Orem standout Puka Nacua laughed that it was his mother’s fault that he didn’t set a record for touchdown receptions in a season.
Nacua, the younger brother of Utes receiver Samson Nacua, finished with four catches for 75 yards and a score in Orem’s 26-0 win over Mountain Crest in Friday’s Class 4A state title game. That touchdown tied Nacua with Brighton’s Simi Fehoko (2014) with 24 receiving touchdowns in a season. And Nacua’s 1,691 yards receiving this season rank second all-time behind Logan’s Richie Geertsen in 1989.
The record-tying score came in the fourth quarter when Legas fired to his right.