The stands at Deer Creek High School’s football stadium began to fill on Friday night with hours to go before kickoff between the Riverhawks and Wasatch High School. There was a peculiar tension in the air for the first-ever all Heber City showdown on the gridiron. Coaches denied any real anim osity between the two teams, yet players and students were talking some trash to their former classmates. With Deer Creek getting up-and-running this school year, students had the option to choose which school they wanted to attend. The experience of the Wasps proved too steep for the Riverhawks to overcome Friday. Two early Wasatch touchdowns far from took their air out of the building, but they did help fuel what would be a comfortable 40-9 victory for the Wasps. Wasatch moved to 1-3 and Deer Creek dropped to 0-4. Wasatch Head Coach Derik Bringhurst is hopeful the bragging rights win will help them turn around their season. “We’ve been looking forward to this for months and months and months,” Bringhurst said about Friday’s game. “The town, coaches and administration are excited for this. … Once you get that first win, it starts pointing in the right direction.” Riverhawks Head Coach DeShawn Perkins added, “The valley has never seen anything like this before. … Week after week, we’ve made improvements and progress, and that’s our goal. It doesn’t matter who the opponent is.” It is the first time Deer Creek and Wasatch have played each other in football. Deer Creek is in its inaugural school year. Credit: Christopher Reeves/For The Park Record The post Wasatch football team claims first victory of the season against Deer Creek appeared first on Park Record. ...read more read less