Prep football: Ogden sticks with effort, pulls away to defeat Clearfield 24-7
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- Ogden High’s Anderson Curry celebrates on the end-zone turf after scoring a touchdown against Clearfield High on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in Ogden.
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- Ogden High players Jackson Turner, left, and Jayden Long (5) defend a pass intended for Clearfield’s Zane Bassett (3) on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in Ogden.
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- Clearfield High’s Sean Brant, right, outruns Ogden’s Jayden Long (5) for an eventual touchdown on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in Ogden.
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- Ogden High’s Carter Herrick (3) brings down Clearfield’s Bryson Ridge (17) on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in Ogden.
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- Clearfield High’s Drew Taylor, left, and Tayson Fisher (21) combine to halt the progress of Ogden rusher Keen Crowther (14) on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in Ogden.
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- Ogden High’s Anderson Curry (4) celebrates a second-half touchdown while running into the end zone past Clearfield’s Drew Taylor (27) on Friday, Sept.5, 2025, in Ogden.
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- Ogden High’s Anderson Curry scores a second-half touchdown against Clearfield on Friday, Sept.5, 2025, in Ogden.
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- Ogden High’s Anderson Curry (4) attempts to escape the pressure of a host of Clearfield High defenders on Friday, Sept.5, 2025, in Ogden.
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- Clearfield High quarterack Brik Barlow (12) runs the football as Ogden’s Keen Crowther (14) gives chase on Friday, Sept.5, 2025, in Ogden.
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- Clearfield High’s Bryson Ridge (17) finishes a big gain as Ogden tacklers Gavin Shreve (11) and Jackson Turner (22) close in on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in Ogden.
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- Clearfield High’s Cooper Kirkman (26) puts pressure on Ogden punter Jackson Turner after he bobbled the snap on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in Ogden.
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- Clearfield High’s Cooper Kirkman, left, delivers a crushing hit to Ogden High’s Keen Crowther (14) on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in Ogden. The play was ruled in an incomplete pass.
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- Ogden High quarterback Blake Weston (6) takes a high snap against Clearfield on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in Ogden.
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- Clearfield High students decked out in camouflage cheer during a football game at Ogden High on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in Ogden.
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- Clearfield High’s Sean Brant, right, tumbles into the end zone as Ogden’s Jayden Long watches on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in Ogden.
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- Ivy Hunter and other Ogden High Tigerettes perform at halftime during a game against Clearfield High on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in Ogden.
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- Clearfield’s Easton Harmon makes a tackle on Ogden High’s Keen Crowther (14) on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in Ogden.
OGDEN — Ogden’s Anderson Curry and Max Wilson both mentioned positivity after their Tigers took down Clearfield 24-7 in a nonregion tussle on Friday.
Curry rushed for two short touchdown runs and passed out props all around.
“I couldn’t do it without my team. They’re amazing and so positive in the huddle,” Curry said. “I always feel like I have someone with me and protecting my back.”
The Tigers needed a good mental approach in a first half that saw a drive of 6:52 end in a blocked field goal and another drive of 8:46 stall at the Clearfield 9-yard line on downs.
Still, Ogden (3-1) entered halftime tied at 7-7 after giving up an early touchdown and scored 24 straight points to go on to victory.
When Clearfield’s Bryson Ridge blocked that field goal attempt, the Falcons only took two plays and 13 seconds before scoring on a 40-yard run by Sean Brant.
“They came out with something we weren’t familiar with, but luckily we were able to overcome it and figure it out,” Wilson said. “We just had to keep our energy and positivity up; make sure we’re with each other. We’re a family. It’s not an ‘I’ sport, it’s a ‘we’ sport.”
Whatever Ogden’s adjustment was, it worked because Clearfield (2-2) inexplicably did not go back to Brant the rest of the game.
After an exchange of punts, Ogden knotted the game at 7-7 on a four-play, 64-yard drive that only consumed 1:35 of clock time when Curry bulled in from 4 yards out as the first quarter hit zeroes.
“Everyone was happier, more excited, because after we got down, we now had a belief we were going to win the game,” Curry said. “We can come back from anything.”
While the first half may have been frustrating for the Tigers, they came out in the third quarter with fire on defense and clicking on offense.
Three consecutive Ogden drives began on the north side of the 50-yard line.
The result was an eight-play possession that ended with a 30-yard Jackson Turner field goal and Curry’s second touchdown, a 5-yard run, making it 17-7.
“Keep the pressure on them; mostly I think our defense played very well, keeping us hyped up and getting sacks so our offense was able to get on the field and run the ball,” Curry said. “We needed to put the game away by chewing the clock.”
Ogden’s third short drive in the third quarter led to a punt that it downed at the Clearfield 4-yard line.
One play later, Wilson intercepted Clearfield quarterback Brik Barlow’s pass and found paydirt on a pick-six with 10:33 remaining in the game for the final points.
“I’m glad I have great coaches that taught me how to read plays and how to see that and act on it,” Wilson said. “Realizing the routes and the combinations we’ve been going over since day one this week.
“It really helped to see the quarterback; see where he’s looking and what he’s deciding to do,” Wilson said.
Capping off a fantastic final frame, Wilson halted a 10-play Clearfield march with a sack midway through the period.
“My line did a stunt and opened a gap for me, and allowed me to make a play,” Wilson said.
Twenty-four straight points by 3A Ogden against 5A Clearfield left Curry feeling pretty good.
“I felt like we were unstoppable,” Curry said. “Everyone thought that Clearfield would beat us, but it doesn’t matter. We’re all teenagers, we’re all the same age and can compete with anyone. It was awesome.”
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