Corner Canyon’s Jackson Light (74) hoists the state championship trophy after Corner Canyon rolled over American Fork 49-14 in the 6A state high school football game at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019. | Colter Peterson, Deseret News
Region champs rule
In the first year of seeding the state tournament by computer ranking, region champions still won championships in four of five classifications (Corner Canyon — 6A, Orem — 5A, Sky View — 4A and Beaver — 2A). Class 3A’s Morgan, the only interloper, placed second in Region 13. As a matter of fact, the five championship games featured seven region champs and three teams that finished second in their respective regions.
Title-game achievements
No championship-game records were set this year, but there are achievements that rank in the top-20 worth noting.
Team championship-game performances
- Most sacks — 8, Morgan, ties for state record (with Timpview, 2012)
- Passing yards — 349, Corner Canyon, ranks eighth.
- First downs — 25, Corner Canyon, ties for ninth.
Individual championship-game performances
- Interceptions — 2, Dustin Millich, Corner Canyon and Brody Monson, Orem, ties for third with seven others.
- Completions — 24, Cole Hagen, Corner Canyon, ties for sixth with two others.
- Receptions — 9, Zachary Sherwood, Milford, ties for sixth with nine others.
- Passing yards — 349, Cole Hagen, Corner Canyon, ranks eighth.
- Passing touchdowns — 4, Cole Hagen, Corner Canyon, ties for fourth with nine others.
- Passing attempts — 38, Bryson Barnes, Milford, ties for 14th with four others.
- Receptions — 8, Cody Hagen, Corner Canyon, ties for 16th with two others.
Longest championship-game plays
- Longest rush — 95 yards, Kaleb Barney, Beaver, ranks second (record: 96 yards by Jordan Hardy, Beaver, 2016)
- Longest punt return — 84 yards, Buju Tuisavura, Orem, ranks second (record: 90 yards by Ryan Smoot, Davis, 2004)
- Longest field goal — 45 yards, Sloan Calder, Morgan, ties for fourth with four others. Calder also kicked a 42-yard field goal, which ranks tied for 12th. He’s the first to hit two 40-plus-yard field goals in a championship game.
High scoring teams
Sky View racked up 202 points, the fifth-most in a playoff series and American Fork totaled 194, the 10th-most. Corner Canyon scored 192, the 12th-most and Orem, 190, the 13th-most in state history.
In the highest average points scored (playoff series) category, Sky View averaged 50.5 points-per-game, the 10th-most ever. Corner Canyon averaged 48.0, the 17th-most.
Looking at winning margin, Sky View prevailed by an average of 42.0 ppg, the fourth-most all-time and Corner Canyon won by 37.5 ppg, tied for 11th-best.
Other championship-game notes
It’s rather rare for a champion to have at least four losses. Of the 339 teams that have captured state titles, just 15 fit that category. Orem became the 15th with a 10-4 record. Three schools have won with five losses, the most of any champion: Dixie (9-5 in 1998), Skyline (9-5 in 2005) and Timpview (9-5 in 2012, but that record includes four forfeits.)
Corner Canyon’s Eric Kjar and Orem’s Jeremy Hill collected their third state crowns. They’re among 43 coaches who have won at least three championships. Beaver’s Jon Marshall, Morgan’s Kovi Christiansen and Sky View’s Chris Howell earned their first state football championships; 157 coaches have now won a state title.
Playoff winning streak
Orem has won 13 consecutive playoff games, tied for the fifth-most in state history and the most since Timpview won 15 straight from 2012-15. Orem also ties Tooele (1929) as the only schools to win five tournament contests in a season.
Undefeated seasons
Beaver and Corner Canyon celebrated unbeaten seasons, making 112 teams from 50 schools that have enjoyed undefeated, untied seasons. It’s Beaver’s fourth and first since 1979. The Beavers tie for fifth in most undefeated seasons:
9 — West
8 — East
5 — Millard, Skyline
4 — Beaver, Bingham, Box Elder, Duchesne, Jordan, Rich
Meanwhile, Corner Canyon claimed its second unbeaten campaign overall — and second straight.
