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Roy Junior High football team ‘elated’ after winning WSD championship in turnaround season

By Patrick Carr - | Nov 9, 2021

Photo supplied, Steve Palomarez

Roy Junior High's football team celebrates after winning the Weber District championship Friday, Nov. 5, 2021, at Bonneville High School.

Two years ago, the Roy Junior High football team won one game. Last season, it won two. The years before, the Razorbacks were easy pickings for the rest of the teams in the district.

This year, the championship trophy resides with the Razorbacks, who beat Wahlquist 22-20 on Friday at Bonneville High School to win the Weber School District championship.

RJH finished the season with an 8-1 record, nearly triple the number of wins from the prior two seasons combined.

“We’re going from like nothing to the top,” coach Steve Palomarez said.

It was a dramatic turnaround for a school that Palomarez says is usually on the other side of the coin. The team was “elated” after the win, which was played in front of a huge crowd at Bonneville.

“We’ve been super good this year, never been down, we never quit. Roy Junior if you ask anyone about Roy Junior, we’re Roy Junior we’re not very good,” he said.

Supplied by Steve Palomarez Roy Junior High’s football team celebrates after winning the Weber District championship Friday, Nov. 5, 2021 at Bonneville High School.

Wahlquist led 20-8 at halftime of Friday’s game. RJH was on the board via a touchdown by Jaxton Schoffield. Rhett Slater scored a second-half touchdown and the Razorbacks converted the 2-point conversion to cut the lead to 20-16.

With 1:30 left in the game, quarterback Dru Gardner found Cooper Harsin in the back corner of the end zone for the go-ahead score. Slater made an interception with 15 seconds left to seal the game for RJH on the ensuing Wahlquist drive.

Roy Junior lost its first game of the season, 26-8 to Rocky Mountain back on Sept. 10. Things may have started rough, but the Razorbacks finished the season razor-sharp.

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