(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Team captains for Water Canyon High School line up for the coin toss, before facing Grand County in Hildale on Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. From left are Dylan Horsley, Nick Timpson, Lester Barlow, and Johnny Timpson.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Down 0-40 at halftime of their first-ever football game, Water Canyon High School football players are applauded by fans in Hildale on Friday, Aug. 12, 2022.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Water Canyon High School football players suit up and hydrate in a biology classroom before their first game, against Grand County, in Hildale on Friday, Aug. 12, 2022.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Water Canyon High School football players at a pep rally on the day of the team’s first game, in Hildale on Friday, Aug. 12, 2022.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Water Canyon High School football fans stand for the National Anthem in Hildale on Friday, Aug. 12, 2022.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Players focus before Water Canyon High School’s first football game, in Hildale on Friday, Aug. 12, 2022.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Water Canyon High School football team at the start of a pep rally on the day of the team’s first game, in Hildale on Friday, Aug. 12, 2022.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Water Canyon High School’s Lester Barlow is introduced at a pep rally on the day of the team’s first football game, in Hildale on Friday, Aug. 12, 2022.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Water Canyon High School football team at a pep rally on the day of the team’s first game, in Hildale on Friday, Aug. 12, 2022.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Water Canyon High School football players at a pep rally on the day of the team’s first game, in Hildale on Friday, Aug. 12, 2022.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Water Canyon High School football team at a pep rally on the day of the team’s first game, in Hildale on Friday, Aug. 12, 2022.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Water Canyon High School football players suit up and hydrate in a biology classroom before their first game, against Grand County, in Hildale on Friday, Aug. 12, 2022.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Players focus before Water Canyon High School’s first football game, in Hildale on Friday, Aug. 12, 2022.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Water Canyon High School football players prepare to face Grand County in their school’s first football game, in Hildale on Friday, Aug. 12, 2022.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Water Canyon High School football players prepare to face Grand County in their school’s first football game, in Hildale on Friday, Aug. 12, 2022.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Water Canyon High School football players prepare to face Grand County in their school’s first football game, in Hildale on Friday, Aug. 12, 2022.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Water Canyon High School football fans stand for the National Anthem in Hildale on Friday, Aug. 12, 2022.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Team captains for Water Canyon High School line up for the coin toss, before facing Grand County in Hildale on Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. From left are Dylan Horsley, Nick Timpson, Lester Barlow, and Johnny Timpson.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Water Canyon High School’s first football game, against Grand, in Hildale on Friday, Aug. 12, 2022.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The first football game for Water Canyon High School takes place in Hildale on Friday, Aug. 12, 2022.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Water Canyon High School players look to the scoreboard after a Ground County touchdown, in Hildale on Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. From left are Collin Kelsch, Kyler Dockstader, and David Barlow.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Water Canyon High School’s Heber Horsley coaches David Barlow during the team’s first game, against Grand County, in Hildale on Friday, Aug. 12, 2022.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Water Canyon High School’s Collin Kelsch is brought down by a swarm of Grand County defenders in Hildale on Friday, Aug. 12, 2022.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Grand County and Water Canyon High School players line up in Water Canyon’s first football game, in Hildale on Friday, Aug. 12, 2022.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Down 0-40 at halftime of their first-ever football game, Water Canyon High School football players are applauded by fans in Hildale on Friday, Aug. 12, 2022.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Water Canyon High School football coach Heber Horsley motivates his team, down 0-40 at halftime of their first-ever football game, in Hildale on Friday, Aug. 12, 2022.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Despite their home team trailing 0-50 in their first-ever football game, Water Canyon High School fans stick around until the final buzzer, in Hildale on Friday, Aug. 12, 2022.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Despite their home team trailing 0-50 in their first-ever football game, Water Canyon High School fans stick around until the final buzzer, in Hildale on Friday, Aug. 12, 2022.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Despite their home team trailing 0-50 in their first-ever football game, Water Canyon High School fans stick around until the final buzzer, in Hildale on Friday, Aug. 12, 2022.
