A feisty cat fight will be fought when Cougars challenges the Ogden Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Union is no doubt hoping to put an end to a seven-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Union's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Morgan on Thursday. They were outmatched by the Trojans at home and fell 72-0. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Utah football rankings (they are ranked 92nd, while the Trojans are ranked eighth).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Ogden). They took their match at home on Thursday with ease, bagging a 56-8 victory over Ben Lomond. The high-scoring effort was just what the Tigers needed considering they were shutout in their previous matchup.
Ogden can attribute much of their success to Vinscent Apodaca, who threw for 161 yards and two touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes. Keen Crowther got in on the action as well, converting a pick into a touchdown.
Union's loss dropped their record down to 2-8. As for Ogden, the win snapped their losing streak at three games and leaves them with a 6-3 record.
Union took a serious blow against Ogden when the teams last played back in September, falling 42-7. Can Union avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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