Last Saturday the Vikes went back to Pennington Field in Bedford for the 2nd time this season and for the second time went 2-1 in pool play. As part of our preparations for State we continued to use all 20 players including rotating our QB's so as to get playing time for everyone and a look at different combinations of players on offense and defense.
This continues to be a "ball hawking" group on Defense. While we had a number of actual interceptions, we can very close to DOUBLING that number with other balls we should have caught. In game #1 against Rockwall Heath we had two int's, one by Califah Garr and a "pick six" by Jaylen Nobles. In Game # 2 James Douglas, Jaylen Nobles, Joe Vaughn and Jack Dawson each had a pick. Four interceptions in a game is outstanding and we averaged two per game.
Offensively we struggled at times and at other times played well. The energy by our receivers was good in all three games. We forced too many throws into coverage and will have to eliminate our own interceptions before the state tournament. Our percentage of extra points completed is still not where it needs to be.
We averaged 29 points per game on offense which is about 14 points below where we need to be. Defensively we allowed just 53 points in total or 18 points per game. We need to hold teams below 28 ppg to be successful at the State Tournament. Our record for the season is 12-4.
We play on FRIDAY this week at the Rowlett SQT. We will continue to rotate players through Friday. We will practice twice next week prior to departing for College Station. These will be two important practices as we finalize our preparations for State.
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