Hunter played their first round playoff game this past Friday, it was a blowout victory against the Copper Hills Grizzlies. They were up 30-12 at halftime and outscored Copper Hills 27-0 in the second half to cruise by with a final score of 57-12.

Quarterback Daisean Cash finished the night 9-18 passing for 128 yards and two touchdowns (TDs). He also ran the ball five times for 71 yards and two TDs. Jordan Tupea had a large workload with 14 carries for 75 yards and two TDs as well. Saia Lomu had nine carries for a team high 78 yards and a TD. Koni Tahi had five rushes for 43 yards as well. Josh Harding lead all receivers with three catches for 20 yards. Wyatt Swanty lead all players with 53 yards on two catches and a TD. Nate Suaste had two catches for 38 yards. Xandre Hill had a 14-yard catch that resulted in a TD and Talyn Austin had a four yard catch. Overall the rushing game was amazing, totaling 267 yards and five TD on 33 carries, or about 8.1 yards per carry.

The defense was great again, the team forced a safety just a few minutes into the game and gave up just 12 points the entire game. Taunu’u Brown had two sacks and Lorenzo Tuaone had a sack. Tuaone also picked up a fumble during the second quarter. The pass defense was great, intercepting four passes. Wyatt Swanty picked off a pass and brought it back for 12 yards. Dallas Brown picked his third interception (INT) of the season, which is tied with Wyatt Swanty as the most on the team. Omarion Jackson picked a pass off, and Gideon Pauni picked a pass off and returned it 31 yards for a TD.

The game was a good game all around, we had season highs in rushing yards, points scored, and interceptions. This is huge momentum going into round two of the 6A playoffs. This is the first playoff win since we beat Lone Peak in the first round of the 2014 playoffs. In the second round we get a rematch of against the Kearns Cougars, this time for all the marbles winner goes advances, losers go home. A win would be huge. Go out and support the team this Friday, November 1st at Kearns High School.