Hurricane at Desert Hills, St. George, Utah, Oct. 25, 2013 | Photo by Robert Hoppie, St. George News
ST. GEORGE — Dixie and Desert Hills both defended their home turfs Friday night, doing it with tough defense and hard hits. STGNews photographers Dave Amodt and Robert Hoppie were there to witness and capture the action. Here are the standings, playoff glance and some of their favorite shots:
Playoffs glance — 1st Round:
1st Round Byes — Dixie, Pine View, Juan Diego, Stansbury
3AA S 3rd seed Desert Hills hosts 3AA N 6th seed Uintah
3AA S 4th seed Snow Canyon hosts 3AA N 5th seed Tooele
3AA S 5th seed Cedar plays at 3AA N 4th seed Park City
3AA S 6th seed Hurricane plays at 3AA N 3rd seed Bear River
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Jeremiah Ieremia (5) is tackled by Brock Doman (77), Hurricane at Desert Hills, St. George, Utah, Oct. 25, 2013 | Photo by Robert Hoppie, St. George News
Nick Warmsley, Hurricane at Desert Hills, St. George, Utah, Oct. 25, 2013 | Photo by Robert Hoppie, St. George News
Braden Reber, Hurricane at Desert Hills, St. George, Utah, Oct. 25, 2013 | Photo by Robert Hoppie, St. George News
Landen Broadhead (7) and Cody Lebaron (3), Hurricane at Desert Hills, St. George, Utah, Oct. 25, 2013 | Photo by Robert Hoppie, St. George News
DH defenders Gabe Sewell (5), Sil Bundy (15) and Jacob Gabriel (21) try to block a kick by Hurricane's Ethan Stratton, Hurricane at Desert Hills, St. George, Utah, Oct. 25, 2013 | Photo by Robert Hoppie, St. George News
Traycen Shamo, Hurricane at Desert Hills, St. George, Utah, Oct. 25, 2013 | Photo by Robert Hoppie, St. George News
Hurricane at Desert Hills, St. George, Utah, Oct. 25, 2013 | Photo by Robert Hoppie, St. George News
Gabe Sewell fights for yardage while Quenten Hatch (52) blocks, Hurricane at Desert Hills, St. George, Utah, Oct. 25, 2013 | Photo by Robert Hoppie, St. George News
Jaden Harrison dives on a loose ball, Snow Canyon at Dixie, St. George, Utah, Oct. 25, 2013 | Photo by Dave Amodt, St. George News
Drew Batchelor, Snow Canyon at Dixie, St. George, Utah, Oct. 25, 2013 | Photo by Dave Amodt, St. George News
Dixie kicker Miles Barker, Snow Canyon at Dixie, St. George, Utah, Oct. 25, 2013 | Photo by Dave Amodt, St. George News
Drew Batchelor (2) and Clint Gates (33) make acquaintances, Snow Canyon at Dixie, St. George, Utah, Oct. 25, 2013 | Photo by Dave Amodt, St. George News
Conner Parry fights for yards while Stetson Jones (15) hangs on, Snow Canyon at Dixie, St. George, Utah, Oct. 25, 2013 | Photo by Dave Amodt, St. George News
Ammon Takau (14) passes while Nate Gottfredson (12) tries to defelect it at the line, Snow Canyon at Dixie, St. George, Utah, Oct. 25, 2013 | Photo by Dave Amodt, St. George News
Joe Takau (32) runs it with Gavin Graff (52) looking to throw a block on Caleb Heward (21), Snow Canyon at Dixie, St. George, Utah, Oct. 25, 2013 | Photo by Dave Amodt, St. George News
Conner Parry (14) delivers a hit to Jaden Harrison (6), Snow Canyon at Dixie, St. George, Utah, Oct. 25, 2013 | Photo by Dave Amodt, St. George News
Dixie defensive coordinator Wayne Alofipo, Snow Canyon at Dixie, St. George, Utah, Oct. 25, 2013 | Photo by Dave Amodt, St. George News
Konner Aitken (25) and Brady Sargent (44), Snow Canyon at Dixie, St. George, Utah, Oct. 25, 2013 | Photo by Dave Amodt, St. George News
Snow Canyon at Dixie, St. George, Utah, Oct. 25, 2013 | Photo by Dave Amodt, St. George News
Jeremiah Ieremia (5) and Nick Warmsley (9), Hurricane at Desert Hills, St. George, Utah, Oct. 25, 2013 | Photo by Robert Hoppie, St. George News
DH's Landen Broadhead (7), Hurricane at Desert Hills, St. George, Utah, Oct. 25, 2013 | Photo by Robert Hoppie, St. George News
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Andy Griffin has been in sports media since 1989 and has covered BYU, Utah State and the Utah Jazz as well as all sports in southern Utah. A journalism graduate of USU, Andy has carried on a dual career as both a sports writer and a sports broadcaster and has been heard around the country. He has also been published in USA Today, Sport magazine, The Sporting News, Fairways magazine, the Los Angeles Times and locally in the Deseret News, the Salt Lake Tribune and the Spectrum. Andy was “The Voice of Region 9 sports,” for many years. He also hosted a daily sports talk show for three years called AG in the a.m.
Andy has been married to his college sweetheart Shelly for 28 years and has five children ages 13 to 25.