ST. GEORGE — The Snow Canyon Warriors are at the top of the standings with one week left in the Region 10 football season.

Snow Canyon won its fourth consecutive contest by blowout Friday night at Pine View to finish 5-1 in the region and 6-3 overall. They’ll await the results from Wednesday’s final games to see where they finish officially.

Meanwhile, Dixie shocked the No. 1 team in 4A with a gutty home win over Crimson Cliffs, while Desert Hills routed Cedar to keep pace in the conference race.

And in non-region play, Hurricane picked up a home win over Cottonwood.

Following are recaps of Friday’s Region 10 action as well as from other Southwestern Utah teams.

Dixie 24, Crimson Cliffs 19

Dixie shocked the No. 1 team in 4A by taking a 14-13 lead at halftime, scoring 10 points in the third quarter and then securing the win with a game-clinching fumble recovery.

“I’m happy for the Dixie fans and our players tonight,” Flyers coach Blaine Monkres told St. George News after the win. “It’s a tough game, the kids had back-to-back tough losses the past two weeks. But here on senior night they stepped up to the occasion and played good enough to get the win.”

Crimson took the opening kickoff, marched down the field and scored on a 2-yard TD burst by McCord Christiansen.

Dixie wasted no time and responded with Jalen Schultz’s 58-yard touchdown bomb to Blake Watson and the home team lead 7-6.

“He seems to be getting better every week,” Monkres said about his senior quarterback. “He was as sharp as everybody else was.”

The Mustangs jumped back ahead 13-7 after Steele Barben connected with Luke Childs for an 8-yard TD pass.

But the Flyers took a 14-13 lead into the intermission after Jaxon Barben dove for a fantastic grab of Schultz’s 24-yard touchdown toss.

A dramatic momentum swing came in the third quarter when Crimson Cliffs muffed a punt and Dixie got set up deep in Mustangs territory.

A punishing gallop from Seth Takau then set Schultz up for a 2-yard scoring run and Dixie led 21-13.

Jonathan Bibiano’s 20-yard field goal capped Dixie’s scoring, but Crimson made it close on a nifty reverse flea flicker that ended in a 25-yard touchdown pass to Boston Adamson with a little over four minutes remaining. The 2-point conversion run was stopped.

Crimson had one last chance but fumbled on its final possession. Senior Treven Alldredge recovered the fumble for Dixie.

Dixie improved to 3-2 in Region 10 and is 6-3 overall. The Flyers play at Hurricane on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the last game of the region slate for both teams.

Meanwhile Crimson slipped to 4-1 Region 10, 7-2 overall and hosts Cedar at 7 p.m. on Wednesday in Washington Fields.

Snow Canyon 56, Pine View 14

The Warriors rolled to the road win behind a 28-point first quarter and a 21-point third quarter. 

Senior quarterback Hunter Johnson accounted for six touchdowns and 396 yards of total offense as Snow Canyon scored 56 points in back-to-back Region 10 wins.

In fact, during its four-game win streak, Snow Canyon has outscored its Region 10 opponents 201-46.

Johnson threw two touchdown strikes to Will Warner (10 yards, 22 yards) and a touchdown pass to Teagan Hugh (65 yards) and Carson Nowatzke (5 yards).

Johnson’s touchdown runs came from 47 and 64 yards.

Cael Johnson (3 yards) and Max Reynolds (16 yards) also had rushing touchdowns in the victory. 

Pine View’s scores were two touchdown passes from quarterback Tyler Brown. The first went to Matt Costa (6 yards) and the second went to Brock Harris (75 yards).

Both kickers were perfect on extra point attempts as Pine View’s Kimball Swift was 2-for-2 and Snow Canyon’s Corbin Christian was 8-for-8.

Snow Canyon finished its Region 10 slate at 5-1 (6-3 overall) and will await the outcome of Wednesday’s games to determine its playoff future. 

Pine View (0-7 overall) finishes its regular season still seeking its first win at Desert Hills Wednesday at 7 p.m.

Desert Hills 52, Cedar 13

The Thunder improved to 6-3 overall and 3-2 in Region 10 as its offense scored the first 45 points of the game, all in the first half.

Desert Hills quarterback Noah Fuailetolo tossed six touchdown passes, including an 85-yard strike to Tayven Mortensen in the second quarter. Mortensen also hauled in a 16-yard TD pass, and teammate Javiyen Cummings had scoring catches of 8 and 10 yards, and Lincoln Holmes found paydirt with a pair of 27-yard touchdowns.

Kona Crowell had a 26-yard touchdown run for the Thunder, and kicker Xander Jones was perfect on seven point-after attempts and tallied a 42-yard field goal.

The Reds, now 2-3 in Region 10 and 3-5 overall, didn’t get on the board until the fourth quarter when Conner Hardman scored on a 39-yard touchdown pass and Edgar Hernandez-Hinojosa added the PAT.

Cedar quarterback Koden Lunt added another scoring strike when he found Tredyn Elliott from 10 yards out.

Hurricane 59, Cottonwood 37

Hurricane broke open a tie game with 30 points in the second quarter, tacked on 13 more in the third quarter and then shut down the visitors for the big non-region win over the Colts.

Scoring details were not available at press time.

Hurricane improved to 2-7 overall and is 1-4 in Region 10 play. The Tigers host Dixie Wednesday at 7 p.m. 

3A/2A/1A Southern Utah schools recap

In 3A Region 12 action at Canyon View High in Cedar City, the Falcons defeated the Richfield Wildcats 21-7, with Jaxon Jensen throwing three TD passes. Canyon View improved its season record to 6-3 with the win.

Meanwhile, in 2A, the Delta Rabbits picked up a big win at home, running past the Grand Red Devils, 61-7. The Millard Eagles also picked up a 21-18 road win at South Sevier. Beaver lost on the road at San Juan, 35-27.

And in 1A, Milford defeated visiting North Summit 28-13 while Kanab won at Water Canyon, 46-14.

Also in a high-scoring 1A contest at Parowan, the Enterprise Wolves stayed undefeated at 9-0 with a 60-21 win over the Rams. Kyron Bracken scored four TDs and Jaden Drake added two for the Wolves, who led 47-14 at halftime.

1. Snow Canyon 5-1, 6-3.
2. Crimson Cliffs 4-1, 7-2.
3. Desert Hills 3-2, 6-3.
4. Dixie 3-2, 5-3.
5. Cedar 2-3, 3-5.
6. Hurricane 1-4, 2-7.
7. Pine View 0-5, 0-7.

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