Community gathers to remember Hideout man killed in road rage shooting
Hayes, 61, of Hideout, died Sept. 25, 2024, after a late-night road rage altercation near the Ross Creek day use area ended in a gunshot. Nine months later, dozens of people filled the beach just a mile from where Hayes died to remember a man they described as loving, kind and the life of any […]
Hayes, 61, of Hideout, died Sept. 25, 2024, after a late-night road rage altercation near the Ross Creek day use area ended in a gunshot.
Nine months later, dozens of people filled the beach just a mile from where Hayes died to remember a man they described as loving, kind and the life of any party.
His fiancée, Sue Ann Kern, said Hayes easily made friends.
“He was always gregarious, he was funny, he was always joking with people,” she said. “He gave the best hugs.”
His younger brother, Andy Hayes, said he was confident and always laughing.
Another brother, Matt Hayes, said he had a “huge heart.”
“He’d do anything for you,” he said.
And Michael Hayes said simply, “I love my brother.”
Hayes’ fiancée and brothers were among the many relatives and friends who traveled from near and far for the celebration of life June 21, where they shared photos and stories beside the water.
Kern said the shoreline was the perfect place to honor Hayes, a lifelong swimmer and avid water polo player.
“This is exactly what he would have wanted: by the water, in the sunshine, all of his friends,” she said.
She wore his favorite T-shirt, emblazoned with the name of his water polo team. And, like many of those in the crowd, she sported a pale blue hat embroidered with the words “I’ll be there for you.” Kern said a friend suggested everyone wear the hat in solidarity.
“It’s just a great way to show how all these friends have been so supportive and loving – it’s amazing,” she said.
Hayes’ siblings, Michael, Matt and Andy, got choked up as they remembered their brother. All three described a childhood in southern California spent constantly in the water. Later, when several of the siblings got swimming scholarships to the University of Utah, they fell in love with the mountains.
Michael Hayes, the oldest, said he was grateful for the way his relationship with his brother evolved as they grew into adults. He said they became close over long conversations about family, politics and parenting.
“That’s really what I remember about Pat – that relationship that we had, that was built over time and just being a really good friend and companion when we were together,” he said.
For Hayes’ loved ones, learning about his death was traumatic, and the months since have not brought closure. At Saturday’s celebration of life, his brothers said it’s been difficult to accept how the shooting has been handled by law enforcement.
Matt Hayes said the Wasatch County Attorney’s Office decision not to charge the shooter with his brother’s death still makes him angry.
“It’s actually moved from sorrow to frustration and anger that is now happening,” he said. “I’m sad that he’s gone, but now it’s, boy, something’s got to happen.”
Wasatch County sheriff’s deputies identified and arrested Greg Kyle DeBoer three months after the shooting. He told investigators he shot Hayes, drove away and buried the gun in the backyard of his Browns Canyon home. He was charged with a single count of obstruction of justice.
Detectives testified about the weapon at a preliminary hearing earlier this month. DeBoer hasn’t entered a plea, and a judge has yet to determine whether the case will head to trial.
In February, Hayes’ son, Christian Hayes, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against DeBoer. The suit said DeBoer should be held responsible for Patrick Hayes’ death.
Both cases continue to make their way through court.
Miah McDonald Earns MAAC's Nomination for NCAA Woman of the Year
Story Links POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – Graduate shortstop Miah McDonald of the Marist University softball team has been named one of two Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference nominees for NCAA Woman of the Year. McDonald’s remarkable collegiate career was capped by a historic 2025 season, during which she earned the following honors: College Sports Communicators First Team […]
POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – Graduate shortstop Miah McDonald of the Marist University softball team has been named one of two Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference nominees for NCAA Woman of the Year.
McDonald’s remarkable collegiate career was capped by a historic 2025 season, during which she earned the following honors:
College Sports Communicators First Team Academic All-American (first female student-athlete in school history to be named First Team Academic All-American)
Top 100 nationally by Softball America (#45) and D1Softball (#55), Top 100 in D1Softball Mid-Major rankings (#6), and ranked in D1Softball’s top shortstops nationally (#4)
MAAC Player of the Year (second straight year)
ECAC Player of the Year
First Team NFCA All-Region
First Team All-MAAC
MAAC All-Academic Team
Team captain (third straight year)
McDonald made a lasting impact in the program’s and conference’s record books this season and throughout her career:
Set the single-season program record for home runs (28) for the second straight year, which was also a MAAC single-season record.
Set career program records for home runs, runs, runs batted in, hits, and triples.
Set the MAAC’s all-time records in runs and runs batted in.
Siena’s Grace Dobrzynski was also nominated by the MAAC for NCAA Woman of the Year. Marist also nominated softball’s Kiley Myers for the honor.
Established in 1991, the NCAA Woman of the Year Award honors female student-athletes who have excelled in their community, athletics, and academics throughout their college careers. The Woman of the Year selection committee will next choose 10 women from each division to announce its Top 30. The top three honorees in each division will then be announced, and the Woman of the Year will be celebrated at the January 2026 NCAA Convention.
Who will be the Athens-area 2025 preseason volleyball player of the year?
It’s time for readers to pick their fall 2025 preseason player of the year for volleyball. Below are the nominees, which have been directly taken from the preseason all-area team list that went out Tuesday, July 29. All players were hand-picked by the coaches. Preseason hot shots: Here are 74 Athens-area high school volleyball players […]
It’s time for readers to pick their fall 2025 preseason player of the year for volleyball.
Below are the nominees, which have been directly taken from the preseason all-area team list that went out Tuesday, July 29. All players were hand-picked by the coaches.
