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Bountiful, Farmington continue unbeaten mark in region football

Oct 03, 2022 10:12AM ● By Josh McFadden

Bountiful’s Conner Clark (29) holds on to the ball as Box Elder’s Daxton Sumko (31) holds on to him. The Redhawks were able to slip the grip, winning 14-13 over the Bees. Photo by Roger V. Tuttle

October is just about here, which means the prep football season is winding down. Region races are heating up, but Bountiful and Farmington still haven’t tasted defeated in league play. 

Bountiful

Last week, the Redhawks made it 3-0 in Region 5 and 5-2 overall with a narrow 14-13 victory over Box Elder. All three region games for Bountiful have been low scoring and decided by nine points or fewer. 

In last week’s win, the Redhawks scored a touchdown in the first quarter and final quarter, holding Box Elder to a field goal in the second half in the process. Quarterback Owen Geilman opened the scoring with just under four minutes to play in the first quarter with a 32-yard run. After Box Elder scored 10 points in the second quarter to go up 10-7 at halftime, neither team scored in the third quarter. The Bees then extended their lead to 13-7 midway through the fourth quarter. 

But the Redhawks had enough in the tank to take the lead for good and clinch the win. 

Geilman hit Brigham Morrison 37 yards for a touchdown with 2:28 to play in the game. A successful point after by Ben Smith sealed the win, as the Redhawks held off the Bees on their final drive. Corbin Cottle rushed 12 times for 91 yards, while Geilman added 70 yards on nine carries. Geilman also had 93 yards passing on seven completions. Two of these passes went to Faletau Satuala for 44 yards. Satuala also had 10 tackles on defense. 

Bountiful plays at Viewmont this Friday. 

Farmington

In Region 1, Farmington remains undefeated – in league play and overall. The Phoenix are the only undefeated team in Class 6A and are one of eight remaining undefeated teams in the state. 

Farmington moved to 3-0 in region games last week with a convincing 45-15 triumph over Roy. Easton Wight hit Mitch Nielson for a 4-yard touchdown pass midway through the opening quarter. Roy answered to tie things up at 7-apiece.

But the floodgates opened in the second quarter with 28 Farmington points. 

Wight tossed three more touchdowns in the second quarter alone – all to Ben Stucki – and Boston Reinhold had a 1-yard touchdown plunge across the goal line. Up 35-7 at the break, Farmington essentially clinched the win by that point. On Roy’s first drive of the second half, Farmington’s Dayton Runyan scored off a 25-yard interception return for a TD to further extend the lead to 42-7. Roy had a touchdown and a two-point conversion late in the game, followed by a 25-yard field goal from Drew Romney for the Phoenix. 

Wight was 12 of 19 passing for 201 yards and four touchdowns. Running back Travis Hoopes led the team with 61 yards on eight carries. Ben Stucki and Dante Coats each had four catches and accounted for 95 yard and 94 yards, respectively. Parke Blaser was the team’s leading tackler with nine, while Jed Judkins and Luke Hansen each had sacks. 

The 7-0 Phoenix take on Davis on the road this Friday. 

Woods Cross

The Wildcats broke .500 in region play and overall with a 17-7 win over Bonneville last week. The 10-point victory moved Woods Cross to 2-1 in Region 5 and 4-3 in all games. 

Playing at home, the Wildcats played strong defense, limiting the Lakers to a single touchdown, which came in the second quarter. The Wildcats’ Jacob Howes opened the scoring with a 12-yard run at the 1:21 mark of the first quarter. After Bonneville’s touchdown tied things up, Woods Cross regained the lead for good when Cash Henderson had a 3-yard TD run. 

The second half featured just a Woods Cross field goal – a 35-yarder from Howes with under 11 to play in the game. But the three points was enough to preserve the hard-fought win. Neither team put up a lot of yardage on the evening. Bradley Bailey paced the Wildcats with 46 yards on seven carries. Howes had 41 yards on seven attempts, while Bailey also had 47 yards passing. Henderson had six tackles and a sack. Teammates Carter Freestone, Parker Burden and Jonah Suliafu each had interceptions. 

The Wildcats can stay within striking distance of first place in Region 5 when they travel to Box Elder this Friday. 

Viewmont

The Vikings won their first region game of the season last week over Northridge in a thriller. Now at 1-2 in Region 5 and 4-3 overall, Viewmont outlasted Northridge at home 39-36.

The second half was particularly wild. 

Viewmont was up 17-7 at the break. Then the two teams combined for 51 points over the final 12 minutes. Viewmont jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the second quarter after Luke Jacobs scored on a 7-yard run in the first quarter. He then connected with Scott Noel on a 37-yard touchdown pass early in the second quarter. Northridge responded with its first touchdown, but Britton Christensen hit a 26-yard field goal as time expired in the first half. This gave Viewmont a 17-7 lead. But it didn’t last long.

Northridge came out on fire in the third quarter, scoring three touchdowns in a four-minute span. In the fourth quarter, now down 28-17, Viewmont had its own offensive spurt. The Vikings ran off three straight touchdowns (including a two-point conversion after the first one) to go ahead 39-28. All three touchdowns came from Jacobs’ arm. The quarterback hit Mitch Jeppesen from 5 yards out and then connected with Kingston Mickens on TD passes of 25 and 15 yards. The final touchdown came with 5:15 left to play. Northridge did manage another touchdown and a two-point conversion, but Viewmont held on for the victory. 

Miles McGrath rushed 26 times for 161 yards, and Jacobs added 85 yards and a touchdown on 15 carries. Jacobs also had 298 yards passing and four touchdowns. Two Vikings had over 100 yards receiving. Mickens had five grabs for 133 yards, and Noel caught four passes for 102 yards. Ryan Lockhart had 10 tackles. 

Viewmont hosts Bountiful on Friday. 

Davis

In an up-and-down season, the Davis Darts are still in the thick of the Region 1 race. 

Davis was 2-1 in region play and 4-3 overall as this week began. The Darts took care of Fremont 30-17 last week at home, with the fourth quarter being the key difference. Davis outscored Fremont 13-0 in the final period. 

Kicker Gage Butler hit field goals of 29, 46 and 39 yards, with the last one coming at the 2:23 mark of the fourth quarter. Carter Knight’s 49-yard fumble return with 38 seconds to play, however, was the game-clincher. At that point, Fremont was down 23-17 and driving for the tying touchdown. Quarterback Jackson Stevens also threw two touchdown passes on the evening. He threw a 13-yarder to Tyson Elkins in the second quarter and a 12-yarder to Kaden Eggett in the third. 

Davis had just 40 yards rushing, but Stevens lit up the stat sheet with 337 yards passing on 30 completions. Eight Darts caught passes, with Elkins grabbing nine balls for 95 yards. Hunter Anderson had six catches for 93 yards, and Easton Baggett had seven catches for 69 yards. Cam Wilson had two sacks, while Nick Johnson had two interceptions on the night. 

Davis hosts first-place Farmington this week. λ