The Uintah Utes will head out on the road to square off against the Cottonwood Colts at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Uintah will be strutting in after a win while Cottonwood will be coming in after a defeat.
Uintah will head into Friday's contest hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big last Friday (they won by 21) but on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They skirted past Salem Hills 18-15. The 18-point effort marked the Utes' lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Meanwhile, Cottonwood was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their seventh straight loss. They were dealt a 63-0 defeat at the hands of Park City. While losing is never fun, the Colts can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Utah football rankings (they are ranked 100th, while the Miners are ranked 34th).
Uintah's victory bumped their record up to 5-2. As for Cottonwood, their loss dropped their record down to 0-7.
Everything came up roses for Uintah against Cottonwood when the teams last played back in September of 2023, as the team secured a 37-7 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Uintah since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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