The Juab Wasps will challenge the Manti Templars at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Juab is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Carbon 48-6 on the road. Winning may never get old, but the Wasps sure are getting used to it with their third in a row.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Manti, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Friday. They blew past North Sanpete, posting a 47-10 win at home. With the Templars ahead 27-3 at the half, the contest was all but over already.
While passing duties were split, you can't argue with the impact Maison Starkweather and Carter Mason both made on the matchup. Starkweather threw for 318 yards and five touchdowns while Mason gained 196 total yards and four touchdowns. The dominant performance also gave Mason a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Tala Taulapapa, who gained 82 total yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Manti was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 209 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 81.3 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three games they've averaged 170.
Manti's defense made their presence known, laying out the QB three times. In that department, Lincoln Alder was the leader with two sacks. He is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made six or more in the last three games he's played dating back to last season.
Juab now has a winning record of 5-4. As for Manti, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-2 record this season.
Juab took a serious blow against Manti in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, falling 47-10. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Starkweather, who threw for 305 yards and seven touchdowns while completing 73.1% of his passes, and also rushed for 57 yards. Now that Juab knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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