The JV Vikings opened the 2008 - 2009 season with an impressive 22 point win over Dublin Jerome. Teays Valley put 3 players in double figures and was able to hold off a late rush by Jerome in sealing the first win of the year.  Scoring for the Vikings:  Dominic Koah had 13, Vic Preist added 12, Kevin Tavenner added 10, Cole Bowling had 6 and Tyler Dresbach had 2. The Vikings open up MSL play on Tuesday as we travel to Canal Winchester.

The JV Vikes came up 2 points short in a great JV basketball game.  The game was close after 1 period with CW up by 1, the 2nd period saw the Indians taka a 10 point lead into the lockerroom. In the third period the Vikings used some good D and converted on the offensive end inside to close the gap to 2 points heading into the 4th period. The 4th period saw the game go back and forth with both teams holding a 1 or 2 point lead just to see the other team erase the deficit. The Vikings missed a jumper at the buzzer to end regulation. Overtime was thrilling as well as both teams battled, CW made 2 free throws with 8.6 seconds to go, TV called Time out and set up a last second shot, the shot glanced off the backboard as the horn sounded.  Both teams played hard and it was a real good game. Scoring for the Vikings: Vic Priest had 13, Kevin Tavenner added 10, Cole Bowling add 8, Dominic Koah had 7, Tyler Dresbach had 5. The Vikings play at Logan Elm on Friday night.

The Vikings lossed a tough game last night at Logan Elm. The Vikings came out slow falling behind 16 - 6 after the first period. The Second period saw the teams battle each other with the Vikings going into the halftime break down 10.  The second half the Braves turned up the pressure and wore down the Vikings in winning the second half 28 - 14. I felt the kids played hard and never gave up, we need to keep improving and getting better everyday in practice. Scoring for the Vikings: Kevin Tavenner had 8, Tyler Dresbach added 7, Vic Preist had 6, Dominic Koah added 5, Brenden Niezgoda had 4 and Ben Hite had 1.  The Vikings travel to Bloom Carroll on Friday for a tough MSL Contest.  The Vikings are 1 - 2 overall and 0 - 2 in the MSL.

The JV Vikes lost a tough, high scoring affair to the bulldogs of Bloom Carroll.  It was a game of very little defense and a bunch of offense.  The Vikings trailed 15 - 12 after 1 period and 29 - 26 at half. The third period saw both teams maintain their offensive out put, in the fourth quarter both teams scored 20 points and the Vikings came up just a little short. Scoring for the Vikings: Dominic Koah had 19, Kevin Tavenner added 16, Vic Priest knotched 12, Tyler Dresbach had 11 and Brenden Niezgoda added 2. The Vikings Play tomorrow night in their home opener vs Gahanna.

The Vikings lost a well played game tonight in their home opener.  The Vikings did a great job of controlling the tempo of the game all night, at half trailing 15 - 14. The third period saw a burst by Gahanna and the Vikings had a few too many turnovers and trailed 31 - 23 after 3 periods. The fourth period saw the Vikings claw their way back into the game, but a few costly turnovers in a row led to easy buckets for Gahanna and we were not able to get the victory. Scoring for the Vikings: Tyler Dresbach had 21, Kevin Tavenner added 7, Vic Priest had 6, Brendan Niezgoda had 1 and Colin Graves added 1.  The Vikings travel to Westfall on Tuesday December 30th for a Pickaway County Match up.

The Vikings used good shooting and tough defense in recording a Pickaway County win at Westfall. The Vikings jumped out to a 8 - 2 lead, and extended that to 14 - 7 at the half. The second half saw the Vikings outscore the Mustangs 21 - 14 and pick up a much needed victory. Scoring for the Vikings: Tyler Dresbach had 15, Kevin tavenner and Vic Priest each had 8, Dominic Koah added 5.  The Vikings will play host to Lancaster on Saturday night January 3rd at home.

