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Juan Diego denies Summit Academy 2-point try in 2OT to return to state title game

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Ogden • Summit Academy lined up for the potential tying extra-point kick to force a third overtime, but the Bears called timeout first Saturday night.

They changed their mind during that brief break, bringing the offense back out to attempt to knock off the two-time defending state champions and punch their ticket to the Class 3A state championship game.

“That was just good coverage all the way around,” Juan Diego linebacker Austin Gillespie said about the final play. “It’s hard to explain what happened. There was so much going on. But we made a great defensive play, and that won it for us.