High school football: Skyline pulls upset over Hurricane to advance to 4A state championsip game
Behind grit, determination and a lot of heart, No. 6 Skyline is back in the 4A state championship game for the first time since 2005 after it upset No. 2 Hurricane 24-21 in a tense and tightly contested semifinal battle Friday night at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City. “It’s amazing to get Skyline back to the championship. These boys are amazing. They’re resilient and really tough. Hat’s off to them for working as hard as they have to get to this point,” said Skyline head coach Brandon Matich. The teams went back and forth throughout the majority of the first half. Hurricane scored first with a 23-yard touchdown reception by wideout Titan Borchardt from quarterback Kannon Cowan just two minutes into the game. It took Skyline a little while to get the wheels turning as the Eagles didn’t score their first points of the game until late in the opening quarter, but once they did they found success, especially in the run game. With Skyline up by three after a touchdown with 5:13 remaining, Hurricane responded by moving the ball to midfield with less than two minutes to go. But on a fourth down and short, the Eagle defense
