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Syracuse High quarterback Ledger Wight, left, handles a snap in a game against Weber on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025, in Pleasant View.

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Weber High's Dyson Parker (11) carries the football against Syracuse on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025, in Pleasant View.

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Syracuse High quarterback Ledger Wight, center, takes a hit from Weber defenders Carson Hill (32), Lincoln Henry (44) and Brock Dean, lower right, on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025, in Pleasant View.

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Weber High players celebrate a play in a game against Syracuse on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025, in Pleasant View.

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Weber High quarterback Carter Payne drops back to pass against Syracuse on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025, in Pleasant View.

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Syracuse running back Ryker Van Komen (1) tries to take a block from teammate Tristan Ha'o (44) as Weber's Cade Judd (38) pursues on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025, in Pleasant View.

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Syracuse High quarterback Ledger Wight, right, gets past a Weber tackler on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025, in Pleasant View.

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Weber High's Brock Dean (8) hits the turf with the ball before Syracuse High's Jace Cook closes in on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025, in Pleasant View.

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Weber High running back Dyson Parker, center, navigates traffic during a run against Syracuse on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025, in Pleasant View.

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Syracuse High quarterback Ledger Wight rears back to throw a pass against Weber on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025, in Pleasant View.

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Syracuse running back Ryker Van Komen totes the rock in a game against Weber on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025, in Pleasant View.

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Weber High students cheer during a football game against Syracuse on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025, in Pleasant View.

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PLEASANT VIEW — Some 16 hours after Syracuse quarterback Ledger Wight threw a touchdown pass on Friday, he ran for another TD on Saturday.

Friday’s Region 1 game against Weber was postponed late in the second quarter and rescheduled for Saturday at noon because of lightning.

The Titans scored the last touchdown of the first half Friday, then tallied on their initial possession of the third period when the game resumed Saturday.

Ledger said it was an emotional battle to rise to the occasion twice, with such a quick turnaround.

“It’s physicality, knowing that basically you’re playing two football games back-to-back days,” Ledger said. “It’s physically demanding and also a mental battle.”

Ryker Van Komen rushed for the winning touchdown late in the fourth quarter for Syracuse, capping a come-from-behind, 33-26 win over the Warriors, a game that saw a tie or a lead change eight times.

Trailing 26-25, the Titans (6-2, 2-1 Region 1) began their game-clinching drive at their own 20 with 7:16 remaining in the fourth quarter.

“We knew what we still needed to do … continue to do what we did yesterday. We were running the ball very well and we stuck to our game plan,” Van Komen said. “We had confidence … it was going to work; we went down and scored.”

Six plays, and 2 minutes, 55 seconds of clock concluded successfully for the Titans when Van Komen bulled in from 15 yards out for the decisive touchdown.

“I saw the gap; it was a one-on-one matchup with the guy. I set him up, made him move and it was a touchdown from there,” Van Komen said. “Our offense knew we could control the clock with the run game, so that’s what we decided to do.”

Wight then passed to Parker Moffat for a two-point conversion, something the Titans had been chasing since a missed extra point during the Friday portion of the game.

“We were trying to make it a seven-point game and not be down one if they scored a touchdown, so they would have to kick an extra point,” Wight said.

Wight tossed three touchdowns to three different receivers and ran for a fourth score for the Titans.

“As an offense, we performed pretty well; I think we could always do better,” Wight said. “We had some drives where we left it on the field and a few bad snaps. Offensively in general, I think we played great.”

There just weren’t many chances on Friday, as both teams only had three possessions the entire first half.

Weber (4-4, 2-1) opened the game with an 11-play drive that ended in a fumble after nearly 6 minutes, then Syracuse took 10 plays and a little over 4 minutes to put the first score on the board, a 13-yard pass from Wight to Xander Garcia for a 7-0 Titan lead.

“That was our game plan; it was a rollout bootleg. We knew it would work against their defense,” Wight said.

The Warriors countered with a 15-play march that carried over into the second quarter, culminating in a 1-yard run by Dyson Parker to tie it at 7.

After a Syracuse punt, Weber took the lead 14-7 when quarterback Carter Payne passed to Bracken Day, who threw a 19-yarder to Creed DeVries for a touchdown in a bit of trickery with 4:47 left in the half.

Syracuse went on another extended drive, consuming 15 plays and 4:45 off the clock, making it 14-13 when Wight connected with Moffat from three yards out for the touchdown.

That’s when the Titans missed the extra point and, with 0:02 left in the half, the teams were called off the field with lightning near and the game was suspended until Saturday at noon.

Syracuse kicked off to Weber, exhausting the final 2 seconds, and the teams immediately started the third quarter.

As the calendar changed from one day to the next, so did the way the game played out. Following a docile first half, Syracuse and Weber each got four possessions in the third quarter alone.

Only 1 minute, 6 seconds after the half, the Titans took the lead 19-14 when Wight ran in from 13 yards out — but Syracuse missed the extra point, thus beginning a streak of failed attempts for both teams.

“I hit the hole, made a few guys miss and lowered my shoulder to the end zone,” Wight said.

Josh Hamblin returned the ensuing kickoff 93 yards for a touchdown and Weber again led 20-19.

Wight passed 13 yards to Tanner Merrill on a slant six plays later, and Syracuse went up 25-20 at the 8:28 mark, meaning there were three touchdowns scored in the first 3 minutes, 32 seconds of the period.

“There were just a lot of fast scoring drives in the second half compared to yesterday with long sustained drives,” Wight said. “Today there was a kick return for a touchdown; there were a lot of breakaway plays in the third quarter.”

Harkening back to the first half Friday, Weber had the ball on the Syracuse 14 after Brock Dean blocked a Syracuse field goal try, and took nine plays before Parker scored his second touchdown on an 8-yard run, setting up the Titans’ final finishing drive.

After Syracuse took the 33-26 advantage, the Warriors had one last shot, starting from their own 5-yard line, and drove down inside the Titans’ 20, but Payne was intercepted in the end zone by Kolin White with 11 seconds left.

Another thing that made the transition from Friday to Saturday challenging was the weather.

Friday kicked off under partly cloudy skies and a temperature around 70, while Saturday dawned with temps in the mid-40s and constant rain.

“It was mental; we wanted ball security with how wet it was,” Wight said. “There was a lot more running of the football, obviously. We still had some passing, but holding onto the football was the main thing.”