Skyridge's late surge ends Herriman's season 35-34 in the 6A semifinal

SALT LAKE CITY — Top-seeded Skyridge beat Herriman 35-34 in a 6A football semifinal on Thursday at Rice-Eccles Stadium, according to the UHSAA score board, which records Herriman 34 and Skyridge 35 for the 11 a.m. game 1.

Skyridge advances to the 6A championship game. The other semifinal, Corner Canyon against Mountain Ridge, was scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Thursday 1.

The Deseret News reported that Skyridge quarterback Jagger Fountaine, a junior, completed 20 of 34 passes for 367 yards and two touchdowns, and ran for two more scores, as the Falcons scored three touchdowns in the final 13 minutes 2. The newspaper reported that Herriman missed a go-ahead field goal in the second half 2.

"We needed some stops defensively, right? And getting a field goal stop and these guys coming through, I think that inspired some belief in the offense and these guys just being able to kind of execute down the stretch," Skyridge coach Justin Hemm said, according to the Deseret News 2.

Herriman coach Matt Rickards told the newspaper that his team had been underestimated. "I don't know if there was a lot of people outside of Herriman that really believed in this team to be able to get here," he said 2.

Herriman, the No. 4 seed, took a 10-2 record into the game, with a 1,108-yard rusher, after a 55-6 first-round win over Weber and a 36-22 quarterfinal win over Davis at home on Nov. 6 3. The semifinal loss ends the Mustangs' season.

Fountaine told the Deseret News the setting mattered to him. "I've always dreamed about this since I was a kid coming to watch games here at Rice-Eccles when Skyridge played, and now I get the opportunity to play," he said 2.