The No. 1 3A Snow Canyon Warriors took what Tooele gave them and ran with it.
The Warriors turned five Tooele turnovers into 22 first-half points to post a 47-6 rout over the 4A Buffaloes (2-7) Thursday night.With the victory the Warriors move to 9-0 on the year in posting their second straight undefeated regular season. Their last loss came in the 3A state title game to Delta.
"To go through our region undefeated was a surprise. To go through our (regular) season two consecutive years undefeated is a surprise, but those are the kind of surprises we like at Snow Canyon High School," said Warrior coach Bill Jacobsen.
A Lance Warby 20-yard interception return, a 14-yard Drew Solomonson pass to Brock Jacobsen and a 4-yard Brooksby Stafford pass to Jacobsen, all off Tooele turnovers, put the game away early at 22-0 at the half.
Stafford, who had 97 yards on 21 carries, scored from 4 yards out, and Solomonson hit Barry Sorenson for a 95-yard touchdown to push the lead to 34-0.
Quarterback Brock Dubusdevalempre scored Tooele's only touchdown of the night with a 39-yard run late in the third quarter.
Brad Esplin added a 16-yard run, and John Hafen added a 9-yard run to account for the other SC scoring.
Both teams will participate in postseason play next week.
In other nonregion games:
West Jordan 47, Roy 14: Zane Gertch scored on runs of 16 and 55 yards for the Jaguars as they raced out to an early lead and never looked back in defeating the Royals. West Jordan scored all seven of its touchdowns on the ground.
Class 1A
Duchesne 37, Milford 0: Robert Young rushed for three scores for the second-ranked Eagles as they soared past the Tigers.