Lone Peak faced Orem in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. The Knights walked away with a 34-21 win over the Tigers. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Knights.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Lone Peak to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jaron Pula, who picked up 120 receiving yards and one touchdown. Pula really caught the secondary sleeping when he pulled down a catch that went for 82 yards. Lone Peak also got help from Kennan Pula, who showed off his sure hands for 94 receiving yards.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Lone Peak's defense and their five sacks. Tevita Mounga was especially locked on to Orem's QB and sacked him twice.
Several Tigers players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Max Stonebraker, who picked up 109 receiving yards and one score.
Lone Peak has also opened the season with a perfect 2-0 record. As for Orem, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-1.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Lone Peak is packing up and heading out for their first away game of the season: they will challenge Timpview at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Orem, they will venture away from home to square off against Rocky Mountain at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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