Highland is 7-2 through 9 games of the 2026 season, scoring 39.3 points a game and allowing 17.7. The Ledger Rating of +11.4 places them 37th among all 106 Utah 11-man programs and 9th in 4A. That number is opponent-adjusted and blowout-capped, so beating a good team by a little counts for more than beating a bad one by a lot. Their schedule so far rates -14.3 in difficulty. Projected to finish 7-2.

2026 schedule and results

Date		Opponent	Result	Opp rating
Aug 14	at	Westlake	L 21–42	+19.1
Aug 21	at	Hunter	W 36–14	-11.2
Aug 28	vs	Viewmont	W 45–30	+0.4
Sep 4	vs	Cottonwood	W 55–0	-61.4
Sep 11	at	East	W 35–0	-21.2
Sep 25	vs	Murray	W 34–29	+1.5
Oct 2	at	Juan Diego Catholic	W 62–0	-44.5
Oct 8	vs	Skyline	L 23–37	+14.3
Oct 14	at	Jordan	W 43–7	-25.5

Opponent rating is that team's Ledger Rating, so a loss to a strong team reads differently from a loss to a weak one.

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Highland roster

All 51 players we carry for Highland, best grade first. Click any name for his full card — production, recruiting, game log and film, right here on this page. Grade is out of 10 and combines production, recruiting recognition and the quality of the opponents faced. Every player on the roster is here, not only the ones a recruiting service has already found.

Player	Pos	Class	Ht/Wt	Grade
James Yeates #24	LB/RB	2027		5.54
Aiden Demarco #3	LB/RB	2028		4.56
Adriean King Boyd #8	-	2027		3.94
Henry Tuha #2	-	2027		3.72
Zamiri Vaughn #6	WR/CB	2027		2.99
Willem Miles #21	-	2027		2.64
Jacob Woodman #14	-	2028		2.40
Haami Sitake #87	-	2029		2.30
Andrew Greatorex #13	-	2027		2.28
Quincy Rowland #22	-	2029		2.22
Andrew Cracroft #10	WR/LB	2028		2.15
Evan Kearl #11	WR/S	2027		2.14
Nafe Pulini #55	-	2027		2.12
Otto Wolfgramm #33	RB/LB	2028		2.10
Will Bauman #16	QB/S	2027		2.02
Finn Airhart #19	-	2027		1.88
Noah Eni Mafua #27	-	2027		1.72
Viliamu Ripley #5	-	2029		1.30
Jackson Jardine #88	WR/S	2027		1.05
Cortland Angstman #50	OL/DL	2027		0.97
Ian Adamson #17	-	2029		0.94
Jacob Holbrook #40	-	2028		0.88
Colin Krull #29	-	2028		0.75
Jude Remke #15	-	2027		0.75
Manase Wolfgramm #12	CB/RB	2027		0.72
Donald Shaw #74	OL/DL	2027		0.51
John Ahoafi-Noa #63	OL/DL	2027		0.49
Ocean Soon #52	-	2028		0.40
Jaylen Brown #39	-	2028		0.14
Hugh Pearce #4	-	2027		0.11
Jason Fajardo #75	-	2028		0.05
Cannon Tupola #56	-	2029		—
Charie Bennett #86	-	2029		—
Darius Dickerson #76	-	2029		—
Eli King #79	-	2028		—
Frank Stites #26	-	2029		—
Gabe Hoffman #45	-	2027		—
Isimeeli Pulu #68	-	2028		—
Jack Cannon #34	-	2027		—
Jake Mann #25	-	2028		—
Liam Brown #7	-	2027		—
Marco D'Allessandro #23	-	2028		—
Porter Grabe #28	-	2028		—
Sam Grossman #59	-	2027		—
Sia Sitake #57	-	2030		—
Sisi Ahoafi-Noa #53	-	2029		—
Stillman Lear #9	-	2027		—
Wallace Denison #20	-	2028		—
Will Metcalfe #32	-	2028		—
Wynn Woodman #37	-	2027		—
Zeke Harris #18	-	2029		—

About the program

Head coach: Kautai Olevao, year 6 at Highland.

State championships: 5 — 2010, 1986, 1963, 1961, 1959.

Roster: 51 players, 24 seniors.

Line play

Offensive line — 76.7, 35th statewide

run blocking and measured sacks allowed

Defensive front — 81.6, 28th statewide

run defense and measured pass rush

Both are unit ratings, identical for every lineman on the roster, because sacks and rushing yards are things five men do together.

Recent seasons

Year	Record	Playoffs
2025	7-4	lost R1
2024	3-7
2023	3-7	lost R1

Rivalries

East
Highland leads 34–30 (64 meetings since 1957). Salt Lake City schools less than three miles apart who have played for over half a century. The full history ›

4A Region 10

Who else Highland plays in their region, ranked.

The rest of the season

The live rankings carry the week-by-week projection for Highland, the matchup breakdown for every game left, and the playoff picture — all of it updated the same night games finish.

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