High school football: Timpview beats Mountain Crest in double overtime to win 4A title

Published: Friday, Nov. 16 2012 10:38 p.m. MST

Summary

SALT LAKE CITY — The Timpview Thunderbirds rallied from an early deficit to defeat Mountain Crest in double overtime of the 4A state championship game, 38-31, at Rice-Eccles Stadium on Friday evening.

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31	38

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Timpview trailed 17-14 at the start of the fourth quarter before scoring 10 points in the final period, including a 31-yard field goal by Tyler Solorzano as time ran out, to send the game to OT.

The Mustangs scored first in the first overtime behind an 11-yard run by Eddy Hall. On 4th-and-5, Timpview's Chance Oldroyd tied it again with a 20-yard reception from Jake Lloyd.

Lloyd scored Timpview's touchdown in the second extra period, rushing from 7 yards out.

The Thunderbird then defense stifled Mountain Crest's offense, allowing just four plays and ending the game with a 3-yard sack of Hall.

The Thunderbirds last won the 4A championship in 2009.

Sarah Thomas is a graduate of the University of Utah and has been covering sports for the Deseret News since 2008.

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Joe Moe

Logan, UT

What an awesome game to watch, you couldn't ask for better. Kudos to MC for proving me and many skeptics wrong. They may not have quite earned the title of best team of the year, but they showed they were clearly a very strong runner up, More..

10:42 p.m. Nov. 16, 2012
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Stang08

Cedar City, Utah

This game was awesome and you can't say MC didn't put up a fight. They gave Timpview all they could handle and although the outcome wasn't what they wanted they certainly could've won this one. Way closer than anyone thought it More..