High school boys basketball: 2A semifinal recap, South Sevier advance to title game
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Here’s a recap of Tuesday’s 2A semifinals at UVU, with No. 4 South Sevier advancing to the 2A championship.
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South Sevier’s Raidon Barney pushes up a shot over Kanab’s Carson Visser play in the boys 2A basketball state tournament in UVU’s UCCU Center in Orem on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret NewsVictory never tasted so sweet for #No. 4 South Sevier. In a rematch of the 2A state championship game from a year ago, South Sevier dominated from start to finish, blowing past the defending champs top-seeded Kanab 61-39 to advance to the state championship for the second year in a row.
After losing to Kanab in the title game last year and dropping two more games to them earlier in the season, South Sevier no doubt had revenge on their minds.
“Getting to the state championship is the best feeling. Kanab is a great team. It was a battle at their place and a battle at our place. We were fortunate enough that we played as well as we did. I’m just really proud of our boys for fighting, executing the game plan to just how we wanted it,” said South Sevier head coach Carson Christensen.
South Sevier was led by standout Raidon Barney, who delivered a stellar performance 27 points to go along with 5 rebounds and 3 blocks.
“Kanab has great shooters, and they use them really well. We just said going in that we got to take that away from them. We have to make them go to Raidon and make them shoot over Raidon. He did a heck of a job tonight, especially with his help side defense,” Christensen said.
The defense was locked in all night long for South Sevier, holding Kanab to 39 points for the game on just 23% shooting.
“I don’t know that we have a set defense that we play. We kind of gear it towards each team that we play, and these boys just bought in, that’s the big thing,” added Christensen. “They buy in and they trust each other, which is big. They know that their other guy’s going to have their back, and they just play for each other which is so fun.”
South Sevier had its fair share of ups and downs all season long but now they return to the championship game, hoping for a different outcome this time around.
“They’ve executed every game plan after game plan to a T and they work hard. We thought there were going to be a lot of growing pains this year, but a lot of guys stepped up. We started the season off a little rough, but these boys trust each other, love each other and they’re playing just right at the right time,” said Christensen.