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Show cs$Wh , znzzzzzn: Seniors and Parents Introduced on Senior Night at Last Home Game of the Season , j I j.;,. . r-r" ' " i - : ; i- V'' ........... ...... V V ,.'' , ."A V v Viking Quarterback Zack Christensen delivers a perfect pass to Wide Receiver Re-ceiver Erik Schofield, who pulls in the catch as LP players look on. Photo courtesy of PicMyKid .com by Kent Allen During pregame festivities, the seniors on the Viking Football Team were introduced along with their parents before their last home game of the season. There are 30 players belonging to the Senior Class. Members of this group include Winston Sorhaitz, our standout kicker (who added another PAT to his string of successful kicks making it 20 for 20 this season); Zack Christensen, Quarterback, McKay Madsen and Quinn Newbold, Wide Receivers; Nate Sampson and Bryon Bingham, Tight Ends; Austin Heder, Jackson Giles, Running Backs and Russ Hiskey and Garrett Horsley, Linemen. Amoung all the rest, these athletes will be missed next year. We wish them the best as they move on in their lives. As far as the game went, if the Vikings could have contained one man, they could have won the game. But the difference one person can make was certainly felt, especially during the second half. Lone Peak's Quarterback, Chase Hansen passed and ran enough to be responsible for all but 9 yards of offense for the Knights. He ran 26 times for 175 yards and completed 1 1 out of 18 passes for 173 yards totaling 348 yards of offense. Lone Peak's total offensive effort was 357 yards. Hansen compiled most of the yards and the rest of the team contributed 9 yards to the effort. And he is only a junior. There are great things to be heard of this young man in the future. The first half of the game was also the best defensive effort of the year. Both teams traded possession in the first quarter with no points scored. Both teams scored in the second quarter but Lone Peak missed : rVi : r 13 Jason West stretches out to pull in the pass just short of a Viking touchdown. Photo courtesy of PicMyKid.com 24 Parker Johnson strips the Lone Peak quarterback of the ball forcing forc-ing a turnover. Photo courtesy of PicMyKid.com the point after and left the field at the half with PG leading 7-6. If that effort could have been continued through the second half, the Vikings may have been able to pull off an upset victory. And several times, the offense or defense were just this close to actually pulling it off. Even in the waning moments of the game, the Vikings were still fighting hard as the Knights did not let up on the gas. The final score was Lone Peak 27, Pleasant Grove 7. The last game of the season will be played at Alta High School on Friday, October 22, starting at 7 p.m. With a 4-1 record, Alta is in second place in Region 4 and ranked twentieth in the state. Alta beat the Vikings last year in overtime which put us in third place in our region. It would be great for the Vikings to end the season with a win. |