Football Preview: Weber Warriors vs. Farmington Phoenix
Two dominant backs in Dyson Parker and Travis Hoopes are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Weber Warriors will stay at home for another week and welcome the Farmington Phoenix at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Weber is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Utah's top teams: Syracuse, who was ranked 21st in their home state at the time (Weber was ranked 19th). Weber strolled past Syracuse with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 45-27. The Warriors' offense stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most points they've scored all season.
Crew Cacciacarne and Parker were among the main playmakers for Weber as the former threw for 389 yards and four touchdowns while completing 75.9% of his passes and the latter rushed for 155 yards while picking up 7.8 yards per carry. With that strong performance, Cacciacarne is now averaging an impressive 300.5 passing yards per game.
Meanwhile, Farmington beat Layton 24-17 on Friday.
The critical scores for Farmington came from Kava Fiefia, Lucas Peterson, and Hoopes.
Farmington wouldn't let Layton keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Farmington can thank Peterson and Carter Tingey for forcing both of them. The dominant performance also gave Peterson a new career-high in rushing yards.
Farmington was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 228 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're rushing yard total in three consecutive games.
Weber is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season. As for Farmington, their victory bumped their record up to 2-5.
Weber skirted past Farmington 30-27 in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Will Weber repeat their success, or does Farmington have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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