Prep roundup: Morgan football trounces Grantsville in 3A showdown
MORGAN — Grantsville (6-2, 2-1 Region 13) took a 3-0 lead on a 35-yard field goal early in the first quarter.
But Morgan scored 42 unanswered points for a lopsided, 42-3 region win Friday night that gave 3A’s No. 2 RPI team a convincing win over the No. 1 RPI team.
Beck Sheffield tossed a 10-yard touchdown pass to Boston Zack to give Morgan (8-0, 3-0 Region 13) the lead for good with 9:24 left in the first quarter. Lincoln Gilson scored the next three touchdowns on runs of 12, 5 and 4 yards, and the Trojans led 28-3 at the half.
Jake Hansen and birthday boy Luke Bauerle each had two interceptions, with Hansen returning his second pick 82 yards for a touchdown. Krew Galbraith capped the scoring on a 1-yard plunge with 4:42 left in the game.
BEAR RIVER 44, WEST FIELD 6
TAYLOR — Jaxson Theurer passed for four touchdowns to lead Bear River to its first region win at West Field.
Theurer connected with Kash Avery for a 7-yard touchdown to open the scoring for Bear River (2-6, 1-3 Region 11). Theurer tossed two scoring strikes to Eli Braegger — an 18-yarder to make the score 14-0 in the first quarter, and a 17-yarder with 3:06 left in the third quarter.
Theurer connected with Tatum Stephens on the first play of the fourth quarter, and Stephens sprinted down the sideline then cut to behind a defender for a 70-yard touchdown to make the score 44-0.
Glaiden Behrens took an interception 81 yards for a pick-six and Tydon Jones scored on a 1-yard dive to account for the other Bears points.
Tyce Abbott scored on a 2-yard quarterback keeper for West Field (1-7, 1-3) to break up the shutout with 44 seconds left in the game.
BOUNTIFUL 50, BOX ELDER 21
BOUNTIFUL — Kadyn Reyes got Box Elder on the board with a 58-yard touchdown pass to Carter Buchanan that cut the Bountiful (7-1, 4-1 Region 5) lead to 14-7 with 3:53 left in the second quarter, only to see the Redhawks respond with four straight touchdowns.
Jay Macias scored the other two Box Elder (3-5, 1-4) touchdowns: a 68-yard run early in the third quarter and a 5-yard scamper late in the third.
Bountiful’s win sets up a Region 5 showdown at Roy (8-0, 5-0) on Thursday, Oct. 10.
SCORES, NO STATS REPORTED
Bonneville 31, Clearfield 13
Farmington 41, Weber 28
Woods Cross 12, Northridge 10
Union 40, Ben Lomond 0
Layton Christian 35, Providence Hall 0
Monticello 49, St. Joseph 12
UMA-Hill Field 52, UMA-Camp Williams 12
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
GRANTSVILLE 3, OGDEN 2
OGDEN — Ogden dropped a five-set thriller at home to Grantsville (12-7, 3-4 Region 13) Thursday. Scores were 22-25, 25-16, 25-21, 20-25, 15-13.
Lauretta Taukiuvea led Ogden (6-11, 2-5) with 18 kills and five blocks. Tess Correa had 12 kills. Rian Barnes tallied 27 digs and Taylor Duke added 25 digs.
MAPLE MTN TOURNAMENT
SPANISH FORK — Fremont (9-4) won both its games on the first day of the Maple Mountain High School tournament.
The Silverwolves beat Provo in four sets (27-29, 25-18, 25-10, 25-12). Fremont then swept Alta by scores of 25-17, 25-14, 25-18.
THURSDAY SCORES, NO STATS REPORTED
Layton 3, Weber 2: 22-25, 25-23, 25-20, 21-25, 15-13
Clearfield 3, Bonneville 1: 25-15, 25-22, 22-25, 25-16
Morgan 3, Ben Lomond 0: 25-6, 25-17, 25-4
GIRLS SOCCER
RIDGELINE 4, WEST FIELD 1
MILLVILLE — Ellie Chugg scored in the second half but it wasn’t enough as West Field (8-10, 5-7 Region 11) fell at Ridgeline (11-5, 8-4) to end the regular season.
THURSDAY SCORES, NO STATS REPORTED
Northridge 3, Woods Cross 1
Ogden 6, Union 0
Bear River 4, Logan 2