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Prep football preview: Week 4 game previews and predictions for Northern Utah

By Patrick Carr - | Sep 2, 2021

Brian Wolfer, Special to the Standard-Examiner

Bonneville receiver Diesel Citte (6) tries to ward off a tackle from Weber safety Quayden Berry (1) during a game Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, at Weber High School in Pleasant View.

The 101st Golden Spike game between Bear River and Box Elder headlines this week’s slate of prep football games in Northern Utah. According to prep football historian George Felt, the Bear River-Box Elder rivalry is the longest current uninterrupted rivalry in the state.

Elsewhere, Region 1 play begins for Weber and Davis county schools and, for Roy High, Region 2 games begin. Region 5 games start next week.

Below are previews and predictions for all the games this week.

Last week’s prediction record: 11-5. Season record: 35-11.

BEAR RIVER AT BOX ELDER

Box Elder leads the all-time Golden Spike Game series 71-27-2, though the times both teams have met when they’re both winless are few and far between.

That’s where they’re both at in 2021: 0-3, and both by a wide scoring margin. Familiarity with each other should make for a passionate contest. Prediction: Box Elder

FREMONT AT CLEARFIELD

Fremont’s defense has improved the past two games after taking one on the chin in the opener, and the Silverwolves’ defense has a favorable matchup against Clearfield’s offense. Prediction: Fremont

FARMINGTON AT WEBER

There’s not a chance this game finishes with less than 60 combined points. Both offenses are pretty good and both teams’ defenses have been cut up more than a time or two. Weber looks a bit better so far and Region 1 games are where the Warriors do well. Both teams have excellent running backs in Logan Payne at Weber and Boston Reinhold at Farmington. Prediction: Weber

GRAND AT OGDEN

Ogden (1-2) is pretty beat up injury-wise already, but Grand County hasn’t played a remotely close game all season. Ogden has a good chance to rebound from last week’s drubbing. Prediction: Ogden

ROY AT HUNTER

The Region 2 opener is a tricky one because on paper, Roy (2-1) looks like the better team, though Hunter (0-3) has played a pretty tough schedule to date. Prediction: Roy

BEN LOMOND AT SOUTH SUMMIT

The transitive property reigns here. South Summit beat Layton Christian 14-0, who beat Ben Lomond (0-3) by a lot. Prediction: South Summit

BONNEVILLE AT MOUNTAIN CREST

Its third game against a Cache County school looks a bit more manageable than the other two in that Bonneville (0-3) won’t be facing a bonafide top 10 team. Prediction: Bonneville

LAYTON AT DAVIS

Both teams are 2-1, but Layton has looked better in its first three games. The Lancers have the edge everywhere except the fact they’re on the road, hence why Davis is this week’s upset pick. The only thing that’s easy to tell is it won’t be a 40-7 laugher like last year when Davis led 40-0 at the break. Prediction: Davis

SALEM HILLS AT SYRACUSE

Syracuse’s (3-0) defense should have a field day. The Titans have already forced nine turnovers, made 11 sacks, 12 tackles-for-loss and blocked two kicks this young season. Prediction: Syracuse

COTTONWOOD AT NORTHRIDGE

Northridge (2-1) is averaging about 460 yards of offense per game right now and Cottonwood has had pretty mixed results, albeit against some 3A and 2A bottom-dwellers. Prediction: Northridge

GREEN CANYON AT MORGAN

Morgan is 2-1 and, apart from one game, has played well defensively. At 3-0, Green Canyon looks a touch better and all three of the Wolves’ wins are by four points or less. Prediction: Green Canyon

SKYLINE AT BOUNTIFUL

Bountiful appears to be solid, and is getting ready to face the team that knocked it out of the playoffs in 2020. This isn’t your dad’s Skyline or your grandpa’s Skyline, though. Prediction: Bountiful

RIDGELINE AT WOODS CROSS

If there’s any good thing at all here, it’s that Woods Cross’ (0-3) opponents are a combined 11-1. That should help for playoff seeding in October, but this week the Wildcats’ woes will likely continue. Prediction: Ridgeline

PROVO AT VIEWMONT

The computers like 3-0 Provo by about 20 points, but Viewmont’s also in a pretty good spot right now. This should be a one-possession game. Prediction: Provo

NORTH SEVIER at LAYTON CHRISTIAN

LCA (2-1) filled in its bye week last week with a spot road game at South Summit that the Eagles lost 14-0. It was a good test for LCA which should prepare it for 3-0 North Sevier, which kicks at 4 p.m. Both teams run the ball well, so this game should be over before sunset. Prediction: North Sevier

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