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5A high school football playoffs: Shoddy first half not enough to stop Alta from reaching semis

too bad Alta isn't playing like they were in the beginning of the season. would have been an epic matchup with Bingham. Now the miners are going to roll, oh well, i'll take a BLOW OUT

Thank our D for the great game. Good job team pulling that one out.

Keep overlooking Syracuse and your team might be sitting in the stands with our boys for the championship game. We didn't believe it either but those Titans are for real. The way Bingham is playing I also expect them to roll as well but not sure if it will be over Alta or Syracuse.

Way to go Davis. You rocked Olsen all night long. he has never seeen pressure likje you laid on him tonight. If anyone wonders who has the best defense in the state they don't have to wonder now. I can't wait to see the Darts next year.

"If anyone wonders who has the best defense in the state they don't have to wonder now."-Would that be the defense of the team that WON? ALTA!

isn't shoddy another word for _______? never mind.

Davis you were close. great year. your soph QB will be much better next year, along with your jr RB. think your good enough to take region?

Alta, please play bingham to a tie in the state championship.

have some respect. Alta has always had a rough second round game Last year the hawks almost lost to an average timpanogos team They turned around and handed you loss number two and ended your season.

The miners are a fantastic team. Although it's debatable, they might be playing the best football in state right now.

But...

Look at the past four Alta-Bingham matchups. They have been low scoring, defensive battles. This one (assuming both teams advance) will be no different. Especially not with a state championship on the line. Alta's D is good enough to keep them in any game. The offense had SIX turnovers against Davis and still only allowed twenty points.

The mark of great programs is to overcome adversity.

I'm hoping for the matchup between Alta and Bingham for the title game. It should be another one for the ages.

First of all, they obviously dont have the BEST defense in the state, they lost! That title has to go to Syracuse without a doubt. Second of all even if alta doesnt overlook syracuse, they are still going to be in the stands regardless.

now all of a sudden, the tide has changed and Alta & Bingham have great Defenses. When all year, all the talk has been about Offense.

I've heard of losing with class, but has Alta ever heard of winning with class? Come on, give credit where credit is due. Davis CAUSED all those turnovers, and I don't care what you say, Olsen hasn't seen that type of pressure all year. Cowser alone had 4 sacks. Before I had no respect for the Alta fans (especially ALTAFAN), but now I have no respect for the Alta team. I personally saw multiple punches thrown. Alta walked away with this game in the end, but Davis (in the so called weakest region) almost upset the "best" team in the state. The only thing that impressed me about Alta was their receivers being able to get past the secondary in the second half. I'm way proud of the Davis boys, Carling, Cowser, Kariya, Burton, Welk, Fowler and Hinds all had amazing seasons. The Darts come to play, awesome job guys! Alta better be ready for Syracuse, they are out for you. Even if Alta gets by Syracuse, I think Bingham will own you.

The 5A championships are shaping up to match up some great schools. Alta survived playing a poor first half, but played a flawless second half. All Davis had to do was sustain a drive, which might have prevented Alta from having enough time to score. At the very least, had they been able to put up a field goal, Alta likely would not have been able to overcome 3 scores.

Could've, should've, would've....

Alta was out of sync, but great Davis lines caused a lot of the problems. There are good young men on both sides. It was an entertaining game. In the end Alta was the better team on Friday, but the Davis players demonstrated the talent and passion to win. Winning despite the number of turnovers shows the strength of the Alta team. Four good teams will play next week and two the week following. High School Football is great! Those, from any team, who have the courage to get on the field and play are the winners. None of the smack really matters.

If Alta had a hard time with Davis's D They better bring there A game when they play Syracuse . I dont think there is a better D in Region 1 then Syracuse . I think Syracuse wins this one in a close game and Blickfieldt get 2 T.D's . Go Syracuse !!!!

You are not number one or you would have won. We played horrible for 2 1/2 quarters on Offense, and then we started playing our game midway through the third quarter. Everyone from Alta should thank our Defense today. We had some huge consistent playmakers for us on Defense. Week in and week out our Defense comes to play. Offense players always receive the glory because they are the ones putting the points up on the board. That is just how it works with the media. Our fantastic head coach calls our offense and that is whom media people interview after the game. If you play on defense, you have a very minimal chance of being talked about in the media other than these blogs. Our offense will click once again; please do not expect those turnovers to come back anytime soon. Our defense will silently keep dominating teams as they have done all year. Alta we play as team and that is all that matters to us ALTA FANS. True champions win against all odds. When adversities hit them in the face, they figure out a way to win.

Alta wins because of who we are, what we dream and how we have been raised. We never go into a game thinking we might loose. Yes, that is always a possibility, but we have the edge knowing we will compete to our best ability each and every game. We don�t quit!!! Winners never quit and quitters never win. Congratulations to all the teams that made the playoffs this year and congratulations to the four remaining teams left in each division. Well done teams.

Davis fans made a big fuss over how good their defense was all last week. After watching the game Friday you have every reason to brag. The defense did their homework. They looked like they studied how Alta plays and the virtually stopped the running game of the Hawks. For most of the game they also stopped the passing game and read where Olsen was going to throw the ball. Alta's defense was tough too, but gave up several critical long balls. Those who knock your defense on this page are wrong. They were the real deal.

Davis, in my book, hands down the best D. Aragon does a great job but I think he missed a major point of this game. for the first 3 quarters Ammon Olsen was getting hit every time he threw and a good portion rocked him, not just touched him. The Darts were able to pressure with just their front four, few to non blitzes!

Then they lost one of their rotating D-lineman and got tired - no more pressure. Couple that with Altas great D and the Dart offense not being able to move the ball at all in the 2nd half and it just gave Alta too many chances. If the Darts O moves the ball at all in the second half, that Dline is still in Olsen grill. They were for real. Alta versus Cuse is intriguing but I dont think they will be able to put the kind of pressure Olsen saw Last night. That is what forced all four picks, plus they 4 or 5 sacks. Cuse is better on O. Hamblin must make a few big plays for Cuse to keep pace.

nothing away from the teams Alta has played, they have their sights on the Miners and may have got ahead of themselves just a bit. But let there be no doubt, they will not look past Bingham, when the time comes! They will be more than ready to play and defend!

It's football! Your teams rating during the season doesn't mean a thing when it comes playoff time!!! Thats why college football is so week, because they don't have to play more than one game to win it all!

Alta deserved to lose that game, and that's an Alta fan saying that. To make that many mistakes on both offense and defense in the first half is unacceptable. Not to mention unrecoverable!

That's why your overrated statement is hollow! The worst performance of the year in a half and they still come back and win!!!

I think it's more of a wake up call!! Thanks Davis for a great game and a smack in the face!! The Jordan game should have already done that but aparently the kids thought it was just a rivalry game and nothing more.

Work harder and get things rolling or your going to lose to Syracuse!!!!

Some have professed that this years Alta Team is better than last years.......NO WAY!

There was a reason Olsen was second string before he broke his foot and his performance yesterday showed it.....Alta made a very young unpolished Davis look like an all-star team!

And as for Alta's defense the 3 linebackers from last year were better than the four they have now anyday!

Enough with all the comparisons......Alta had better fine tune and come to play aggressive football and execute your game plan with zero mistakes ....or your season is over.....

The go news is Bingham isn't as good as last year either......if Alta just plays like it can....its all over for Bingham....and Alta will be wearing rings AGAIN!