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Timpview's Cooper Hanson chases down Maple Mountain's Kyren Jones in a prep football game Friday, Sept. 18, 2026, in Provo.

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Maple Mountain's Mosese Kolomalu runs the ball during a prep football game Friday, Sept. 18, 2026, in Provo.

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The Timpview homecoming game against Maple Mountain was delayed Friday, Sept. 18, 2026, due to lightning.

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Timpview students shield from the rain during a game against Maple Mountain Friday, Sept. 18, 2026, in Provo.

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First came the lightning. Then came the Thunderbirds. … A day later.

A lightning storm forced the postponement of a Region 7 matchup Friday night between Timpview and Maple Mountain midway through the second quarter with the teams knotted at 7.

When the game restarted at 4 p.m. Saturday in Provo, the Golden Eagles scored a touchdown, then Timpview reeled off seven unanswered touchdowns to storm its way to a 56-13 rout.

“The first two quarters were pretty close, and then we started to figure some things out,” Timpview coach Travis Uale said. “We started to find a groove on offense a little bit, so it was good to see the boys execute at a higher level than we have previously.”

The homecoming win came following a near 24-hour period that Uale said he hadn’t experienced in his coaching career. On Friday night, the game was delayed for 30 minutes in the first quarter, then, after the sides traded second quarter touchdowns, lightning prompted an additional estimated 30-minute delay.

After the rain picked up and the lightning got closer and more frequent, though, the decision was made to postpone.

Uale said it was difficult to ensure everyone was on track and in the right place at the right time. The officiating crew was unable to return until later in the day Saturday, and players with dates for homecoming had to sort out plans.

On the other hand, Uale felt the break served as an opportunity for his team to reset. Coming off a shutout loss to Lone Peak last week, he said he spoke to his team about the two ways the brain operates while competing: ego mode and task mode.

“One is, ‘Think about me,'” and the other is, ‘What’s my job? What do I got to do,'” Uale said.

After the tight start Friday, the coach reasserted the message on Saturday.

“Instead of thinking, ‘How would it look if we lost, or if I failed?’ Instead, trying to focus on more cycles of ‘Let me lock in. What’s my job? What’s my alignment? What’s the call? Do my job, and then boom, next play,'” he said. 

Uale said his team performed in task mode, particularly noting the offensive line’s effort. The line managed to open the run game and give the passing attack time to develop.

TJ Tuha finished with three touchdown rushes, including two runs in the final minutes of the first half. Matthew Manuma threw for three touchdowns, including a 71-yard pass to Dennis Tua’one Friday night and a pair of third quarter throws to Lolua Moungaloa and Steel Richards on Saturday.

Maple Mountain’s scores came on a Uhila Wolfgramm 32-yard touchdown on Friday night, and a 1-yard Isreal Vaenuku run in the second quarter on Saturday. Then Timpview pitched a second-half shutout.

“We don’t want missed tackles. We don’t want big explosive plays,” Uale said. “So we’re trying to limit everything that we can. And it was good to see the defense come out and really speak to the strength that the defense is to our team at this point.”

Maple Mountain (2-4) turns its attention to hosting Springville next Friday, while Timpview welcomes Orem.

This weekend will be a memorable one, though, for a game that took 24 hours to finish on homecoming weekend.

“I think everything worked out the way it should be,” Uale said. “Some of the guys at the end of the game were asking me, ‘What time is it? I got to go shower and get ready for the dance. So it was perfect timing.”