Boys- First Game Review

Many of the fans who watched the Viking boys play against Barnesville probably walked away shaking their head and saying "WOW!"

The boys had little trouble establishing themselves on both the offense and defensive side of the court against the Trojans.

Here is what I see:

#1 - The defensive intensity has increased over last year's squad. The Barnesville players saw very little daylight and even when they did get past their on ball defender the gap was quickly closed.

#2 - Defensively, it looks like The Vikings are looking to use the whole 84 feet as full court pressure was applied as well as the vaunted 1-3-1 half court pressure. The Vikings are deep off the bench and should be able to wear teams down this year.

#3 - We know the Vikings have the one-two offensive punch of Ty Storrusten and Eric Shulstad along with the shooting touch of Jan-Erik Lindberg but a host of other Vikings showed the confidence to look to score. This is huge people. Every player needs to be a threat on the court in one way or another.

#4 - Ty Storrusten showed a little extra effort on the defensive end of the court in game #1. . . This is not a good thing. . . IT IS A GREAT THING!

#5 - As good of an offensive player as Eric Shulstad is. . . He might be better on defense. . .this athlete understands the game on another level.

#6 - Brian Guler. . . nothing flashy, just flat out solid. I like how he plays the game.

#7 - Mathew Skow-Anderson can change the game in an instant defensively. . . think the quickness and aggressiveness of a 5'7" point guard in the body of a 6'5" stud!

#8 - Jan - Erik is known as a three point threat. . .don't be surprised, however, to start seeing him score more of his points from around 15 feet and driving to the hoop. Remember he was a solid offensive lineman. . .he has the strength to muscle the ball up to the rim and he is deadly on the pull up jumper.

Nice start over-all. . . Big game coming up on Saturday, December 13th as the team travels to Marshal to play in the Tip-Off Classic against Duluth East.

Sounds like Duluth East doesn't overwhelm you with height but has excellent athletes all the way around who are quick and can score. This team should be a good test for our boys as they need to show they can stop quick guard penetration.

Game time is 1:00 P.M.