Lucas Phillips deftly dribbles around a defender in a recent home game.
The Vikings traveled to Floodwood on Friday, January 16 to play the undefeated Floodwood Polar Bears and lost 86-36.
Floodwood is 15-0 while the young Viking team has one win for the season.
Jamie Wick had a great game, scoring 15 points and pulling down 10 rebounds. Andy Farley who scored 6 points and had 2 rebounds followed Wick. Rory Bakke finished with 5 points and 3 rebounds while Sam O’Phelan had 4 points and pulled down 5 boards. Lucas Phillips scored 4 points and Marcus Logan ended his night with 2 points and 5 rebounds. Jerod Spry finished with 2 rebounds.
Willow Christianson and Riley Bernsdorf each scored 19 points to lead Floodwood.
Vikings lose to Timberwolves
With little chance to rest following their late return from Floodwood the next morning the Vikings boarded the bus and headed to play Ely in a day game. The Vikings fell 65-28 to the Timberwolves.
Once again Jamie Wick led the Vikings with 11 points and 13 rebounds. Marcus Logan scored 6 points and grabbed 3 rebounds while Andy Farley finished with 4 points and 3 boards. Rory Bakke ended his night with 2 points and 4 rebounds and Jerod Spry finished with 2 points and 2 rebounds. Sam O’Phelan pulled down 6 rebounds in the game and Trusen Gordon finished with 3 points.
Spencer Gaulke led Ely with 18 points.
Head Coach Pat Eliasen summed up the weekend this way, “We played two pretty good teams in Floodwood and Ely. It comes down to being able to score. We have been struggling to score all season and we need to find a way to put points on the board consistently.
“We’re getting shots off, now we just need them to start falling. We’re a young team and need to gain confidence in our abilities. I’ve stressed the importance of off-season work to gain our competitive edge back. We’ll need to work hard in the summer months, on our shooting specifically.”
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