Farmington

Farmington’s Nathaniel Bullard, playing at No. 3 singles, reached the finals in the 6A state tournament May 20 at Liberty Park before falling to Corner Canyon’s Cole Jenkins 6-0, 6-5. His finish helped the Phoenix to a third-place tie with Skyridge as a team.

Bullard’s run to the finals consisted of beating West’s Saathvik Pai 6-0, 6-1 in the round of 16, Skyridge’s Kevin Heath 6-0, 6-0 in the quarterfinals and Derek Larson 6-4, 6-1 in the semifinals.

“Nate pulled through a tough match in the semifinals and he almost pushed his match with Cole Jenkins, who is a senior, to a third set, but fell just short,” said FHS coach Maren Sanders. “Nate is a crafty player who never backs down from a fight.”

Three other lineup spots reached the semis while the No. 2 doubles pairing of Bronson Bowcut/Blake Geddes made it to the quarterfinal round.

Charles Frey, at No. 1 singles, beat Layton’s Bade Record 6-1, 6-0 in the round of 16 and Taylorsville’s Kian Noori 6-0, 6-2 in the quarters before losing to American Fork’s Caden Hasler 6-3, 6-3 in the semifinals.

At No. 2 singles, Justin Steed defeated Mountain Ridge’s Luke Dalton 6-0, 6-0 in the round of 16 and Davis’ Will Parkinson 6-2, 6-1in the quarterfinals and then lost to Bingham’s Kingsley Hoang 6-2, 6-7 (6), 7-5 in the semis.

Landon Packer/Spencer Ostermiller, playing at No. 1 doubles, beat Westlake’s James Holden/Derek White 6-1, 6-3 in the round of 16 and Layton’s Bridger Hunt/Kayden Smith 6-4, 6-7 (7), 6-4 in the quarters before a loss to Corner Canyon’s Jaxson Roberts/Beau Welker 6-2, 6-1 in the semifinals.

Bowcut/Geddes defeated Pleasant Grove’s Brandon Madsen/Ethan Gabbard 6-0, 7-5 and then lost to Skyridge’s Cade Sperry/Andrew Allen 6-4, 6-3 in the quarterfinals.

“Although finishing third is a huge accomplishment, it does hurt a little bit knowing how close we were to taking second,” said Sanders. “Our team is young and we’ll be ready to battle it out next year. A lot of those teams are losing a few seniors and our team is only losing one. I’m looking forward to next season as six out of our seven varsity players are returning.”

Davis

At the 6A state tournament, four of Davis’ lineup spots reached the quarterfinal rounds and helped the Darts to a sixth-place finish as a team.

Will Parkinson, playing at No. 2 singles, defeated Weber’s Dawson Toliver 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5) in the round of 16 before losing to Farmington’s Justin Steed 6-2, 6-1 in the quarters.

At No. 3 singles, Everett Halverson beat Fremont’s Brayden Clark 6-3, 6-1 in the round of 16 and then lost American Fork’s Derek Larson 6-1, 6-4 in the quarterfinals.

Brox Turley/Scott Finlinson, at No. 1 doubles, beat Pleasant Grove’s Luke Smith/Tanner Adams 6-3, 6-4 and then fell to eventual champions Elijah Cluff/Max Ericksen 6-3, 6-1, of Skyridge, in the quarters.

At No. 2 doubles, Cole Durham/Jacob Williams beat Westlake’s Brad Stapleton/Seth Stapleton 6-4, 6-2 in the round of 16 before losing to Lone Peak’s Luke Miller/Dylan Fenton 6-3, 6-4 in the quarterfinals.

No. 1 singles player Kaden Wright lost to Pleasant Grove’s Brigham Haynie in the 6A state qualifiers at Corner Canyon High School May 13.

“Our team did very well this year, especially considering more than half of our team was playing varsity for the first time,” said assistant coach Breezy Turley, noting that the Darts finished second in “highly competitive” Region 1. “Overall, I’m super proud of the boys and their hard work and dedication to the team.”