The JV Vikes jumped to a 15 - 4 first quarter lead and never looked back in defeating the Gales of Lancaster.  The Vikings scored 30 points in the first half and 29 points in the second half to secure the non league win.  It was a good defensive effort for us, offensively we put the ball in the basket and limited our turnovers.  Scoring for the Vikings: Kevin Tavenner had 15, Vic Priest added 14, Tyler Dresbach knocked down 11, Dominic Koah added 8, Brenden Niezgoda had 7 and Ben Hite had 4. The Vikings host Amanda on Friday.

The JV VIkings used hot shooting an good defense in jumping out to a 22 - 10 first quarter lead. The Vikings extended the lead to 24  points at halftime - 41 - 17. The third quarter the Aces got hot and cut into the lead before the Vikings won the fourth quarter and the game.  We shot the ball extremely well tonight and I felt our defense was very good.  Scoring for the Vikings: Kevin Tavenner had 24, Dominic Koah had 21, Tyler Dresbach added 10, Cole Bowling and Brenden Niezgoda each had 8 and Vic Priest had 4.  The Vikings are 4 - 4 overall and 1 - 3 in the MSL.  We play Tuesday night at home vs Hamilton.

The JV Vikings held a slim 1 point lead after 1 period of play. The second period saw the Vikings outscore the Rangers 25 -9 and take a 17 point lead into the lockerroom. The second half was a total turnaround for the Vikes. The Rangers pressure and our turnovers lead to Hamiltons 29 point 3rd quarter. We were unable to get control of the game back in the 4th period and our turnovers lead to easy lay-ups for the Rangers. Scoring for the Vikings: Dominic Koah had 16, Vic Priest added 14, Cole Bowling had 13, Tyler Dresbach had 10, Brenden Niezgoda and Kevin Tavenner each had 5. The Vikings play at Watkins Memorial on Friday and at cross town rival Circleville on Saturday.

The JV Vikings defeated Circleville with a patient effort. The Vikes jumped out to a 15 - 10 1st qtr lead and held that 5 point advantage through halftime.  The Vikings won the second half 29 - 28 and took home the win. Scoring for the Vikings: Dominic Koah had 16, Cole Bowling had 11, Kevin Tavenner added 8, Vic Priest had 6, Tyler Dresbach had 5, Ben Hit had 3 and Brendan Niezgoda had 2. The Vikings play host to Fairfield Union on Friday night and host Columbus Briggs on Saturday.

The JV Vikings wrapped up the first round of MSL action with a win over Fairfield Union.  The Vikings were able to control the tempo of the game and the flow of the game for all 4 periods in gaining a solid MSL win.  The VIkes were up 11 - 6 after 1 period and 22 - 20 at half. The second half saw the Vikes give up 15 points total while scoring 26. Scoring for the Vikings: Dominic Koah had 20 points, Tyler Dresbach and Vic Priest each added 10, and Kevin Tavenner had 8.  The Vikings play host to Briggs tomorrow night.

In a very sloppy and slow game the Vikings were able to secure a win over Columbus Briggs. The Vikings showed great patience and solid rebound in the second half to secure the win.  Scoring for the Vikings: Dominic Koah had 16, Tyler Dresbach had 8, Kevin Tavenner had 6, Brenden Niezgoda had 3, Vic Priest and Grant Gilliland each had 2. The VIkings are 7 - 5 over all and 3 - 4 in the MSL.  We play host to Canal Winchester on Tuesday night, then travel to Watkins Memorial on Thursday and return home Saturday vs. Logan Elm.

The JV Vikes lost a tough game against a good Canal team. We had a few turnovers that lead to easy baskets for Canal, and Canal was able to control the boards most of the night. Our kids battled back to only lose by 11, we were down quite a few in the second half.  Scoring for the Vikings: Vic Priest had 16, Ben Hite added 6, Dominic Koah, Brenden Niezgoda and Grant Gilliland each had 5, Kevin Tavenner and Tyler Dresbach had 4 apiece and Ben Tosca had 2. The Vikings play Bloom Carroll at home on Friday.

