SPANISH FORK — The Spanish Fork High School football field on Friday night was home to the big play and the quick score.

Though both Spanish Fork and Payson offenses took the third quarter off during their Region 8 game, the rest of the contest was filled with exciting plays and loads of scoring. In the end, the Dons came away with a 47-31 victory over their new region rivals to give themselves a 2-0 region record so far this season.

The two teams kept things pretty even with four touchdowns apiece through the first half, the only difference being Payson's inability to score the points after. But it was the fourth quarter where the Dons opened things up. Just after the two teams changed ends of the field and the new 12 minutes went up on the scoreboard announcing the fourth quarter had begun, Spanish Fork added its fifth score of the contest.

Tim Moala ran one in from seven yards out to give the Dons a 35-25 lead and a little more cushion. But it was just three minutes later when things really exploded in favor of Spanish Fork.

The Dons picked up some big gains by PJ Inoke, who ended the drive with a one-yard touchdown run, after which the kick failed, giving the Dons a 41-25 lead. Several flags announcing personal fouls all around after the touchdown was scored led to some high emotions on both sides.

Spanish Fork capitalized on a fumble just two plays later on the Payson 13 yard line. It only took the Dons one play to pick up their second touchdown in only 17 seconds of clock time as sophomore quarterback Hayden Nielsen tossed a touchdown pass to Jordunn Mattinson to give the Dons a 47-25 lead.

Though Payson was able to pick up a score of its own less than two minutes later on a 21-yard touchdown pass from backup quarterback sophomore Clint Bateman to CJ Ford, they couldn't add any more points in the game, leaving themselves with the 16-point loss.