Just about every time the Riverton girls basketball team took the floor, the players knew they were going to be in for a battle. And still, the Silverwolves had a respectable showing, finishing 4-6 in league play. 

In a difficult region, Region 2, that features defending Class 6A runner-up Copper Hills, along with strong opponents in Bingham and Mountain Ridge, Riverton had its work cut out for them. The Silverwolves placed fourth in the region and finished the regular season with a 13-9 mark. 

“I feel like we have really had a really good season and definitely took a big step this year as a program,” head coach Jonathan Haag said. 

Riverton made big strides in Haag’s third season at the helm of the Silverwolves’ program. The team was 4-19 last season and won just once in 10 region outings. In 2024–25, Riverton opened up with three losses in league play before finishing 4-3 down the stretch. The biggest moment of the regular season came on Feb. 4 when Riverton defeated Copper Hills 43-42 at home. It was the only loss the Grizzlies suffered in Region 2. 

“We have shown that we are capable of playing with anyone, with our highlight victory being a thrilling victory over the No. 1 6A team in the state, Copper Hills,” Haag said. 

In the victory over Copper Hills, Riverton scored 28 points in the second half after scoring 15 in the first two quarters. Maggie Hamblin scored a team-high 15 points, all on three-pointers. She also added four rebounds and a pair of blocked shots. Faythe Stauffer contributed 12 points, six rebounds and four assists. The win was also sweet considering earlier in the season, on Jan. 14, Riverton had lost to Copper Hills in a 67-33 rout. 

In league action, Riverton also defeated Herriman twice—66-54 on Jan. 23 and 44-29 in the regular-season finale on Feb. 13—and upended Corner Canyon 58-46 on Jan. 21. Riverton was 9-3 in nonregion games, with the three defeats coming by a total of 13 points. 

Stauffer, a senior guard, was the team’s top performer and leader. She led the Silverwolves in scoring with an average of 16.7 points a game. Stauffer chipped in 4.2 rebounds a game (good enough for second on the team) and was second in assists (2.8 a game) and first in steals (just under three a contest). She was held to single figures in points just twice on the season. She had 20 points or more in a game six times, with a season-best 25 points on Dec. 6 at home against Skyridge. She recorded seven rebounds in a game three different times and had a season-high six assists in the win over Skyridge. She also had seven steals at Cyprus on Dec. 10. 

Hamblin, a junior forward complemented Stauffer with 8.2 points a game to go along with nine rebounds a game, topping the team. Hamblin had some massive rebounding efforts this season, including 17 at Davis on Dec. 12 and 16 at Taylorsville on Dec. 27. Hamblin’s best scoring output of the season came on Dec. 19 at Syracuse. 

Junior guard Gabby Murdock wasn’t far behind, totaling 158 points during the regular season for a per-game average of 7.2. She had a season-high 15 points at home against Weber on Jan. 7 in the final contest before Region 2 action tipped off. Yet another junior, guard Halle Talbot, scored 5.1 points a game and dished out 3.1 assists a game to lead Riverton. 

The Silverwolves lost in the 6A state tournament second round to defending three-peat champs Lone Peak.  

The 2025–26 campaign could be a promising one for Riverton.

Only four seniors make up the team’s varsity roster, while several younger players will be eligible to return next season. Hamblin, Murdock and Talbot should be the top players when play resumes this November. Sophomore guard Kenadee Farnsworth, who averaged nearly five points a game this past regular season, will likely take on a bigger role.  λ