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Prep basketball roundup: Atwater scores 33, Davis wins region opener; Syracuse girls continue rolling

By JUSTIN B. JOHNSON and BRETT HEIN - Standard-Examiner | Jan 10, 2025

KAYSVILLE — Coleman Atwater shot 7 of 12 from behind the arc, scoring 33 points to key Davis High boys basketball to a region-opening, 69-51 win Friday over Fremont.

JT Turley scored 12 points and Bode Sparrow pitched in 10 for Davis (12-2, 1-0 Region 1). Tradon Bessinger hauled in 10 rebounds and Bryker Couser added five assists and five rebounds. The Darts outdid the Silverwolves in fastbreak points (11-0), points off turnovers (16-9), points in the paint (28-20) and second-chance points (21-11).

Will Ridgeway paced Fremont (4-10, 0-1) with 15 points. Zach Masters totaled seven points and seven rebounds, Easton Hansen scored nine points and Easton Duft added five assists.

WEBER 57, FARMINGTON 47 (OT)

FARMINGTON — Weber rallied to take the fourth quarter 10-5 and raced to a 12-2 advantage in overtime for a comeback victory at Farmington (4-9, 0-1 Region 1).

Ryder Howe led Weber (10-4, 1-0) with 21 points, including four in overtime, while making three 3-pointers. Luke Bingham scored 12 points. Ben Olpin scored four of his nine points in overtime.

ROY 71, CLEARFIELD 64 (OT)

CLEARFIELD — Colby Frokjer and Tripp Randall each scored 15 points and Roy outscored Clearfield 10-3 in overtime to claim its first region win.

Frokjer added a team-high seven rebounds and Randall five. Jesse Jones, newly eligible in his debut for Roy (3-10, 1-3) after a transfer from Ogden, added 12 points and four rebounds. Devin Nelson scored 11 points and Bryce Goodwin added 10. Roy shot 9 of 18 from the 3-point line.

Michael Creel led Clearfield (2-11, 0-4) with 18 points. Jaxson Bishop scored 12 points and Bode Davis had six rebounds.

BOX ELDER 70, NORTHRIDGE 67

BRIGHAM CITY — Box Elder took a 19-9 lead after one quarter and held off Northridge for the Bees’ first victory of the season.

Ryan Jenson paced Box Elder (1-12, 1-3 Region 5) with 12 points and three 3-pointers. Carter Buchanan, Mayson Jeppsen, Krew Peterson and Kason Anderson each scored 11 points, with Anderson and Peterson each hitting three treys.

Cael Lake led all scorers with 20 points and three 3-pointers for Northridge (4-9, 2-2 Region 5) Daniel Sunkuli added 15 points and Luke Bailey scored 14.

WEST FIELD 59, LOGAN 50

TAYLOR — West Field led 18-10 after one quarter and held off Logan (4-9, 0-3 Region 11) for a region win.

Jaxon Slaugh led West Field (8-7, 2-2) with 14 points. Drew Faddis scored 12 points. Jordan Harrison added 11 points, making three 3-pointers. Daxton Laughter pitched in 10 points.

MORGAN 70, GRANTSVILLE 56

MORGAN — Bracken Saunders scored a game-high 22 points to lead Morgan to a region win over Grantsville (8-7, 0-2 Region 13).

Jake Hansen added 13 points for Morgan (13-1, 2-0). Nate Pace tallied 12 points and Kolton Asay scored 11.

BOUNTIFUL 69, BONNEVILLE 49

WASHINGTON TERRACE — Bountiful (10-3, 4-0 Region 5) claimed the first quarter 24-14 and didn’t look back, handing Bonneville its first region loss.

Ben Tesh totaled 19 points and nine rebounds for Bonneville (6-7, 3-1). Bryson Landis added 13 points and seven rebounds.

RIDGELINE 59, BEAR RIVER 48

GARLAND — Bear River trailed 37-36 after three quarters but couldn’t keep up with Ridgeline (12-4, 4-1 Region 11) in the final frame in a region home loss.

‬Kaser Thurgood led Bear River (5-9, 1-3) with 17 points. Tydon Jones tallied 15 points and Kash Avery scored six.

SOUTH SUMMIT 55, OGDEN 48

OGDEN — South Summit (11-3, 2-0 Region 13) won a low-scoring fourth quarter 9-4 to take a road region win at Ogden.

Ogden (8-7, 0-2) got 16 points from Robert Strickland and 12 from Jackson Maw, who scored all four of Ogden’s fourth-quarter points. Ryan Kirkland and Briggs Galbraith each scored six points.

UNION 62, BEN LOMOND 48

OGDEN — Jaerden Van Beekum scored 18 points with four 3-pointers but Ben Lomond dropped a region game to Union (10-5, 2-0 Region 13).

Deshawn Holland tallied 10 points for Ben Lomond (5-10, 0-2). Makale Aytch and Bryan Campos each added five points.

LAYTON CHRISTIAN 74, UINTAH 42

LAYTON — Tyrin Jones scored 17 points to lead Layton Christian past Uintah.

Anor Wogar tallied 14 points with three 3-pointers for Layton Christian (10-8‬). Omar Mowafak netted 11 points.

SCORES, NO STATS REPORTED

Rowland Hall 50, St. Joseph 35

GIRLS BASKETBALL

SYRACUSE 48, LAYTON 24

LAYTON — Syracuse doubled up Layton to open region play.

Rachel McBride led all scorers with 18 points for Syracuse (11-2, 1-0 Region 1). Olivia Sorensen tallied 14 points and Maylee Anderson scored eight points.

Taya Pace led Layton (2-11, 0-1) with eight points and two 3-pointers. BrynDee Kozisek added six points and Kaymbree Henry added five.

WEBER 53, FARMINGTON 44

FARMINGTON — Avery Shupe and Bradey Schiffman each scored a game-high 17 points to lead Weber to a region win at Farmington.

Abby Sayer added six points for Weber (9-5, 1-0 Region 1) and Katelyn Poulsen scored five.

Olive Wayland, Morgan Snell and Ellie Schow each scored seven points for Farmington (7-6, 0-1). Emilie Figlioli added six points.

NORTHRIDGE 40, BOX ELDER 35

BRIGHAM CITY — Northridge went 4 of 4 from the free-throw line in the last 25.8 seconds to seal a win in its region tussle at Box Elder.

Karlee Mayfield led all scorers with 13 points for Northridge (6-7, 1-3 Region 5). Mae Stevenson added eight points and Luna Garcia-Ortenga scored six.

Jocelyn Vranes paced Box Elder (1-12, 0-4) with 10 points and two 3-pointers. Paola Almedia tallied nine points and Brooklyn Burt added seven.

LAYTON CHRISTIAN 69, PROV HALL 11

LAYTON — Layton Christian held Providence Hall (4-9, 0-2 Region 14) to three field goals in a home region win Thursday.

Sarah Ledio shot 4 of 4 from the 3-point line to lead Layton Christian (9-7, 1-0) with 22 points. Ava Smith scored 14 points and Ruby Knight-Paris added 13.

SCORES, NO STATS REPORTED

Fremont 54, Davis 29

Bountiful 89, Bonneville 27

West Field 80, Logan 16 (Thurs.)

St. Joseph 51, Rowland Hall 12 (Thurs.)

Ridgeline 69, Bear River 22 (Thurs.)

Grantsville 72, Morgan 58 (Thurs.)

Union 55, Ben Lomond 19 (Thurs.)

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