Desert Hills 48, Tooele 14

ST. GEORGE — The Thunder defense scores as many points as a lot of teams do with their offenses. Thursday night, DH did it again, with two defensive touchdowns and a blowout of 3AA North team Tooele. Nephi Sewell scored on a pick-six and Hunter Staley scooped up a fumble and raced to the end zone as Desert Hills broke open a relatively close 28-14 game at the half with 20 unanswered in the second half.

The offense isn’t too bad either for DH. Nick Warmsley rushed for two TDs and connected with Braden Fuller on a passing TD and Bridger Cowdin rushed for a score as well in the rout.

“The kids played hard tonight,” DH coach Carl Franke said. “They played really disciplined football and really took a step in the right direction. The defense played great.”

The Thunder 7-1 overall and 3-1 in region, return to 3AA South action next Wednesday with a battle against Snow Canyon at Thunder Stadium.

Tooele, which started the season 5-0, has lost three in a row.

Stats: DH 48, Tooele 14

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