The JV Vikings lost a very physical game last night against a very good Logan Elm team. The Braves jumped out to a 12 - 1 lead midway through the first half, before the Vikings battled back to take the lead late in the 2nd period.  The Braves hit a 3 as time expired to go up 4 at the break.  The second half saw Logan Elm outscore the Vikings 31 - 19.  We had our troubles on the offensive end of the floor tonight. The Braves did a good job of defending us offensively, defensively we were unable to get any stops when we needed them.  Scoring for the Vikings: Vic Priest had 12, Dominic Koah had 10, Kevin Tavenner added 7, Tyler Dresbach had 5, Colin Graves added 4.  The Vikings are in action on Tuesday at Amanda.

The JV  Vikings lost a close game tonight against a very quick and physical BC team. They were able to push the ball on us and get easy lay ups and we had to work very hard to earn baskets.  The game was close all the way with each team taking a 4 point lead at one point. The Vikings were down 4 points with 45 seconds left and got a steal and a basket to cut it to 2. After a defensive stand and a rebound the vikings came down and took a time out with 13 seconds left. We ran a play and missed a three as time expired. Scoring for the Vikings: Dominic Koah had 19, Kevin Tavenner added 11, Vic Priest chipped in 10, Tyler Dresbach had 6 and Ben Tosca had 4. The Vikings play host to Logan Elm tomorrow night.

The JV Vikes lost to Amanda at Amanda. We were unable to get anything going tonight and we really struggled from the Line.  Amanda did a good job of containing us for 3 and 1/2 quarters, the Vikes pulled to within 1 with a minute to go but were unable to connect on their Free Throw attempts. Scoring for the Vikings: Dominic Koah had 15, Kevin Tavenner add 10, Tyler Dresbach had 8, Vic Priest added 5, Brenden Niezgoda, Ben Hite and Colin Graves each had 4 and Grant Gilliland had 3.  The Vikings play at Hamilton on Saturday.

The JV Vikings played a solid four quarter game and defeated the Rangers at Hamilton. The Vikings Took a 31 - 18 halftime and never looked back in the second half. Scoring for the Vikings: Zach Poole had 15, Vic Priest had 14, Dominic Koah added 13, Tyler Dresbach had 10, Kevin Tavenner added 5, Brenden Niezgoda had 3 and Ben Hite added 2. The Vikings play at home on Tuesday vs Circleville on Senior Night.

The JV Vikings closed out their home schedule with a big win over Circleville. The Vikings jumped out to a big first half lead only to see the Tigers tie the game with a minute left. The Vikings used some timely rebounding and made some free throws down the stretch to seal the win. Scoring for the Vikings: Vic Priest had 14, Dominic Koah added 10, Tyler Dresbach had 9, Zach Poole had 6,  Brenden Niezgoda had 5, Kevin Tavenner had 4 and Ben Hite and Colin Graves each added 2. The Vikings travel to Watkins Memorial on Thursday night.

The JV Vikes jumped out to a 22 - 8 first quarter lead and never looked back in defeating the Warriors.  Teays Valley used a 18 point 4th quarter to seal the win.  Scoring for the Vikings: Dominic Koah had 24, Zach Poole added 13, Vic Priest had 11, Ben Hite knocked in 6, Tyler Dresbach had 5, Kevin Tavenner had 4 and Brenden Niezgoda had 2. The Vikings play tomorrow night in the season finale at Fairfield Union.

The JV Vikings won all 4 quarters in route to a MSL win over the Falcons. The Vikings had a slim 13 - 11 lead after one period, then stepped up the defense in allowing 4 points in the second quarter. The Vikes took a 24 - 15 halftime lead and extended it in the second half. It was a great way to finish off a good season of JV Basketball.  Scoring for the Vikings: Vic Priest had 20, Kevin Tavenner added 12, Tyler Dresbach and Zach Poole each had 8, and Dominic Koah, Brenden Niezgoda and Grant Gilliland each had 2.  The Vikings finish the season with a 11 - 9 over all record and 6 - 8 in the MSL.  I would like to thank all the players and parents for their efforts and support over the past season. It has been a pleasure working with your son this year.

