The Bingham Miners pulled of an impressive second half comeback beating the Alta Hawks 33-27 in the annual “Black and Blue Rivalry” game in front of more than 10,000 fans at Alta High School. With the playoffs just a two weeks away this game was pivotal in determining the seeding for each team as Alta worked to improve there position after going 2-2 in the district thus far and Bingham, the number one team in Utah, striving for an undefeated season coming into the game at 9-0 overall and 4-0 in the district.

MVP

Landon Measom

Bingham

SCHOLAR ATHLETES

Paul Geilman

Alta

Nathan Naylor

Bingham

HALL OF FAME

Douglas Berry

Alta

Dr. Rosen

Bingham

GAME SUMMARY

The Miners were led to victory by Great American Rivalry Series Most Valuable Player Landon Measom who had over 100 yards receiving and a touchdown, QB Kyle Gearig Jr. also had a great game throwing and rushing for over 100 yards . The game was truly a story of two halves with the Alta Hawks coming out in the first half with a chip on their shoulders ready to pull off the upset and taking a 27-10 lead into halftime after a timely turnover lead to a touchdown right before halftime. The second half went to Bingham however; the Miners came out ready to play in the second half reeling off 23 unanswered points leading them to the 33-27 victory and keeping the undefeated season alive.