Football Preview: Tooele Buffaloes vs. Park City Miners
Tooele and Park City are an even 4-4 against one another since September of 2014, but not for long. The Tooele Buffaloes are taking a road trip to face off against the Park City Miners at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Tooele is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 30.1 points per game this season.
Tooele is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Murray on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Tooele was dealt a 51-17 loss at the hands of Murray. The Buffaloes' defeat signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Vaughn Gritzmacher and Sam Pehrson. Pehrson had a great game and rushed for 131 yards and three touchdowns on only 14 carries. Meanwhile, Gritzmacher was balling out in the loss, rushing for 76 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries.
Meanwhile, Park City humbled Jordan with a 37-7 victory. Given the Miners' advantage in MaxPreps' Utah football rankings (they are ranked 32nd, while the Beetdiggers are ranked 94th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Tooele's loss dropped their record down to 4-4. As for Park City, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-1.
Tooele was taken down by Park City 52-21 in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Park City's Eli Warner, who rushed for 272 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 17.0 yards per carry, and also caught a touchdown. Now that Tooele knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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