Vikings Advance in Football Playoffs With Win Over Portland 10-31-09
Swan Valley beat Portland in the District 2 Semifinals in Portland, MI Friday night ending Portland’s hope of going to the State Finals.
Both teams played strong defense with no one scoring in the first quarter. Swan Valley’s Cody Call ran in 4 yards to help the Vikings score first in the 2nd quarter, but the extra point was no good. Portland hit back as Alexander Newman scored a TD on a 10 yard run. They tried for a conversion, but failed. The first half ended with a 6-6 tie.
In the 3rd quarter Viking Jonathan Grace scored on a 3 yard run, again they missed the extra point. Portland failed to score with the quarter ending with a 12-6 Viking lead.
In the 4th quarter, Viking Matt Wenzel ran 13 yards for a TD. They went for the 2 ponit conversion and scored on a run from Matt Reardon to bring the score to 20-6. Portland fired back as H. VanRiper scored on a pass from J. Kenyon for a TD. T. Maus then scored 2 points on the conversion with a pass from Kenyon to bring the score to a 20-14 Viking lead. Swan Valley’s Dan Berden scored the last points of the game with a 50 yard run for the TD, The PAT was no good.
Swan Valley advances to play against Stanton Central Montcalm on November 6th at Swan Valley High School.