High school football historian George Felt does a great job of keeping tack of what's going on every week.

Here's his notes for this weekend's action (Utah Valley teams in bold):

Felt's Facts - Week 7

With the number of undefeated gridiron squads whittled to six, only Class 3A has two unbeaten teams: Juan Diego and Wasatch. If both get through the regular season unscathed and advance in the playoffs, they'd meet in the finals.

JD won its 20th straight game, tying for the 13th longest all-time winning streak. The Soaring Eagle, which last lost in the 2007 state tournament, visit Pocatello's Highland, ranked #7 in Idaho this week by MaxPreps.

Meanwhile, only Union, Westlake and Carbon (combined 2-15 record) stand in the way of Wasatch going undefeated into its final regular season game with Park City. The Wasps have already matched their best start since 1982 and look to win their first seven games for the first time since starting 10-0 in 1970. The past two weeks saw Wasatch post consecutive 50-point games for the first time in school history.

The other undefeateds by classification: Pleasant Grove (5A), Bountiful (4A), South Sevier (2A) and Rich (1A).

If PG defeats Jordan on Thursday, the Vikings will be 6-0 for the first time since 1973. PG has a 5-0 all-time record vs. Jordan; they last met in a 2006 quarterfinal which PG won at home 27-24. The Beetdiggers have scored at least seven touchdowns in half their games this year.

Playoff Berths:

Four weeks of regular-season games remain, but one team, Riverton, has already secured at least a tie for a playoff berth. However, the Silverwolves will have to wait a week to clinch a berth since they host Alta in a non-region game on Wednesday. The two last met in 2004; Alta has a 3-1 series lead.

Davis can also clinch at least a tie for a playoff spot with a win over Viewmont on Wednesday.

Winning Seasons:

Although Ogden suffered its first loss last week, if the Tigers defeat Provo on Thursday, they'll guarantee their first winning season since 1988 although they did break even in '97 and '98.

Olympus can clinch its first winning season in six years with a win at Highland on Wednesday.

First-time Meetings:

Murray at Hunter, Granger at Snake River (Blackfoot, Idaho) and three involving new schools: Stansbury at Woods Cross, Springville at Maple Mountain and Westlake at Timpview.

Been-a-While:

Cyprus and Skyline last met in 1988.... That was also the last time Ogden faced Provo. The Bulldogs lead the series 7-6.... '88 was also the last time Emery faced Manti.... Layton and Roy haven't clashed since 1996.... Millard has a 5-0 record vs. Parowan, but they haven't battled since 2000.... Mountain View won its only previous meeting with Lehi, 9-7, in 2001.... Kearns and Sky View meet for the fourth time but first since 2002.

This Week's Most-played Rivalries (at least 50 games), and there are quite a number:

Payson and Spanish Fork square off for the 89th time in the state's fifth most-played rivalry; Payson leads 43-41-4 in the series that stretches back to in 1917.

Southern Utah rivals Dixie and Cedar clash for the 80th time; Dixie has a 45-34 series lead.

Morgan and Park City meet for the 68th time. The Miners have taken three in a row but Morgan still leads the series, barely, 32-31-4.

Delta and North Sanpete face off for the 64th time; Delta dominates the series 52-9-2.

San Juan and Grand meet for the 63rd time; SJ leads the series 34-28.

Wasatch battles Union for the 56th time. Although they've split the last four, Wasatch leads 38-16-1.

Tooele leads its series with Grantsville 39-8-3 as these two meet for the 51st time.

Bonneville and Weber play for the 50th time since 1960; the Lakers have won six straight in the series and lead 35-14.

In Utah County:

American Fork and Lone Peak have battled every year since 1997 and they've each taken six games in the series.

Orem has won 11 of its 13 contests with Timpangos.

Three QBs:

Jordan's Alex Hart, Sky View's Kyler Carlsen and Mountain Crest's Alex Kuresa continue their assault on the record books. All have passed for more than 5,000 career yards.

Carlsen, a senior, has amassed 6,550 career yards of total offense, which currently places him fourth all-time. His 5,611 career passing yards ranks 12th all-time and he places eighth in career attempts (703) and 10th in completions (388). He's also currently tied for 10th in career touchdowns-responsible-for (74).

