It was about a month ago that the Davis High basketball team needed a tough second half to pull away from Layton. Tuesday’s night game was much difference as the Darts improved to 7-1 in Region 1 with a 64-37 beating of the visiting Lancers.
The Darts are tied with Clearfield for the Region1 lead.
Davis only led 8-5 after the first quarter but then pulled away.
James Cowser and Chris Larrabee led a team attack with 14 points each.
Lady Darts: 53 Lancers: 45
The Davis girls basketball team played the payback game last night as it stopped Layton, 53-45.
The victory was especially sweet since the Lady Lancers had edged the Darts last month.
Davis took a 18-13 first quarter lead and never looked back as Betsy McCausland chipped in 11 and Annie Peterson added 10.
Falcons: 54 Vikings: 37
Clearfield took advantage of a 16-9 half time lead and blew open the game in the third quarter to knock the Vikings to 5-3 in Region 1 play.
Viewmont was led by Chase Christensen’s 13 points.
Lady Falcons: 66 Lady Vikings: 40
Viewmont fell behind 13-2 in the first quarter and Clearfield took the 26 point win.
Leah Ellertson was the leading scorer for Viewmont with 12 points.
Braves: 73 Royals: 65
The Bountiful boys basketball team put away a pesky Roy squad, 73-65 Tuesday night at the Braves gym.
The undersized Royals gave the Braves all they wanted, but27 points from Sean Carey and 22 points from Travis Parrish proved to be the difference.
Lady Royals: 57 Lady Braves 41
Chelsea Walton led the Lady Braves with 11 points as Roy won, 57-41.


