GAME OF THE WEEK preview: Bonneville at Madison

GAME OF THE WEEK

Bonneville astatine Madison High School, 7 p.m.

History: The 2 teams past played successful 2021, pinch Madison earning a 26-7 non-conference victory.

The non-conference opener should beryllium a bully trial for some teams arsenic each tries to find nan correct pieces and drawback immoderate momentum early earlier nan important convention play gets underway. The Bobcats and Bees arguably play successful nan state’s astir competitory 6A and 5A conferences, respectively, truthful immoderate triumph is simply a bully win.

Keys to nan game: Shane Stephenson takes complete arsenic caput coach for nan Bees and has installed caller violative and protect schemes. There’s been a backmost title successful campy truthful Eli Hamilton and Brock Faulkner whitethorn some spot immoderate snaps.

Madison has a halfway group of elder returners and will decidedly situation nan Bonneville defense pinch First-Team All-Conference moving backmost Barkley Beck and honorable mention backmost Hazen Torgerson returning down an knowledgeable line.

“We want to effort to found our homefield,” Madison coach Chandler Rhoads said of nan play opener. “We conscionable want to found and group a beingness tone.”