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OGDEN — Morgan High girls basketball led Ogden 27-14 halftime and that lead held up to keep the Trojans in second place in Region 13, as Morgan went on to a 53-42 road win Tuesday night.

Elena Birkeland led Morgan (13-5, 4-1 Region 13) with 16 points and Alyvia Jaffa scored 15.

Ashley Christensen led Ogden (9-8, 2-3) with 16 points and Brynn Smith added 13.

SYRACUSE 71, LAYTON 53

SYRACUSE — Avery Sanders led all scorers with 23 points and Syracuse outscored Layton 23-9 in the fourth quarter in a region win.

Cortnie Barker scored 14 points for Syracuse (10-6, 4-2 Region 1). Ariah Hacker tallied 13 points and Maylee Anderson added 10. Sanders had three 3-pointers.

Brenley Boydston led Layton (1-13, 0-5) with 14 points and four 3-pointers. Avery Potter scored 12 points and Charly Stevens had nine.

NORTHRIDG 60, BOX ELDER 55

BRIGHAM CITY — Northridge led 36-19 at the half and held off a Box Elder charge for a region road win.

Kaylee Hess led Northridge (10-5, 4-0 Region 5) with 19 points. Madison Hosino scored 17 points with three 3-pointers.

Ashlyn Wight led all scorers with 22 points and four 3-pointers for Box Elder (7-9, 1-3). Olivia Godfrey tallied nine points.

VIEWMONT 45, BONNEVILLE 34

WASHINGTON TERRACE — Viewmont won the first half 28-12 and didn’t look back to defeat Bonneville in a region game.

Emma Mulitalo led Viewmont (8-9, 2-2 Region 5) with 19 points, making three 3-pointers. Lissia Da Silva added 10 points.

Bonneville (4-10, 0-4 Region 5) got 12 points from Libby Jensen and seven from Analeise Maharaj.

FARMINGTON 47, CLEARFIELD 25

CLEARFIELD — Mele Fiefia led Farmington with nine points in a win at Clearfield.

Marissa Marchant scored eight points and Victoria Clinger added seven points with two 3-pointers for Farmington (9-6, 3-3 Region 1).

Xiyah Yarbrough scored a game-high 11 points for Clearfield (8-7, 2-4) and Brooklyn Hawks scored four points.

TAYLORSVILLE 55, ROY 42

ROY — Roy was outscored 22-13 in a decisive third quarter on the way to a home loss against Taylorsville.

Nicole Williams led Roy (3-12, 3-2 Region 2) with 11 points and three 3-pointers. Rhylee Biese scored nine points and Jerzee Hart added eight.

BOUNTIFUL 58, WOODS CROSS 29

BOUNTIFUL — Bountiful led 43-18 after three quarters in a big region win.

Jordyn Harvey led Bountiful (13-1, 4-0 Region 5) with 17 points, Taylor Harvey scored 12 points and the Redhawks made eight 3-pointers.

Kenna Cowley led Woods Cross (10-5, 1-3) with eight points.

SCORES, NO STATS REPORTED

St. Joseph 38, Utah Military 21

South Summit 58, Ben Lomond 39

Grantsville 40, Layton Christian 29

BOYS BASKETBALL

ROY 59, TAYLORSVILLE 48

ROY — Jayden Spencer scored eight of his 19 points in the fourth quarter, a frame Roy won 15-7 to push past Taylorsville for a region home win.

Elijah Sowards also scored 19 points for Roy (9-8, 4-2 Region 2), closing with six in the fourth quarter. Beau Belnap added 11 points.

SYRACUSE 56, LAYTON 51

SYRACUSE — Syracuse led 42-31 after three quarters and held off a late Layton surge for a region win.

Brevin Hamblin led all scorers with 25 points for Syracuse (10-5, 3-3 Region 1). Kaden Ericksen scored 10 points and Dax Brady added nine.

Brock Mendoza paced Layton (10-7, 3-3) with 16 points. KJ Miller scored 11 points with two 3-pointers.

ST. JOSEPH 63, UTAH MILITARY 52

OGDEN — Gideon Burnham led St Joseph with 19 points in a home region win.

Tyler Arroyo added 17 points with two 3-pointers for St Joseph (6-9, 2-3 Region 17).

James Von Weber led all scorers with 24 points and three 3-pointers for Utah Military (4-7, 0-5). Caleb Johnson scored 12 points.

LOGAN 68, BEAR RIVER 53

GARLAND — Kyver Jensen scored 15 points and Bridger Barfuss added 13 as Bear River (10-6, 1-3 Region 11) lost at home to Logan.

SCORES, NO STATS REPORTED

Farmington 65, Clearfield 52

Justin Johnson, Brett Hein and Patrick Carr contributed to this report.

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