Hart, also a senior, leads the state this season in total offense with 2,699 yards, in passing with 2,385 yards and in TD passes with 25. (Ogden's Nik Allred is second in those categories with 2,366 total offense yards, 1,878 passing yards and 22 TD passes.)

Over his career so far, Hart has accumulated 6,490 yards of total offense, which ranks eighth all-time. Hart's 5,566 career passing yards places him 14th all-time and his 386 completions ranks ninth.

Kuresa, a junior, has 5,148 career total offense yards, yet to be included in the top rankings. However, with 5,039 career passing yards, he's just the 24th QB to throw for more than 5,000 yards. He's completed 346 passes, which ranks 18th all-time.

It's not likely Carlsen or Hart will catch career total offense leaders Ryan Zimmerman (9,947) or Riley Nelson (9,869), but Kuresa has a shot next season. However, by this weekend, Carlsen and Hart should have moved into third and fourth ahead of Jordan's Sean Taylor (6,625).

Also worth mentioning: Jordan's Braden Hammond has 1,761 career receiving yards, good for 11th all-time, and his 128 career receptions ranks fifth, but just 11 shy of claiming third.

Milestones

Highland is going for school win #350. Milford is playing its 550th game and Cottonwood its 400th contest. Rhett Jackson is coaching his 150th game at Gunnison and Timpview's Louis Wong is trying to get his 50th win.

From Last Week:

Spanish Fork scored 61 against Salem Hills and Milford put up 63 on Whitehorse - for both schools their second-most points ever. It was the Dons' highest score since beating Lehi 65-6 in 1935; SF has scored at least seven TDs in four of its five games this season. For Milford, it was the Tigers' biggest win since silencing Panguitch 66-0 in 1974. Milford's 44-point first quarter last week was the most points scored in a first quarter since 1926 when Carbon tallied 54 against South Emery. It also marked just the 10th time in Utah prep history that a team has scored as many as 44 points in a single-quarter.

Finally:

Brighton and Duchesne lead the state in shutouts with three each.

High school football historian George Felt does a great job of keeping tack of what's going on every week.

Here's his notes for this weekend's action (Utah Valley teams in bold):

Felt's Facts - Week 6

The 2009 regular season has reached its midpoint and this week some teams in Region 1 play their fifth region game, while two regions - 10 (ALA, Carbon, Park City, Union and Wasatch) and 12 (Delta, Emery, Juab, Manti, North Sanpete and Richfield) start region action. But Union has a bye and doesn't play its first region game until next Wednesday.

Region 3 is a little strange in that this week, Copper Hills and Riverton play their third region contest while Bingham plays its first.

Hot Starts:

South Sevier hasn't ever been 5-0 and hopes to extend its undefeated season when it hosts Parowan.

South Summit was last 5-0 in 2007, but if the Wildcats can defeat San Juan, SS has a chance to match its best-ever 6-0 start set 58 seasons ago in 1951. SJ has won the two previous meetings, both Class 2A finals, in 1998 and 2000.

Wasatch started the 2005 season with a 5-0 mark but hasn't been 6-0 since 1982.

Pleasant Grove can go 5-0 for the first time since 1985 with a win over American Fork.

Bountiful is off to its first 5-0 start since it advanced to the 1999 finals with a 12-0 record.

Rich hasn't been 4-0 since its championship 13-0 season of 2002.

Turnarounds:

Brighton's improvement from 2-9 to 4-1, Murray's from 0-10 to 2-3 and Provo's from 2-8 to 4-1 so far are notable, but the biggest turnaround currently belongs to Wasatch, which has improved from 2-9 last year to 5-0 this season.

Winning Streak:

Juan Diego can become just the 14th school to win 20 straight games with a win over Grantsville. Five 5-0 schools - Bountiful, Ogden, South Sevier, South Summit and Wasatch - tie for the second longest current winning streak.

Some Notable Performances:

In addition to Ogden's Nik Allred setting a state record for single-game total offense with a whopping 588 yards, the last couple of weeks saw another record broken. Jordan's Braden Hammond caught 20 passes against Alta on Sept. 11, clipping the old record set by Spanish Fork's Joel Higginson in 1996 by three receptions. Teammate Alex Hart connected on 37 passes in the same game, just one shy of tying the state record. Last Friday, Mountain View's James Emerson ran for 329 yards on 40 carries, the 13th most rushing yards ever and the 10th most-ever carries in a single game.

