Viking Fight Fort Calhoun

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As the Lakeview Vikings kick off the Homecoming night with a big win. Homecoming night proved successful for the football team as they took on the Patriots of Fort Calhoun High School. The Viking dominated the field 19-7 starting with a 25-yard kick by sophomore Cadge Janssen.

“The hard work on defense in practice,” is what contributed to this week’s win said sophomore quarterback Jaden Johnson. Johnson assisted in both touchdowns scored in Friday’s game. Handing the ball to senior Dakota Prorok and then throwing an 8-yard pass to senior Dillon Sprunk in the endzone sealed the game for the Vikings. Sprunk added two more to the scoreboard with a tackle in the endzone for a safety.

The Vikings continue to focus on the fundamentals of the field. Coach Kurt Frenzen’s team is looking at a different blocking scheme to make sure they account for all the defenders. As they prepare to take on O’Neill they have discussed and looked at different plays to add.

“They haven’t been scored on yet,” noted Johnson. The Vikings travel to O’Neill, Nebraska, on Friday to take on the undefeated Eagles of O’Neill who just shut out the Boone Central Cardinals 38-0. “If the linemen up front can make blocks, we should be able to find seams to run through,” said sophomore running back Jacob Frenzen. Frenzen had 24 carries for 135 yards in the game against Fort Calhoun.

Volleyball Teams Struggle against Stanton

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The Lady Vikes had a great win against Stanton at the Reserve and Junior Varisty volleyball game on Tuesday.

“I thought we played really good together. We had the basic fundamentals down, took care of the ball on our side of the net efficiently, and our communication was key,” said junior outside hitter Jessica Kapels. The team had strengths and weaknesses on the court. “Our hitting was excellent. We put the ball where their players weren’t and that helped us get points and win the game. Also, we had a lot of girls ace the Mustangs. We could tell that they were getting frustrated with our serves, and that helped boost our confidence even more. But we didn’t do so hot at getting our passes to our setter. That caused us to be a little upset and we struggled with serve receive,” noted Kapels.

Even though the Lady Vikes had a positive win and attitude, there were also some things that they needed to work on as a group to finish even stronger. On the things they may try to do differently, Kapels adds, “Having more energy on the court. We played good and all, but we weren’t really too excited when we were scoring points. Nobody was really into the game that much, and I felt like that would have caused us to slow down a little.”

“We need to really work on our serve receive. That is going to be our main focus at practice. Also, we need to work on drop and drive. Our libero was having some troubles getting to the ball quicker, and that should have been the wings’ jobs. Lastly, we should work on getting to our base a little quicker so we’re ready for the ball to come back on our side.”  

Softball Honors Aurora Teammate

Thursday night Lakeview High School softball team faced off against Aurora. This was senior night for upperclassmen at Lakeview. This was also, the last home game of the softball season and the last game played on Lakeview turf for the seniors.

“Aurora just recently lost someone to their team who was battling cancer, so we wanted to respect that,” noted senior Rayna Whitmore. The Lakeview softball team felt as though they should honor them in some way to show their respect for the other team. A few members of the softball team got together and spent four hours making bows for players to wear on Thursday night. There were also three yellow bows scattered around on the field, as yellow is the childhood cancer awareness color.

“We came out strong on the offensive side, but the defense wasn’t as clean,” said Whitmore.  Lakeview came out strong at the start, but when it came down to it, Aurora came out on top 8-4.  The Lakeview softball team had more hits when they were up to bat, than Aurora did. However, Lakeview struggled to stop the ball on the defensive side, letting Aurora have more runs.

Lakeview’s softball team will now be working hard on their defense tomorrow, as they get ready to head to Central City for their tournament this weekend.