State playoff season has begun for boys and girls high school lacrosse. First-round games for several local teams were played Tuesday, with second round games following on Thursday (after our press deadline). Play will continue on Saturday with quarterfinals, and the tourneys wrap up next week at Westminster College and Zions Bank Stadium.

Here’s a look at how the season is progressing:

BOYS FIRST ROUND – MAY 14

BOUNTIFUL 24 CLEARFIELD 1

The 10-seeded Redhawks (10-7 on the year) advanced with an easy win over Clearfield. Bountiful led 5-1 after one quarter and 14-1 at the half, and this match was never really in doubt.

Senior Michael Caspar scored six goals and sophomore Carter Terry had five to lead the Redhawks. Senior Wyatt Farr added three and senior Mason Crane had two. Other scores came from Jensen Freeman, Britton Tidwell, Ben Allred, Tate Terry. Juniors Thorin Carlile and Colton Krogue handled the net for Bountiful, which was set to face 7th seed Alta on Thursday afternoon. Bountiful won two matches last week, beating Bonneville 16-4 and Farmington 12-11 in double overtime.

SALEM HILLS 11 VIEWMONT 9

The Vikings’ season ended with a loss to Salem Hills. Viewmont was the 16th seed in the 5A bracket and finished the year 8-11. The Vikes beat Clearfield 13-5 in the last regular season game last week as Sam Terreros scored five times. Teammates Nate Delgado, Parley Shupe and Luke Cluff each scored twice as well. Scoring against Salem Hills had not been posted by deadline.

TIMPVIEW 10 WOODS CROSS 9

The T-Birds ended the Wildcats’ season with the victory. Woods Cross finished the year with a record of 6-9, having lost its last regular season game to Box Elder last week. There was no scoring update posted in MaxPreps before our press deadline. For the year prior to the Timpview match, junior Carter Dunn led the Wildcats in scoring with 25 goals, juniors Carter Kringlen and Jared Cannon had 16 and 15 goals respectively, and sophomore Elliott Bendinger had 11 scores.

GIRLS FIRST ROUND – MAY 14

BOUNTIFUL 19 SPANISH FORK 7

The Lady Redhawks, seeded 12th and now 11-6 on the year, bested the Dons to move on. Seniors Veronica Loveless and Naomi Brice each scored four goals, and sophomore Claire Jensen added three for Bountiful. Ella Gillian, Layla Blanchard and Megan Youngblood each scored twice, with Ava Vorwaller and Christina Eyring each adding a goal. Senior Kennedy Johnson had eight saves in goal.

Bountiful, which beat Bonneville 16-8 last week, moved on to play 6th-seeded Brighton on Thursday night.

SECOND ROUND MATCHUPS – MAY 16

BOYS 6A

Third-seed Davis was set to host 14th seed Lehi. The Darts were 12-3 entering the tourney, having beaten Weber 11-6 last week. Carson Smolka led Davis with three goals, while Ben Roylance and Luke Donigan each added two. The winner was set to face the Westlake-Weber winner on Saturday.

Farmington (12-4 on the year and the 4th seed) was set to host 13th-seeded Herriman on Thursday. Should the Phoenix win, they were set to face the Lone Peak-Pleasant Grove winner on Saturday, Farmington beat Layton 19-1 last week, lost 12-11 to Bountiful in double OT, then beat Highland 10-6. 

GIRLS 6A

Davis, seeded 9th with a record of 9-7, took on 8th seed Herriman Thursday. The Darts beat Weber 16-6 last week, led by Olivia Lifferth with six goals and Esther Facer with four scores. If Davis prevailed, it would face the winner of Riverton-Copper Hills on Saturday.

Third-seeded Farmington (11-5) was set to host 14th seed Corner Canyon on Thursday. The Phoenix beat Layton 24-4 last week behind five goals from Alexandra MacAuley and four each from Ruby Roche and Hailey Larsen. They lost 7-6 to Fremont to finish the regular season. Kate Carter, Larsen and MacAulay all scored twice for Farmington. A win Thursday would move the Phoenix into a Saturday matchup with the winner of Syracuse-Lone Peak.

GIRLS 5A

Third-seeded Woods Cross earned a first-round bye and was set to host the winner of Wasatch-East on Thursday. The Wildcats suffered their first two losses of the season last week, dropping  a 10-8 match at Box Elder and losing at Skyline 11-10. If Woods Cross wins Thursday’s match, it would take on the winner of Maple Mountain-Cedar Valley on Saturday.

Viewmont also had a first-round bye, and the 7th-seeded Vikings (13-3 on the year) were to host 10th-seed Highland on Thursday. The winner will play either Park City or Alta on Saturday.