The JV Vikings played hard and aggressive in the home opener, but fell short to Jerome. The Vikings held a slim 2 point lead after 1 period and trailed 24 - 20 at half. The Vikings outscored the Celtics by 1 in the second half, but the deficit was too much to over come. If we play that hard every night we are going to be a good team.  Scoring for the Vikings:  Colin Graves had 14, Jacob Betts added 12, Branden Niezgoda had 8, Grant Gilliland added 7 and C.J. Click had 4. The Vikings play at Lancaster tomorrow night.

The JV Vikings got their first win of the year at Lancaster. The Vikings used good defense, fast breaking lay - ups and aggressive play to capture their first win of the season. The Vikes were up 10 - 2 after 1 period, and used a 8 - 0 run to end the first half to go up 27 - 16. The Vikings extended the lead to as many as 15 in securing the win. Scoring for the Vikings: Jacob Betts had 15, Brenden Niezgoda added 9, C.J. Click had 8, Grant Gilliland added 6, Asa Featherstone had 4 and Ryan Reed and Colin Graves each had 2. The Vikings open up Mid State League play as we travel to Bloom Carroll on Saturday evening.

The Vikings were able to hold off a early charge by Mifflin, but were unable to sustain the momentum as the Punchers came away with a 9 point win. The Vikings trailed 13 to 9 after 1, but were down 10 - 2 after 2 minutes. The Vikings were still down 4 at half and after three quarters.  The Vikings were able to put 20 points on the board in the 4th quarter, but were unable to stop Mifflin as they scored 25.  Scoring for the Vikings: Brenden Niezgoda had 14, Jacob Betts had 13, C.J. Click added 9, Colin Graves and Grant Gilliland had 7, Ian Fox tallied 5, Ben Tosca had 4 and Aaron Stephenson had 3. The Vikings travel to Bloom Carroll Saturday to open up the MSL.

The JV Vikings came out real sluggish in falling behind 9 - 0 in the early minutes of the first quarter, before rallying to a 17 - 12 quarter deficit. The Vikings played better defense in holding the Bulldogs to 8 second quarter points, trailing at half 25 - 20. The Third quarter saw the Bulldogs pull away from the Vikings, outscoring them 14 - 4 in the third period. The Vikings tried to catch up in the fourth period but were unsuccessful in their attempt.  Scoring for the Vikings: Jacob Betts had 10, C.J Click had 7, Grant Gilliland, Asa Featherstone and Colin Graves each had 4, Brenden Niezgoda and Ryan Reed each knocked in 2. The Vikings travel to Circleville on Friday.

The JV Vikings capped a 23 point second half come back with a 3 point shot at the buzzer in overtime to defeat the Tigers.  The Vikings came out of the lockerroom very slow and sluggish.  We were not able to get anything going offensively or defensively at all. The Vikings were down 15 - 6 after 1 period and 34 - 13 at half.  The second half saw the Vikings claw their way back into the game with a tough diamond press and converting them into easy layups. The VIkings trailed 41 - 34 after three periods and the fourth period was a fast action paced as the Vikings completed the comeback with 4:15 left in the fourth period. The Vikings went up by as many as 5 in the closing seconds of the period, the Tigers never gave up and had a chance to win the game with 3 seconds left on the clock.  In overtime the VIkings and Tigers battled back with neither team establishing control. With the score tied at 59 with 18 Seconds left the Vikes took a time out to set up a play, we worked the ball around and when the Tigers defended the play Jacob Betts hit a 3 as time expired.  Scoring for the VIkings: Jacob Betts had 20, Colin Graves and Grant Gilliland each had 10, C.J. Click had 9, Brenden Niezgoda had 7, Ben Tosca, Anthony Robertson and Asa Featherstone each had 2. The VIkings play at home on Tuesday against Hamilton

The JV Vikings took control of the game early and never looked back in defeating the Rangers in an MSL game. The Vikings jumped out to an 18 - 8 halftime lead and scored 25 points in the decisive third quarter to put the Rangers away. Scoring for the Vikings: Brenden Niezgoda had 12, Colin Graves added 9, Anthony Robertson had 7, Grant Gilliland added 6, Jacob Betts and Aaron Stephenson each had 5, Asa Featherstone had 4, C.J. Click and Ryan Reed chipped in 2 apiece. The Vikings play on Wednesday evening December 30th at Ohio Christian University vs County Rival Westfall.

