Skyridge took down Lone Peak 31-30 Friday night in an exhilarating Area 4 showdown, utilizing three fourth-quarter touchdowns to come back from behind and defeat the reigning 6A state champions.
The Falcons confronted a 20-point deficit with below 11 minutes to play within the ultimate quarter. A robust defensive effort and nice particular groups play helped Skyridge flip issues round and end on high.
“We had been capable of capitalize on a pair errors and make a pair performs on our finish to complete the sport,” Skyridge head coach Jon Lehman stated.
Falcon senior Smith Snowden helped spark his staff’s comeback victory taking part in protection, offense, and particular groups. His largest play got here on a 96-yard kick return that pulled the Falcons again inside two scores within the fourth quarter.
“I simply noticed gentle,” Snowden stated of his kick return. “I knew I used to be going to go to the home.”
“He did all the things,” Lehman stated about Snowden. “He was in all three phases. He made a pleasant catch down the sideline; gave us a little bit spark for our offense; clearly the particular groups play the place he took it again to the home; after which all the things that he does for us defensively. He’s a extremely tough-minded child. Smith performs his greatest within the largest moments when issues are hardest, and he all the time has, and he all the time will.”
Following Snowden’s kick return, he and the protection then went to work, giving the Falcon offense three straight possessions that began on the Lone Peak aspect of the sphere to finish the sport.
Skyridge senior working again Tate Walker completed two of these possessions with touchdowns on the bottom. His ultimate rating gave the Falcons the 31-30 lead and their first lead of the night time on the 4:38 mark.
After struggling to place factors on the board by means of the primary two quarters, the Skyridge offense seemed higher within the second half.
Lone Peak led 16-3 on the break after senior kicker Ian Sanches scored his second 50-plus yard subject aim as the primary half got here to an in depth.
“Halftime was simply actually large for us,” Snowden stated. “That’s what we would have liked. We would have liked that little time to take off and take into consideration what we would have liked to repair.”
The Falcons minimize the result in six early within the third quarter on a Jace Doman 18-yard landing catch, however from there remained silent till their fourth-quarter explosion.
Each groups suffered their first area losses of the season per week in the past, when the Falcons misplaced to Nook Canyon and the Knights had been defeated in extra time by American Fork.
Skyridge responded in an enormous approach Friday night time.
Lone Peak may get one other shot on the Falcons within the 6A playoffs. The 2 Area 4 colleges met twice final season, splitting the pair of contests. The Knights’ lone in-state defeat got here in opposition to the Falcons earlier than the Highland faculty exacted revenge within the state semifinals en path to the 6A title.
Skyridge acquired a little bit of its personal revenge within the colleges’ newest assembly.
The Falcons will play on the highway once more subsequent week after they face Nice Grove. Lone Peak will play its ultimate dwelling recreation of the season the identical day in opposition to Nook Canyon in a rematch of final 12 months’s 6A state championship. Each video games are scheduled for Thursday at 7 pm.