The Cook County Vikings gave up 20 first half points to Carlton/Wrenshall last Friday night, and then held the bigger team to a draw the second half. Here Keenan Hingos (55), puts a fierce rush on the Carlton/Wrenshall quarterback. Staff photo/Brian Larsen
The newly combined Carlton/Wrenshall Raptors came to Grand Marais last Friday night to square off against the Cook County Vikings on Lyle Anderson field and the Vikings came away with a tough loss.
The newly joined Carlton-Wrenshall team will have to play 11-man football in the playoffs, but for the remainder of this season they are matched up against 9-man squads.
Carlton scored a touchdown in the first quarter and their big quarterback kicked the extra point to go up 7-0. A touchdown midway through the second quarter behind a 51-yard pass play and short run with the extra point kick made it 14-0.
Late in the second quarter the Vikings turned the ball over on downs and were forced to punt. A short punt gave the Raptors the ball on the Vikings’ 47-yard line, and the Raptors promptly moved the ball down the field to the end zone. The Raptors missed the extra point kick and went into the locker room up 20-0.
Both teams played good defense in the second half of the game, and neither team could score.
Except for giving up a couple of big plays in the first half, the Vikings defense did a good job of swarming the Raptor ball carriers and receivers, stopping the Carlton/ Wrenshall offensive attack from doing much damage, and shutting them out in the second half. Staff photo/Brian Larsen
The Vikings’ first play on offense was a 15-yard completion but it was called back because of a penalty. It was a harbinger of things to come for the offense, who could move the ball between the 20-yard marks, but had a hard time when they neared the goal line.
Junior running back Aram Falter carried 18 times for 67 yards, averaging 3.7 yards per carry. Senior quarterback Adam Dorr ran nine times, picking up 59 yards for a 6.5 yard per carry average.
Adam threw 27 times, completing 14 passes for 116 yards, spreading his throws to five different receivers.
Jordan Porter had four catches for 27 yards. Jonathan Huskey caught three balls for 28 yards, Masen McKeever had three catches for 24 yards, Vaughn Swindlehurst caught two passes for 17 yards and Daunte Deschampe made two catches to gain 17 yards.
Isaiah Deschampe led the team in tackles with six assisted and six unassisted tackles to give him 12 overall for the game. Isaiah also forced one fumble.
Keenan Hingos had six assisted tackles and five unassisted tackles to give him 11 while Vaughn Swindlehurst made five assisted tackles and six unassisted tackles to also finish with 11 tackles for the game.
Other tacklers for the Vikings were Masen Mckeever, 7; Jonathan Huskey, 7; Jordon Porter, 6; Adam Dorr, 5; Aram Falter, 4; Daunte Deschampe 3, and one fumble recovery; P. Pierre, 2; and Devin Premo had 1 tackle.
Car l ton- Wrenshal l punted three times for a 34-yard average. The Vikings’ Adam Dorr punted three times for a 22-yard average. Aram Falter had two kick-off returns to gain 39 yards, a 19.5-yard average.
In terms of statistics, the two teams were fairly close. Cook County gained 15 first downs to Carlton’s 13. Carlton outgained the Vikings 306 yards to 212, but the Vikings lost 30 yards due to sacks.
The Vikings gained 126 yards rushing to Carlton- Wrenshall’s 156. Cook County gained 116 yards in the air compared to Carlton-Wrenshall’s 150 yards gained on passing plays.
The Vikings travel to play Cherry this Friday, September 13 and then come home to face the Ely Timberwolves on Friday, September 20. The game starts at 7 p.m. Come out and cheer for your Vikings!
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