Lehi Football Cruises Past Springville To Win 5A State Title
Nov 19, 2021, 1:51 PM
Lehi High School’s Carson Gonzalez runs 90 yards as Springville High School’s Porter Small reaches for a tackle during the 5A football championship game at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City on Friday, Nov. 19, 2021. (Courtesy of Deseret News)
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SALT LAKE CITY – The Lehi Pioneers ran past the top-seeded Springville Red Devils to win the 5A state championship in high school football.
The No. 7 Pioneers and No. Red Devils played at Rice-Eccles Stadium on Friday, November 19.
Lehi dominated Springville, 35-6.
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— Lehi Football (@LehiFootball) November 19, 2021
The Pioneers struck first when River Moore returned an interception to the house with 5:09 remaining in the first quarter.
PICK 6 FOR @LehiFootball 🏈
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— KSL Sports (@kslsports) November 19, 2021
Early in the second quarter, Lehi scored its first offensive touchdown on a goal line pass from Jackson Brousseau to Jaxon Christensen.
.@carsongonzo with a BIG run for @LehiFootball. 💨#GameNightLive #KSLGameNight @GNLRewind
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The Red Devils found their only points of the contest midway through the second quarter on a run by Seth Rigtrup.
After that, it was all Pioneers.
Lehi owned a 21-6 lead at halftime and didn’t let up to start the second half.
Brousseau tossed three touchdowns during the third quarter to help the Pioneers take a commanding lead.
.@LehiFootball with a knockout punch⁉️🥊#GameNightLive #KSLGameNight @GNLRewind
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— KSL Sports (@kslsports) November 19, 2021
Steele Cooper, Boston Bingham, and Carson Gonzalez were on the receiving end of Brousseau’s third quarter TD tosses.
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With the win, Lehi finished with an 11-3 record. The Pioneers captured their fourth-ever state title and first state championship since 2017.
