A pair of local high school girls soccer teams are still in contention for a state championship. 

Davis, in Class 6A, while Bountiful, in 5A, won in the second round on Tuesday to advance to the quarterfinals. Both teams will host quarterfinal games on Thursday. 

Davis

The Darts captured the Region 1 title with a 9-1 record and secured a first-round bye in the 6A tournament. Seeded third, Davis drew 14th-seeded Weber at home on Tuesday. The Darts had already defeated the Warriors twice during the regular season, 4-0 on Aug. 29 and 2-1 on Sept. 19. 

The tournament matchup went the Darts’ way, thanks to a second-half explosion. 

Davis earned its third victory of the season over Weber, posting a 4-0 win, with all four goals coming after halftime. Goalie Lexi Lund got the shutout, No. 8.75 of the year. Simone Packer had two goals, while Kate Willard and Brooklyn Phongsavath each had one. Samantha Maudsley had two assists, and Reial Phongsavath and Jentrie Gardner each had one. 

The degree of difficulty now increases for Davis. The Darts will face Corner Canyon at home on Thursday. The winner of that game moves on to the semifinals to play the winner of Mountain Ridge (seeded second) and Skyridge (seeded seventh) on Oct. 22 at Zions Bank Stadium in Sandy. 

Bountiful

The Redhawks were champions of Region 5, winning the league by two games with a 12-2 record. Bountiful improved to 15-3 on the year with a second-round Class 5A playoff victory over 20th-seeded Salem Hills on Tuesday by the count of 4-1. 

Bountiful was up by a slim 1-0 margin at halftime but scored three times in the second half to pull away. The Redhawks got two goals and an assist from Myka Page to lead the way. Izzy Hill and Sabrina Anderson also scored, while Emmy Sorenson, Belle Sorensen and Jane Hellewell assisted on goals. 

This was the 10th time this season that the Redhawks scored at least four goals in a game. 

Bountiful will play at home on Thursday in the quarterfinals against No. 21 seed Springville. The Red Devils have scored upsets in each of its two playoff victories. If Bountiful prevails on Thursday, it would advance to the state semifinals to match up against either top-seeded Olympus or eighth-seeded Clearfield. The Redhawks took care of Clearfield twice during the regular season, winning 3-0 on Sept. 5 and 5-1 on Oct. 1. 

Farmington 

The Phoenix were seeded ninth in the 6A tournament, which was good enough to get a first-round bye. 

Farmington played at eighth-seeded Lehi on Tuesday in the second round with a chance to get to the quarterfinals. Neither team scored in the first half of the tight contest. In the second half, Farmington’s Oaklee Stanford scored off an assist from Mo Nielson. Lehi also scored, sending the game into overtime. After no one scored in the extra sessions, the game went into a shootout. 

In the shootout, Lehi prevailed, making four kicks to Farmington’s two. With the loss, the Phoenix ended their season with an 8-8 record. 

Taytem Grant led the Phoenix with nine goals this season. A junior, Grant will return next season to bolster the Farmington lineup. Stanford, just a sophomore, was second on the squad with seven goals and tied for second in assists with five. Nielson, another sophomore, scored five goals on the year, as did senior Breklyn Archibald. 

Viewmont

The Vikings saw their season end on Oct. 10 with a first-round shootout loss at home to Salem Hills. Viewmont finished the year with a 9-9 record and placed fourth in Region 5 with an 8-6 mark. 

Seeded 13th, Viewmont fell to 20th-seeded Salem Hills in a heartbreaker. The Vikings led 1-0 at the break after Tally Smith assisted on a goal by Alauna Titensor. The Vikings didn’t score the rest of the way, while Salem Hills tied things up in the second half. The two overtime periods were scoreless, sending the contest into a shootout. Salem Hills edged Viewmont in penalty kicks 4-3. 

Viewmont may have exited the playoffs early, but there is optimism for next year. 

The Vikings will have midfielder Annie Layton back in 2025. The junior led the team with nine goals this season. Fellow junior Susan Lamb, the team’s starting goalkeeper will return next year. She had eight shutouts this past season. Juniors Lucy Morris and Raegan Rast will be welcome faces for the Vikings in 2025 too. Both scored three goals this season. Junior Tally Smith led the Vikings with five assists. 

Woods Cross

The Wildcats also fell in the first round of the Class 5A state tournament. Woods Cross was seeded 17th at state and narrowly lost at 16th-seeded Timpview on Oct. 10 by the score of 3-2. 

Woods Cross fell behind big early on but almost made a massive comeback. 

Timpview raced to a 3-0 lead at halftime, securing a seemingly safe margin. However, the Wildcats got second-half goals from Nixon Milliron and Bailey Brown to close the gap. Unfortunately for the Wildcats, that’s as close as they could get. Woods Cross finished the season with an overall record of 6-12. 

Brown’s nine goals paced the Wildcats this season. As a senior, Brown will be missed next season, though sophomore Clara Howes will be back after scoring six goals (second on the team) this year. Another returner will be sophomore Sydney Oakes. She was third on the team in scoring with five goals and led the way with 10 assists. Her assist total was eighth-best in all of Class 5A. Milliron, a junior, had three goals and two assists this past season. λ