Orem Reaches Fourth Consecutive Title Game With Win Over Maple Mountain
Nov 13, 2020, 10:23 PM | Updated: 10:27 pm
(Courtesy of Deseret News)
EAGLE MOUNTAIN, Utah – The No. 2 Orem Tigers soundly defeated the Maple Mountain Golden Eagles to reach their fourth straight state championship game.
Orem put up a 35-7 performance against No. 6 Maple Mountain on Friday, November 13.
The Tigers led 28-0 before the Golden Eagles got on the board with a touchdown in the fourth quarter.
Orem quarterback Micah Fe’a tossed a pair of touchdown passes in the win.
The @OremTigerFball beat Maple Mountain 35-7 to head back to the @UHSAAinfo 5A Championship game.
Best play of the game: @micahfea12 nice pass to @joesmith910 who goes 77 yards for the TD.#KSLGameNightLive // @kslsports pic.twitter.com/sHW8iFyrp8
— 𝙷𝚎𝚖𝚊 𝙷𝚎𝚒𝚖𝚞𝚕𝚒 𝙹𝚛. (@x_hems) November 14, 2020
The Tigers had three rushing touchdowns, which were scored by Joe Smith, Kolton Brown-Dye, and Payton Skipps.
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Maple Mountain’s Gene Ho-Ching connected with Aedan Seiuli for the Golden Eagles’ only score of the contest.
Orem will advance to the finals to face No. 9 Timpview (7-4) on Friday, November 20. It’s the second season in a row that the Thunderbirds and Tigers will play for the 5A title.