All four area high school football teams kicked off their seasons Friday night. The Park City Miners and Wasatch Wasps renewed their rivalry with the Miners prevailing 41-27 at Dozier Field.
Wasatch converted an early turnover by the Miners into a 10-yard touchdown pass from Cole Kelson to Jojo Hyer to take the lead. The Miners answered with 17 unanswered points behind strong running from William McCurdy. The Wasps countered with a touchdown before the Miners closed the half with another 10 point run to end the half with a 27-14 lead. The highlight of the half was a 58-yard field goal by Miners kicker David Dellenbach late in the second quarter.
The Wasps started the second half strong with 10 early points, including a second touchdown connection between Kelson and Hyer which made the score 27-24. Park City's running game proved too much as William McCurdy put the game away with his third and fourth rushing touchdowns of the night.
Park City (1-0) will travel to Timpanogos on Friday night at 7:00 p.m. while Wasatch (0-1) will try to even its record at Sky View.
In other action, McKade Nelson of the North Summit Braves returned the game’s opening kickoff 97 yards for a touchdown in the Braves 40-14 win over the South Sevier Rams. After leading 14-6 at the half, the Braves pulled away with three second half rushing touchdowns and a 51-yard interception return for touchdown.
The South Summit Wildcats (0-1) fell in their opener to the Beaver Beavers 33-14. The Beavers took a 27-0 lead into halftime before the Wildcats broke through for a couple of touchdowns in the second half. The Wildcats square off against the North Summit Braves (1-0) in their home opener on Friday.
KPCW's broadcast of the full game can be heard below.
