W.A.M.M. We Are Maple Mountain High School: Maple Mountain Football "The kids never gave up, they just kept fighting and fighting."

Lehi (1-1) got off to an impressive fast start in Friday night's matchup, but KJ Hall and Maple Mountain (1-1) will tell you that how you finish the game is more important.

Hall led the Golden Eagles to a 43-40 wild overtime come-from-behind victory over the Pioneers.

Things looked bleak for Maple Mountain after a Folo Ulukivaiola 75-yard touchdown run put Lehi ahead 40-20 in the fourth quarter. Ulukivaiola ran for 202 yards and three touchdowns on the night.

But the night was far from over for the Golden Eagles.

After a 17-yard touchdown run by Cameron Carson brought Maple Mountain within 13, coach Brad Burtenshaw made the call to switch Hall to quarterback.

"We thought they'd probably be dropping back and so instead of trying to thread the needle, we put KJ right there and see if we can break a few," Burtenshaw said, "We started rolling after that. It was wishful thinking, but it worked out."

Hall, who had played running back and receiver for most of the game, checked in at quarterback with eight minutes left in the game.

"It was unbelievable," Burtenshaw said, "The kids never gave up, they just kept fighting and fighting.

After a fourth-down punt by Lehi pinned the Golden Eagles on the 6-yard line, Hall led the home team on a nine-play, 94-yard drive capped off when Hall hit Braxton Jacobson with a 15-yard pass to bring MM with in six with 1:30 left to play.

Maple Mountain senior Logan Kinross recovered the ensuing onside kick when it bounced off the chest of a Lehi player. Hall looked confident as he led his team back onto the field.

"I just had confidence in myself and my team," Hall said. "I trusted them. We're a family, that's all I can say."

Only moments later, Hall took a quarterback draw raced up the middle from 16 yards out to tie the game at 40.

However, Lehi wouldn't give up easily as they blocked the extra point to send the game to overtime.

In overtime, however, Maple Mountain held the Pioneers scoreless after a fourth-down pass feel incomplete.

Maple Mountain ran twice and threw an incompletion to set up junior kicker James Baird.

"I honestly thought I missed it," Baird said. "It was hooking to the right, but my lineman just had great blocks, had a great hold, a great snap, and it happened just like clockwork, just like how we practiced."

While the Golden Eagles were able mount the dramatic comeback, early on it looked like the visitors were on their way toward their second straight victory after they broke a 26-game losing streak in the season-opener.

Lehi wasted no time getting on the board as Keaton Eager returned an interception 26-yards for a touchdown on the first play of the game.

MM responded with an impressive drive set up by Nik Mafi's 50 yard kick return. Quarterback Trevor Topham went 3-for-3 on the drive that was capped off by Skyler Porcaro's 11-yard TD run on a quick dive up the middle

Lehi finally got an offensive possession and made quick work scoring on the fifth play of the drive when Folo Ulukivaiola took a quick pitch 68-yards for a TD, showing great break away speed.

Maple Mountain scored on the first play of the second half when Topham hit Braxton Jacobson with a 14-yard pass off a play-action roll out to even the score.

Lehi took control of the momentum of the game at this point scoring 19 unanswered points thanks to touchdown runs of 40 yards and 71 yards from Zane Munger and another touchdown run of 26 yards from Ulukivaiola.