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TAYLORSVILLE — Normally scoring 83 points leads to pretty good things for a high school football team.
Jordan High took that challenge, and out-did it Friday night, though.
The Region 4 opener for the Beetdiggers and Taylorsville featured a combined 25 touchdowns in scoring the second-most points in Utah high school football history, with the Beetdiggers prevailing 91-83 over the host Warriors on Friday night.
Jordan's 91 points is the most by a Utah team since 1954, when Cedar scored 95 in a shutout of Kanab. Both teams combined for 1,451 yards of offense, beating the previous state record set by Jordan in a 78-76 triple-overtime win over Brighton two years ago.
Crew Wakley finished with seven passing touchdowns and four rushing scores for Jordan, and Taylorsville quarterback Dane Leituala had eight scoring strikes and three rushing TDs.
Words don't do it justice. Click the video above for highlights from the wild affair, as well as the rest of Week 4 action across the state.
Alta 32, Timpview 24 — Alta’s football team knew that the road to a Region 7 title typically leads through Timpview.
The Hawks took the road to a victory Friday night.
Will Dana found Camden Johnsen with a 17-yard touchdown strike in the fourth quarter, and the Hawks held on to topple Region 7 power Timpview on Friday in the KSL Game of the Week.
Josh Davis ran for three touchdowns for Alta (4-0), which opened Region 7 play with a key win in the race for the region title against the reigning Class 4A runners-up.
The Thunderbirds (3-1) opened the game with all the momentum, taking a 10-0 lead when Andrew Jessop completed a 13-yard pass to Chaz Ah You to end the first quarter.
Davis rushed for his first score on a 32-yard gain to open the second quarter, but Timpview responded with a pair of TDs by Alema Te’o and Kyle Van Leeuwen to take a 24-6 lead into halftime.
That’s when the Hawks went to work.
Quarterback Will Dana found Landon Maxfield for a 21-yard scoring strike to open the third period, and Davis added TD runs of 8 and 12 yards before Dana-to-Johnsen gave the Hawks a lead they would never relinquish.
Timpview had a chance to tie in the final drive of the game with a first-and-10 from the 15-yard line, but three-straight passes to Ah You were off the mark and the Hawks survived their region opener.
Orem 28, Corner Canyon 25 — At Corner Canyon, Orem quarterback Brooks Ringer hit Alex McDougal with a 5-yard strike and a two-point conversion with 1:40 left on the clock to cap a furious comeback and help the Tigers rally for their first win of the season.
Jason Adams ran for a pair of touchdowns for Corner Canyon (2-2, 0-1 Region 7), which led Orem (1-3, 1-0 Region 7) 22-13 at the half before the Tigers rallied.
The Tigers were outscored 99-26 in their first three games.
East 37, Pulaski Academy (Arkansas) 23 — At East, Jaylen Warren scored two touchdowns, including a 94-yard run in the second quarter, to lead the Leopards to a 21-8 lead at halftime as the Leopards cruised past the defending Arkansas 5A state champions.
Ben Ford and Charlie Vincent also ran for a touchdown each for East (4-0), and Ford added a 54-yard strike to Tyler Eteuati.
Layne Hatcher threw two touchdown passes to lead Pulaski.
Lone Peak 41, Pleasant Grove 15 — At Pleasant Grove, Dakota Hansen tossed a pair of TD passes to Tyler MacPherson to lead the Knights (3-1, 1-0 Region 4) in a rout of the Vikings to open Region 4 play.
Hansen also rushed for a 3-yard score for Lone Peak, and Jaxson Harward returned an interception 40 yards for a touchdown.
Jake Jensen tossed a pair of touchdowns for Pleasant Grove.
Highland 37, Bountiful 7 — At Bountiful, James Pembroke scored three touchdowns, including a 90-yard rush in the opening quarter, to help the Rams (3-1, 1-0 Region 5) nearly shut out the host Braves.
Jake Boren and Brady Reed each added a scoring run for Highland, which added a safety on defense to take a 23-0 halftime and a 30-0 advantage after three quarters.
Kaden Walston drove into the end zone from 31 yards out to help Bountiful (1-3, 0-1) prevent the shutout.
Salem Hills 23, Spanish Fork 19 — At Spanish Fork, James Nelson ran for two touchdowns in the fourth quarter, including the game-winner in the final minute to help the Skyhawks rally past the Dons.
Jaxon HIgginson scored a 30-yard touchdown in the first quarter to lift the Dons to a 6-3 halftime lead before Nelson scored twice with his feet and once with his arm to lift the Skyhawks to victory.
Park City 35, Ben Lomond 23 — Spencer Zur threw four touchdown passes, including three in the third quarter, to lead the Miners to the win.
Zur also had a 2-yard TD run for Park City, and Collin Zur hauled in two TD passes for the Miners.
Stansbury 27, Tooele 20 — At Stansbury, McCoy Didericksen's 4-yard TD run in the fourth quarter proved to be the game-winner as the Stallions built up a 20-0 lead and held on to claim the Battle for the Boot.
Mitchell McIntyre's 1-yard dive gave Stansbury a 20-lead shortly after halftime, but the Buffaloes rallied through a pair of TD runs by Austin Meono. Meono also tossed a 15-yard scoring strike to Jeno Bins before Stansbury held on.
Click the video above for highlights from Lehi-Riverton, Hunter-Layton, Herriman-Box Elder, Desert HIlls-Grantsville, San Juan-Summit Academy, North Summit-Beaver, Manti Emery and West Jordan-Bingham — as well as the weekly highlight reel.
