The final week of the high school football regular season has come, though some local teams have already finished their schedule. 

Region 5 teams wrapped up league play and await RPI rankings for state playoff seeding. Bountiful went through region action unscathed, winning the league with a perfect 5-0 record. The Redhawks now get some extra time off before jumping into the state tournament next week. 

Bountiful

Bountiful clinched the Region 5 title with a 24-16 win at home over Northridge last Friday. It was the second straight 5-0 region-winning season for the Redhawks.

Against Northridge, Bountiful built a 24-3 lead early in the fourth quarter before the Knights made things interesting. Northridge scored a pair of touchdowns in the final 6:50 to make the game closer. However, the second TD came on the game’s final play, leaving no time for an onsides kick and last-ditch effort to tie the game. 

After Northridge opened the scoring with a first-quarter field goal, Bountiful reeled off 24 unanswered points. Faletau Satuala had the game’s first touchdown when he caught a 25-yard pass from Owen Geilman with 4:41 to play in the first quarter. Geilman then had a four-yard TD run midway through the second quarter to make it 14-3. Bountiful increased its lead to 21-3 when Kenobi Doctolero scored on a two-yard touchdown, two minutes before halftime. 

Neither team scored in the third quarter, but the Redhawks made it a three-score game when Landon Zayas connected on a 30-yard field goal with just under 10 minutes left in the game. 

Doctolero led all rushers with 122 yards on 21 carries. Geilman had 14 carries for 78 yards and a touchdown and went eight of 13 passing, with 74 yards and a TD. The defense struggled defending the pass, but Rhett Smith tallied nine tackles on the evening. 

The 7-2 Redhawks will next play in the state tournament, which kicks off Friday, Oct. 21. 

Farmington

A huge game takes place this Thursday when the Phoenix play at Syracuse. Farmington currently is 4-1 in Region 1, a game behind the Titans. A win would give Farmington a share of the title with Syracuse. A Farmington loss means Syracuse wins the championship outright.

The Phoenix are also 8-1 overall thanks to a 42-28 victory over Fremont last week. The 14-point win was actually closer than the final score may indicate. The Phoenix were up 28-7 at halftime, and Fremont scored 21 of its 28 points in the final quarter. 

Easton Wight tossed four touchdown passes in the first half alone. In the first quarter, he hit Adam Stucki from 17 yards out, followed by a seven-yarder to Mitch Nielsen. Dayton Runyan had a pair of touchdown receptions from Wight in the second quarter, making TD grabs of four and 21 yards.

Wight continued his mastery in the fourth quarter after a scoreless third period. He had two more TD passes, hitting Travis Hoopes from 18 yards out and throwing a 12-yarder to Dominic Coats. The six touchdown passes were a season high for the junior. He now has 31 on the year, third-best in the state. In this game, he also had 377 passing yards and 35 yards on the ground. Hoopes had 14 carries for 71 yards, while Coats had eight catches for 86 yards. 

Davis 

The Darts will be big fans of Farmington this Thursday. 

As rough as the start of the season was for Davis (losing its first two games by shutout), it still has a chance to tie for the Region 1 championship. The Darts enter their final regular season game with Clearfield with a 4-1 record in league play. A win over the Falcons and a Farmington victory over Syracuse would result in a three-way tie for first place between the Darts, Phoenix and Titans. 

Last week, Davis used 26 points in the second quarter to power to a 47-21 win over Weber. Jackson Stevens was sharp, completing 24 of 35 passes for 327 yards and five touchdowns. He also had a rushing touchdown. Easton Baggett had 10 grabs for 161 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Tyson Elkins also had two touchdown receptions, and he tallied 88 yards on six grabs. 

Davis is now 6-3 on the season and has won three games in a row. 

Woods Cross and Viewmont

The Wildcats and Vikings met one another last Friday in a big Region 5 game, the final one for both squads. Woods Cross outlasted Viewmont 31-19 at home. 

Woods Cross led 17-0 after one quarter, as Bradley Bailey and Jacob Howes had TD runs of 40 and 70 yards, respectively. Howes then hit a 33-yard field goal. The second quarter was all Viewmont. The Vikings grabbed the lead by tallying 19 points in the period. Britton Christensen hit field goals of 22 and 34 yards, while both the offense and defense scored touchdowns. Miles McGrath had a 79-yard touchdown scamper with 11:48 left in the quarter. Halfway through the quarter, Viewmont scored on an 18-yard fumble return for a TD. 

Up 19-17 at the break, the Vikings were unable to get back on the scoreboard. 

Bailey added a four-yard run in the third quarter for the Wildcats to give his team a 24-19 advantage. Then, Kelvan Malepeai sealed the game with a 3-yard TD run with 5:12 to play. 

Woods Cross finished region play in second place with a 4-1 mark. Viewmont went 1-4. The 6-3 Wildcats host Spanish Fork in a non-region game to cap the regular season. The 4-5 Vikings await the start of the state tournament. λ