The Northern Jr. Vikings football team started their season with a strong showing against a hard-fighting Bluebombers squad.

The Jr. Vikings opened the scoring five minutes into the 1st quarter when Blake Maxfield returned a SCITS punt into the Bluebombers end of the field, and Niles Crews followed up with a 30 yard run into the endzone. Maxfield kicked the extra point. Two minutes later, the Vikings regained possession and Easton Klaudi ran the ball in for a major from 40 yards out. Maxfield made good on the extra point. The Vikings ended the 1st quarter with another touchdown, this time on a 50 yard run by quarterback Kobe Lundy.

Minutes into the 2nd quarter, Blake Maxfield struck again, this time on a 90 yard kickoff return. He converted the extra point. The Vikings added three more touchdowns in the 2nd quarter, one by Lundy, another by Crews, and a third by Jordan Walsh on a 70 yard run. Maxfield made good on all three extra points. The Bluebombers put a touchdown on the board near the end of the quarter, leaving the first half score Vikings 49, Bluebombers 7.

SCITS added three more majors in the 2nd half and touchdowns by the Vikings' Walsh, Cooper, and Maxfield, who also made good on all of his convert attempts, left the final score Vikings 70, Bluebombers 26.