The JV Vikings lost a tough county battle vs Westfall at OCU. The Vikings jumped out to a 13 - 8 lead after 1 Quarter only to see the Mustangs cut the deficit to 3 at half. The Mustangs came out in the second half and out scoring the Vikings 26 to 13 in securing the win. Scoring for the Vikings: Jacob Betts had 11, Colin Graves had 7, Asa Featherstone chipped in 6, Billy Hodge and C.J. Click each knocked in 4, Ben Hite had 3 and Anthony Robertson had 2. The Vikings play next at Amanda.

The JV Vikings jumped out to a 8 - 0 lead early in the game only to see the Braves outscore the Vikings 30 - 8 in the remaining part of the first half. The Vikings were down as many as 20 points, before battling back and closing the gap to 3 points with 1 minute to play in the game. Scoring for the Vikings:  Colin Graves and C J Glick each had 12, Jacob Bettts had 7, Brenden Niezgoda, Ben Tosca and Ryan Reed each had 2, Aaron Stephenson added 1. The Vikings play at Amanda on Thursday.

The JV Vikings needed overtime to defeat the Aces tonight. The Vikings did a good job of keeping their composure the whole game and making clutch baskets when needed. The Vikings held off 2 last second attempts by the Aces to secure the win. Scoring for the Vikings: C J Glick had 17, Billy Hodge had 6, Brenden Niezgoda and Asa Featherstone had 5, Grant Gilliland and Colin Graves each had 3, Ian Fox and Ben Tosca had 2.  The Vikings play Canal Winchester on Saturday.

The JV Vikings had a tough night of it against Canal Winchester. Scoring for the Vikings: Billy Hodge had 8, Brenden Niezgoda had 4, Aaron Stephenson, Anthony Robertson and Colin Graves had 2 and Asa Featherstone had 1. The Vikings play at home vs Watkins Memorial on Tuesday.

The JV Vikings jumped out to an early lead and never looked back as they defeated the Warriors. The Vikings used solid defense and executed their offense very well in the win. Scoring for the Vikings:  Billy Hodge and Asa Featherstone each had 14, Jacob Betts had 11, C J Click had 10, Colin Graves added 7 and Aaron Stephenson and Anthony Robertson each had 2. The Vikings travel to Fairfield Union on Friday.

The JV  Vikes lost a tough game at Fairfield Union. The Falcons jumped out to a 17 - 8 first quarter lead and extended the margin to 11 at half. The Vikings never gave up as they battled back and cut the deficit to 6 after 3 periods. The fourth quarter saw the Vikings continue to close the gap to as few as 4, but were unable to overtake the Falcons. Scoring for the Vikings: Jacob Betts had 10, Billy Hodge added 9, Ryan Reed and Colin Graves each had 7, Asa Featherstone had 6, and Ian Fox added 1. The Vikings play at home on Tuesday vs Bloom Carroll.  The Vikings are 5 - 7 overall and 3 - 4 in the MSL.

The JV Vikings played their best game of the season in defeating the Bulldogs. The Vikings used sound defense and good passing in route to a 16 point victory.  The score was tied at 11 after one period and the Vikes trailed by 1 at half. The third quarter saw the VIkings score 17 while giving up only 5. The fourth quarter was much of the same as the Vikings extended their lead. The Vikings outscored the bulldogs 30 - 13 in the second half. Scoring for the VIkes: Colin Graves had 12, Billy Hodge and Asa Featherstone each chipped in 10, Brenden Niezgoda had 8, Jacob Betts added 6, and Grant Gilliland, Ben Tosca and CJ Glick each chipped in 2. The Vikings play Circleville on Saturday at home.