This Week's Most-Played Rivalries:

American Fork and Pleasant Grove clash for the 75th time; AF leads 47-25-2 but they've split the last four.

Logan and Sky View battle for the 48th time; they've met at least annually since 1964 and Logan leads the series 28-19.

Bountiful meets cross-town rival Viewmont for the 45th time. The Braves have won the last two, but they've split the last ten. Bountiful leads 25-19.

Juab and North Sanpete also meet for the 45th time; Juab leads the series 24-20.

First-time Meetings:

Wasatch at American Leadership, Westlake at Orem, Maple Mountain at Payson, Spanish Fork at Salem Hills and Highland at Stansbury.

Other Game Notes:

Only one game pairs winless teams: Taylorsville at Copper Hills.

West Jordan is 6-4 vs. Riverton but the Silverwolves have taken the last three.

Alta and Lone Peak have met just once before when the Hawks captured a 27-24 quarterfinal contest in '06.

Skyline has defeated Cottonwood 30 of the 34 times they've played including the last 16 straight. They last faced off in 2004.

Northridge has taken three of the last four vs. Davis, seven of the last nine and lead the series 10-6.

Delta and Manti last met in 1988; perhaps the Templars have avoided the Rabbits since Delta leads the series 15-1.

Springville and Uintah last battled in 1991. Uintah's sole win in the 16-game series came back in 1958.

Olympus and Tooele last faced off in 1996; the Titans have a 8-2 series lead.

Carbon and Park City haven't met since 1998; the Dinos lead the series 7-1.

Milestones:

Alta's Les Hamilton and Timpview's Louis Wong, the two winningest coaches at their current schools, have 49 wins at their schools. Wong will have to wait a week to get #50 since Timpview has a bye. Stansbury's Clint Christiansen is coaching his 100th career game including stints at South Sevier and Provo.

Top Single-game Performances:

With the regular season half over, here are some of the top performances as reported from various sources. Many season and career stats appear on MaxPreps.com and the Deseret News Web site and Wednesday's printed edition, among other places, so leaders in several categories are listed on those sites.

Either reporting is better or offenses are more prolific, but I'm finding a lot more high-yardage games this year. For example, over the previous 116 seasons, a player reached at least 500 yards of total offense just seven times. Already this season, that mark has been attained three times.

Previously, between 400 and 500 yards of total offense by a single gridder was reached 27 times, but it's been achieved 15 times in five weeks this year. Players totaled between 300 and 400 yards of offense 208 times before this year, but that's already been accomplished 30 times in 2009.

In addition, almost 20% - seven of the 38 games every played - that have seen over 400 yards of passing have come in the first half of this regular season.

Total Offense (500 yards min.)

588, Nik Allred, Ogden (9/18 vs. Logan) [state record]

552, Alex Hart, Jordan (8/21 vs. Northridge)

540, Nik Allred, Ogden (8/21 vs. Murray)

Net Rushing (250)

329, James Emerson, Mountain View (9/18 vs. Westlake)

302, Taylor Cox, Emery (9/11 vs. Carbon)

258, Adam Rice, Cedar (8/21 vs. American Fork)

257, Josh Adams, Salem Hills (8/21 vs. Orem)

Rushes (30)

40, James Emerson, Mountain View (9/18 vs. Westlake)

32, Sosake Ta'kai, Brighton (9/18 vs. Alta)

31, James Emerson, Mountain View (8/21 vs. Spanish Fork)

Passing Yards (400)

495, Alex Hart, Jordan (8/21 vs. Northridge)

469, Nik Allred, Ogden (8/21 vs. Murray)

459, Alex Hart, Jordan (8/28 vs. Layton)

444, Quin Wright, Copper Hills (9/18 vs. Riverton)

427, Nik Allred, Ogden (9/18 vs. Logan)

427, Alex Kuresa, Mountain Crest (9/4 vs. East)

403, John Ursua, Westlake (9/11 vs. Provo)

Passing Touchdowns (6)

7, Nik Allred, Ogden (9/18 vs. Logan)

6, Nik Allred, Ogden (9/11 vs. Ben Lomond)

6, Adam Boelter, West Jordan (9/11 vs. Copper Hills)

