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SALEM — Salem Hills handed Maple Mountain a 22-0 loss in the final week of the regular season, but the Region 8 rivals will meet again at 4 p.m. Tuesday with a spot in the Class 4A state playoffs on the line.
Tristan Swensen and Vili Wolfgram each ran for short touchdown runs, and Alex Baker added a pair of field goals Friday to set up a three-way tie for the final two spots out of Region 8. Spanish Fork won a coin flip between the three teams, and will play at East to open the 4A playoffs on Friday, while the winner of Salem Hills (4-6) and Maple Mountain (7-3) will travel to Highland as the No. 3 seed.
After winning six of their first seven games, the Golden Eagles have lost two of the last three in the regular season to set up the showdown.
Watch the game through the embedded video above, or on live.ksl.com.
Play-in games will also be contested in 4A's Region 5 and Region 6, as well as in the 3A South.
In Region 5, Bonneville, Box Elder and Woods Cross each finished 1-4 and tied for fourth in region play. The trio will play a three-way tiebreaker at Box Elder at 4 p.m. The Bees (3-7) and Lakers (2-8) will play in the first half, and the winner will face the Wildcats (3-7) in the second half. The winner there will travel to Springville for a first-round playoff game.
The same situation played out in Region 6, where the first-half winner of a game at Taylorsville High between Skyline (3-6) and Cyprus (2-7) will play Hillcrest (2-8) for a No. 4 seed in the playoffs after all three times tied at 1-4 in region play. The winner will travel to three-time defending 4A champion Timpview in the first round.
In 3A, Delta (3-7) will play Canyon View (5-5) at Richfield High School to determine the final playoff berth from the 3A South. The winner will face 3A North top-seed Juan Diego in the first round of the playoffs.
The game will be streamed on live.ksl.com at 4 p.m.
