High school soccer: Maeser Prep blanks Rowland Hall in 2A final to clinch back-to-back state titles

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Maeser Prep won the 2A boys soccer state championship, defeating Rowland Hall 3-0. This victory marks Maeser Prep's second consecutive state title.

Key points

Maeser Prep won the 2A boys soccer state championship
Defeated Rowland Hall 3-0
Kale Garner scored a goal during the match
Championship held at Zions Bank Stadium
Maeser Prep clinched back-to-back state titles

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Maeser Prep's Kale Garner (18) celebrates with Nathan Bowler (11) after scoring during the second half of the 2A boys soccer state championship game against Rowland Hall at Zions Bank Stadium in Herriman, on Monday, May 11, 2026. | Rio Giancarlo, Deseret News

Amid Maeser Prep’s second-half goal celebration that effectively sealed its 2A championship, goal scorer Kale Garner jogged straight to teammate Noah Johnson — who’d delivered the perfect corner kick — clutched both sides of his head and yelled, “I love you man.”

For the seniors who’ve been mainstays for Maeser Prep’s dominant soccer program the past four years, it was a fitting link-up in the final high school game of their careers.

Garner’s goal was the exclamation point in top-seed Maeser Prep’s convincing 3-0 triumph over No. 3 Rowland Hall in the 2A state championship at Zions Bank Stadium on Monday afternoon.

“When we came in in seventh grade, the first week we became friends, started playing soccer together, and now here we are, state championship our senior year,” said Garner, who’s now anchored back-to-back state championship defenses.

In all six years they’ve played together, Garner has pushed up on a corner kick and headed in at least one goal from Johnson, which is exactly what he did in the 58th minute against Rowland Hall.

“It’s just so special for me and him to share that because it’s just monumental …. six years in a row, me and Noah just putting the dagger in,” said Garner.

Tyler Reedy opened the scoring for Maeser Prep in the 30th minute, and then the Lions doubled the lead five minutes into the second half on a goal from Johnson — who happily accepted a yellow card to celebrate by ripping his shirt off and waiving it above his head like a rally towel.

The scoring outburst help Maeser Prep cap a 20-0 season as it allowed just one playoff goal in four wins.