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Northern Utah High School Player of the Week – Week 9 – Viliami Tapa’atoutai & Cade Randall

Oct 17, 2025, 6:45 AM | Updated: 6:54 am

Northern Utah High School Players Of The Week...

Northern Utah High School Players Of The Week

SALT LAKE CITY The John Watson Northern Utah High School Player of the Week is celebrating the best high school football player in Northern Utah. Presented by John Watson Chevrolet in Ogden, each week we honor athletes for their exceptional performance on the gridiron. Our co-winners of the week were Viliami Tapa’atoutai from Woods Cross High School and Cade Randall from Morgan High School.

Northern Utah Players of the Week – Viliami Tapa’atoutai & Cade Randall

Viliami Tapa’atoutai and the Woods Cross Wildcats welcomed the Olympus Titans in for a Region 6 showdown on the penultimate weekend of the regular season last Friday. Woods Cross raced out to a 26-0 lead at halftime powered by two Tapa’atoutai touchdowns. He added his third touchdown on the night in the third quarter as the Wildcats went on to beat the Titans 40-6. He finished the game with 157 rushing yards as Woods Cross improved to 7-3 overall.

Cade Randall and the Morgan Trojans were on the road against the Ogden Tigers in 3A North action last Friday. He came out of the gates firing as he threw three touchdown passes and ran for another score as Morgan raced out to a 31-0 halftime lead. Morgan went on to add seven more points in the second half in a 38-0 shutout victory. Randall finished the contest with 224 total yards as the Trojans moved to 9-1 overall.

 

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