6, Payton Davis, Wasatch (9/18 vs. North Sanpete)

6, Alex Hart, Jordan (8/28 vs. Layton)

6, Alex Kuresa, Mountain Crest (9/4 vs. East)

6, Hayden Nielsen, Spanish Fork (9/11 vs. Box Elder)

Passing Completions (30)

37, Alex Hart, Jordan (9/11 vs. Alta)

32, Tyler Stevens, Logan (8/21 vs. Bear River)

31, Adam Boelter, West Jordan (9/18 vs. Pleasant Grove)

Passing Attempts (50)

54, Alex Hart, Jordan (9/11 vs. Alta)

54, Tyler Stevens, Logan (9/11 vs. Park City)

53, Tyler Stevens, Logan (8/21 vs. Bear River)

52, Kyler Carlsen, Sky View (8/28 vs. Cottonwood)

Receiving Yards (200)

259, Chandler Johnson, Copper Hills (9/18 vs. Riverton)

224, Malik Sawyer, Layton Christian (9/11 vs. White Pine (Nev.))

216, Cory Hunt, Jordan (8/21 vs. Northridge)

Receptions (14)

20, Braden Hammond, Jordan (9/11 vs. Alta) [state record]

15, C.J. O'Neal, West Jordan (9/11 vs. Copper Hills)

14, Chandler Johnson, Copper Hills (9/18 vs. Riverton)

14, C.J. O'Neal, West Jordan (9/18 vs. Pleasant Grove)

Touchdown Receptions (4)

4, Shawn Muniz, Ogden (9/18 vs. Logan)

Touchdowns Responsible For (8)

8, Nik Allred, Ogden (9/18 vs. Logan)

8, Adam Boelter, West Jordan (9/11 vs. Copper Hills)

Interceptions (3)

3, Taylor Russell, Syracuse (9/4 vs. Viewmont)

3, Dalton Smith, Dixie (9/5 vs. Uintah)

3, Maka Unufe, Provo (8/28 vs. Stansbury)

Interceptions Returned for Touchdown (2)

2, Dallin Dalton, Grand (9/4 vs. Carbon)

2, Darren Stapleton, Clearfield (8/21 vs. Taylorsville)

Field Goals (3)

3, Spencer Mohlman, Bountiful (8/21 vs. Lone Peak)

3, Keaton Scherer, Weber (9/4 vs. Davis)

Extra Points (8)

8, Vance "Moose" Bingham, Alta (8/21 vs. Cottonwood)

8, Scott Siudzinski, Ogden (9/11 vs. Ben Lomond)

8, Keenan Ward, Park City (9/18 vs. Manti)

Kicks Returned for Touchdowns (2)

2, Jared Fenton (kickoffs), Lone Peak (9/4 vs. Riverton)

Longest Plays (90 yards min. unless indicated)

Rushing

97, Adam Bunting, Layton (9/4 vs. Northridge)

96, Brady Loveless, Payson (9/4 vs. Westlake)

94, Levi Thompson, South Summit (8/21 vs. Altamont)

93, Mike Sharp, Dixie (9/11 vs. Hurricane)

Passing

93, Jeremy Lieber to Dustin Grigg, Viewmont (9/18 vs. Northridge)

92, Alex Hart to Cory Hunt, Jordan (8/21 vs. Northridge)

90, Matt Griner to Maka Unufe, Provo (8/21 vs. Cyprus)

Interception Returns

95, C.J. Ubani, Skyline (9/11 vs. Granger)

94, Preston Beatty, Hurricane (9/4 vs. Moapa Valley (Overton, Nev.))

Kickoff Returns (99)

99, Brandon Aldsfedt, Westlake (8/28 vs. Maple Mountain)

99, Braden Anderson, Bingham (9/18 vs. Cottonwood)

99, Nicholas Bott, Snow Canyon (9/4 vs. Las Vegas (Nev.))

