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Prep football roundup: Bear River wins another; Ogden loses heartbreaker

By JUSTIN B. JOHNSON and BRETT HEIN - Standard-Examiner | Sep 18, 2026

BRIAN WOLFER, Special to the Standard-Examiner

A football rests near a yard marker on Sept. 4, 2026, at Northridge High School in Layton. (BRIAN WOLFER, Special to the Standard-Examiner)

TOOELE — Preston Wilkinson passed for three touchdowns and rushed for one to lead Bear River to a 47-33 region win Friday at Tooele.

Tooele (3-3, 1-2 Region 11) took a 6-0 lead midway through the first quarter.

Rigdon Vonk scored the first two touchdowns for Bear River (4-2, 2-1) on runs of 17 and 14 yards, the second tying the game at 13-13. Wilkinson scored on a 1-yard plunge with 59 seconds left in the first half. Tooele mounted a response and scored with 10 seconds left in the half, making it 20-20 at the break.

Wilkinson connected with Eli Braegger for a 19-yard touchdown and a 27-20 lead. After Tooele tied the game again, Wilkinson and Braegger connected for another 19-yard touchdown and a 34-27 lead. Tooele scored again with 8:07 left but the Bears blocked the extra point to preserve the lead.

Just more than 2 minute later, Glaiden Behrens caught a Wilkinson pass over the middle and took it 37 yards for a score, then Bennett Allen capped the scoring on a 9-yard run with 1:40 left.

Wilkinson finished 15 of 20 for 249 yards.

WEST FIELD 42, CLEARFIELD 14

CLEARFIELD — West Field had two 100-yard rushers and flattened Clearfield to stay unbeaten in region play.

Caden Judy rushed 10 times for 130 yards and one touchdown, while Elijah Woods added 100 yards and two touchdowns on 14 carries to lead West Field (4-2, 3-0 Region 5). Ayden Lewis added a rushing touchdown on 63 yards.

Easton Eilertson threw 9 of 17 for 115 yards and a touchdown, adding one touchdown on the ground. Andrew Combe caught five passes for 64 yards and a score.

Clearfield (2-4, 0-2) did not report stats.

LOGAN 18, OGDEN 17

OGDEN — Ogden lined up for the go-ahead field goal with 2:35 left but Logan blocked the kick and ran out the clock to defeat the Tigers on Homecoming night.

Ogden (3-3, 0-1 3A North) took its only lead of the night at 7-6 when Ryker Rice scored on a 9-yard run with 5:09 left in the first quarter.

Logan (4-2, 1-0) responded with two touchdowns but missed both extra points, and led 18-7 at the half.

With 11:56 left in the game, Blake Weston added a 3-yard touchdown run and Jack Thompson’s rush for a two-point conversion pulled Ogden to within three at 18-15.

Ogden blocked a Logan punt with 7:57 left, and the ball went out of the end zone for a safety and an 18-17 score.

Emmett Rector passed 10 of 21 for 172 yards and two picks. Rice totaled 66 yards on 17 carries and Anderson Curry had 14 carries for 59 yards. Curry and Weston led the defense with eight tackles apiece.

AMERICAN FORK 29, DAVIS 21

KAYSVILLE — Davis took a 14-3 lead late in the first quarter but American Fork scored 24 consecutive points to take control.

Paden Toula threw touchdown passes of 27 and 30 yards to Bode Sparrow for Davis (3-3). Jaxton Itaaheau scored on an 8-yard run.

Toula completed 25 of 31 passes for 345 yards, two touchdowns and one interception. Sam Coleman caught eight passes for 136 yards. Sparrow had six catches for 88 yards and two scores. Itaaehau led Davis in rushing with one carry for 8 yards and a touchdown. The Darts rushed 14 times for a net seven yards.

Sparrow and Cooper Rigby each had 11 tackles to lead the Darts. Porter Hunt had one interception.

RIGBY-ID 34, BOX ELDER 32

BRIGHAM CITY — Judd Howells and Kadyn Reyes each scored two rushing touchdowns for Box Elder in a home loss to Rigby (Idaho).

Howells scored for Box Elder (5-1) on a 2-yard run to tie the game at 7-7 late in the first. Tytan Hupp converted a 45-yard field goal with 32 seconds left in the first half and Rigby led 21-10.

At the 3:50 mark of the third quarter, Howells rumbled for an 11-yard touchdown, and a Reyes two-point conversion run made the score 21-18.

Reyes added a 27-yard rushing touchdown with 1:20 left in the third quarter and the Bees trailed 28-25. Reyes capped the scoring on a 1-yard dive with 1:45 left in the game.

MORGAN 48, UNION 0

ROOSEVELT — A game postponed Friday night due to two lightning delays resumed Saturday and Morgan dispatched Union (2-3, 0-1 3A North) in a shutout.

Rhett Larsen scored on a 2-yard touchdown run Friday night with 9:46 left in the first quarter just before the game was postponed. Morgan (5-1, 1-0) did not report stats from Saturday’s action.

FARMINGTON 30, WEBER 13

PLEASANT VIEW — Weber gave up 351 passing yards and four TDs to Farmington quarterback Alton Dahl and the Phoenix (3-3, 1-0 Region 1) won the Region 1 opener between the two schools.

Carter Payne passed 19 of 34 for 238 yards, one touchdown and one interception for Weber (3-3, 0-1), while adding 95 rushing yards and another touchdown on 19 carries. Creed DeVries caught six passes for 81 yards and Bridger Rasmussen hauled in a TD pass. Eli Swenson totaled eight tackles.

SCORES, NO STATS REPORTED

UMA-Hill Field 34, UMA-Camp Williams 26

Grantsville 36, Ben Lomond 6

Watersprings-ID 72, St. Joseph 43

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