Davis

Seniors Rayleigh Starnes, Lauryn Hall and Sydney Marrelli along with sophomores Serena Roth and Jewel Korth return for the Davis High softball team looking to improve on a 14-10 finish last year where they lost in the 6A state tournament to eventual state champion Bingham.

Head coach Todd Street, in his fifth year with the Darts, also mentioned the addition of freshman pitcher Cambell Christiansen to his team this season.

“We just want to take it one game at a time and get a little better each day,” said Street. “We’re looking forward to a great year! We have gotten better the last three seasons, and our goal is to be better this year than last.”

Also on the DHS squad this season are senior Jada Chilton; juniors Hattie Corry, Tempe Haslam, Hadlee Isaacs, Katie Klaumann, Libby Miller and Sophia Slouf; sophomores Koryn Mafi, Chloe Peery and Adelyn Turpin; and freshmen Presley Bangerter, Avery Cosentino, Hannah Garlock, Rosalie Hartley,Alivia King and Nora Morrow.

Street is being assisted this year by Rainy Dold and Bobby Sunderland.

Davis began the season with a 9-7 win against Bountiful March 6. The Darts came back from being down 4-0 in the second inning and then 7-6 in the eighth inning as Hall hit a three-run walkoff home run on a full count to end the game.

Also part of the offense for Davis was Klauman with two RBIs and one each from Starnes, Roth, Peery and Korth. Roth was the winning pitcher, striking out eight Redhawks batters.

At the March Warm-Up Elite tournament in St. George March 8-9, the Darts beat Grantsville 3-1, Cyprus 12-2 and Canyon View 19-9 while losing to Maple Mountain 7-5.

“It was a great weekend of softball, building team chemistry and seeing what we do well and finding areas to improve,” Street said. 

Davis is also scheduled to play Roy, Northridge, Herriman, Pleasant Grove, Kearns before Region 1 home-and-away games with Farmington, Syracuse, Fremont, Layton and Weber.

“We have a great group of girls ready to make some noise and hope to have a chance at a region title,” Street said.

Farmington

The Farmington High softball team was fifth at the 6A state tournament under first-year head coach Haleigh Mortensen and are back to “overachieve.”

“I think we did that last year and so our goal moving forward is to get back to the state tournament and compete,” Mortensen said. 

The Phoenix squad will again be led this season by returning players seniors Lexi Crowley, Maddie Kelker, Nev Carrasquel with junior Lola Ogzewalla and sophomores Ruby Andrus, Kiley Gazafy, Ella Neilson and Morgan Rogers also expected to contribute heavily on the field.

In the offseason, the FHS team has been mainly working on the offensive side. “Our focus has been largely on hitting,” Mortensen said. “We are big believers in hitting to win and believe that it was one of the major reasons that we did so well as a team last year. Team hitting and timely hitting!”

Also playing for Farmington this season will be seniors Hannah Barton and Ryann Bennion; juniors Natalie Marriott and Brooklyn Wright; sophomores Ruby Andrus, Camilla Davis, Claire Hansen and Megan Hoskins; and freshmen Maddie Giannini, Jacie Marie Nielson and Kambree Teuscher.

The Phoenix squad began the season at the Red Rock tournament March 8-9, losing to Desert Hills 4-1, Tooele 6-3 and Snow Canyon before beating Mountain Crest 14-7 and Westlake 5-2.

“We had a couple of first game jitters but by Day 2, we got it figured out,” said Mortensen. “Overall, it went really well. It was a great competitive weekend and we had a lot of fun playing teams we normally don’t get to.”

Farmington will also play Herriman, West, Granger, Taylorsville and Riverton along with Region 1 home-and-away matchups against Davis, Fremont, Weber, Syracuse and Layton

“We are super excited about this season,” Mortensen said. “We performed very well last year under some high pressure games and we are looking to keep the pressure on. Not only do we have great returners but we have great new players that are going to contribute a lot to the team. Overall our outlook is really positive.”