Eleven schools have now put together consecutive undefeated, untied seasons. Duchesne leads the list with three in a row while the others enjoyed back-to-back unbeaten years:
Duchesne, 2011-13 (37 games won)
Box Elder, 1945-46 (16)
Corner Canyon, 2018-19 (26)
East, 1921-22 (19)
East, 1955-56 (21)
Jordan, 1947-48 (19)
Park City, 1908-09 (7)
Pleasant Grove, 1955-56 (22)
Rich, 1995-96 (22)
Timpview, 2007-08 (26)
Tooele, 1928-29 (21)
Season scoring
Corner Canyon scored 641 points, the sixth-most in a season. Beaver totaled 597, the 12th-most. In average points scored, Beaver racked up 45.9 ppg, the 22nd-most and Corner Canyon scored an average of 45.8 points, the 23rd-most.
Beaver’s average winning margin was even better: 40.2 ppg, good for 12th highest in state history. Beaver actually swept the points-per-game awards in offense (45.9), defense (5.7) and margin (40.2). South Summit was the last to complete a hat trick, in 2017.
Season offensive output
As a team, Corner Canyon amassed the 12th-most total offense yards all -time (6,330) and American Fork, the 14th-most (6,213).
In passing yards, Pine View threw for the fourth-most all-time (4,434). American Fork had the sixth-most passing yards (4,370) and South Summit racked up the 20th-most (3,674).
In the rushing yards category, Beaver accumulated the eighth-most on record (4,471).
Most improved
Farmington enjoyed the biggest turnaround this season, improving 7.0 games. (The NCAA calculates this by taking the difference in victories and the difference in losses, adding the two numbers and dividing by 2.) That ties for the 10th-best improvement in state history. The Phoenix moved from 2-9 last year to 9-2 this season. North Summit was next, improving 6.0 games from 0-10 to 6-4. Three teams improved by 5.5 games: Brighton (2-8 to 8-3), Syracuse (2-7 to 9-3) and Woods Cross (2-8 to 8-3).
Looking ahead
The 2020 season isn’t expected to add any new programs for the first time since 2014 and for just the second time since 2004. However, the number of active teams — now at 109 — could still climb if Altamont, Diamond Ranch and/or Wayne resume their programs. Over the 14 seasons since 2006, prep fans saw 20 new teams join the ranks — just under 20 percent of the squads currently competing.
Winning streaks
Corner Canyon looks forward to 2020 with a current state-high 26-game winning streak. That’s tied for the sixth longest in state history, as listed:
48 games — Duchesne, 2010-14
36 — Timpview, 2006-09
30 — San Juan, 2009-11
28 — Rich, 1994-97
27 — Timpview, 2013-2105
26 — Bingham, 2009-11; Corner Canyon, 2018-current streak
Among active streaks, Beaver has claimed 13 straight victories, Sky View, 12 in a row, Orem, five and Morgan, four. Whitehorse won its final game of the season, so enters 2020 on a one-game winning “streak.”
State records
This year, one individual state record was set. Milford’s Bryson Barnes (2016-19) established the record for career touchdown passes with 137 (previous record: 118 by Lehi’s Cammon Cooper 2014-17).
Another 12 state marks were tied; eight of those fit in the longest plays of 2019 category. Players listed by school:
- Corner Canyon: Conner Lewis — Season extra points — 81 (tied with two others)
- Desert Hills: Jake Wilkins — Longest missed or blocked field-goal return — 99 yards (on Sept. 27) (tied with two others)
- Highland: Maea Giles — Single-game punts returned for touchdowns – 2 (on Aug. 31) (tied with many others)
- Kearns: Jeff Bassa — Longest kickoff return — 99 yards (on. Oct. 16) (tied with 148 others — Bassa also had a 99-yard return in 2018)
- Maple Mountain: Ammon Hess – Longest kickoff return — 99 yards (on. Oct. 16) (tied with 148 others)
- Maple Mountain: Aedan Seiuli – Longest kickoff return — 99 yards (on. Sept. 27) (tied with 148 others)
- Northridge: Diesel Freeman — Longest kickoff return — 99 yards (on. Aug. 16) (tied with 148 others)
- Pine View: Izaiah Moten — Longest kickoff return — 99 yards (on. Sept. 20) (tied with 148 others)
- Mountain Crest: Taden Burbank to Kolmyn Foulger — Longest Pass — 99 yards (on Nov. 1) (tied with 17 others)
- Pine View: Daylor Rymer — Single-game touchdown receptions — 5 (on Aug. 16) (tied with five others)
- Richfield: Brittyn Riddle — Single-game punts returned for touchdowns — 2 (on Aug. 31) (tied with many others)
- Skyridge: Malae Tanuvasa — Longest interception return — 100 yards (on Sept. 27) (tied with 19 others)
Player update
For the 2019 season, here’s a list of gridders who rank in the top-20 in all-time state records in selected game, season and career categories — and those who were close enough to warrant mentioning. Those with the longest returns aren’t listed again below. Listed by school with new state records in bold face. (Felt’s Facts uses official statistics provided by the UHSAA for semifinal and championship games rather than those reported by teams; thus, some numbers vary from those found on other sources.)
