Football Preview: Davis Darts vs. Skyridge Falcons
Two dominant signal callers in Tradon Bessinger and Kaneal Sweetwyne are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Davis Darts will head out to face off against the Skyridge Falcons at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Davis is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 42.8 points per game this season.
Davis is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They enjoyed a cozy 28-10 win over Mountain Ridge. The Darts pushed the score to 28-3 by the end of the third, a deficit the Sentinels cut but never quite recovered from.
Bessinger was his usual excellent self, throwing for 234 yards and two touchdowns, while also punching in a rushing score. Owen Talbot helped Bessinger out on the ground, rushing for 75 yards and a touchdown.
Davis didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Bode Sparrow. Another thorn in Mountain Ridge's side was Cole Clark, who picked up a sack and made ten total tackles (4.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Skyridge had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 22.4 points) and they went ahead and made it six on Friday. They managed a 21-17 victory over the Silverwolves. Given the Falcons' advantage in MaxPreps' Utah football rankings (they are ranked fourth, while the Silverwolves are ranked 28th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Sweetwyne and Zaeden Selu were among the main playmakers for Skyridge as the former threw for 269 yards and a touchdown while picking up 11.2 yards per attempt and the latter gained 124 total yards and a touchdown. Joshua Hansen also helped out with an impressive 86 receiving yards.
Skyridge wouldn't let Riverton keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Skyridge can thank Iakopo Malufau and Mason Oeser for forcing both of them. Oeser also set a new season high mark in total tackles with 12.
Skyridge's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-2. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 14.3 points per game. As for Davis, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 8-3.
The upcoming game will be a clash of competing strengths. Davis has relied on air attacks this season and has averaged 310 passing yards per game. Skyridge, on the other hand, has relied on a stout run game: they average 184.7 rushing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Friday? There's only one way to find out.
Davis suffered a grim 47-22 defeat to Skyridge in their previous meeting back in November of 2022. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Davis was down 33-12.
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