Football Preview: Bear River Bears vs. Park City Miners
The Bear River Bears's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Park City Miners at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
Bear River is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They managed a 23-17 victory over Timpanogos.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Bear River to victory, but perhaps none more so than Korver Riley, who picked up 75 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Jaxson Theurer also helped out by tossing the rock for 272 yards.
Another reason for the win was Bear River's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for five sacks. Timpanogos' QB won't forget Daxston Bingham anytime soon given he sacked him twice. Bear River got some further help from Dallen Rice: he picked up a sack and made 12 total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Park City entered their tilt with Springville two weeks ago with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They skirted past the Red Devils 17-14. The score was all tied up 7-7 at the break, but the Miners were the better team in the second half.
Bear River's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 4-7. As for Park City, their victory bumped their record up to 9-1.
Bear River beat Park City 23-12 in their previous meeting back in September of 2016. The rematch might be a little tougher for Bear River since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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