On Thursday, Farmington faced Davis in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Farmington Phoenix walked away with a 28-20 win over the Davis Darts. This was payback for the Phoenix, who suffered a 36-35 defeat the last time these two teams met.
Travis Hoopes was his usual excellent self, rushing for 145 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.5 yards per carry. He has become a key player for Farmington: the team is 3-1 when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 1-4 otherwise.
Farmington was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 218 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 174 rushing yards in five consecutive matches.
Farmington's defense made their presence known, laying out Tradon Bessinger. three times. In that department, Jett Salmon was the leader with two sacks.
Davis' loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Bessinger, who threw for 284 yards and two touchdowns, and Bode Sparrow, who picked up 109 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Sparrow's receiving production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 101 receiving yards dating back to last season. A healthy portion of that aerial production (102 yards to be exact) also went to Tyson Baggett.
Farmington is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 4-5 record this season. As for Davis, their defeat ended a ten-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 6-3.
Farmington will face off against Fremont at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Fremont will roll in looking for their eighth straight victory, something Farmington surely won't give up without a fight. As for Davis, they will take on Syracuse at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Davis is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 39.1 points per game this season.
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