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Titans stage late rally to steal win from Lancers

SYRACUSE — With the game, and quite possibly the season on the line, Diante Mitchell did what big-time players do. He refused to let the Titans lose.

Prep basketball: Layton builds big lead, holds off Davis

KAYSVILLE — While no one seems to remember definitively the last time Layton pocketed a road win over Davis, one thing is for sure, it’s been a long, long time.

After a decade-plus of coming up empty in Kaysville, the Lancers rode their winning streak to three games in impressive fashion, knocking the Darts out a tie for the league lead with a 72-63 victory.

Prep basketball: Lancers edge cold-shooting Knights

LAYTON — The Lancers weren’t necessarily pushing the panic button yet, but a sense of urgency was certainly setting in.

Coming into Friday night, Layton found themselves two games out of the final playoff spot heading into the second half of the league season with Region 1 co-leading Northridge making the short bus trip across town.

Prep basketball: Another road win gets Titans back in hunt

LAYTON — It may still be too early to call them road warriors, but after earning their second straight Region 1 victory by a point as the visitors following a 0-2 start at home, the Syracuse Titans are back in the league race.

Prep basketball: Knights stave off pesky Wolves

LAYTON — They may have come in with a 1-12 record and left with a mark of 1-13, but the pesky Fremont Silver Wolves gave Region 1 co-leading Northridge all it could handle.

The Knights used 19 points from Preston Christensen and four 3-pointers from Jacob Bigler, moving his class 5-A best total to 48, to outlast Fremont, 48-42.

Prep basketball: Darts bounce back, blow out Titans

SYRACUSE — After their 10-game win streak was snapped by Viewmont last Friday, Davis had a week to stew on the 62-61 loss heading into its Region 1 opener against a potent Syracuse squad.

The Darts put the clamps on the Titans in the fourth quarter to break open a tight contest and got back to their winning ways with a 78-62 decision.

Viewmont snaps Davis’ winning streak

KAYSVILLE — Needing only a home-court victory over a middling Viewmont squad, the Davis Darts seemed poised to wrap up a perfect 11-0 preseason before moving on to Region 1 play next week.

(CAMERON MCLEOD/Special to the Standard-Examiner)
Syracuse High’s Brock Anderson sits in the team weight room in Syracuse. Anderson is the 2012 Standard-Examiner All-Area MVP.

Prep football: Titans' Anderson is 2012 All-Area MVP

SYRACUSE — Even with a grand total of zero varsity passing attempts heading into the 2012 campaign, there was never any doubt that Brock Anderson would be the one lining up behind center for the Syracuse Titans.

(Photo courtesy of STEVE O’CAMB)
Syracuse High quarterback Brock Anderson (center) dives over the pile for a touchdown against Alta during the state 5-A quarterfinals in Syracuse on Friday. The Titans won, but Anderson left the game in the fourth quarter with a torn achilles tendon.

Prep football: Titans move into semis, but lose QB

SYRACUSE — The Syracuse Titans are on their way to the state 5-A semifinals for the second year in a row, but the victory came at a costly price.

Syracuse lost its starting quarterback, Brock Anderson, to a likely torn Achilles tendon late in the fourth quarter, which put a damper on a thrilling 31-24 victory by the Titans over a potent Alta squad that Syracuse also eliminated last year.

Prep football: Undersized Knights breeze past Granger into 5-A quarterfinals

LAYTON — With 24 Granger players listed at over 220 pounds compared to only four for Northridge, on paper the Knights were physically overmatched.

In practice, nothing could be further from the truth.

Prep football: Knights rest for playoffs as Mustangs roll

LAYTON — Mark this one with an asterisk.

Even after getting thumped 38-14 by Mountain Crest a year ago, the Knights had more important things on their mind than revenge. With the playoffs looming, Northridge chose to nurse some nagging injuries, turning a potentially salivating matchup between two of the state’s top teams into a snoozer, as the Mustangs took a 31-7 decision for their seventh straight win.

(DENNIS MONTGOMERY/Special to the Standard-Examiner)
Davis High quarterback Gage Cook (2) tries to evade the rush of Northridge’s Dillon Yocum, but is sacked for a loss during the second quarter in Kaysville on Friday. The Knights defeated the Darts 22-20.

Prep football: Knights stall Darts to earn No. 2 seed in region

KAYSVILLE — A week after defeating Layton following a fourth quarter rally, including a last second field goal to win the game, the shoe was nearly on the other foot Friday night.

The foot of Davis kicker Andrew Fuller that, that is.

Prep football: Northridge shocks Layton in final minutes

LAYTON — Funny things happen when the Knights and the Lancers tangle.

This one might have topped them all.

Prep football: Lancers top Darts by 20 points

LAYTON — Only 23 seconds into Friday night’s matchup with Davis and things were already looking bleak for the Lancers.

Three penalties and a blown special teams coverage that resulted in an 80-yard touchdown return by Davis’ Trevor Leavitt on the opening kickoff had Layton in a hole.

(Photo courtesy of STEVE O’CAMB)
Syracuse middle linebacker Wyatt German (40) celebrates a fumble recovery against Layton in Syracuse on Friday.

Prep football: Titans trounce Lancers, set stage for showdown

SYRACUSE — The stage is set.

Already off to its best start in the school’s six-year history, the Syracuse Titans ran their record to 6-0 heading into a road showdown next week with fellow unbeaten Region 1 rival Northridge with a convincing 31-0 victory over Layton.

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