Corner Canyon scores 27 early and beats American Fork 41-17
The Chargers led 41-10 at halftime, and American Fork's sophomore quarterback Jake Matsen has been ruled out for the rest of the season.
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Corner Canyon (7-2) beat American Fork (6-3) 41-17 on Thursday, Oct. 8, in a Week 9 Region 3 game, the American Fork Citizen reported. The Chargers scored 27 points in just over seven minutes to open the game, including three first-quarter touchdown passes from Jaxon Pehrson to Kelen Gold, covering 17, 16 and 32 yards. It was American Fork's second straight loss. [1]
American Fork got a 20-yard field goal from Jace Worthington and a 31-yard touchdown pass from sophomore quarterback Jake Matsen to Noah Behm before trailing 41-10 at halftime. Matsen, who completed 18 of 26 passes for 173 yards, left in the second quarter with an injury and has since been ruled out for the season. Senior Nate Childs finished at quarterback, and Ben Iongi scored on a three-yard run in the third quarter. Corner Canyon did not score in the second half. [1]
"With good teams you can't start down 28-0 and that is unfortunately what we did," said American Fork head coach Aaron Behm. American Fork was scheduled to visit Skyridge in the regular-season finale on Wednesday, Oct. 14, at 7 p.m. [1]
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