The Park City Miners will take on the Sky View Bobcats at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Park City's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed two weeks ago. They really took it to Uintah for the full four quarters, racking up a 42-0 victory. Given the Miners' advantage in MaxPreps' Utah football rankings (they are ranked 27th, while the Utes are ranked 88th) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.
It was another big night for Eli Warner, who picked up 131 receiving yards and two scores, and also rushed for 35 yards and one TD. That's the most receiving touchdowns he has posted since back in September of 2024. Josh Hofer was another key player, throwing for 175 yards and a pair of touchdowns while completing 78.6% of his passes.
Meanwhile, it's playoff time, and Sky View had no trouble coming through when it counted. They breezed past Juan Diego Catholic to the tune of 69-14 on Friday. The Bobcats pushed the score to 49-14 by the end of the third, a deficit the Soaring Eagle had no chance of recovering from.
Sky View had a senior duo take command as Jack Clark threw for 287 yards and four TDs while completing 75% of his passes and Xander Stokes rushed for 97 yards and three scores on only nine carries. Clark's passing game has become a key predictor of the Bobcats' success: the team is undefeated when his passer rating is 110 or higher, but only 2-4 otherwise. Cooper Karren did his part for the team as well, scoring a TD off of 95 receiving yards.
Park City is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 6-4 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 32.2 points over those games. As for Sky View, their victory bumped their record up to 7-4.
Park City took a serious blow against Sky View in their previous matchup back in November of 2019, falling 35-0. Can the Miners avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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