Two squads of Menlo-Atherton Vikings Pop Warner competitors moved into the second round of Peninsula Conference football playoffs on Oct. 28, while three other Vikings teams are hanging up their uniforms for the 2007 season.
Here are the details of the Oct. 28 action:
Mitey Mites: Lavell Gates ran the opening kickoff back 65 yards for a Vikings touchdown, and Menlo-Atherton took the annual Mitey Mite Superbowl 12-6 over the Monterey Peninsula Jets at the Salinas Sports Complex. Gates scored again after Tre-Sean Bishop stripped the ball and recovered on the Jets’ 4-yard line. The Vikings held Monterey to a single score in the second half. Quarterback William Ritchey, running back Michael Fekete, defensive end Jack Posthauer and lineman Kailen Kershner all had big games in M-A’s season finale.
Junior Pee Wees: A heartbreaking 18-12 playoff defeat in triple overtime ended the Vikings’ season, as TriCities pulled out a marathon win. David Teu ran 60 yards for the Viking score in regulation, and Isiah Nash scored the overtime touchdown for M-A. A fumble near the TriCities goal line doomed Vikings’ overtime chances. Adam Greenlow, Tony Gabb and Matt Odell led the Vikings defense, while offensive linemen Odell, Amal Duriseti, Charlie Roth and Robert Wang buffeted the TriCities defense.
Pee Wees: They required a quarter to hit their stride, but the Vikings offense caught fire to roll over the West Bay Rams 40-12 at Half Moon Bay High. Talaiasi Teu, Landon Baty (on a 12-yard pass from Khalil “Lil” James), and a James 40-yard interception return led to a 20-12 halftime advantage for the Vikings. James passed to Baty and Colton Wisecarver prior to a 4-yard touchdown gallop, and Campbell Roellig sprinted 48 yards to paydirt on a double reverse. James capped the scoring with a 27-yard run, and Teu added a pair of two-point conversion kicks as the Vikings moved deeper into the Peninsula Conference playoffs.
Junior Midgets: Down 21-0, the Vikings fought back with a second-half flurry before falling in Brentwood to Delta Bay by a 27-12 score. Keenan Gates took a 20-yard pass from Patrick Bruni and ran 40 yards for the M-A touchdowns. Markus Franklin sparkled as a pass receiver, Diante Davenport and Sean Barrett contributed powerful two-way performances, and Eleno Figueroa ended the season with his best game in the offensive line.
Midgets: Wideout Edward Norton grabbed a touchdown pass from Josiah Paye and running back Joe Vea reeled in another as the Vikings rolled to a 16-6 playoff victory in Palo Alto over the West Bay Rams of San Bruno. David Mapa kicked two-point conversions after each touchdown to provide M-A a comfortable margin. The Vikings applied constant defensive pressure to frustrate the Rams’ attack and propel the locals into the second round of Peninsula Conference playoff competition.
—Report by Jim Gallagher, Vikings Boosters
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