Corner Canyon tops Copper Hills 2-1 in 6A soccer playoff opener

DRAPER — Corner Canyon beat Copper Hills 2-1 in the first round of the 6A girls soccer playoffs at Corner Canyon on Tuesday, Oct. 13, the Draper Herald reported 1.

Senior captain Layla Valadez scored one goal and assisted the other, and Clair Call scored Corner Canyon's second, the Herald reported. Alyson Tikalsky scored for Copper Hills 1. The Chargers entered the bracket as the No. 5 seed and the Grizzlies as No. 12 1.

The sports service that carries the state association's records lists the match as Copper Hills 1, Corner Canyon 2, and shows the Chargers' quarterfinal at American Fork scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 15 at 4 p.m. 2. American Fork beat Riverton 1-0 in its first-round match 1.

Corner Canyon allowed 12 goals in the regular season, an average of 0.7 per game, with goalkeepers Olivia Edwards and Elissa Curry combining for six shutouts. Copper Hills brought a 6A-best 70 goals into the match, 47 of them from Camila Palafox (26 goals, 15 assists) and Josephine Cannon (21 goals, 13 assists); neither scored, the Herald reported 1.

Valadez, a University of Utah commit, leads the Chargers with 10 goals this season 1. Corner Canyon finished the regular season 10-7 and reached the 6A quarterfinals last season before losing 2-0 to eventual champion Syracuse 1. Head coach Kelsey Haag said of Valadez in the Deseret News' Oct. 12 athlete-of-the-week feature, "When the goal is in sight, she will do whatever it takes to get there," the Herald reported 1.

Sources: 1 Draper Herald, "Corner Canyon tops Copper Hills 2-1 in 6A soccer playoff opener," Oct. 14, 2026 https://draperherald.com/articles/corner-canyon-tops-copper-hills-2-1-in-6a-soccer-playoff-opener-mv83z0kr 2 Deseret News high school sports service (Utah High School Activities Association records), Corner Canyon girls soccer scores and schedule https://sports.deseret.com/high-school/school/corner-canyon/girls-soccer/scores-schedule