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| 09/05/25 - Home | 52-19 W |
| 11/01/24 - Home | 28-0 W |
| 10/17/24 - Away | 29-38 L |
| 10/27/23 - Home | 47-10 W |
| 10/13/23 - Home | 35-17 W |
| + 5 more games |
Manti had won six straight at home dating back to last season, but on Friday they bumped up to 3-1 to make it seven. They really took it to the Juab Wasps for the full four quarters, racking up a 52-19 victory. The Templars pushed the score to 49-12 by the end of the third, a deficit the Wasps cut but never quite recovered from.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Manti to victory, but perhaps none more so than Carter Mason, who threw for 284 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 11.8 yards per attempt. The dominant performance also gave Mason a new career-high in passer rating (146.5). Tala Taulapapa helped Mason out on the ground, rushing for 130 yards and one score while picking up 7.6 yards per carry.
Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Manti proved: they limited Juab to a paltry 3.3 yards per carry. The team can thank Taulapapa for the heroic effort on defense: he. Manti didn't have any issues in that department, having averaged 6.6.
Manti didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Stone Mortensen and Cole Osborn.
Having lost for the first time this season, Juab fell to 3-1. The loss was their first of the season.
Despite the loss, Juab still got an impressive performance from Jaden Heap, who picked up 99 receiving yards and one TD. Price Armstrong also deserves some recognition as he rushed for his first rushing yard of the season.
Manti has already played their next match, a 51-27 defeat against Cedar on the 12th. As for Juab, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next game, a 36-35 win against Grantsville on the 12th.
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