- Alta: Cinco Lucero — Season: passing attempts, 13th (429); average passing yards-per-game, 13th (313.2); completions, 15th (252)
- American Fork: Devin Downing — Season: receptions, tied for second (103); receiving yards, fifth (1,762); touchdown receptions, tied for fifth (23); career (2018-19): receiving yards, eighth (3,080); touchdown receptions, tied for eighth (38); receptions, 11th (182)
- Tanner Holden — Game: touchdown receptions, tied for seventh (4 on Aug. 23)
- Maddux Madsen — Season: passing attempts, 10th (453); completions, 13th (263); passing yards, 16th (3,677); touchdown passes, tied for 14th (42);
- American Leadership Academy: Marcus Kemp — Game: receiving yards, seventh (300 on Sept. 6)
- Fielding Morley — Career (2017-19): touchdown receptions, tied for 21st (29)
- Carbon: Jaylon Dennis — Game: all kicks returned for touchdowns, tied for second (2 on Sept. 6)
- Cedar City: Kolbe Meek – Season: kickoff return average, 20th (37.1 yards)
- Corner Canyon: Cole Hagen — Game: passing yards, second (547 on Sept. 13); touchdowns-responsible-for, tied for ninth (8 on Sept. 13); total offense, 12th (597 yards on Sept. 13); season: total offense, 11th (4,734 yards); passing touchdowns, 13th (43); touchdowns-responsible-for, tied for 14th (54); passing yards, 17th (3,665); career (2017-19): touchdown passes, seventh (87); touchdowns responsible for, ninth (108); total offense 11th (9,406); passing yards, 12th (7,504)
- Corner Canyon: Noah Kjar — Career (2017-19): receptions, 10th (188); receiving yards, 11th (3,025)
- Corner Canyon: Conner Lewis — Season: extra points, tied state record (81)
- Corner Canyon: Andrew McDonald — Career (2018-19): interceptions, tied for 23rd (13)
- Cyprus: Parker Meldrum — Season: punting average, 14th (46.0 yards)
- Davis: Kyle Roberts — Game: interceptions returned for touchdowns, tied for second (2 on Sept. 6)
- Desert Hills: Logan Wilstead — Game: touchdown passes, tied for fourth (7 on Sept. 20); touchdowns-responsible-for, tied for ninth (8 on Sept. 20)
- Duchesne: Javier Baptista — Game: extra points, tied for 17th (9 on Sept. 27)
- Fremont: Brandon Baray — Season: yards-per-reception, 19th (27.0)
- Grand County: Bryant Troutt — Career (2016-19): rushes, 19th (554)
- Herriman: Carter Pearce — Game: iInterceptions returned for touchdowns, tied for second (2 on Sept. 6)
- Highland: Maea Giles — Game: punts returned for touchdowns, tied state record (2 on Aug. 31); all kicks returned for touchdowns, tied for second (2 on Sept. 26)
- Hunter: DaiSean Cash — Career (2017-19): completions, 11th (508); passing attempts, tied for 11th (881); total offense, 20th (7,615 yards); passing yards, 25th (6,612)
- Lehi: Christian Wren — Season: tackles, tied for 19th (109)
- Lone Peak: Nate Ritchie — Game: field goals, tied for fourth (4 on Aug. 31); career (2017-19): field goals, tied for fourth (25); interceptions, 10th (18); extra points, tied for 25th (119)
- Milford: Bryson Barnes — Game: touchdowns-responsible-for, tied for sixth (9 on Aug. 30); season: touchdowns-responsible-for, tied for 11th (55); completions, 18th (244); passing yards, 22nd (3,533); touchdown passes, tied for 23rd (39); career (2016-19): touchdown passes, state record (137); passing yards, second (11,525); total offense, third (13,488 yards); passing attempts, third (1,166); completions, fourth (673); touchdowns-responsible-for, second (186)
- Bret Beebe — Game: receiving yards, 17th (268 on Sept. 27); season: receiving yards, 12th (1,523); touchdown receptions, tied for 12th (20); receptions, tied for 17th (90)
- Zachary Sherwood — Game: receptions, tied for fifth (16 on Nov. 9)
- Murray: Riley Murray — Game: extra points, tied for 17th (9 on Sept. 13)
- Olympus: Chase Hopkins — Season: consecutive 100-yard games, tied for 16th (9)
- Park City: Dylan Bower — Season: 100-yard Games, tied for fifth (11); consecutive 100-yard games, tied for eighth (10)
- Of note, Bower is one of only 27 players to surpass the 2,000-yard rushing mark in a season. He ranks 26th with 2,002.
