Alta Comes Alive

After the dominance that they have displayed the last few years and the expectations the Alta Hawks had coming into the 2009 football season, a 3-2 record to start the season would be a disappointment. This Friday, they had a chance to right the ship and get things going in a more stable direction.

Enter Lone Peak. The Knights started this football season with a 4-1 record with their confidence sky high. Even in a year that the 5A level has been reformatted and stacked in the process, the Lone peak is right near the top.

So what was going to give on Friday? Where the Hawks going to fall to .500? Or were they going to beat the Knights and show that their record is due to 5A parody as opposed a drop in talent from recent years?

From the get-go, Alta came out like they were playing with something to prove. Forcing a fumble on the Knights’ first possession, the Hawks soon took a 7-0 lead on a 32 yard touchdown from Jordan Brown to Zach Liston. Everything was going Alta’s way in the first half including a muffed punt that turned into a safety and two points for the Hawks.

After two more touchdown passes for Alta – another for 39 yards to Liston, and five yarder to Tyron Morris to close out the half – the Hawks lead 23-0 heading into the locker rooms.

The second half came and it was much different from the first. Defense and penalties defined the third and fourth quarters as whatever yards were being negated by untimely penalties. Lone Peak’s offense didn’t have much success finding the endzone until a seven yard touchdown pass to Chase Lindsley with 10 seconds left. By then the game was in hand for Alta yet Lone Peak get it one last effort as their onsides kick was recovered by Alta’s Kyle Hannemann to end the game.

Alta now comes away from this game with their confidence high again and another quality win to their resume, but don’t count the Knights out as they could get their chance for redemption, come the 5A playoffs.