Boys basketball: Layton bounces back at Weber 62-37 in first region win
Lancers open it up in strong follow-up to Syracuse loss in region opener
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- Weber High’s Carson Hill defends Layton’s Nic Anderson during a region boys basketball contest at Weber High School on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Pleasant View.
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- Layton High’s Karter Miller searches for an open look during a region boys basketball contest at Weber High School on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Pleasant View.
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- Layton High’s Nic Anderson defends a shot by Weber High’s Thomas Packer during a region boys basketball contest at Weber High School on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Pleasant View.
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- Weber High’s Derik Bowden eyes a lane to the basket during a region boys basketball contest at Weber High School on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Pleasant View.
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- Layton High’s Tage Allen puts up a short-range jumper during a region boys basketball contest at Weber High School on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Pleasant View.
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- Weber High’s Derik Bowden drives toward the hoop during a region boys basketball contest at Weber High School on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Pleasant View.
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- Weber High’s Beau Potokar and Layton High’s Chase Randall scramble for a loose ball during a region boys basketball contest at Weber High School on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Pleasant View.
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- Weber High’s Carson Hill brings the ball down the floor during a region boys basketball contest against Layton High at Weber High School on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Pleasant View.
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- Weber High coach Landon Cosby and the home bench look on during a region boys basketball contest against Layton High at Weber High School on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Pleasant View.
PLEASANT VIEW — The only way to bounce back from a setback is to, well, bounce back.
Karter Miller and Layton High boys basketball want to become the defensive aggressor night in and night out, and a 62-37 lock-down win at Weber on Tuesday night is the team’s latest step in pursuing that mission after a fourth-quarter loss at Syracuse last week.
Miller, Layton’s triple-threat shooting guard, led 10 different scorers with a game-high 17 points for the Lancers’ first region win and 11th overall. Fellow seniors Jack Godderidge (11 points) and Nic Anderson (nine points) added 20 points at the wing.
Junior guard Beau Potokar led Weber (6-9, 0-2 Region 1) with nine bench points, and senior guard Derik Bowden led the starting five with just seven points. Junior forward Ethan Sayer managed four bench points and junior guard Carson Hill added two.
“That’s what we’ve been working on lately,” Miller said of Layton’s defense. “We’re ending practice with the same intensity that we started with and pushing the ball more, too. Getting uptempo is always going to be good for us. The offense will come any night, so if we lock in on defense, then we’re hard to beat.”
Despite losing a few early possessions, Layton (11-5, 1-1) held the Warriors to an Alec Maynard 3-pointer through the first four minutes, and leaned on 12 combined points between Miller and Godderidge to go up eight through the first quarter. Anderson dropped seven points, including his lone 3-pointer, to guide the Lancers up 20 by halftime.
Miller labeled Anderson and 6-foot-4 shooter Chase Randall (seven points) as the team’s “energy boosters” when things start leveling off.
“(Anderson is) one of our glue guys,” Miller said. “If he’s hitting shots and getting up and down the court — same with Chase Randall, if he’s hitting shots — our driving lanes are going to be wide open because nobody’s going to wanna leave ’em (and) our dishes will be open, too.”
Producing just 14 points in the first half, Weber picked up two more 3s via Potokar in the third quarter, but failed to put the other foot in front of Layton in its return. Godderidge packaged his 5-for-6 free-throw shooting entirely in the third quarter.
Down 24 atop the fourth quarter, Weber collected 10 points: two 3s by Bowden and sophomore guard Creed Devries (five points); senior forward Thomas Packer added just his second two-point goal of the night in the final frame.
“I think our (shot) selection early could’ve been better,” Weber coach Landon Cosby said.
“When you play Layton, you’ve gotta make sure that one, you’ve gotta get back on defense and part of that is taking good shots. And then, when you do get a stop, that you convert on the other end and I think, early on, we got a lot of opportunities, we got some good stops and we were unable to convert.”
Tuesday’s loss is the fifth consecutive for the Warriors since December, and the second region loss to come by double figures.
As of late, Cosby is focused on generating more from his starting forwards, Packer and Maynard, against a region featuring several tough names in the paint. The Weber pair combined for 15 points at Davis over the weekend, but penciled in just eight together against Layton.
“We’re undersized, we’re small, we’re out of position and we’re just asking the guys to battle,” Cosby said. “Unfortunately, we’ve lost some games in a row and so we’ve got to go back to the drawing board and have some better practices and try to change that.”
Find the rim, the Lancers did. Tage Allen (four points), Baylor Brant (two points), Bode Knudson (four points), Isaac Thompson (three points), Boston Clifford (three points), and Brady Wilken (two points) all got a piece of the pie before the night was over.
It’s the product of cashing in stops, Miller says, and Tuesday serves as the latest example of how just how much firepower Layton can unload when it switches the floor.
“It’s showing. It’s getting a lot better right now,” Miller said.
Layton returns home against Farmington on Friday, as the Phoenix search for their first region win following a 57-37 home loss to Davis on Tuesday. Weber, still looking for its first win of 2026, prepares for another tall task Friday at Syracuse.
DAVIS 57, FARMINGTON 37
FARMINGTON — After an 11-11 first-quarter draw, Davis outscored Farmington (9-6, 0-1 Region 1) 32-13 across the second and third quarters for a region road win.
Tradon Bessinger led all scorers with 18 points on three 3-pointers and eight rebounds for Davis (10-4, 2-0). JT Turley added 18 points and five assists while Cameron Brower scored eight points.
Justin B. Johnson contributed to score reports.
Connect with prep sports reporter Conner Becker via email at cbecker@standard.net and X @ctbecker.
