Playoff seeding is set, and local girls soccer teams are ready to battle for state supremacy. 

Davis has a No. 3 seed in the Class 6A tournament and secured a first-round bye. In 6A, Farmington also gets a first-round bye thanks to the team earning a No. 9 seed. Both teams will begin its postseason march on Oct. 15 in the second round. 

In Class 5A, Bountiful is the fourth seed, getting a bye in the first round and opening up Oct. 15 in the second round. Viewmont and Woods Cross will play in the first round on Thursday, getting seeds No. 13 and 17, respectively. 

Davis 

The Darts won Region 1 with a 9-1 record, a game ahead of Syracuse. Overall, Davis enters the state tournament with a 14-3 mark. 

On Oct. 3, Davis wrapped up the regular season with a 3-2 win at home over Farmington, similar to its 3-1 victory over the Phoenix on Sept. 17. In the rematch, Davis got up 2-1 at halftime, and each team scored twice in the second half. Simone Packer did all of the scoring for Davis, putting three goals into the net. Courtney Burbidge had two assists. Packer has 18 goals on the season and is one of 6A’s top scorers. 

Davis will host the winner of 14th-seeded Weber and 19th-seeded Westlake in the second round. Weber is 4-6 in Region 1 and 8-8 overall in the regular season. The Darts had an easy time with Weber in the first meeting of the year, winning 4-0 on Aug. 29. However, on Sept. 19, the game was much closer, with Davis outlasting the Warriors 2-1. If Davis and Westlake play, it would be the first meeting of the season. 

Farmington

The Phoenix will play at Lehi on Oct. 15 in the second round. The Phoenix are 8-7 and finished in third place in Region 1 with a 5-5 record. Lehi was 5-5 in Region 3, good enough for third place, but was 13-5 overall. 

In Farmington’s regular-season-ending loss to Davis, Taya Rich and Brynlee Austin scored goals. Taytem Grant is the team’s leading scorer with nine goals, while Oaklee Stanford has six goals and five assists. 

Bountiful

The Redhawks captured the Region 5 title with a 12-2 record, two games in front of Northridge. Overall, Bountiful put together an impressive 14-3 record, with its only non-region loss coming to Region 1’s Layton. The Redhawks lost region games to Woods Cross (3-0 on Aug. 15) and Viewmont (1-0 on Aug. 29). The team enters the playoffs on a nine-game winning streak. 

In the last game of the regular season, Oct. 3, the Redhawks defeated Box Elder at home by the count of 2-1. It was a much different contest than the last time the two teams met Sept. 3 when Bountiful cruised to an 8-0 win. This time, the game’s three goals all came after halftime. Emmy Sorenson and Izzy Hill scored for the Redhawks, with Belle Sorensen getting two assists. 

Bountiful’s second-round opponent on Oct. 15 could be a familiar one. The Redhawks await the winner of the first-round matchup between Viewmont and Salem Hills. 

Offensively, Bountiful has made life miserable for opponents. The one-two punch of Sorensen and Myka Page has combined for 41 goals and 20 assists. Sorensen has 24 goals and seven assists, and Page has tallied 17 goals and a team-leading 13 assists. Sorensen’s goal total is No. 1 in 5A and ninth in the entire state. Goalie Eliza Naegle has six shutouts. 

Viewmont

If Viewmont gets past Salem Hills on Thursday, a meeting with Bountiful would be the third of the year. After defeating the Redhawks earlier in the season, Viewmont had a much more difficult time in the second game Sept. 26. Bountiful won that contest 5-0. 

The Vikings were fourth in Region 5 with an 8-6 record. Overall, head coach Spencer Keddington’s squad begins the state tournament with a 9-8 record. 

Viewmont enters the playoffs on a high note, having shut out Roy 3-0 on Oct. 3. Playing at home in that meeting, Viewmont scored twice in the first half and once in the second. Annie Layton scored two goals, and Brooklyn Jones added one. Mazie Tullis and Alauna Titensor each had assists. Susan Lamb got the shutout, her eighth of the season and 11th of her career. 

Layton leads the Vikings with nine goals. Lucy Morris and Raegan Rast each have three. Tally Smith paces Viewmont with four assists. 

Woods Cross

As the No. 17 seed, Woods Cross barely missed out on hosting a first-round playoff game. The Wildcats play at Timpview on Thursday. Timpview is 5-10 overall and finished third in Region 7 with a 5-7 record. The Wildcats are 6-11 overall and were sixth in Region 5 at 6-8. 

Woods Cross was on a roll heading into its final regular-season game Oct. 3 at home against Northridge. Riding a four-game winning streak, the Wildcats lost the regular-season finale 3-1. Nixon Milliron scored the Wildcats’ lone goal. 

This season, Bailey Brown leads Woods Cross in scoring with eight goals. Clara Howes and Sydney Oakes are next with six goals and five goals, respectively. Oakes has been an excellent passer and creator. The sophomore has 10 assists to pace the team. She’ll have two more years in a Woods Cross uniform, which is good news for head coach David Newman and the rest of the squad. 

If Woods Cross gets by Timpview in round one, it will have a tall order on Oct. 15 when it would face top-seeded Olympus on the road in the second round. λ