This is a game we have waited to happen for YEARS! When Corner Canyon was built in Draper a TON of our Alta students moved over there. It was tough to see so many of our Alta family change over to CC. The rivalry was STRONG between us even though we were in different regions, well until THIS year! It was our FIRST ever game against them and the smack talk was BIG! Whoever won this game would have bragging rights FOREVER of being the school to be on top first!!
The games began with JV at 3:30pm at Corner Canyon!! Will was SOOOOO excited to play! He could hardly stand it!!
Brianne was just as excited!! She was chatting in this photo with her friend Taylor who she cheered with in little league football days. Taylor is now going to CC and Brianne was NOT happy about that! Haha! But they remain friends and like to tease each other!
Our JV boys were playing tough!! Will had a fantastic game! He had many solo tackles including two goal line stops! It was AWESOME!! Here he is grabbing him....
And here is the take down! :)
This shot was one of the goal line stops! I was so proud of him! He was playing with more passion than usual because of the intense rivalry! I told him he needs to play that way ALL THE TIME! It was awesome!
Another tackle! The JV played a great game, made few mistakes and came away with the WIN! The first Alta vs CC game and we took it! YES!!
We enjoyed watching the game- it was a pretty day too! :)
Will was ALL SMILES after the game! Very pleased with his own play and with the win! Now on to the VARSITY game tomorrow!! THAT was the BIG game!!
The morning of the Varsity game Will went to school and saw that it had been vandalized, badly. Spray painted profanity all over the place. It was made to look as if CC kids did it. It was a rough morning because people were getting very upset, understandably. Our coaches came out quickly with a social media message to our players to remember three things; Poise, intelligence and maturity. I loved that!! And as the day went on it was discovered that the people who did it may not have gone to either school- they just wanted to fuel the rivalry. Just stupid!!! And I also noticed that a lot of the CC kids took to social media to say that they didn't want a few kids to represent their school and that they didn't agree with what they did. That was nice to see too. Anyway, it all got cleaned up quickly and it was time to move on....
Before the game the parents had a tailgating party! We all met out on the soccer field and ate some yummy BBQ sandwiches and sides. It was a bit colder that day than all of us were expecting and was windy too, but we made the best of it! We were all just excited for this game!
Brianne and I got our seats early because we knew it was going to be NUTS! And I am so glad we did because there was more people at this game than I have EVER seen!
This is a picture of the visitor side. It is rare for that side to be full- but it was on that night!! And the game was a GREAT one! Alta came out strong and actually scored a touchdown on the very first play!!! It was a HUGE statement! And our crowd went CRAZY!! It was electric! After that Alta and CC went back and forth through the half, but we held the lead the entire time.
Here is a picture of Alta's student section that night! It was loud and FUN!! The administration told the students if they had more than 2000 kids that they would give them an hour lunch the next week! Haha! It worked because they got it! :) Haha! The second half was some great football! Exactly the type game you want to see- exciting play! And in the end.....
Alta W-O-N!!!!!!! 45 to 31!!!! I insisted that Will take a picture just like his brother had when he won the rivalry game against Bingham! This is exactly how he felt too!! :)
I loved this picture of the boys after the win! They did the Haka and then were presented with the Rivalry trophy and belt! They are proudly displayed now at the school! BEST FOOTBALL GAME NIGHT EVER!!! :) We are Alta and don't you forget it!!!
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