99, Jared Fenton, Lone Peak (9/4 vs. Riverton)

99, Ben Jorgensen, Richfield (9/11 vs. South Sevier)

99, Merrick Reynolds, Desert Hills (8/28 vs. Salem Hills)

Punt Returns (80)

85, Marcus Monsen, American Leadership (9/4 vs. Richfield)

80, Maka Unufe, Provo (8/21 vs. Cyprus)

Field Goals (50)

52, Jaron Bentrude (Juan Diego 9/18 vs. Judge Memorial)

Season Leaders

Total Offense (2,000)

2,296 - Alex Hart, Jordan

2,080 - Nik Allred, Ogden

Touchdowns Scored (11)

12 - Tanner Hinds, Davis

12 - Shawn Muniz, Ogden

11 - Josh Adams, Salem Hills

11 - Dylan Chynoweth, Park City

11 - Mike Davis, Wasatch

11 - Alex Knowles, Mountain Crest

Touchdowns Responsible For (20)

28, Nik Allred, Ogden

23, Adam Boelter, West Jordan

22, Alex Hart, Jordan

Career Records of some current players:

Total Offense

6,114 - Kyler Carlsen, Sky View

6,087 - Alex Hart, Jordan

Rushing Yards

2,527 - Bradley Holmes, Rich

2,520 - Dylan Chynoweth, Park City

Rushing Touchdowns

36 - Bradley Holmes, Rich

30 - Dylan Chynoweth, Park City

Passing Yards

5,396 - Kyler Carlsen, Sky View

5,226 - Alex Hart, Jordan

4,682 - Alex Kuresa, Mountain Crest

Touchdown Passes

55 - Kyler Carlsen, Sky View

46 - Alex Hart, Jordan

Receiving Yards

1,627 - Braden Hammond, Jordan

Receptions

119 - Braden Hammond, Jordan

At the Payson-Springville game Friday night, I had plenty of opportunities to evaluate some of the ways penalties are enforced in the high school game since the two teams combined for 25 flags for 213 total yards.

A few of them are absolutely ridiculous, in my mind, and really need to be re-evaluated.

The first is one that I've had a problem with since I first saw it enforced when I started covering high school games: offensive pass interference.

In high school, it's a 15-yard walk-off against the offensive team and a loss of down. The NCAA rules, however, simply specify it as "Pass interference by Team A (the offensive team): 15 yards from the previous

spot."

So in high school, when kids are still learning the game and more prone to mistakes, the penalty is more severe? Are you kidding me? That makes that error more costly than punching an opponent!

The Utah High School Activities Association really needs to drop the loss of down addition. Making a high school team cover 15 extra yards is ample punishment for the error.

The second penalty I have a problem with is marking off offensive holding from the spot of the foul if it happens behind the line of scrimmage.

That particular rule can turn into a 15- or 20-yarder if an offensive lineman is trying to stop a speed rush to the outside and hooks the guy.

Again, why is this rule different in high school than it is in college? The college enforcement is 10 yards from the previous spot if it happens at or behind the line of scrimmage. Are defensive holding calls enforced from the spot of the foul? No.

This is another example of where high school rules need to be more structured along college lines since the more experienced college players are getting less penalized for making mistakes.

The final situation is one that I admit won't come up very often, but it stunned me in its bizarre result.

The situation was one of the teams had the ball at its own 3-yard line facing a second-and-8. A flag was thrown on the play for offensive holding, then two more flags were tossed out as a result of a post-whistle fracas between players from both teams.

The holding penalty was walked off first, which was half the distance to the goal and thus put the ball just beyond the 1-yard line.

It got strange when the two unsportsmanlike conduct calls were enforced. The referees walked the ball out to the 16-yard line to penalize the defense, then moved the ball half the distance to the goal again to penalize the offense.

Thus, the net result was that the team that committed two fouls on the play gained seven yards!

To me, it makes much more logical sense to make offsetting personal foul calls (i.e. ones in which players from both teams were at fault) automatically offset. That way neither side can benefit from what is essentially the fault of both teams.

I hope the UHSAA rules people take a look at these penalties at some point and brings them up to date. They don't need a major overhaul; just some minor tweaking to make them more appropriate to the infraction.

The Dons and Utes were scheduled to battle Friday night in a tussle of solid Region 8 football programs but that will have to wait for another month.

Reports from Vernal state that 80 percent of the Uintah football players have experienced flu-like symptoms in the past week.

The decision to move the game was made on Thursday night, meaning Spanish Fork players didn't make the 3-hour drive for nothing.

There is no doubt that this is the right move both to keep the infection from spreading and to allow the Utes to play at full strength.

The game will be made up on Oct. 15.