Preseason hot shots: Here are 74 Athens-area high school volleyball players to watch ahead of 2025 season
The poll will remain open until Tuesday, Aug. 12, at 5 p.m.
Athens-area preseason volleyball player of the year reader poll
Surrey, Delta water polo players with Team Canada at Women’s U20 Worlds
14-player team in Brazil for 2025 World Aquatics Women’s U20 Water Polo Championship Surrey’s Madeleine Scarth (with Surrey Water Polo Club) and Isabella Mady of Delta (Fraser Valley) are among 14 young athletes competing for Canada at the 2025 World Aquatics Women’s U20 Water Polo Championship, Aug. 10-15 in Salvador, Brazil. Ahead of the tournament, Water Polo Canada’s Women’s Junior […]
14-player team in Brazil for 2025 World Aquatics Women’s U20 Water Polo Championship
Surrey’s Madeleine Scarth (with Surrey Water Polo Club) and Isabella Mady of Delta (Fraser Valley) are among 14 young athletes competing for Canada at the 2025 World Aquatics Women’s U20 Water Polo Championship, Aug. 10-15 in Salvador, Brazil.
Ahead of the tournament, Water Polo Canada’s Women’s Junior National Team left July 30 to take part in a preparatory invitational tournament in Recife, Brazil, against teams representing Australia, Brazil, Israel, New Zealand and the U.S.
In addition to Scarth and Mady, other B.C.-based players on Team Canada are Natalia Blazevic (Vancouver), Riley Milne (Burnaby), Melania Segulja (Burnaby) and Alexandra Stoddard (Abbotsford), along with alternate Mackenzie Clark (Fraser Valley).
In Salvador, Team Canada starts Aug. 10 against China, also in Group D with South Africa and Australia.
The Canadian team qualified for the 2025 World Aquatics Women’s U20 Water Polo Championship following its fourth-place finish at the 2024 PanAm Aquatics U19 Women’s Championships, in El Salvador.
“This group has been working really hard, especially over the last couple of weeks training with our senior national team talent pool,” head coach Samuel Donoghue said in a news release from Water Polo Canada.
“It’s been a great environment, and the team’s grown a lot. We’re excited to get to Brazil — first to Recife for some final prep, then on to the World Championships. The energy is high, the team’s focused, and we’re proud to represent Canada.”
At the last World Aquatics Women’s U20 Water Polo Championship, held in 2023 in Portugal, Canada finished in 12th place.
Coyote volleyball announces August 22 “First Serve” event
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VERMILLION, S.D. — South Dakota volleyball is excited to invite all of Coyote Nation to celebrate the start of a new season with the “First Serve” event taking place the evening of Friday, August 22 in the Sanford Coyote Sports Center practice gym and Dome Club. The evening includes an open […]
VERMILLION, S.D. — South Dakota volleyball is excited to invite all of Coyote Nation to celebrate the start of a new season with the “First Serve” event taking place the evening of Friday, August 22 in the Sanford Coyote Sports Center practice gym and Dome Club. The evening includes an open practice, student-athlete and staff interaction, a Q & A dinner and more. Highlights include dinner with staff and student-athletes, season outlook from student-athletes and coaches and kids floor time with the team.
“First Serve” event details are below Where: Sanford Coyote Sports Center Practice Gym and Dome Club When: Friday, August 22 at 5:30-7:30 p.m. Cost: $40 for Adults and $10 for Youth RSVP: forms.gle/tufpcQ7QBY4xq5oh6 Schedule:
5:30-6:15 p.m. Open Practice (Practice Gym)
6:15-6:45 p.m. Kids Court Time/Staff and Student-Athlete Social (Practice Gym)
6:45-7:30 p.m. Dinner with Coaches and Student-Athletes/Q & A Session/Coach Williamson Season Preview (Dome Club)
This event will be your first chance to see this year’s team in action ahead of the 2 p.m. Saturday, August 23 full match exhibition against Minnesota State in the Sanford Coyote Sports Center.
The Coyotes kick off the season in Bozeman, Montana on August 29 against Oregon at the 2025 EVEN Hotel Bobcat Invite hosted by Montana State. South Dakota opens the home slate with the Coyote Invitational beginning on Thursday, September 11 at 7:00 p.m. against Green Bay in the Sanford Coyotes Sports Center. Season and single game tickets are available at GoYotes.com/Tickets.
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Brosnan Selected For World Games – Stanford Cardinal
STANFORD, Calif. — Rising junior Ava Brosnan is set to participate in the Women’s Sixes at this weekend’s World Games in Changdu, China, representing Team Ireland as it makes its debut at the five day tournament. Brosnan enters this weekend’s tournament having spent time with the Irish U21 Women’s National Team at the U21 European […]
STANFORD, Calif. — Rising junior Ava Brosnan is set to participate in the Women’s Sixes at this weekend’s World Games in Changdu, China, representing Team Ireland as it makes its debut at the five day tournament.
Brosnan enters this weekend’s tournament having spent time with the Irish U21 Women’s National Team at the U21 European Championship in 2023 where she led the squad in goals (21) while placing second in points (25). Brosnan was also on the 2024 European Championship squad that secured its spot at the 2026 World Lacrosse World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.
Brosnan, who missed the 2025 season for the Cardinal, has appeared in four games during her stint on The Farm. A native of Winchester, Mass., she has accumulated one goal and one assist during, securing her first collegiate goal in a 21-8 win over UC Davis in 2024.
Brosnan and Team Ireland begin the tournament against the United States at 9 a.m. local time on Thursday, August 7 (6 p.m. PST Wednesday, Aug. 6) before taking on Czechia and Australia to round out pool play. All games will be streamed on WL TV with live results found here.
