Few high school football teams in the state finish the season without a loss. Three games into the 2024 campaign, Viewmont and Bountiful have kept an undefeated record intact. 

Last week, both squads won again, with Viewmont winning in a blowout and Bountiful securing a close victory to move to 3-0. Meanwhile, other local teams were in action and prepare for week-four games this Friday. 

Viewmont

The Vikings are off to a 3-0 start for the second time in the last three years. Last week, Viewmont scored a 49-7 rout over Taylorsville. In a similar victory to last season’s game Viewmont against Taylorsville, which it won 57-6. 

The Vikings had a consistent performance, scoring 14 points in each of the last three quarters after putting seven points on the board in the first quarter. Meanwhile, senior quarterback Titan Longson threw six touchdown passes in the contest. He now has 15 on the season, which leads all quarterbacks in the entire state. 

Two of Longson’s touchdown passes went to senior wide receiver Cache Tuia. The first was a 12-yarder in the first quarter, followed by an 80-yard bomb in the second. Four other players caught touchdown passes from Longson, the last coming on the first play of the fourth quarter when he connected with Draylon Jensen from 19 yards out. 

On the night, Longson had 301 yards passing and completed 62% of his passes. 

Tuia had three catches for 106 yards, while Kingston Mickens and Jordan Jones each had five catches. Benji Tolman paced the Vikings with 56 yards rushing. The defense held Taylorsville in check most of the night. Ezekiel Cook had a team-high 12 tackles and added 2.5 sacks. Joey Walden and Blake Moore each had eight tackles. 

Region play begins in Region 5 this Friday. Viewmont hosts Bountiful for a big clash between undefeated teams. 

Bountiful

Leading up to its game with the Vikings, Bountiful edged a good Olympus team 25-22 last Friday. Another way to put it: the Redhawks held on for dear life.

Bountiful dominated the first three quarters of play in getting off to a 22-0 advantage. A 22-yard field goal from Landon Zayas and a safety accounted for the first-quarter scoring and a 5-0 Bountiful lead. In the second quarter, the lead swelled to 19-0 after a pair of touchdowns. In the second quarter, quarterback Emerson Geilman scored on a 10-yard run and then hit Siaki Fekitoa on a 9-yard TD pass. Zayas’ second 22-yard field goal, this time late in the third quarter, made the score 22-0. The Redhawks were in control.

But Olympus stormed back. 

The Titans scored three consecutive touchdowns and converted a two-point conversion on the last score to tie things up at 22-22 with 3:08 to play. Bountiful responded. 

The Redhawks drove down the field deep into Olympus territory. With just two seconds to go, Zayas made his third field goal of the game. This one was a 25-yarder that secured the three-point victory for Bountiful. 

Fekitoa rushed for 90 yards on 18 carries and had five catches for 45 yards. Geilman threw for 259 yards on 16 of 30 passing. Connor Clark had five catches for 92 yards for the Redhawks. Caleb Norris and Josh Liljenquist both had 1.5 sacks.

Woods Cross

The Wildcats nearly made it to 3-0 as well but fell short with a narrow 24-21 loss to out-of-state foe Mountain View, Idaho. 

Playing on the road in the Gem State, Woods Cross was in good shape midway through the third quarter. After Viliami Tapa’atoutai scored on a 5-yard run with 5:03 remaining in the third quarter, the Wildcats were up 21-10. However, Mountain View scored just before the end of the quarter and added the game-winning touchdown with 5:15 remaining in the contest. 

Tapa’atoutai opened the game with a 2-yard TD run in the first quarter. Along with his two touchdowns, he had 14 carries for 94 yards. Woods Cross’ other score was on defense when Charlie Howe returned a fumble 22 yards for a touchdown a minute before halftime. His teammate Hayden Thorne led the defense with 11 tackles and a sack. Steve Sauni also had a sack to go along with 10 tackles. 

Woods Cross jumps into Region 5 play this Friday when it hosts Bonneville. 

Davis 

In Region 1, Davis still has two non-league games left to play. The Darts play at home against Kearns this Friday for a chance to improve to 3-1. 

Last week, Davis had little trouble dispatching Mountain Ridge in a 40-14 victory. The Darts did most of their damage in the first three quarters by building a 37-0 lead. The first quarter was especially productive, with Davis scoring 21 points, all courtesy of TD passes from Tradon Bessinger. In the opening 12 minutes, he connected with Bode Sparrow (40 yards), Jaxton Itaaheau (50 yards) and Tyson Baggett (2 yards) for scores. 

Finn Garff hit a 38-yard field goal in the second quarter, followed by a 1-yard TD run by Owen Talbot just before halftime. It was 30-0 at the break. 

Talbot scored another 1-yard TD run, this time in the third quarter. After Mountain Ridge got on the board with a touchdown, Garff nailed a 47-yard field goal with 8:25 left in the game. Mountain Ridge got another touchdown, but the Darts were in firm command. 

Bessinger had a huge night passing. The junior quarterback completed 24 of 33 passes for 425 yards and three touchdowns. Itaaheau was his favorite target, as the sophomore wideout caught six passes for 172 yards. Sparrow had five grabs for 81 yards, while Baggett had six for 56. Sparrow also made some big plays on defense, picking off a pair of Mountain Ridge passes. 

Farmington

The Phoenix are still searching for win No. 1. They’ll get the chance this Friday, but it certainly won’t be easy. 

Farmington travels to Corner Canyon to play nationally ranked Corner Canyon, which will not be in a good mood following a loss to Lone Peak last week. The Phoenix, meanwhile, are 0-3 but nearly upended Orem last week. 

On its home field against the Tigers, Farmington built a 19-3 halftime lead. The second half, however, belonged to Orem, which went on a 21-0 run to defeat the Phoenix 24-19. The tough loss spoiled a nice day from Travis Hoopes, who scored on a 73-yard run halfway through the second quarter. Will Peterson had an 11-yard TD pass to Kava Fiefia to open the scoring. The Phoenix also scored on a first-quarter safety and got a 21-yard field goal from Jaxon Beynon in the second quarter.