The Park City Miners narrowly escaped with a 35-33 win in a flag-filled, error-filled tough matchup against the Timpanogos Timberwolves on Friday night. The Miners’ bend but don’t break defense faced a strong Timberwolves air attack but created four turnovers that converted into 21 points.
The play of the game was a fourth quarter 94-yard interception return for touchdown just as Timpanogos was about to take the lead. The defense then rose to the occasion with a turnover on downs with just over a minute remaining to seal the victory.
The Miners’ rushing game was strong again this week behind three more touchdowns from standout running back William McCurdy, including long runs of 33 yards and 66 yards. He now has seven touchdowns in two games.
Park City (2-0) will host the Dixie Flyers (0-2) on Friday night at 7:00 p.m. at Dozier Field.
In other action, the Wasatch Wasps fell to 0-2 with a loss against the Sky View Bobcats 56-35. The Bobcats took a 28-14 lead into halftime. Wasatch closed to within a touchdown in the third quarter, but Sky View’s offense proved too much as they pulled away in the fourth. Carter Bucad impressed with three touchdowns for the Wasps and Jojo Hyer caught two touchdown passes.
Wasatch travels to Madison, Idaho on Saturday at 7:00 p.m. in search of its first win of the season.
The South Summit Wildcats evened their record at 1-1 with a 35-12 win against the visiting North Summit Braves. After a scoreless first quarter, South Summit scored twice in the second and took a 14-6 lead into the half. The Wildcats pulled away in the second half with three more touchdowns before giving up a late score to the Braves for the final.
Next up for South Summit is a visit from the Juab Wasps and North Summit (1-1) hosts American Leadership. Both games will be played on Friday night at 7:00 p.m.
KPCW's broadcast of the full game can be heard below.
