VIKINGS COME UP SHORT, LOSE TO HILLSBORO

Stambaugh, Erickson, Baker, Ryan Lead Stats

By Staff

LINDSBORG – Despite playing what could have been their best game of the season, the young Smoky Valley football team still came up short at home on Friday in losing to Hillsboro 45-22.

Now 0-7 on the season, the Vikings will look to get in the win column on Friday, October 20 on the road at Nickerson in their final regular season battle. Nickerson is 1-6 and riding a six-game losing streak after losing Friday, 52-0, to Pratt.

At home on Friday, the Vikings were led by junior Gavin Stambaugh as he ran for 96 yards and two scores on 17 carries while also returning three kickoff returns for another 61 yards.

Ezekiel Baker, another junior, carried the ball 17 times as well for 60 yards and the Vikings third touchdown while freshman Christian Erickson took the ball 16 times for 74 yards.

Sophomore Kristian Ryan and junior Takoda Hauck shared duties at quarterback where they went 0-for-4 passing with a pair of interceptions.

Stambaugh led the Smoky Valley defensive effort with 12 tackles of which six were solo stops while Baker recorded eight tackles with five solos and Ryan had seven tackles.

To see the youth of the Viking team in 2023, of the dozen players listed in the stat sheet, 10 were underclassman including six sophomore or freshmen.

SMOKY VALLEY VIKING FOOTBALL hosting Hillsboro

SCORING > Hillsboro = 0-16-14-15 = 45; VIKINGS = 0-8-8-6 = 22

1st Quarter >

No Scoring.

2nd Quarter >

Hillsboro > Scored on a 4-yard run (2-Point Conversion was Good) 8-0

VIKINGS > Scored on a 2-yard run (2-Point Conversion was Good) 8-8

Hillsboro > Scored on a 25-yard pass play (2-Point Conversion was Good) 16-8

3rd Quarter >

VIKINGS > Scored on a 28-yard run (2-Point Conversion was Good) 16-16

Hillsboro > Scored on an 18-yard run (2-Point Conversion was Good) 24-16

Hillsboro > Scored on a 2-yard run (2-Point Conversion Failed) 30-16

4th Quarter >

Hillsboro > Scored on a 2-yard run (Kick was Good) 37-16

Hillsboro > Scored on a fumble return (2-Point Conversion was Good) 45-16

VIKINGS > Scored on an 11-yard run (Kick failed) 45-22

TEAM STATS > Hillsboro VIKINGS

1st Downs > 15 16

Plays/Yards > 48/NA 56/231

Passing Yards > NA 0

Rushing Yards > NA 231

3rd Downs/Made > 7/2 12/7

Turnovers > 0 3

Fumbles Lost > 0 1

Interceptions > 0 2

Penalties/Yards > 3/28 1/15

VIKING INDIVIDUAL STAT LEADERS >

Passing (comp/atts/yds/td/int) > Kristian Ryan – 0/1/0/0/1; Takoda Hauck – 0/3/0/0/1. Team Totals > 0/4/0/0/2.

Rushing (atts/yds/td) > Gavin Stambaugh – 17/96/2; Christian Erickson – 16/74/0; Ezekiel Baker – 17/60/1; Takoda Hauck – 3/1/0.

Receiving (rec/yds/td) > No receptions made.

Defense (Tackles/Solo/Asst/TFL) > Gavin Stambaugh – 12/6/6/0; Ezekiel Baker – 8/5/3/0; Kristian Ryan – 7/3/4/0; Takoda Hauck – 5/3/2/0; Geo Luis – 5/2/3/0; Andrew Lochard – 4/1/3/0; Brock Gengler – 4/1/3/0; Crew Elliott – 3/1/2/0; Christian Erickson – 2/1/1/0; Andrew Young – 2/0/2/0; Gabe Baker – 2/1/1/0; Jackson Mauch – 1/1/0/0; Connor Smith-Bolin – 1/0/1/0. Team Totals > 56/25/31/0.

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