Two dominant signal callers in Kepa Niumeitolu and Kaneal Sweetwyne are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Lone Peak Knights will face off against the Skyridge Falcons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both might be coming in a bit winded given these two teams combined for 872 yards in their previous games.
Lone Peak is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. Everything went their way against American Fork on Friday as Lone Peak made off with a 49-28 win. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 35-14.
Lone Peak can attribute much of their success to Sean Tahi, who gained 112 total yards and four touchdowns, and Niumeitolu, who threw for 252 yards and four touchdowns on only 19 passes. Lone Peak also got a significant boost from Sam Wright, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 88 yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Lone Peak was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 220 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted was before the start of last season.
Lone Peak's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged three passes before it was all said and done. It was truly a group effort as Toa Tanuvasa, Landan Goff, and Wes Valgardson picked up one apiece. Tanuvasa also set a new season high mark in total tackles with ten. Kalvin Liavaa was another major factor on D, picking up 1.5 sacks and making 14 total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Skyridge faced Lehi in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. Skyridge secured a 20-16 W over Lehi. The 20-point effort marked the Falcons' lowest-scoring matchup of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Zaeden Selu continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 142 yards and a touchdown.
The victory made it two in a row for Lone Peak and bumps their season record up to 6-1. As for Skyridge, their record now sits at 5-2.
Friday's match might be decided in the on the ground. Lone Peak has been excellent on the ground this season, having averaged 148.4 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Skyridge struggles in that department as they've been averaging 174.7. It's looking like Friday's game might have some serious battles in the trenches.
Lone Peak suffered a grim 41-15 defeat to Skyridge in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Lone Peak was down 34-0.
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