As the Hurricane football team conducted a walk through in Provo, it was interrupted by an off-putting sight: The team bus was stuck in the parking lot.

After having the bus lodged in a ditch waiting for another vehicle capable of towing it out to arrive, Tiger coach Chris Homer couldn’t help but think arriving at Skyline High School an hour-and-a-half behind schedule was a bad omen for the 2011 season.

A 33-14 beating of the Eagles went a long way to nixing that idea.

The Tigers outmuscled Skyline in a convincing win that was headlined by a three-touchdown performance from running back Adam Thompson. The junior had only seven touches on the night — four carries and three receptions — but amassed 65 total yards, two receiving scores and one rushing touchdown.

“He’s got the kind of speed that makes you go, ‘Whoa!’” Homer said.

Skyline looked good on its first drive until the triple option ended in disaster with a fumble recovered by Hurricane on its own 28-yard line. Taylor Parker cut back a run and ripped off 48 yards on the Tigers’ second play from scrimmage. Seven plays later, Parker found Thompson for the opening score.

Skyline’s Maurice Mapps answered with a muscly 26-yard touchdown run to give the Eagles a 7-6 lead. But it was Thompson racing in for an eight-yard touchdown run later in the second quarter and Thompson wide open for Parker’s touchdown pass that gave the Tigers a 26-7 lead seconds before halftime.

“I think we won the pregame,” Thompson said. “I like to win the pregame and the halftime.”

When a team is able to win the preparation and adjustment battles, the score usually falls in its favor. That was the postgame focus for the Tigers. Both teams have work to do — Skyline had three turnovers, Hurricane’s offense sputtered in the second half — but the Tigers headed back to Washington County with an impressive check mark in the win column.

Justin Ingraham and Dylan Daugherty combined for 149 yards rushing for Skyline. But the Eagles were playing catch-up from the second quarter on.