Northern Vikings Jr. 8 Man Football Earns Spot in Final
thursday november 6, 2014
The Northern
Vikings hosted the St. Clair
Colts in the Jr. 8 Man Football
semi final playoff on Wednesday.
It took the whole
first quarter, but the Jr. Colts
struck first and put six points
up. They went for a two point
conversion but a fumble kept the
extra points off the board. The
Vikings waited until the 6:00
minute mark of the 2nd quarter
to add their first major with a
45 yard run from Aden Alkinani
and a point after booted by Gabe
Barnes. The Vikings struck
again two minutes later on a
huge breakout run by Andrew
Bradshaw. Barnes kicked the
extra point. The Vikings'
Bradshaw closed out the half
with a run from twenty yards
out. Barnes kicked the extra
point. The Vikings led 21-6 at
the half.
The Vikings put
together a long drive towards
the end of the 3rd quarter,
capped off with an Andrew
Bradshaw run into the endzone
from 20 yards out and another
Barnes extra point. Noah McLean
added another major in the
closing minutes of the third.
Barnes booted the extra point.
The Colts added a major at the
10:00 minute mark of the 4th
quarter and added to the score
with a two point conversion. The
Vikings responded with Alkinani
taking the ball 75 yards for a
major. Barnes converted the
extra point. After a long drive
nearing the end of the game, the
Vikings settled for a field
goal. The Colts put 6 more
points on the board on a long
pass, but were stopped on the
two point conversion attempt.
The final score
was Vikings 45, Colts 20.
Today at 2:30 St.
Pat's host LCCVI in semi-final
action, the winner from today's
game will meet Northern in the
finals on Saturday November 15.
Game time TBA.
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