The JV Vikings ran past cross town rival Circleville in the New Viking gym. The Vikes jumped out to a 20 - 13 first quarter lead and extended the lead to 39 - 25 after 2 periods. The second half continued the same way the first half ended with a 14 - 7 third quarter run, followed by a solid fourth quarter. It was a good win for the Vikes, a win that everyone contributed in. Scoring for the Vikes: Jacob Bett had 15, Billy Hodge added 14, Asa Featherstone had 12, Ian Fox and Colin Graves each knocked in 8, CJ Glick had 7, Brenden Niezgoda added 3 and Grant Gilliland had 2. The Vikings travel to Hamilton on Friday and to Hilliard Bradley on Saturday.

The JV Vikings defeated the Aces with a balanced scoring attack and solid defense. The Vikings jumped out to a 14 - 6 first quarter lead and extended that to 27 - 18 at the half. The Aces battled back and cut the lead to 2 before the Vikings went on a 8 - 0 run. The JV Vikings did a good job of taking care of the basketball and rebounding in the fourth quarter to seal the victory.  Scoring for the Vikings: Jacob Betts had 13, Billy Hodge and Colin Graves each added 10, Asa Featherstone added 6, Grant Gilliland had 4, Brenden Niezgoda and Ben Tosca each had 2 and Ben Hite had 5. The Vikings play Fairfield Union tomorrow night at Teays Valley.

The JV Vikings played a solid game in securing the victory in their final home game. The Vikings put 17 points on the board in the first queater and 13 more in the second to take a 30 - 25 lead into half time. The Second half saw two teams battle with stingy defense and timely offense. The Vikings were able to come away with an impressive 52 - 47 victory over the Falcons who had defeated the Vikings earlier in the year. Scoring for the Vikings:  Billy Hodge had 14, Jacob Betts had 10, Jamal Glick added 9, Colin Graves had 6, Ben Hite had 5, Asa Featherstone knocked in 4 and Grant Gilliland and Brenden Niezgoda each had 2. The Vikings will travel to Canal Winchester tomorrow night.

The JV Vikings were able to win at Hamilton on Friday night after a 13 day lay off. The Vikes started off real slow and sluggish leading 7 - 6 after 1 period. The second period saw the Vikings hold the Rangers to 2 points in expanding the lead to 14 - 8 at half. The second half saw a see - saw battle in which the Vikings won 18 - 15 to secure their 8th win of the season. Scoring for the Vikings: Brenden Niezgoda had 10, Billy Hodge added 6, Jacob Betts and Jamal Glick had 4 each, Ben Hite and Grant Gilliland each chipped in 3 and Asa Featherstone had 2. The Vikings travel to Logan Elm Saturday.

The JV Vikings were unable to hold on to a first half lead in falling to the Braves on Saturday.  The first quarter saw each team try to figure one another out and ended 4 to 4. THe Second period saw the Vikings score 19 points and jump to a 23 - 13 halftime lead. The second half saw the Vikings go cold from the field and the free throw line and the Braves heat up as Vikings were outscored in the second half 33 - 15. Scoring for the VIkings: Jacob Betts had 21, Colin Graves had 6, Brenden Niezgoda added 5, Jamal Glick had 3, Billy Hodge added 2 and Grant Gilliland had 1. The Vikings play at Canal Winchester on Tuesday. The JV record stands at 8 - 8 overall and 6 - 5 in the MSL.

The JV Vikings closed out the '09 - '10 campaign with a tough loss at Canal Winchester. The Vikings jumped out early taking a 14 - 9 lead into the second period, in the second period the two teams battled, with the Vikings holding on to a 24 - 19 halftime lead. In the third period the Indians turned up the defense and held the Vikes to 3 points in the quarter, the Vikings trailed 33 - 27. The JV Vikings never gave up and closed the gap to 4 points early in the fourth period before falling to the Indians by 11. Scoring for the Vikings: Billy Hodge had 12, Colin Graves added 10, Jamaal Glick had 5, Ryan Reed, Ben Tosca each added 4 and Ben Hite and Brenden Niezgoda each knocked in 2.  The JV Vikings ended the season with a 10 - 9 overall record and 8 - 6 in the MSL. I would like to thank all the players and their parents for a great season.