Corner Canyon Takes Aim at St. Frances’ National Championship Hopes: Live Score Updates

The Chargers visit Baltimore to challenge the nation's No. 1 ranked high school football team

Corner Canyon travels to Baltimore for a nationally televised battle with top-ranked St. Frances. / Corner Canyon Football

Live from Baltimore's Under Armour Stadium, St. Frances (9-1) is putting its No. 1 ranking, in the High School Power 25 national rankings, on the line against Utah Class 6A state champion Corner Canyon (12-1).

Live Updates

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Pregame

- We're less than 15 minutes from kickoff. Both teams are going through final warmups.

- St. Frances is dressed in all back with gold numbers and trim, with black helmets. Corner Canyon is wearing all white with blue numbers and trim, with blue helmets.

- Tempers flared at the coin toss as the two teams were jawing at each other at midfield before the officials got them to retreat to their respective sidelines. Kickoff is moments away.

1st Quarter

- We're underway. Corner Canyon receives the opening kick and will start at its own 23.

- St. Frances' defense forces a quick three and out and the Chargers punt it away. SFA opens its first possession at its own 40.

- Corner Canyon DB Jaoquin Rodriguez comes up with a huge sack on third down and St. Frances has to punt as well.

- Deisel Dart fields the punt for the Chargers, for his first touch, and CC has it at its own 41.

- The St. France pass rush is coming in waves, forcing QB Helaman Casuga to get the ball out quickly.

- Corner Canyon lines up to go for it on fourth down, but cannot draw the Panthers offside. Now the Chargers will punt after a timeout. We have 7:42 to play in the opening quarter.

- TURNOVER ON DOWNS! Out of the timeout, Corner Canyon goes for it but it is stopped shy of midfield. St. Frances has the ball in Chargers territory.

- Despite the field position disadvantage, the Corner Canyon defense was up to the challenge. It forces another punt from the Panthers.

- Brandon Wills-Dickson creates a six-yard loss with a TFL.

- Casuga takes a deep shot on third down, but misses his mark; the Chargers kick.

- St. Frances' Jesse Legree fields the punt and comes up with a big return inside the red zone. The Panthers are threatening to get the first score.

- TOUCHDOWN! QB Jae'Oyn Williams rolls to his right and finds tight Destin Mitch for the score. St. Francis takes a 7-0 lead.

- Casuga delivers a strike to Mason Hamilton for Corner Canyon's first first down. He follows with a screen for another nice gain and the Chargers are at the St. Frances 39.

- FUMBLE RECOVERY! Scrambling for yardage on third down, Casuga loses the ball and Jariah Myles recovers for St. Frances. Alex Taylor forced the fumble.

- The Panthers strike quick with a long pass to Legree, but an ineligible man down field nullifies the play. We've reached the end of the first quarter.

2nd Quarter

- Mason Wood delivers a big third down sack, on a blitz, for Corner Canyon as the second quarter is underway.

- The Panthers kick it away and it is downed on the Corner Canyon 22. There is a timeout with 10:48 remaining in the second quarter.

- Casuga has some rare time to survey the field for a first down throw. Weston Briggs then exploits the SF blitz with a huge catch and run on the screen, taking the ball all the way down to the Panther 15 yard line.

- MISSED FIELD GOAL! Corner Canyon fails to get on the board as Josh Graham's 32-yard attempt sails wide right.

- Williams keeps it for a 10-yard first down run for for St. Frances. The Panthers are at their own 30.

- Jaylen Burke breaks it up the gut for 47 yards. The Panthers are at the 23.

- TOUCHDOWN! Two plays later, Burke cashes in from 9 yards out. The Panthers lead 14-0 at the 8:17 mark of the first half. The Panthers went 80 yards in four plays.

- Jesean Mayberry comes up with his second catch of the night and gains 20 to help Corner Canyon start the drive on a strong note.

- Corner Canyon's fourth down pass falls incomplete, but the Panthers' Jariah Myles is called for targeting and the Chargers are given new life. Casuga then finds Lucas Jackson with a first down throw to the SFA 22.

- TURNOVER ON DOWNS! This time St. Frances does get the ball back by thwarting the Chargers on the next series.

- SFA delivering a heavy dose of Burke as it is inside the Corner Canyon 15. We're at the two minute timeout.

- TOUCHDOWN! Williams drops one in the bucket to tight end Michael Nnabuife for another Panther score. It's 21-0 with 1:56 remaining in the half.

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Corner Canyon	0	0
St. Frances	7	14

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Preview

St. Frances only loss of the year came in Southern California in early September when it dropped a 21-14 decision to then No. 1 St. John Bosco. The Panthers dominated the interior for much of the contest but surrendered the lead late on a pair of long passes.

Corner Canyon avenged its only loss of 2025, a mid-September setback to Lone Peak by defeating their rivals, 35-20, in the state championship game.

The Panthers are led by 5-star edge Zion Elee, who recently signed with the University of Maryland, and defensive back Jireh Edwards, who play at Alabama next year. The Panthers have a slew of stars signed with Power 4 schools, including Ohio State, Texas A&M, Virginia, Virgina Tech and North Carolina, among others.

Corner Canyon is led by Texas A&M signee Helaman Casuga, a play-making quarterback eager to test the Panthers' secondary. He is protected by a USC signee, tackle Esun Tafa.