DHHS celebrates championship with trophy ceremony

Written by Andy Griffin
November 21, 2016
The Desert Hills Senior football players and coaches pose with the trophy, Desert Hills Football Trophy Celebration, St. George, Utah, Nov. 21, 2016, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News

ST. GEORGE – For the second time in the past four years, Desert Hills honored its football team after the Thunder gridders captured the 3AA state championship.

Fans, family members, coaches and well-wishers gathered at the school Monday evening to honor the team, which scored on the final play of the game to defeat Pine View 28-27 in the ultimate game at Rice-Eccles Stadium.

Desert Hills rallied from a 13-point fourth-quarter deficit to gain the victory, with senior quarterback Quinn Kiser connecting with junior wide receiver Gavin Young on a 1-yard pass with no time left on the game clock. Sophomore Logan Callister made the extra point to complete the rally.

Head coach Carl Franke spoke at the gathering Monday night and individual players were honored. St. George News photographer Robert Hoppie was there to capture this photo gallery:

  • Note – Franke and several of his players will be on St. George News’ 3AA Highlight Show Tuesday evening. Check back here at stgnews.com for that show.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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.

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