Vikings open season in Ketchikan

The Vikings played their first basketball game of the season last weekend in Ketchikan.

It was an endowment game, which means it won’t count toward either team’s season record.

“The game started out a little rough for us,” said Vikings head coach Rick Brock. That’s to be expected starting the season out against a 4A team.

The Ketchikan varsity played a full court press throughout the first quarter, and effectively shutdown the Viking offense.

“Their full court pressure really bothered us. We had a hard time getting any kind of clean look at the basket,” said Brock.

In the second quarter the Vi...