Week 1: Friday night’s Utah 1A 8-player high school football recap

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah high school football is back up.

After a three-game appetizer Thursday that included Mountain Ridge’s statement-making win over Skyridge, the Utah high school football season returned to a full slate of 55 games Friday night — including four games in the 1A eight-player classification.

Here’s a look around the state for Friday, Aug. 14, with scores courtesy of the Deseret News.

Here’s what you may have missed.

1A 8-player football

UMA-Camp Williams 27, Panguitch 22

Utah Military Academy-Camp Williams traveled to Panguitch and returned with a 27-22 win over the Bobcats.

Milford 52, Whitehorse 7

Braxton Hansen threw four touchdown passes, and Milford rushed for four more scores to invoke the UHSAA’s 44-point mercy rule in three quarters against the Raiders.

Cutler Netto, Crew Griffiths, Braxton Hansen and Tayon Blackburn each ran for a touchdown for the Tigers (1-0), and Kasen Smith, Haze Marshall, Kamdon Spaulding and Tayon Blackburn caught a touchdown pass.

Grand 53, Water Canyon 38

Justin Kimmerle tossed six touchdown passes as the Red Devils stormed to a 15-point win over the Wildcats.

Beto Carroll caught three touchdown passes for Grand (1-0), including a 49-yard reception in the third quarter and a 27-yard score with 6:15 remaining.

Deagan Williams threw for two touchdowns and ran for another for Water Canyon (0-1), which led 22-8 after the first quarter.

St. Joseph at Altamont

Not reported at press time.

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