High School Football Gets Its Super Bowl
The Ultimate Showdown:
High School Football Gets its Super Bowl as Corner Canyon’s Air Raid Collides with St. Frances’ Immovable Wall
By Utah Sports Ink Staff
📣 Quick Read — Overtime Nationals Championship
🏈 Matchup: Corner Canyon Chargers (12–1) vs. St. Frances Academy Panthers (8–1)
📅 Date & Time: December 10 — 7:00 p.m. ET (5:00 p.m. MST)
📍 Location: Under Armour Stadium, Baltimore — capacity ~1,400 spectators
🎬 Broadcast & Coverage: A joint presentation from Overtime (organizer) and Omaha Productions (event producer), airing nationally on ESPN2.
💰 Prize: Winner earns a $250,000 donation for its athletic program.
🔥 Stakes: First-ever attempt to crown a national high school football champion — pitting a top scoring offense vs. one of the best defenses.
🎟️ Ticket Info: Tickets started at $10 and is reported to be sold out.
BALTIMORE, MD — On Wednesday, December 10th, the landscape of high school football could change forever. At Under Armour Stadium in Baltimore, the inaugural Overtime Nationals High School Football Championship will pit two of the country's most dominant programs against each other in a true clash of titans: the offensive juggernaut that is the Corner Canyon Chargers from Utah, and the defensive fortress of the St. Frances Academy Panthers from Maryland.
For years, high school football’s lack of a definitive national championship has left a void—a vacuum of bragging rights only filled by polls and punditry. That changes now. This one-game, winner-take-all event, broadcast nationally on ESPN2, is the culmination of a historic year, promising a spectacle worthy of the professional ranks.
The Clash of Styles: An Unstoppable Force Meets an Immovable Object
The narrative is perfect, straight out of a Hollywood script: It's the highest-rated offense in the West versus the stingiest defense in the nation.
The Corner Canyon Chargers (12-1) arrive in Baltimore fresh off their third consecutive Utah 6A state championship, cementing their status as a regional dynasty. Coach Eric Kjar’s unit is an offensive machine, currently rated No. 3 nationally for firepower and averaging a staggering 48.2 points per game. The attack is masterfully piloted by Texas A&M commit and four-star QB Helaman Casuga, and relentlessly powered on the ground by senior tailback Weston Briggs, who ran for 170 yards and four touchdowns in the state final. Corner Canyon's ability to stretch the field both vertically and horizontally will test the resolve of any defense.
But the St. Frances Academy Panthers (8-1) are no ordinary defense. They are ranked No. 1 nationally in defense and have conceded a shocking total of just 67 points across their nine games this season. The Panthers' front seven is littered with future Division I talent, anchored by five-star edge rusher Zion Elee (Maryland commit) and five-star safety Jireh Edwards (Alabama commit). Coach Messay Hailemariam’s defense is built on speed, discipline, and sheer athletic superiority—a unit designed to suffocate explosive offenses like the Chargers.
This game is a referendum on high school football philosophy: Can Corner Canyon's surgical, high-volume scoring attack find cracks in the Panthers’ diamond-hard armor?
Game played at Under Armour The Stadium at The House (Cannon Design)
Playing for Legacy and a Quarter-Million Dollar Prize
The stakes go far beyond a trophy. The winner of the inaugural Overtime Nationals will receive a $250,000 donation to enhance their athletic program, adding a tangible, lasting legacy to the history made on the field.
For the Corner Canyon Chargers, this represents an opportunity not just to prove they are the best team in Utah, but the best team in America—a rare chance for a program outside the traditional national powerhouses to ascend to the top. For the St. Frances Academy Panthers, it is a chance to validate their consensus national ranking against an elite opponent known for their championship pedigree.
When the two teams take the field under the lights this Wednesday, they will not only be competing for a title, but for the right to be remembered as the first-ever National Champion in this groundbreaking high school era.