to get faster, stronger and better at their sports. Come the fall, the football, cross country, boys golf, girls soccer, girls tennis, girls volleyball and hockey teams will be back in action, chasing more hardware.
Hockey
While the Miners Red are no strangers to dominant seasons and state titles, 2024-25 was certainly one for the books.
Park City followed up their 2024 title, running the table in state, going 21-0 and repeating as champs. The team was hardly pushed to the brink, qualifying with the title for another National Championships.
While the Miners Red would eventually fall in March in the Nationals quarterfinals, they set another record in the process, becoming the first Utah team to make it that far. The title and advancing to the quarterfinals were both big preseason goals for the team.
Though Park City will graduate 11 seniors from the team, they’re still loaded with talent and will be ready to go again in the fall. The experience competing against the nation’s best has them motivated and knowing where they need to improve.
“I think next year we’ll have a strong program as well,” said senior captain Will Bock. “We’ve got a lot of strong juniors that’ll be seniors next year. They’ll do great, like they showed this year.”
Boys golf
The Miners boys golf squad kicked off the winning this fall, claiming the first state title since 2018.
Graduating junior Rawson Hardy spearheaded Park City’s efforts in October, also claiming the individual title. Hardy is off to play golf for Georgia Tech in the fall.
The Miners largely dominated the field across the two-day state tournament, winning by five strokes. Hardy shot -8.
While Park City will only return one state player in the fall, head coach George Murphy will surely have the perennial program ready to compete again. Boys golf is the most successful program in Miners history, with 16 team titles.
“It was awesome to win both the team and individual titles,” said Hardy. “Our goal as a team has always been to win the team title. It is a huge bonus to be the individual champion as well, but the feeling of getting the job done as a team is something I haven’t experienced before in golf.”
Swimming
Both boys and girls swimming teams returned to the mountaintop this winter, giving the Miners their only state titles during that season.
The girls team dominated their field, with the boys squeaking out the win over regional foe Murray.
The last titles previously were in 2018 for the girls and 2017 for the boys.
Senior Keegan Elgie was tabbed the Swimmer of the Year. Head coach Gadi Shamah also won coach of the year.
The program will return much of its talent. They’re budding, sending numerous swimmers off to the collegiate level from the ski town of Park City.
“We have a lot of young swimmers coming up, which is really exciting,” said Assistant Coach Heather Flynn. “We continue to look really strong on the girls side. … It’s going to probably be more of a growing year for the boys, but you never know who will step up like our freshmen did this year.”
Girls lacrosse
The girls lacrosse squad capped off the successful year Thursday, winning their third-ever state title.
Park City routed all in-state competition this season, going 20-1, with their only loss to Foothill of California, ranked 13th in the nation.
The Miners finished the season ranked 24th in the country, their second-highest mark ever.
Park City will only graduate seven seniors, set to return tons of production. They’ll look to repeat next season and win their fourth state title.
Head coach Mikki Clayton and first-year assistant Daria Lucchesi combined to form the perfect tandem, with Clayton missing the early part of the season on maternity leave.
“We have a really deep bench — anyone could go in that game and I’d trust them just as much as the person next to me,” star senior Megan Magee said. “They’re going to be fine next year; they’re going to excel. I think they’re going to bring back another state championship.”
