Above: Saturday night fever anyone? Mark Marxen throws in a little “dance” move to make the defender miss as he jitterbugs his way down the field on his way for a nice gain. Both Kale Boomer (11) and Jacob Schroeder (16) helped to clear a path for Marxen who rushed for 27 yards against Ogilvie. Right: Thomas Anderson carried the ball for 13 yards against Ogilvie. On this run Richie Furlong looks to block for him.
Senior running back Peter Warren rushed for 120 yards and scored two touchdowns to lead the Vikings to a 27-0 shutout of the Ogilvie Lions last Friday night, September 7 at Ogilvie. Warren rushed 24 times and averaged 5 yards per carry and was named Offensive Player of the Week for the Vikes.
Colin Everson ran 90 yards, averaging 6.4 yards on 14 carries, and also scored two touchdowns. Everson scored one on the ground and caught a 15-yard pass for a touchdown from quarterback Kale Boomer. Everson also had 9 tackles on defense and was named the Vikings Defensive Player of the Week.
It was a night of dominance for the Vikings. They held the ball for 27 minutes on offense and smothered the Lions on defense. All in all the Viking players gained 286 yards on the ground and threw for 48 yards for a total of 334 yards of offense. Meanwhile the defense was extra stingy, holding Ogilvie to 122 yards, but 90 of Ogilvie’s yards came on punt/kick-off returns.
The Vikings scored a touchdown in each quarter. Everson caught a 15-yard TD pass and converted on the extra point to give the Vikings a 7-0 lead. Warren bulled in from 3 yards out in the second quarter to spot the Vikes a 13-0 lead after the extra point try failed. Warren scored from 1 yard out in the third period and Everson, now subbing for Kale at quarterback, threw a 2-point conversion pass to Jacob Schroeder. Everson ended the night scoring on a 5-yard dash into the end zone to give the Vikings a 27-0 lead.
Before going out with a nagging injury, Boomer was 2 for 6 passing for 48 yards while running the ball 5 times for 26 yards.
Running back Mark Marxen carried 13 times for 27 yards and returned a punt and a kick-off each for 15 yards. Thomas Anderson rushed for 13 yards and Jacob Schroeder rushed for 10 yards.
Ogilvie runners carried the ball 23 times for a total of 32 yards, a 1.4-yard average. Ogilvie didn’t gain any yards through the air.
Everson led the Vikings in tackles with 9, while Peter Warren and Jonny Jacobsen each had 7 tackles, with 5 of Jacobsen’s tackles being unassisted. Kale Boomer, Clay Johnson and Justin Goldstein each had a sack and Thomas Anderson had not one, but two fumble recoveries. Everson and Joe Borud also had tackles that caused a fumble.
Everson ran for 78 yards on his two kickoff returns for a 38-yard average, while Marxen returned 3 kicks for 50 yards, a 16.7 average.
After the game Head Coach Mitch Dorr said, “I thought Thomas Anderson played a great game on both sides of the ball. Jonny Jacobsen was also great on both the offensive and defensive lines.
“We are still battling some key injuries of Kale Boomer and Justin Goldstein, so we’ll see how much they play against Barnum.”
The Vikings face Barnum at home this Friday, September 14. The game starts at 7 p.m.
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