The Park City Miners will challenge the Salem Hills Skyhawks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Park City will be strutting in after a win while Salem Hills will be coming in after a loss.
Park City is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They claimed a resounding 45-14 victory over Mountain View. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Miners considering their six-point performance the game before.
Park City's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Eli Warner, who rushed for 104 yards and one TD on only five carries, and also picked up 61 receiving yards and one score. Warner's longest rush was for an impressive 65 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Owen Osorio was another key player, gaining 126 total yards and two touchdowns.
Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Park City proved: they limited Mountain View to a paltry 2.3 yards per carry. The team can thank Ben Souza for the heroic effort on defense: he. Park City's run defense has been on the up-and-up: they allowed 3.4 yards per carry earlier this season, but they've only allowed 3.87 on average over their last five games.
Meanwhile, Salem Hills played a tough matchup on Friday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They came up short against Provo, falling 49-25. The Skyhawks haven't had much luck with the Bulldogs recently, as the team has come up short the last five times they've met.
Park City will have to contain Treygan Fusselman as he made an impact in Salem Hills' last game. He rushed for 83 yards and one touchdown, and also picked up 36 receiving yards. Gordon Wilson also helped out with an impressive 95 receiving yards.
Salem Hills' defeat dropped their record down to 3-2. As for Park City, the victory got them back to even at 3-3.
Park City didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Salem Hills in their previous matchup back in October of 2018, but they still walked away with a 28-24 win. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was the Skyhawks' Jorgen Olsen, who rushed for 78 yards and three TDs, and also threw for 127 yards on 11 of 21 attempts. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for the Miners to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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