Two dominant signal callers in Tradon Bessinger and Wyatt Bingham are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. After each having a week off, the Davis Darts and the Mountain Ridge Sentinels will dust off their jerseys to square off against one another at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Davis is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 40.1 points per game this season.
Davis is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Utah's top teams: Syracuse, who was ranked 25th in their home state at the time (Davis was ranked 13th). Davis simply couldn't be stopped two weeks ago as they easily beat Syracuse 49-10. The Darts might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six contests by 26 points or more this season.
Bessinger was his usual excellent self, throwing for 258 yards and three touchdowns while completing 77.3% of his passes, and also rushing for 32 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Owen Talbot was another key player, rushing for 125 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.8 yards per carry.
Davis didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Bode Sparrow, Connor Brown, and Juni Moala picked up one apiece. Sparrow is also on a roll when it comes to receiving touchdowns, as he's now hauled in two or more in the last three games he's played.
Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, Mountain Ridge's good fortune finally ran out last Friday. They and Bingham were almost perfectly matched up, but Mountain Ridge suffered an 8-7 loss. The Sentinels haven't had much luck with the Miners recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Davis' win bumped their record up to 7-3. As for Mountain Ridge, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-5.
Davis took their victory against Mountain Ridge in their previous matchup back in August by a conclusive 40-14. In that game, Davis amassed a halftime lead of 30-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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