Top-seeded Skyridge will play No. 4 Herriman in the 6A state football semifinals Thursday, Nov. 12 at 11 a.m. at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City.

The Falcons earned the trip with a 28-21 quarterfinal win over No. 8 American Fork on Nov. 6. Herriman beat No. 5 Davis 36-22 the same night, as KSL Sports reported.

It sets up a matchup between two of 6A's top defenses and a Skyridge offense that spreads the ball around against a Herriman ground game built on running back Filisi Filipe.

How Skyridge got here

Skyridge quarterback Jagger Fountaine threw two touchdown passes and ran for an 11-yard score against American Fork, according to the Deseret News. Eli Mortensen scored twice, once rushing and once receiving.

The Falcons led 21-14 with just over three minutes left after a scoreless third quarter for both teams. Fountaine then found receiver Dax Rehrer on a 31-yard touchdown pass to put the game away.

Skyridge head coach Justin Hemm praised his defense after the win.

"The defense was great all night," Hemm said, according to the Deseret News. "Especially during the second half, we kind of buckled down and did some things that were huge, keeping us in it."

The win extended Skyridge's streak to 10 straight after an opening-game loss to Mountain Ridge. The Falcons went 4-0 in Region 3 play and entered the playoffs as the No. 1 seed with an RPI of 0.807, according to the Deseret News' final RPI rankings.

What Herriman brings

Herriman's offense runs through Filipe. Entering the quarterfinals, he had 1,542 rushing yards and 27 touchdowns on 168 carries at 9.2 yards per attempt, plus three touchdown catches for 30 total scores, according to a Deseret News quarterfinal preview published Nov. 3. He scored two more rushing touchdowns in the quarterfinal win over Davis.

The Mustangs do more than run. Quarterback Bryson Sweeney had thrown for 1,860 yards and 19 touchdowns entering the quarterfinals. Herriman averaged 38.3 points per game, third in 6A, and allowed 16.3, also third.

Defensively, Kemper Castro had 11 sacks entering the quarterfinals. Logan Gregory and Aden Perea each had four interceptions.

Herriman's two regular-season losses came against Lehi (22-20) and unbeaten Mountain Ridge (45-7).

Skyridge's keys

Entering the quarterfinals, Fountaine had thrown for 2,559 yards and 22 touchdowns with 11 interceptions. Four receivers had at least 314 yards, led by Omarian Sanders with 45 catches, 662 yards and seven touchdowns.

On defense, Sa Tanuvasa led the team with 78 tackles and three interceptions. Ethan Schriever had five interceptions and a defensive touchdown. Sua Ripley led with seven sacks.

Six of Skyridge's eight regular-season wins came by eight points or fewer. Hemm took the Falcons to the 6A title game in his first season and to the semifinals in 2025, where they lost 13-7 to Lone Peak.