🏈🔥 2026 UTAH PREPS — PLAYOFFS WEEK 1 RECAP & WEEK 2 PREDICTIONS!THE ROAD TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS IS HEATING UP! 🏆The Utah high school football playoffs are underway, and the opening round delivered some incredible individual performances!This week on the Utah Preps Podcast, Moose Bingham breaks down the top performers from Week 1, recognizes our Offensive, Defensive, Special Teams, and Overall MVP candidates, and makes his predictions for Week 2 across all six classifications!From seven-touchdown performances to game-changing interceptions and explosive special teams plays, we've got plenty to talk about!🏆 MOOSE'S WEEK 2 PLAYOFF PREDICTIONS6A 🏈 Skyridge over American Fork 🏈 Davis over Herriman 🏈 Mountain Ridge over Lone Peak 🏈 Corner Canyon over Syracuse5A 🏈 West over Fremont 🏈 Bountiful over Springville 🏈 Orem over Pleasant Grove 🏈 Alta over Woods Cross4A 🏈 Ridgeline over Highland 🏈 Crimson Cliffs over Snow Canyon 🏈 Hurricane over Salem Hills 🏈 Provo over Skyline3A 🏈 Morgan over Richfield 🏈 Logan over Juab2A 🏈 San Juan over South Summit 🏈 Summit Academy over Delta1A 🏈 Duchesne over North Summit 🏈 Beaver over Kanab🎯 WEEK 1 QUARTERBACK STANDOUTS🔥 Easton Favero | Logan — 356 passing yards, 5 passing TD, 236 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD 🔥 Tanner Lewis | Orem — 410 yards, 7 TD 🔥 Calvin Cooper | Fremont — 6 TD 🔥 Kamden Lopati | West — 5 TD 🔥 Huddy Malmrose | Bountiful — 5 TD 🔥 Preston Wilkinson | BR — 5 TD 🔥 Cash Hollingshead | Salem Hills — 3 TD 🔥 Xavier Cocci | Alta — 3 TD 🔥 Owen Gilson | Morgan — 3 TD 🔥 Colton White | Richfield — 3 TD 🔥 Jaxon Hunt | Mountain Ridge — 3 TD🙌 WEEK 1 WIDE RECEIVER STANDOUTS🔥 Brooks Ross | Orem — 157 yards, 5 TD 🔥 Po Faumui | Orem — 142 yards, 2 TD 🔥 Wyatt Bennett | Fremont — 2 TD 🔥 Eli Braegger | BR — 2 TD 🔥 Ty Hess | BR — 2 TD 🔥 Kolt Abbott | WF — 2 TD 🔥 Judah Valle | Skyline — 2 TD 🔥 Corbin White | Bountiful — 2 TD 🔥 Omarian Sanders | Skyridge — 2 TD 🔥 Dax Rehrer | Skyridge — 1 TD 🔥 Ty Covington | Logan — 1 TD 🔥 Beckham Coon | Corner Canyon — 1 TD 🔥 Noah Whitmore | Crimson Cliffs — 1 TD 🔥 Mani Tuuao | West — 1 TD💨 WEEK 1 RUNNING BACK STANDOUTS🔥 Brigg Palmer | San Juan — 5 TD 🔥 Filisi Filipe | Herriman — 4 TD 🔥 Noah Fiefia | Ridgeline — 4 TD 🔥 Brigg Gardner | Duchesne — 4 TD 🔥 Romeo Anderson | Duchesne — 4 TD 🔥 Tyson Dunn | Mountain Ridge — 3 TD 🔥 Titan Borchardt | Hurricane — 3 TD 🔥 Davis Carter | Beaver — 3 TD 🔥 Corbin Robbins | Pleasant Grove — 2 TD 🔥 Mason Birch | Logan — 2 TD 🔥 Hudson Parry | Ridgeline — 2 TD 🔥 Lucas Pagel | Alta — 2 