FARMINGTON — Davis and Farmington's football game Friday night had two lightning delays that ultimately postponed the game, rescheduling it to Saturday at 2 p.m.
The Darts led 14-10 with 28 seconds left in the second quarter and the ball at the Farmington 13-yard line when play was stopped for a second time due to lightning in the area. The first lightning delay lasted 1 hour and 9 minutes.
Each lightning strike that occurred within a 10-mile radius of the game location prompted a 30-minute delay; the 30-minute timer "resets" every time there was a fresh lightning strike.
The second lightning delay, which began at 9:04 p.m., lasted until shortly before 11 p.m. when school officials announced the postponement. Shortly before the postponement was announced, police broke up a verbal confrontation between coaches from both schools.
Davis and Farmington's last three meetings have been decided by 3, 1 and 8 points, and the 2025 edition looked to be heading that way, too.
Davis quarterback Tradon Bessinger, a current Boise State commit, found receiver Bode Sparrow, himself with multiple Division-I offers, in the very back of the end zone for a perfectly placed spiral 30-yard touchdown pass to open the scoring (7-0). Had Bessinger thrown the ball a foot further, Sparrow would've been out of bounds; it was that well placed.
That ended a nine-play, 80-yard drive.
How did Farmington respond? With a nine-play, 80-yard touchdown drive of its own. After Will Peterson and Kava Fiefia linked up for a double pass that went 20 yards, Drew Love ran in untouched for an 11-yard TD over the left side to tie the game.
Farmington stopped Davis on the next drive, then took a 10-7 lead on Jaxon Beynon's 39-yard field goal, with lightning flashing in the distance while the ball was mid air.
Davis struck again on the next series. On a run to his right, Bessinger led Sparrow with a deep throw down the field for a 56-yard scoring lob and a 14-10 lead. The only thing stopping Davis was multiple dropped passes.
Lightning struck a third time, and this was the unfortunate type: a bright, jagged bolt out over the Great Salt Lake that was too close to the stadium, which put the game into the first of two delays.
When play restarted at 8:48 p.m., Farmington went for it on fourth-and-1, and converted with a 2-yard run by Kava Fiefia. Farmington punted, and Davis tried to score before the end of the quarter; but the second, and longer, lightning delay started.
