On Saturday the Vikes traveled to Grapevine for the 2nd
of 6 State Qualifying tournaments.
In game 1 the Vikes defeated the Richland Rebels 42-21. On a sad note, a Richland player broke his leg for the 3rd time in his young career. The Vikes said a prayer for him during the halt in play.
In game 2 the Vikes spotted Mesquite Horn an 11 point 1/2 time lead as Horn had
the ball one more possession and a Lamar TD was waived off by a 4-second call.
The 2nd half was a “home run derby” as both teams scored at will on deep balls.
Lamar was stopped just short of the game winning TD falling 46-42. We also had an apparent "pick six" waived off by an official.
In the final
game the Vikes faced Frisco Heritage and came away with a 48-31 victory. For
the day the Vikes averaged over 45 ppg while giving up 32 ppg a 13 ppg
differential. Horn was the Pool winner by virtue of their “head to head” win over the
Vikes. Comparatively the Vikes beat Heritage by 17 while Horn beat Heritage by
1. Horn lost to Richland and the Vikes won by 21! Mesquite won the qualifying
round and thus qualified for the state tournament.
Although the Vikes didn’t qualify, we are definitely on
the right track. We will continue to work on getting a minimum of “2 stops per
half” defensively which we did in 2 of 3 games Saturday. We also must be more
consistent on offense particularly in the 1st half of games.
The overall effort was excellent and I look forward to
our 3 rd SQT next Saturday in Bedford! VFND
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