It will be the first of its kind in the state of Utah, but is common practice in neighboring states and in many others across the country — 8 man football.
The Utah High School Activities Association decided to add the classification to its lineup this year, and this weekend the first ever 8-player state championship game will be held as Gunnison Valley High School will face off against Monticello at Southern Utah University on Saturday.
"We finally got 6 classifications in football, but even then, 1A football there’s such a discrepancy," explained Jackson."The program is designed to help programs that have struggled in the past, to have some post season experience, to play some more football and give them opportunities that otherwise they wouldn’t have had."
Jackson noted that in small schools, players have to go both ways, while larger classifications have enough students that they have a specialty, either playing offense, defense or special teams. Those players in bigger schools are not on the field like in small communities. So the 8-man game allows teams to play with three less players, which takes a little bit of that stress off players.
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