Davis

Davis swept Weber 25-14, 25-11, 25-7 March 25. The Darts were led by Chase Valentine with 13 kills with Luke McKnight adding nine. Jack Bennet and Siona Faeamani ran the offense, both recording 10 assists, while Gavin Morrell and Jackson Kuma defending the net with four blocks each.

Against Farmington March 27, the Darts won 25-23, 25-16, 19-25, 25-17. McKnight put away 18 kills while Valentine had 15. Faemani and Bennett combined for 45 assists and Valentine served up four aces. On the defensive side, Jackson Kuma recorded six blocks with Valentine, Faeamani and Brandon Sims getting up eight digs and Bennett seven on the back line.

Davis is now 2-0 in Region 1 play and 5-3 overall.

Farmington

Farmington defeated Layton in three sets 25-12, 25-21, 25-15 March 25. The Phoenix squad was led by Justin Pugmire with 14 huge blocks at the net. Yuvraj Multani added eight blocks to also help defensively. On the offensive side, Pearce Eliason put away 10 kills with Multani recording six and Tavin Fulton running things with 23 assists. From the serving line, Fulton and Preston Loucks both served up four aces each.

In a four-set loss to Davis March 27, Eliason had 23 kills and Multani added 10 for the offense with Fulton ran, recording 35 assists. Charlie Evans had 14 digs on defense with Multani stuffing five blocks and Pugmire adding four at the net.

“It was a tough battle and unfortunately, we were missing one of our key outside hitters after the second set as he had to leave,” said head coach Jennifer Lowe.

Farmington is now 1-1 in Region 1 and 6-4 on the season.

Bountiful

In a battle of the two top – and undefeated – Region 5 teams, second-ranked Bountiful pulled out a three-set victory over Viewmont 25-23, 25-21, 25-23 March 25.

Against Clearfield March 27, the Redhawks again swept their opponent with a 25-11, 25-18, 25-14 showing.

Bountiful remains undefeated through six Region 5 matches and improved to 9-3 this season.

Viewmont

In Viewmont’s tight loss to Bountiful March 25, Matt Welsh led with 17 kills and Carson Tovey added 11 with Dallin Lether running the offense, recording 30 assists. On defense, Lether completed a double-double with 12 digs while Tovey and Welsh recorded six and four digs, respectively. 

“The match between our two teams always seems to bring a great energy to the gym,” said head coach Karl Lippa. “Fans expecting big hits, big blocks and big defense got what they came for. Bountiful played well, and I was pleased with our boys as they held well and rallied every single set. I love getting to watch the boys on both sides from last season to this as the level has improved tremendously in the state. Great things are ahead for the sport of boys volleyball in Utah.”

Against Box Elder March 27, the Vikings won 22-25, 25-18, 25-23, 25-21. Tovey had a monster match with 28 kills and an ace while Thomas MacKay had 13 kills and two blocks.

“There was great defense from both teams and the serving/receiving game from both sides was strong and made the hitting for both teams strong and in system,” said Lippa.

Viewmont is now 5-1 in Region 5 and 9-5 on the season.

Woods Cross

Woods Cross broke a four-match losing streak to pick up its first Region 5 win of the year with a 25-22, 25-23, 25-22 victory over Bonneville March 25.

Khang Tran had a double-double with 13 kills and 11 digs while William Lane was also big offensively in the win with 12 kills. Clayton Schmitt ran the team’s offense with 31 assists while William Lane and Lincoln Preston both had three blocks.

Against Roy March 27, the Wildcats swept the Royals 25-20, 25-21, 25-18. RJ Violette’s eight kills led the team with Preston added seven kills and served three aces. Schmitt had 23 assists to lead the offense. On the defensive side, Khang Tran recorded 11 digs and Preston had nine with Violette and Lane each stuffing four blocks at the net.

Woods Cross is now 2-4 in Region 5 play and 7-7 overall.