Chipping it in: Lone’s Peak’s Lamont provides dramatic game-winner versus Skyridge
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- Lone Peak poses for photos following its 1-0 double overtime win over Skyridge on Wednesday. April 15, 2026
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- Lone Peak’s Cohen Peters takes the ball away from Skyridge during Wednesday’s action. April 15, 2026
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- Lone Peak’s Jonas Lamont tries to get through a Skyridge player for the ball during Wednesday’s physical game. April 15, 2026
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- Lone Peak players celebrate their 1-0 win over Skyridge just following the winning goal. April 15, 2026
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- Lone Peak’s Jonas Lamont defends a Skyridge run during his team’s 1-0 win on Wednesday. April 15, 2026
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- Skyridge’s Brody Alleman works his way past Lone Peak’s defense during Wednesday’s game. April 15, 2026
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- Lone Peak’s Patrick Stevenson sends in a kick during his team’s 1-0 double overtime win over Skyridge. April 15, 2026
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- Lone Peak’s Blake Stuart helps defend against Skyridge during his team’s 1-0 win. April 15, 2026
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- Lone Peak’s Juan Castro works his way through Skyridge’s backline defense during Wednesday’s action. April 15, 2026
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- Lone Peak’s Patrick Stevenson was central in just about all the action during his team’s 1-0 double overtime win over Skyridge. April 15, 2026
Lone Peak’s Jonas Lamont insisted on taking the most critical kick during his team’s big matchup versus Skyridge, and all involved were more than happy to allow it.
The senior fullback lined up his PK, used quite a bit of deception and floated the ball into the back of the net for a hard-fought 1-0 overtime win.
The Knight’s bench rushed the field immediately after, and together with Lamont’s 10 teammates on the field moshed about in celebration of the big win over their key Region 3 foe.
“This was a big game for us,” Lamont said. “This was probably our biggest game so far this year, and now we know we have what it takes to beat every team in our region. So it feels great.”
As for his game-winning goal, Lamont’s plan, as mentioned, was to employ some crafty deception.
“I just figured their (goal)keeper wasn’t staying down the middle for this. There’s too many nerves and no keeper stays down the middle,” he explained. “So I just had the confidence to just chip it there in the middle, and it worked.”
Indeed Lamont feigned a hard strike to the left corner effectively, forcing Skyridge’s goalkeeper to lunge that way before easily chipping it in, as he described.
The process of electing the player attempting the PK was the ultimate democratic process, with Lamont immediately asserting himself as the option with his teammates readily agreeing to it.
“I tell these guys that I’m never going to pick the PK kicker. I want the guy who wants it to take it,” explained Lone Peak coach Kyle Hartman. “Make it or miss it, I don’t care. I just want player’s to step up with confidence and take charge. I’m not sure how many coaches do it that way, but it’s the way I’ve always done it. I want a player-led team where players take accountability, and I feel it’s working for this team.”
Hartman’s method certainly worked well in Wednesday’s win, as it were.
From Lamont’s perspective, there was no hesitation in taking the PK.
“I’ve practiced it so many times against Sam (Parker), who is a world-class keeper, so I was very confident. I wanted it and I knew I could get it in,” he said.
As for the gameplay itself, it was a classic defensive grind with neither team allowing many prime goal-scoring opportunities. Lone Peak did have the edge in that regard, however, and particularly so during the second overtime period, which eventually led to the Falcons committing a foul in the box and Lamont’s game-winning strike.
“This game was an important one because it showed that you have to fight through frustration with calls not going our way and a lot of other things,” Hartman said. “You can let those things break you or you can come together and be even stronger while focusing on only the things you can control. So I’m proud of how we regrouped, continued to fight and it worked out at the end. This is how it’s going to be in the state tournament, so this is great preparation for that.”
Lone Peak knows well how to make deep runs in the state tournament, and did as much last season before taking a tough semifinal loss to Bingham. That team was flush with 19 seniors, and although only four starters returned for this year’s team, Lone Peak is setting the pace with its current 10-1 record and perfect mark in region play.
“You only get three months to establish the chemistry necessary, but fortunately all these players put in the time in the offseason and they’ve all played together for a long time,” Hartman said. “So it’s a work in progress, but I’m seeing great chemistry on the field and we’re confident, and winning games like this today against a great team like Skyridge gives us more confidence. It’s grueling in this region, so we’ll definitely take this one and continue to work to improve for the state tournament.”
