Trying to figure out or make sense of who exactly is the best team when it comes to Utah high school football became the equivalent to answering a trigonometry question with one of the state’s …
Trying to figure out or make sense of who exactly is the best team when it comes to Utah high school football became the equivalent to answering a trigonometry question with one of the state’s Thursday night results.
Skyridge pulled off a thrilling 37-34 overtime victory over Lone Peak at The Nest. Lone Peak had previously defeated a former Top 25 nationally ranked Corner Canyon, which Skyridge lost to last week in a 49-14 decision. The Knights followed up the huge win over the Chargers with back-to-back-losses now to American Fork and Skyridge, respectively.
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Leading the charge for the Falcons (6-2) was the play of senior running back Lincoln Tahi, who ended the night rushing for a game-high 213 yards and scoring two touchdowns. Also a big contributor on the evening was three-star quarterback Kaneal Sweetwyne, who finished the game completing 28 of 40 passes for 231 yards and two touchdowns. Sweetwyne also added 81 yards on the ground and a score.
The Falcons went into intermission trailing 10-0, but began clawing their way back into the game in the third period when Sweetwyne connected on a 36-yard scoring pass to Davis Fyans with eight minutes remaining in the third quarter. Just a few minutes later, Skyridge would tie things up at 10-all on a 30-yard Crew Odom field goal make.
After a Knights’ touchdown pass gave Lone Peak the lead back at 17-10 would begin a series of the two Utah powerhouses trading blows throughout the second half. With the game tied up at 24-all after regulation, the Falcons and Knights would settle everything in overtime.
Lone Peak would take a 34-31 lead in the second session of overtime, but it would be Tahi becoming the hero in Lehi as he scampered into the endzone from 16 yards out to give Skyridge the win.
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Source: Utah News