The Ogden Tigers will stay at home for another week and welcome the Union Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
While Ogden didn't have the best season last year (they finished 5-7), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They enjoyed a cozy 42-26 win over Preston on Friday. The Tigers pushed the score to 42-14 by the end of the third, a deficit the Indians cut but never quite recovered from.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Ogden's defense and their three sacks. James Abney was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up twohimself. He also set a new season high mark in total tackles with four.
Meanwhile, Union was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They fell 40-32 to Canyon View.
Despite the loss, Union got top-tier performance from Dylan Murphy-Watahomigie, who rushed for 105 yards and four touchdowns on only ten carries, and also threw for 247 yards and a touchdown while completing 72.7% of his passes. A healthy portion of that aerial production (96 yards to be exact) went to Tanner Womack.
Ogden pushed their record up to 4-0 with that victory, which was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Union, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-4.
Ogden was able to grind out a solid win over Union when the teams last played back in September of 2023, winning 21-12. Will Ogden repeat their success, or does Union have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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