Deseret First Duel Champions!

Jeremy Schanderl
SJHS Staff Writer

We have new Deseret Duel Champions! But there are still rivalries to be settled so just because the duel is over the games still rumble on with 12 games against the two rivals left. The duel rivalry of Brigham Young University and University of Utah has been rated fourth best in the country by The Wall Street Journal. The trophy is able to switch owners every year. But this year Utah has claim over the Deseret duel trophy.

The Deseret First Duel is to see which school exceeded the other in sports that year. With 12 different sports played each worth points so it represents the overall performance in the schools athletics and sports. University of Utah has already scored the majority of the 65.5 points possible, with the current score Utah 34 and BYU 13. So officially, Utah is this year's duel champions.

University of Utah gained an early lead with the win against BYU in football on November 22 2008 at Rice-Eccles Stadium, earning them 10 points. Then they had a good winning streak from then on and the Deseret First Duel trophy was awarded at the BYU Utah Women’s basketball game. That win gave the University of Utah the majority of the points to win the duel.