SALT LAKE CITY — The semifinals of the 2025 Utah high school football playoffs have arrived, bringing the state’s top teams under the lights at Rice-Eccles Stadium.

Thursday’s action featured both 5A semifinal matchups, followed by Provo and Ridgeline kicking off the 4A slate in game three of the day.

From intense battles to highlight-reel plays, the semifinals delivered a full day of competition and local standouts rising to the moment on the biggest stage of the season.

5A Semifinals

No. 4 Orem Tigers 34 vs. No. 1 West Panthers 7

After the first half, no one would have guessed that the East Panthers were the No. 1 team in the classification and favored over the Orem Tigers.

Orem could do no wrong in the first quarter. The run game was working, the pass game was working, and botche

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