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West Field's Gavin Ortegon dives for the end zone during a region football contest on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, in Washington Terrace.

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West Field's Boston Kap, left, breaks up a pass intended for Bonneville's Ashton Spackman during a region football contest on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, in Washington Terrace.

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Bonneville coach Taylor Walkenhorst, left, and Paden Toula meet along the sideline during a region football contest vs. West Field on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, in Washington Terrace.

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Bonneville's Noah Chavez, blue, runs into the end zone during a region football contest vs. West Field on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, in Washington Terrace.

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Bonneville and West Field wall up along the goal line during a region football contest on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, in Washington Terrace.

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West Field helps its quarterback, Easton Eilertson, up from the end zone during a region football contest at Bonneville on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, in Washington Terrace.

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WASHINGTON TERRACE — The concept of the homecoming football game is pure Americana and, other than the metal bleachers and colorful themes adopted by the student body week after week, might just be the ace card high school football has over its neighboring programs.

But pageantry alone isn’t enough, and first-year Bonneville coach Taylor Walkenhorst knew full well the circumstances heading into their homecoming contest with warm West Field.

The visitors produced their largest margin of victory, 61-21, in defeating a winless Lakers team on Friday.

A week after pummeling Roy at home, the Longhorns (4-1, 2-0 Region 5) leaned on sophomore quarterback Easton Eilertson’s arm yet again to get the job done on the road. He’d target junior wide receiver Gavin Ortegon for a position-leading three touchdown catches, all from near midfield and all resulting in No. 88 fighting and racing his way to paydirt.

“It opens the field up a lot for me,” Ortegon said of his offense. “They go man-on-man against me, and it just doesn’t work. It’s nice having a bunch of other receivers that open the field for me. I love my teammates, we have a really good brotherhood around here and it’s my team.”

Plenty comfortable in the pocket Friday, Eilertson recorded his fifth touchdown pass before halftime and matched his career-high effort last week against Roy with six touchdown passes for a second consecutive week.

Bonneville (0-5, 0-2) answered West Field’s opening scoring drive, with Noah Chavez taking one of his earliest touches into the end zone from 28 yards out. Eilertson carried in the game’s second touchdown shortly thereafter, thanks in part to a lengthy return by senior Boston Kap.

Two touchdown receptions by West Field senior wide receiver Jaden Fowers, some trickery involving a screen pass completed by junior Kolt Abbott, quickly pitching the ball off to senior tackle Brexton White for a 60-yard touchdown haul, and another Ortegon touchdown catch before the break made for a commanding 40-13 Longhorns lead at halftime.

From their first drive, Lakers junior quarterback Paden Toula and the offense seemingly found a rhythm between Chavez and senior wide receiver Ashton Spackman. They’d band together for another scoring drive before the break, but ultimately sustained very little with the number of chunk plays their defense squandered on the other end.

“The goal’s always to win, but we’ve got to limit the big plays on defense,” Walkenhorst said. “Most of their touchdowns were big plays. We had a good run game last week, we’ve got to get back to that run game and get it going; go through our read progressions on offense, quarterbacks and receivers, and if we can do that, we can win (ballgames).”

After giving up one such “big play” to end the half, Bonneville returned in the third quarter with a three-and-out, opting to punt on fourth-and-short instead of attempting to extend the drive. West Field moved quickly after the stop, with the Eilertson-Ortegon formula working a third time over the middle and creating a five-score contest that became a season-high production by the Longhorn offense.

Bonneville ultimately had the final score, with Toula providing another touchdown drive and successful two-point conversion via Spackman for the even 40-point deficit. Friday marked the most production out of the Bonneville offense since their season opener, a 38-35 home loss to Viewmont.

“There are times when we’re hitting the right receiver and were trying to get certain looks with the run game, but they were playing us with a lot more man coverage,” Walkenhorst said. “We were getting stuff that was there, and so we’ve just got to get better. … It’s fundamentals. Tackling, blocking, getting off blocks — that’s what we’ve gotta focus on.”

West Field hosts Clearfield next week in search of a third consecutive region win to begin the season, while Bonneville prepares for arguably its best shot at a region win, a road trip to 0-5 Roy, who fell to Box Elder 49-14 at home on Friday, in a key matchup for both schools.

Complete stats were not immediately available for either team.

Connect with reporter Conner Becker via email at cbecker@standard.net and X @ctbecker.