TD 🔥 Beckham Curtis | Orem — 1 TD 🔥 Judd Howells | Box Elder — 1 TD 🔥 Nito Fonua | Summit Academy — 1 TD💪 WEEK 1 DEFENSIVE LINE STANDOUTS🔥 Max Manley | Park City — 9 tackles, 3 sacks 🔥 Charlie Gates | Alta — 3 sacks 🔥 MJ Bateman | Orem — 2 sacks 🔥 Jag Ione | Orem — 2 sacks 🔥 Major Stokes | Orem — 2 sacks, 1 INT 🔥 Darren Jackson | Hurricane — 2 sacks 🔥 Mason Albrecht | Alta — 2 sacks 🔥 Andy Paiva | Skyline — 2 sacks 🔥 Ben Dorius | Davis — 2 sacks 🔥 Solo Panama | Crimson Cliffs — 2 sacks 🔥 Ty Tarbett | Crimson Cliffs — 2 sacks 🔥 Luke Meyer | X — 14 tackles🛡️ WEEK 1 LINEBACKER STANDOUTS🔥 Russ Ellison | Hurricane — 10 tackles, 2.5 sacks 🔥 Ashton Herbert | Herriman — 6 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 fumble recovery TD 🔥 Ryce Palepoi | Corner Canyon — 10 tackles 🔥 Peyton Palmer | SkyV — 12 tackles 🔥 Trenton Harris | Springville — 12 tackles 🔥 Kingston Stroshine | Lone Peak — 14 tackles, 1.5 sacks 🔥 Maddox Haskell | Salem Hills — 20 tackles🔒 WEEK 1 DEFENSIVE BACK STANDOUTS🔥 Tyler Ashby | Highland — 18 tackles, 1 INT, 1 TD 🔥 Alani Latu | Highland — 19 tackles 🔥 Will Tenny | Corner Canyon — 14 tackles, 1 forced fumble 🔥 Ty McBride | Salem Hills — 2 INT 🔥 Kyler Holverson | Herriman — 5 tackles, 2 INT 🔥 Davian Akwenye | Pleasant Grove — 1 INT return TD🎯 WEEK 1 SPECIAL TEAMS STANDOUTS⚡ Evan Dopp | Skyridge ⚡ Jace Pingree | Logan ⚡ Tyler Steinfeldt | Manti ⚡ Cameron Lemmon | Hurricane — 47-yard FG ⚡ Miles Ence | Hillcrest — 45-yard punt average, 146 receiving yards ⚡ David Walker | Riverton — 40.8-yard punt average ⚡ Max Yocham — 1 receiving TD, 1 kickoff return TD ⚡ Josh Pugsley | Box Elder — 1 kickoff return TD ⚡ Griffin Bachman | Highland — 1 INT, 1 kickoff return TD ⚡ Andrew Combe | WF — 1 kickoff return TD ⚡ Samuel Nadauld | Springville — 1 kickoff return TD🏆 WEEK 1 PLAYOFF MVP CANDIDATES⭐ OVERALL MVPVili Ripley — Highland 217 rushing yards | 5 rushing TD | 45 receiving yards | 2 receiving TD🔥 OFFENSIVE MVPJonah Maile — Skyline 266 yards | 5 TDBode Sparrow — Davis 167 yards | 4 TD | 2 conversions🛡️ DEFENSIVE MVPLawson Walker — Morgan 6 tackles | 2 INT | 1 fumble recovery | 1 blocked punt | 2 TDNusi Schaumkel — Lone Peak 2 tackles | 3 INT, including a pick-six⚡ SPECIAL TEAMS MVPLawrence Falatea — West 2 punt return TD👏 Congratulations to all our Week 1 playoff standouts!💬 JOIN THE CONVERSATION!Who had the BEST performance in the opening round?Which teams are going to advance in Week 2?Where do you see the biggest upset?👇 Let us know your predictions!🎙️ ABOUT 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