In about a week, Region 5 teams start league play, meaning this Friday is the final tune-up before these important clashes begin. A trio of Davis Country teams – Bountiful, Woods Cross and Viewmont – all split their first two contests. 

Bountiful

The Redhawks had a big win over fellow Davis County opponent Farmington, a Class 6A Region 1 school. The 37-27 victory helped to ease the bad taste that followed week one’s loss to Herriman. In the win, Bountiful jumped out to a big lead and held on late. 

Bountiful scored the game’s first 20 points, beginning with a 1-yard touchdown run by Brigham Morrison with 4:02 left in the first quarter. The Redhawks scored twice in the second quarter: a 7-yard run by Faletau Satuala and a 20-yard pass from Emmerson Geilman to Morrison. Farmington scored right before the break to make the score 20-7 Bountiful, but the Redhawks countered early in the third on a 22-yard TD pass from Geilman to Britton Tidwell. Up 27-7, things looked to be in hand for the Redhawks. 

But Farmington stormed back. 

The Phoenix got two touchdowns (with a missed point-after kick on one of them) to narrow the margin to 27-20 with 8:54 left in the game. Bountiful then turned on the offense, generating 10 points late to put the game away. Landon Zayas made a short 20-yard field goal to put Bountiful up 30-20 with 4:20 left. Just 52 seconds later, the Redhawks got on the board again when Morrison scored his third TD of the night, this time on a 20-yard run. 

The Redhawks had 145 rushing yards, led by Siaki Fekitoa’s 47 yards on 10 carries. Morrison had 12 carries for 44 yards. Geilman was 16 of 21 passing for 177 yards. Morrison and Satuala each had five catches, getting 64 and 32 yards, respectively. Brock McSwain had 13 tackles, while Joshua Liljenquist had 11 tackles and an interception. Mason Crane also had an interception, as did Jacob Brooks. Caleb Norris had two sacks, and Morrison did as well on the defensive end. 

The Redhawks play a tough game at Olympus this Friday. 

Woods Cross

After a heartbreaking one-point loss to West Jordan in week one, the Wildcats rebounded with a solid 41-27 victory over Kearns last week. 

The Wildcats did most of their damage in the first and fourth quarters, scoring 14 and 13 points in the periods, respectively. Lock Smoot scored the first two touchdowns of the game. He had TD runs of 33 and 2 yards in a five-minute span in the first quarter. Ben Smith-Mecham had a 17-yard touchdown run with 9:13 to play in the first half to make it 21-6 Woods Cross. 

Up just 21-20 in the third quarter, Woods Cross put together a 10-minute stretch that sealed the win. Cash Henderson scored on a 25-yard run with 3:45 to go in the third quarter. Then, with just over 10 minutes to play in the contest, Smith-Mecham tore off a long 78-yard TD run to put the Wildcats in control at 34-20 (the point-after missed). With a little under six minutes in the game, Henderson scored his second touchdown of the night when he plunged over the goal line from 2 yards out. Kearns scored a late TD, but the Wildcats had the game well in hand. 

Woods Cross had a productive night on the ground, totaling 284 yards. Smith-Mecham recorded 106 yards on only five carries. Henderson and Smoot combined for that same total by each rushing for 53 yards. Smoot was 8 of 12 passing for 143 yards. His favorite target was Ryan Moss, who grabbed three passes for 55 yards. 

The Wildcats will jump into region play early, as they face Bonneville on Friday. 

Viewmont

Week one went well for the Vikings. Week two was a little different. 

Viewmont had a rough outing at Granger, losing to the Lancers in lopsided fashion 54-7. The Vikings were down just 12-7 after one quarter, as Daren Tovey threw a 64-yard TD pass to Cache Tuia with 2:11 to play in the opening period. 

But it was all Granger from there. 

The Lancers outscored Viewmont 42-0 in the final 36 minutes to win going away. Viewmont had trouble with Granger’s dynamic offense and couldn’t do much against its defense either. 

Viewmont will look to regroup and improve to 2-1 on Friday when it plays at Taylorsville.