No. 17 Corner Canyon wins second straight Utah 6A championship beating No. 49 Lone Peak

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Corner Canyon Utah 6A high school football champs

Posted By: Jeff Fisher November 21, 2024

Corner Canyon is now a back-to-back Utah state champ. Thursday, the Chargers, ranked No. 17 in the High School Football America 300 national rankings, powered by N FL Play Football, beat No. 49 Lone Peak 30-27 for the program’s second straight 6A championship.

CC trailed 21-7 before scoring 23 unanswered points at Rice-Eccles Stadium at the University of Utah.

Lone Peak is up 21-14 at halftime over Corner Canyon for the 6A state championship!@kepaniumeitolu has played a role in all Knight TDs in the first half.

This one to @Ikestaley43 was a beauty pic.twitter.com/QuQUN7WUQN
— David Graf (@mrdavidgraf) November 21, 2024

The come-from-behind win avenged the Chargers only defeat of the year on August 30 when they lost to Lone Peak 28-21. That loss came one week after the Chargers beat national power IMG Academy (Florida).

Corner Canyon has now played in seven straight state championship games, winning five of them.

The win was also the 100th in head coach Eric Kjar’s career at Corner Canyon.

Chargers HC @KjarEric has led CC to 7 straight championship game appearances. He'll be seeking Title #5 & win #100 as CC Head Coach on Thurs. @HSFBamerica @mjfrecruits @usatodayhss @SIAllAmerican @Zack_Poff_MP @MaxPreps @bcavi68 @247Sports @SCNext @kslsports @tribpreps @UHSAAinfo pic.twitter.com/HT2LmwF237
— CornerCanyonFootball (@CCHSFOOTBALL_) November 17, 2024

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Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.