Tackling, blocking, a little bit of everything,' McKeon said. Everybody's just gotten a little bit better at everything. Known for his solid point guard play in the Chicago Public League White-West Conference, senior Romell Franklin, Jr.

Next week, the Vikings will host La Porte Junior High. He runs so hard,' McKeon said.Īfter dropping an 8-6 heartbreaker on the road to an always tough Berry Miller squad last week, Wednesday's win was big for the Vikings confidence as they await the remaining six weeks to their schedule. The Vikings gladly accepted the great field position and scored the knockout punch on a Garret Malloy six-yard run after Speights chewed up the first 14 yards. The second chance saw the team go nowhere from their own 19. A 22-yard pass play got the Lobos in Vikings territory, but four plays later Vikings defensive back Joey Martinez intercepted a deep pass. Lomax only had two cracks at the end zone after Fairmont's go-ahead score. The Vikings racked up five first downs and Box accounted for two of them with first a seven-yard run and then a 17-yard reception. The team also leaned on Samuel Box for key contributions during the long drive. He also had runs of 10 and 13 yards in the drive.

He gave the team a 6-0 advantage with a 10-yard touchdown run in the second quarter, before making sure the 85-yard drive produced points with his three-yard run. Speights rushed for over 100 yards by day's end and two touchdowns. But overall,I did pretty good,' McKeon said. 'I was pleased with some of the throws, but I could have thrown a little better on some of my decision making.

But his top target was Elijah Canales, who had four receptions for 60 yards, including key receptions of 25 and seven yards during the 85-yard drive. But we came out in the second half ready to play,' McKeon said.įor the entire second half, McKeon was 5-for-8 in the passing department for 77 yards. 'The offensive line blocked really good in the second half.

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