Pearson rushed 11 times for 79 yards, adding a 7-of-13 passing performance for 120 yards. Howie Howard rushed for three touchdowns himself, totaling 102 yards on nine carries. Alex Lasater added a 41-yard touchdown scamper. Luke Pebley caught four passes for 67 yards.

Bryton Ketcham, Tyler Dickson and Riley Jeppesen each grabbed one interception for the Roy (1-0) defense, with Ketcham adding a forced fumble.

Utah’s new football mercy rule ends the game at the end of the third quarter, or any time in the fourth quarter, when the margin reaches 44 points or greater.

BOX ELDER 49, DESERET PEAKS 0

BRIGHAM CITY — Witten Eddings threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to Jett Jeppsen with 4:37 left in the fourth quarter to trigger the mercy rule as Box Elder grabbed a home shutout.

Kadyn Reyes passed for two touchdowns and rushed for two more to lead Box Elder (1-0). Rhet Richards took a Reyes pass 53 yards to paydirt to open the scoring. Reyes connected with Cammon Bushnell for a 23-yard score. Bridger Richards scored on a 1-yard scamper and Reyes added a 23-yard rushing score, and the Bees led 27-0 after one quarter.

Reyes scored on a 7-yard run midway through the second quarter, then Mack Davis tossed a 3-yard touchdown pass to Trace Tucker to give BE a 40-0 lead with 2:18 left in the first half. Tytan Hupp booted a 42-yard field goal with 10:27 left in the fourth quarter.

CLEARFIELD 24, CYPRUS 7

CLEARFIELD — Micah Salazar rushed for a 70-yard touchdown and Bryson Ridge returned a kickoff 95 yards for a score to help Clearfield win its first season opener since 2017.

Ridge added a 3-yard touchdown run.

WOODS CROSS 27, SYRACUSE 26

WOODS CROSS — Syracuse scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter but a failed PAT and a stopped two-point conversion left the Titans one point short at Woods Cross.

Ledger Wight threw three touchdown passes in the loss for Syracuse (0-1): to Bowen Metcalfe for 18 yards in the fourth quarter, to Parker Moffat for 8 yards in the second quarter, and to Kaleb GHall for 38 yards in the first.

Kao Prom punched in a 1-yard TD rush with 1:54 left but Woods Cross stopped Syracuse’s go-ahead, two-point try just shy of the goal line.

TIMPVIEW 40, LAYTON 21

LAYTON — Tillman Thomas passed for three touchdowns but it wasn’t enough as Layton fell at home to Timpview.

Layton (0-1) earned first blood as Miles Neuteboom converted a 41-yard field goal. Thomas found Harper Fullmer for a 40-yard scoring strike in the third quarter to get Layton trailing 20-9 with 8:37 left in the third quarter.

After Timpview built a 40-9 lead, Drew Godderidge caught two Thomas touchdown passes, the first for 23 yards and the second from 16 yards out to cap the scoring with 3:33 left in the game.

LAYTON CHRISTIAN 48, HUNTER 0

LAYTON — Colton Johns tossed four touchdown passes to four different receivers and Layton Christian Academy shut out Hunter in a game called after the third quarter via mercy rule.

Johns finished 8 of 11 for 191 yards and the four touchdowns. Chris Munroe added 174 rushing yards and two touchdowns on eight carries.

Jahmi Harrison-Bismallah had three catches for 66 yards, including a 35-yard score on the first offensive play to get LCA (1-0) on the board. Roy transfer Synic Harvey caught one pass, a 75-yard touchdown, and returned an interception 89 yards for a touchdown.

Djaylon Gomes had one catch for a 16-yard score. Memphis Hunkin had two catches for 36 yards, including a 12-yard touchdown.

Mosese Reeves led LCA with 13 tackles and Kili Fuahala added 10.

A third-quarter running clock ticked until LCA forced an incomplete pass in the end zone as the quarter expired, which ended the game.

BRIGHTON 34, WEST FIELD 0

TAYLOR — Brighton slowly pulled away from West Field with one touchdown in each quarter while holding the Longhorns to 56 rushing yards in a shutout.

Easton Eilertson was 11 of 22 for 103 yards for West Field (0-1). Phoenix Sandoval caught five passes for 50 yards. Caden Judy totaled 34 yards on seven carries.

Owen Hadley totaled 11 tackles with one sack to lead the WF defense.

COPPER HILLS 29, NORTHRIDGE 0

LAYTON — Three turnovers doomed Northridge to a shutout loss to open the season.

Liam Fresques finished 22 of 37 for 239 yards and two interceptions for Northridge (0-1). Carson Murphy caught six of those passes for 89 yards. Roman Fitisemanu boosted the ground game with 82 yards on nine carries.

RIDGELINE 42, MORGAN 28

OGDEN — Morgan’s Krew Asay returned two interceptions for touchdowns but defending 4A state champion Ridgeline used a bruising run game to hand the Trojans a season-opening loss in a game that was moved from Morgan to Weber State.

Midway through the first quarter, Asay picked off Ridgeline and took the pass 42 yards to the house to give Morgan a 7-0 lead. Ridgeline responded with four rushing touchdowns and one passing score.

Owen Gilson tossed a 26-yard touchdown pass to Rhett Larson, then Asay added a 32-yard pick-six to make the score 35-21 with 2:36 left in the third. GIlson found George Thurston for a 4-yard touchdown for the final score with 10 seconds left in the game.

SCORES, NO STATS REPORTED

Viewmont 24, Bonneville 0