- Park City: Mark McCurdy — Season: yards-per-reception, seventh (29.3); career (2018-19): touchdown receptions, tied for 19th (30).
- Park City: Ryan Skidmore – Game: extra points, tied for eighth (10 on Oct. 4)
- Pine View: Macloud Crowton — Game: touchdown passes, tied for fourth (7 on Aug. 16); completions, tied for 12th (34 on Aug. 16); season: average passing yards-per-game, third (360.0); passing yards, sixth (4,320); touchdown passes, tied for sixth (47); completions, 11th (270); passing attempts, 11th (445); average total offense-per-game, 12th (359.7 yards); total offense, 19th (4,316 yards); touchdowns-responsible-for, tied for 21st (50)
- Pine View: AJ McCaroll — Season: extra points, tied for 20th (67)
- Pine View: Izaiah Moten — Season: kickoff return average, 15th (39.8 yards)
- Pine View: Daylor Rymer — Game: touchdown receptions, tied state record (5 on Aug. 16)
- Richfield: Brittyn Riddle – Game: punts returned for touchdowns, tied state record (2 on Aug. 16); all kicks returned for touchdowns, tied for second (2 on Aug. 16)
- San Juan: Shaw Nielson — Season: completions, 16th (251); passing attempts, tied for 23rd (408)
- San Juan: Levi Ward — Game: extra points, tied for eighth (10 on Sept. 20)
- Sky View: Kasen Erickson — Season: extra Points, tied for 14th (70)
- Sky View: Scout Morris — Career (2018-19): interceptions, tied for 23rd (13)
- Skyline: Braxton Bolingbroke — Game: touchdown passes, tied for fourth (7 on Oct. 4)
- Springville: Austin Mortensen — Game: touchdown receptions, tied for seventh (4 on both Aug. 6 and Aug 20; Mortensen is the fourth player to have four touchdown receptions in two games during a season); season: touchdown receptions, tied for 22nd (18)
- Stansbury: Gabe Harris — Game: interceptions returned for touchdowns, tied for second (2 on Aug. 23); interceptions, tied for third (4 on Aug. 23)
- Wasatch: Zak Thacker — Season: rushes, second (317)
Longest plays of the 2019 season — by category (kickoff returns listed above not included)
Rushing (minimum 95 yards):
97 — Rylan Davis, Juan Diego (Oct. 17)
97 — Kord Shaw, Bonneville (Sept. 13)
96 — Zach Stewart, Gunnison Valley (Sept. 13)
95 — Kaleb Barney, Beaver (Nov. 16)
Passes (minimum 95 yards)
99 — Taden Burbank to Kolmyn Foulger, Mountain Crest (Nov. 1)
97 — Cole Hagen to Austin Bell, Corner Canyon (Nov. 6)
95 — Lincoln Labrum to Boone Latham, Union (Oct. 11)
95 — Devin Hatch to Dylan Bird, Monticello (Oct. 17)
Interception returns (minimum 95 yards)
100 — Malae Tanuvasa, Skyridge (Sept. 27)
99 — Jeffrey Bassa, Kearns (Aug. 30)
98 — Cade McDougal, Corner Canyon (Oct. 16)
Field goal returns (blocked or missed) (minimum 80 yards)
99 — Jacob Wilkins, Desert Hills (Sept. 27)
Fumble returns (minimum 90 yards)
93 — Isaac Larsen, Logan (Aug. 23)
Field goals (minimum 50 yards)
55 — Alec Foulger, Olympus (Aug. 23)
51 — Nate Ritchie, Lone Peak (Sept. 20)
51 — Owen Smith, Brighton (Sept. 13)
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