Prep football roundup: Davis outlasts Farmington in Region 1 slugfest
KAYSVILLE — Paden Toula tossed two touchdown passes to Bode Sparrow to lead Davis High football to a 14-3 region win over Farmington in a defensive struggle Friday.
Toula and Sparrow connected for a 14-yard score to give Davis (5-3, 2-0 Region 1) a 7-0 lead with 5:55 left in the first quarter. With 6:15 left in the game, Sparrow took a Toula pass 31 yards to paydirt for an insurance touchdown.
Owen Morris booted a 36-yard field goal for Farmington (3-5, 1-1) late in the second quarter for a 7-3 halftime score.
The Davis offense totaled 262 yards. Toula completed 16 of 26 passes for 171 yards, one interception and the two Sparrow touchdowns. Sam Coleman caught seven passes for 73 yards and Sparrow equaled Coleman’s yardage with five catches. Kysen Gallegos led Davis in rushing with seven carries for 60 yards.
The Darts’ defense held Farmington to 218 total yards. Bridger Young had 11 tackles. Cooper Rigby, Dexter Frasure and Austin Yeates each had 10 tackles, with Yeates recording one interception and one sack.
ROY 20, NORTHRIDGE 16
LAYTON — Gunner Pearson ran for two touchdowns and passed one more to rally Roy to 13 fourth-quarter points in a comeback win at Northridge.
Pearson finished 17 of 23 for 241 yards through the air to lead Roy (4-4, 3-2 Region 5), connecting with Tyler Dickson for a touchdown. Dickson had three catches for 85 yards, and picked off a Liam Fresques pass on defense. Riley Jeppesen added 72 yards on six receptions. Pearson ran 20 times for 65 yards, and Bryton Ketcham added an interception.
Northridge (2-6, 0-4) did not report stats.
BONNEVILLE 19, CLEARFIELD 15
CLEARFIELD — Bonneville scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns and had two key second-quarter stops that helped the Lakers into the region win column with a road win at Clearfield.
Luke Loughton threw a 33-yard touchdown pass to Ethan LaFollette and Polo Afuvai punched in a TD on fourth-and-goal from the 1 to lead Bonneville (2-6, 1-4 Region 5) to the win. Ty Lueders scored on a 3-yard touchdon run in the second quarter.
In the second quarter, Cai Jensen and Greyson Borchert combined for a tackle-for-loss to help Bonneville stop Clearfield on fourth-and-goal from the 5. Trevyn Sears also blocked a field goal in the second quarter.
Clearfield (2-6, 0-4) did not report stats.
WEST FIELD 21, LAYTON 20
LAYTON — West Field converted a late two-point conversion that Layton couldn’t earlier in the fourth quarter and the Longhorns took a nonregion road bout to improve to 6-2 on the season.
Easton Eilertson threw a 42-yard touchdown pass to Andrew Combe in the second quarter to knot the game 7-7. Caden Judy punched in a rushing touchdown in the third quarter, with a missed PAT making it 14-13. Judy scored again in the fourth to set up the game-winning two-point conversion.
Eilertson finished 24 of 34 for 199 yards for West Field (6-2). Judy rushed for 65 yards. Case Martini had an interception on defense.
Tillman Thomas threw three touchdown passes for Layton (2-6): a 39-yarder to Luke Byers in the first, a 29-yard pass to Carter Hughes in the second, and 6-yard score to Easton Thomas in the fourth.
MORGAN 42, GRANTSVILLE 7
MORGAN — Owen Gilson passed 20 of 29 for 243 yards and four touchdowns, and Morgan celebrated Homecoming with a big win over Grantsville (5-3, 1-2 3A North).
Morgan (7-1, 3-0) opened the scoring on their first offensive play, a halfback pass from George Thurston to Rhett Larsen that went for a 76-yard touchdown. Gilson then threw three consecutive second-quarter scoring strikes to Thurston — two 5-yard heaves sandwiching a 1-yard shovel pass.
With 12 seconds left in the first half, Owen Belliston took a Gilson pass 22 yards for a touchdown and a 35-7 halftime score. Larsen capped the scoring on a 72-yard catch-and-run with 4:05 left in the third quarter.
Larsen caught six passes for 167 yards.
LAYTON CHRISTIAN 53, PAYSON 21
LAYTON — Colton Johns passed five touchdowns and Synic Harvey had scoring plays of 98, 87 and 50 yards, and Layton Christian (7-1) beat Payson at home.
Johns threw touchdowns of 98 and 50 yards to Harvey. The 98-yarder came after LCA’s defense stopped Payson with a turnover on downs at the 2. Johns also threw a pair of scores to Jahmi Harrison-Bismillah, of 19 and 11 yards, and a 25-yard TD to Memphis Hunkin.
Harvey also returned a kickoff 87 yards for a touchdown.
Running back Chris Munroe ran in two 3-yard touchdowns.
MTN CREST 49, BEAR RIVER 35
HYRUM — Bear River scored four rushing touchdowns but it wasn’t enough in a region loss at Mountain Crest.
After Bear River (5-3, 3-2 Region 11) spotted Mountain Crest (5-3, 2-3) a 13-0 lead, Bennett Allen scored on runs of 11 and 8 yards to give the Bears a 14-13 lead with three minutes left in the first half. MC took the lead for good at 21-14 on a touchdown pass and two-point conversion with 4 seconds left in the half.
Bear River pulled the game within one score three times in the second half: Preston Wilkinson 1-yard rush, a Dalton Marble 2-yard TD, and finally when Glaiden Behrens took a Wilkinson pass 71 yards for a touchdown to make it 42-35. But the Mustangs responded each time with a touchdown to regain a two-score advantage.
SCORES, NO STATS REPORTED
Logan 49, Ben Lomond 0
Water Canyon 56, UMA-Hill Field 32
Rockland (Idaho) 67, St. Joseph 13


