Snow College will make its eighth appearance in the Top of the Mountain Bowl, set for noon on Dec. 3 at Rio Tinto Stadium.
The No. 16-ranked Badgers (8-3) will meet NJCAA rival Eastern Arizona CC (8-3). Earlier in the season, the No. 17-ranked Gila Monsters beat Snow 41-14.
Twenty-one former Top of Utah preps suited up in football at Snow this season: Joe Summers (Bear River), Steve Thornton (Box Elder), Sean Smith Box Elder), Richard McGowen (Mountain Crest), Etika Pauni (Clearfield), Josh Sadler (Logan), and Jordan Welk (Davis).
Also, Tyler Sherman (Fremont), Will Bostic (Weber), Jake Miller (Bear River), Cody Van Buren (Weber), Shane Hardy (Box Elder), Justus Brown (Box Elder), Jantz Arbon (Weber), Matt Walker (Box Elder), Ethan Rasmussen (Mountain Crest), Garland Munns (Bear River), Britain Martin (Sky View), Zach Christian (Fremont), Brady Wootton (Mountain Crest) and Riley Spackman (Sky View).
The team is coached by Tyler Hughes.
Way up north
Need someone to root for in the Canadian Football League Grey Cup on Sunday in Vancouver?
The B.C. Lions, led by MVP Travis Lulay (Montana) meet the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the title game.
The Lions' starting lineup includes receiver Paris Jackson (Utah) and linebacker Jerome Dennis (Utah State).
Tidbits
The Utah Jazz provided more than 3,500 meals on Wednesday as part of their "We Care - We Share" Thanksgiving dinner celebration for Salt Lake's homeless and low-income population. The event was held at the very empty EnergySolutions Arena. ...
The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association announced that the popular Ram Truck Top Gun Award will return to the 2011 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo Dec. 1-10, in Las Vegas. The winner is the cowboy or cowgirl who earns the most money in a single event across the grueling 10-day PRCA ProRodeo finals. ...
Heber City skier Steven Nyman will miss the entire 2012 World Cup season following a training crash on Nov. 8 in Colorado. ...
Spring Mobile Ballpark, which hosted the 2011 Triple-A All-Star game, is once again featured in Baseball America's Great Parks Calendar. The 2012 calendar showcases the finest ballparks in America.
Chris J. Miller is sports editor for the Standard-Examiner. He can be reached at 801-625-4261 or cmiller@standard.net.
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