Viking Damien Lavine scores twice in a rout of the Gladstone Gladiators
(Glendora) The Northview Vikings improved to 2-0 on the season with a decisive 45-7 win on the road Thursday night against the Gladstone Gladiators at Citrus College.
It was a stellar performance by the Northview defense led by Jared Brito who along with Maximiliano Flores spent a lot of time the the Gladiator backfield disrupting the young Gladstone offense.
*** Northview scored on thier first possesion when Christeon Blackmon scored on a 27-yard run. The Vikings went for two an converted on a pass from Peter VanDerEb to Bryan Salinas.
*** Salinas scored a touchdown of his own on a 22-yard run to give Northview a 14-0 lead with 3:42 left in the first quarter.
*** Brito set up the Vikings fourth score of the first half when he picked of an attempted Gladstone screen pass with one hand at the Gladiator 28 yard line.
Maximiliano Flores and the Viking D made life tough for the Gladiators
*** Damien Lavin scored two times on the evening. The second came on a five yard run to cap a six play 60-yard drive mid was through the third period.
*** Nicholas Ybarra blocked a Gladstone punt that was recovered at the Gladiator 19 to set up Northview’s final touchdown of the evening. Ybarra also score a touchdown earlier in the contest.
*** Blackmon scored his second touchdown of the evening on a one yard run to put the Vikings up 45-0 with 1:20 left to play in the third quarter.
*** Northview gave up its first points of the year on an 11-yard run by Gladstone’s Israel Vega. The score was set up when Kentarri Curri muffed at punt at his own 19.
*** Coach Marcel Perez and his staff showed a lot of class taking a knee at the Gladstone 10-yard line to end the game.
*** Northview will be on the road again next week when they travel south to take on the Rowland Raiders.
*** Citos Marinez and the Gladiators will try and regroup and get ready for a visit from the Baldwin Park Braves next Friday night at Citrus College.
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