PVdebutsnewturfwithwin
Inexperienced Vikings bounce back with 34-0 win over Upper Perk
GRATERFORD » The Perkiomen Valley football programis relying on a lot of new faces this season.
While unproven, that doesn’t mean there’s not a lot of talent on the Vikings’ roster as displayedby a 34-0 victory over Upper Perkiomen on Friday night at Thomas J. Keenan Stadium to prevent its first 0-2 start since 2004.
Junior quarterback Ethan Kohler, the veteran of the squad, completed 19-of-22 passes for 212 yards and four touchdowns and sophomore running back Rasheem Grayson tallied 154 total yards and a score, while the Vikings’ defense pitched its fourth shutout in five years.
“I think the first game against Spring-Ford it really showed our inexperience, but after that I feel like we’re playing football,” said senior defensive back Aidan Owens, who picked off a pass in Friday’swin. “We’re playing football. It’s football. Kids are going to get into their role. Kids are going to have to do what they have to do and that’s what we did tonight.”
Friday was the Vikings’ first game on their recently installed turf field.
“It was so awesome,” PV head coach Rob Heist. “I’m happy for our community and our district and our program. I feel like PV and thepeoplewho come and support us every Friday night deserve a facility like this. It’s beautiful and hopefully we’re going to get to play on it for a very long, long time.
While Perk Valley’s offense moved the ball early, the Vikings couldn’t put the ball in the end zone until Kohler found Dawson Debebe for an 18-yard score with 8:23 to go in the first half.