Three out of four isn’t bad, and that’s how Utah teams fared against Idaho in the Rocky Mountain Rumble.
In the end, the only team from Utah that lost was Highland, and it looked like it was losing to itself when Highland of Idaho won 19-17 on a last-minute field goal. (Both Highland schools have the same mascot (Rams) and even the same colors.)
Bear River downed Minico 31-21, Sky View dominated Lake City 41-7 and Mountain Crest edged Pocatello 28-21 behind QB Alex Alex Kuresa for the three Utah victories.
Ogden moves to 4-0
With the football season nearing the halfway point, most of the separation between contenders and pretenders has been determined. But Ogden coach Eric Eyre is either doing the coach speak or still trying to figure it out for himself – even after the Tigers blasted Ben Lomond 56-0.
Nik Allred posted 328 first-half total yards (267 passing, 61 rushing) as Ogden scored 49 points in the opening 24 minutes to improve to 4-0.
"I still think we have a ways to go before we can be mentioned among the top teams even in our region," Erye said. "But in my opinion our region (which includes Mountain Crest and Skyview) is the toughest in the state, and our goal is to compete for a region championship."
Ogden opens region play Friday against Logan.
Around the state
Bountiful (4-0) continues to roll behind a defense that has yet to give up double figures … Lone Peak is 3-0 after its opening-week loss and was the first team to score on Brighton with its 23-7 victory … Park City (3-1) is recovering from its loss to Juan Diego two weeks ago; the Miners downed Logan 49-25 with Erik Walker racking up 259 yards in the triple-option … Juan Diego (4-0) and Wasatch (3-0) are 3A’s unbeaten teams.
This week's top games
West Jordan (4-0) at Pleasant Grove (3-0): Top teams from Region 3 and Region 4.
Bingham (3-1) at Cottonwood (3-1): Both teams had routs last week.
Brighton (3-1) at Alta (3-1): The Bengals need to rebound fast if they want a shot at the Region 5 playoffs.
Hunter-West melee fallout
Three Hunter football players have been suspended for one game for their roles in a fight that happened late Friday in a game against West. Levi Bloomfield was punished for punching the ribs of a West player to force a turnover while two unnamed players were suspended for coming onto the field to help their teammate. They’ll miss Friday’s game at Cyprus.
Cross country
Park City’s girls team defeated all the 4A and 5A teams at last week’s Murray Invitational. The 3A Miners are ranked No. 1 in Utah and 11th nationally. After winning six of the past seven state 3A championships, the focus will be beating the teams from the higher classifications.
Girls soccer: St. Joe's statement
Is St. Joesph’s poised to defend its 2A girls soccer title? The Jayhawks have won their past three matches by a combined score of 31-0. St. Joe’s is 6-3, but undefeated against 2A opponents.
