Rudyard, MI beat Gibraltar 22-15 Thursday night in non-conference high school football at Walton Blesch Field in Menominee. Vikings coach Pat Keehan says his team played much better this week….
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The Vikings opened the scoring on Tanner Biwer’s 2 yard touchdown run following a Josh Leonard interception. However, the Bulldogs answered with the next three touchdowns to open a 22-7 lead with just over 8 minutes to play in the game. The Vikings final score would come when Sawyer Johnson scored from 5 yards out with just over 5 minutes to play….
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Starting quarterback Tanner Biwer left the game with an ankle injury in the fourth quarter and did not return, leaving Nick Kita at the controls. Coach Keehan said that both players were sore after the game….
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The Vikings will play Algoma in the Olympian/Packerland Small opener next Friday in Fish Creek.