DAYTON - West Side blasted Bear Lake with a barrage of scores in the first half on its way to a 44-0 home win over its 3A opponent Friday.

The Pirates scored five of their six touchdowns in the first half and led 36-0 at intermission. West Side did most of its damage on the gorund, rushing for 224 yards and four scores. Mitch Bowles led the team with 71 yards, while Justin Daley had a team-high two rushing touchdowns.

"We wanted our kids to keep playing hard, and I think we did that, especially defensively. They really kept playing pretty tough," West Side head coach Tyler Moser told the (Logan, Utah) Herald Journal. "We talked to our kids at the half about (not) letting up. When you let up, you get injured. … We told our kids not to let up and to keep playing hard."

West Side quarterback Dallas Turnbow kept the Bear Lake defense honest by throwing two touchdown passes to Tyler White.

Bear Lake committed five turnovers and had just three first downs, compared to West Side's 21. The Bears fell to 1-4.

"We were able to establish the line of scrimmage and move the ball," Moser said. "Bear Lake's struggling. They've got a lot of injuries this year. … Hats off them for still playing tough and still putting kids on the field that were aggressive and wanted to play."

The Pirates improved to 4-2.