Senior Beau Johnson ties the school record for assists

Nine assists. In nine games. 

To give an idea of how rare this is for a player to do, senior Beau Johnson has already tied a school record for assists – by Spring Break. 

Keep in mind that the season is only two-thirds of the way through. It is indeed some rarified air for Johnson to be breathing to have nine assists in a season. Only two other players are tied for the lead throughout all the schools that comprise the state of Utah. One has 13 at American Fork High and a player at Dixie has nine. 

Then there’s Johnson, Morgan’s 5-foot-5-inch senior midfielder. 

Johnson tied the record in one game. Entering Morgan’s game at Ben Lomond on March 28, Johnson had seven assists on the season. 

But, in minute 14, Johnson found senior Jett Beckstrom who rounded the goalkeeper, had his first shot parried away, and shot again with success to make the score 1-0 at Ben Lomond. Johnson would find Beckstrom again in minute 44 to make the score 2-0. 

Technically speaking, Johnson tied the school record in eight and a half games instead of nine. 

There is also a rumor that nine assists as a school record might be far from the truth, for the Trojans had some great players in the 1990s. 

One reportedly bagged 30 goals in one season, according to Morgan head coach Seth Wallace. 

“It was Wayne Bohman, 1991,” he recounted to City Journals.

Johnson is having a heck of a season for Morgan. His nine assists tied Cam Burt’s mark set last year. 

What’s more, Johnson has had 2-assist games three times this season. 

Keep an eye out for Beckstrom; the senior may not be within striking distance of the all-time mark reportedly set by Bohman back when En Vogue was in vogue. 

The Morgan senior is certainly within reach of the modern-day school record for goals; he has 13 in nine games and is actually tied for the most goals this year throughout the state’s six classifications. 

At the time of going to print, Beckstrom was one off the mark of 14 set by the modern-day second-place holder, Inigo Polo Lopez in 2018. 

The ultimate mark is potentially Beckstrom’s as well; Isaac Lowder bagged 16 goals in 2021. 

“The talent we’ve had over the last seven years is unmatched in school history,” said Coach Wallace. λ