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Show Vikes Take Early Exit In State Tourney TO THEIR credit this bunch of Vikings never nev-er gave up and they battled hard until the final buzzer but they were just outmanned on this night. Despite spending a lot of time on the bench in foul trouble Cloward picked up 13 points to lead the Vikings with David Rees adding 12. One highlight for the Vikes was the fact they were credited with 8 blocked shots with Jeff McNiel getting four of them. In the second quarter the Brighton teai started to assert themselves a little more plu they displayed a deep bench as they kept fresh troops in the game. "They kept sending in new people and all of them were quality players" admitted Johansen. Just in case you think Brighton is a flash in the pan keep in mind thad the sophomore, junior varsity and varsity teams had a compiled record of 66-6 this season. sea-son. These folks have depth to the max. TO BE TRUTHFUL the Vikes played a good second period but they were up against a hot club. David Rees, who was six of nine from the field, kept the score respectable with some fine outside bombs that gently found the bottom of the net, while Bret Cloward was working inside. in-side. "They called Bret for two quick fouls and then a couple of traveling calls and I think it affected him from then on" offered Johansen. The two clubs came out of the lockers with Brighton holding a ten point bulge but then the game got out of hand. Brighton made the first bucket and then their quick guards stole the ball twice before the ball crossed midcourt and converted them into easy layups and before be-fore the crowd could settle back down the Bengals Ben-gals were up 47-30. Viewmont never recovered. |