The Prep Report

With seven 5A championships and a 118-16 record during the ‘90s, Skyline (Salt Lake City) was among the very elite prep football programs in the nation. But things changed slightly for coach Roger Dupaix (AFM’s West Coach of the Year in ’99) and Skyline in the first half of this decade. The Eagles still were no slouches, making at least the state semifinals each year, but endured what seemed like forever to them – five years – without another championship. The “slump” ended in unexpected fashion this year when Skyline emerged from a 5-5 regular season to score a 34-24 win over state-No. 1 Brighton in the state championship. Dupaix and Skyline were back on top. Order in the Beehive State was restored. Eight state titles in a decade and a half. Dupaix won five state championships in a row earlier in his tenure, from 1995-1999. Among the Skyline Eagles he coached was former