Above left: Peter Warren (33) had a big night against the East Central Eagles last Friday night. Warren rushed for 179 yards and scored two touchdowns to help lead the Vikings to a 43-13 win. Above: Assistant Coach Bryan Carpenter gathered the players around him after halftime against Barnum and tried to rally their spirits. Although the kids lost, they played better than the final score indicated and hopefully will get a rematch with Barnum in the playoffs. Left: Jacob Schroeder made a great catch on this ball from quarterback Kale Boomer before being taken down for a nice gain on a play earlier this year against Two Harbors.
Viking running back Peter Warren ran wild against the East Central Eagles on Friday, September 28, to lead the Vikings to a 43-13 victory.
Warren carried the ball 20 times, gaining 179 yards and scored two touchdowns to earn Vikings’ Offensive Player of the week.
Jonny Jacobsen led the defense with 6 tackles, and Head Coach Mitch Dorr said, “He thoroughly dominated the guy across from him. He played a great defensive game.”
For his outstanding play on the defensive line Jacobsen was awarded Viking Defensive Player of the week.
Thomas Anderson earned the “Big Hit of the Week” for a huge crack-back block he threw in the second half.
Everything clicked for the Vikings. They scored touchdowns on their first four possessions and held the flightless Eagles to 24 yards of offense for the first half.
Viking quarterback Kale Boomer was 5-10 passing with one 18-yard touchdown throw to Jacob Schroeder. Boomer also carried the ball 13 times and gained 89 yards while rushing for 2 touchdowns.
Colin Everson had 10 carries and rushed for 65 yards and scored one touchdown. Mark Marxen had three kick-off returns for 43 yards.
Defensively Jacob Schroeder had 8 tackles and one fumble recovery. Everson contributed 11 tackles and Anderson had 6 tackles while Warren chipped in 4 tackles.
The second half saw quite a few Viking reserves seeing action whilsome of the starters caught their breath.
“I was really proud of how our guys responded after not having a game last week,” Dorr said.
While the veterans played well, Dorr said, “We are really waiting for some younger guys to step up and help our veterans. I thought Joe Borud played very well defensively from his safety position. He has a nice interception in the second quarter and continues to improve each day.”
The Vikings are now 4-1 on the year and face Deer River at Deer River this Friday and then play Braham Friday, October 12, for their Homecoming game.
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