The Vikings continued its early season success Sunday with a victory over the Salinas Cardinals.
Pee Wee
Hollister Vikings 39, Salinas Cardinals 33
By Santiago Hernandez
The Pee Wee Vikings muscled to victory Sunday, beating the Salinas Cardinals 39-33 to keep its early-season momentum going.
Salinas received the ball first and drove down the field from Vikings’ 45-yard line to strike first on a quarterback keeper. The Vikings responded, though, on their first possession with a 35-yard touchdown run from Peter Felice, tying the game 6-6.
The second quarter started when Ryan Miller intercepted the ball on Salinas 30-yard line and returned it for a 70-yard touchdown to extend the score to 12 -6. Salinas responded on a long pass play on its next possession to even the score again
But the Vikings rallied back on a 20-yard touchdown run from Felice through a wide open hole carved by the big Viking line.
The Vikings opened the second half with another impressive drive, scoring on a 20-yard run from Felice. Salinas, though, refused to give up, answering back on a 45-yard touchdown run to bring the score to 25-20.
In fourth quarter, the Vikings found themselves in Salinas’ red zone once again and on fourth down from the 1-yard line, Felice scored again to increase the Viking lead to 32-20.
The Vikings, though, put an exclamation point on the win when Felice, again, plowed through the Salinas defense for a 65-yard run to give Hollister 39 points.
Tiny Mite West
Hollister Vikings, Salinas Cardinals
No score
By Janna Esparza
The Hollister’s Tiny Mite West team came ready to play Sunday morning as it continued to improve against the Salinas Cardinals.
Both sides of the ball shined as the team put on it best performance of the season. On the defensive side, the Vikings continued give up minimal yards throughout the game. It was a big day for Juan Cortez Jr., Mateo Dozal, Noah Dewey and Angel Zendejaz defensively. Both Dewey and Zendejaz had key tackles and blocks to slow the Cardinal running game.
Offensively, Tiny Mites West continued to move the ball both on the ground and in the air Tony Salcedo had a 10-yard run for touchdown. Matthew Villarreal completed two passes on the day and ran for an 8-yard touchdown.
Cortez Jr. and Zander Svenningsen played well on both sides of the ball. Cortez Jr. contributed with a 25-yard run for a touchdown. Svenningsen stripped the ball for a turnover, ran for a 15-yard touchdown and caught a 30-yard touchdown pass.
“We had a great week in practice this week and it showed,” Tiny Mite West head coach Trenton Finister said. “Our defense was flawless, held them on our rushing and our starting QB threw an impressive TD pass to our wide receiver. That was a great game.”
The Vikings travel to South San Francisco on Sunday to play the West Bay Rams Gold. Kickoff is at 8 a.m.
Tiny Mite East
Hollister Vikings vs. Cambrian Valley Longhorns
No Score
By Julia Stephens
The Hollister Vikings met the Cambrian Valley Longhorns on a hot day in Hollister on Sunday. The Vikings, though, fought hard and battled through the heat. The offense, anchored by Mateo Peliaz, Austin Hutchison, Robert Holsten and Braden Cason, ran the ball for two first down conversions and 30 yards in the game’s first few possessions. Overall, the offense played well in the first half, driving the ball up and down the field.
On defense, Wyat Tari, Ladanian Gaytan, John Canty and George Luna helped hold the Longhorns to only one score in the first half.
At the start of the second half the Vikings came out fired up and played with a lot of energy. The Vikings defense, which included Austin Honeycutt, Ladanian Gaytan and Damien Castro, played strong to hold the Longhorns to no score. That allowed Mateo Pelaiz and the offensive line to run the ball for a 32-yard touchdown.
The Hollister Tiny Mite East team travels to play the West Bay Rams at 8 a.m. Sunday.
