The Gibraltar Vikings football relied on its two Bradys to push them across the goal line in its 35-32 victory Thursday night over Suring.
The Vikings and Eagles traded scores all night long with Gibraltar drawing the first and only blood in the first quarter on a 47-yard touchdown pass from Brady Kita to Braden Sitte to make it 7-0 early. The Eagles would respond at the beginning of the second quarter when Michael Pecanas scored on a quarterback keeper from 23 yards out as the team took an 8-7 lead. Kita would match the score with his own scamper of 43 yards before putting the Vikings up 21-8 with an 11-yard touchdown pass to Sitte.
The Eagles would turn the tables on the Vikings from there, first by adding a one-yard touchdown pass from Pecanas to Michael Bailey to make it 21-14 at the break. Suring would dominate the time of possession from that point on, keeping the ball from 10 of the 12 minutes in the third quarter and more than half of the fourth quarter, keeping the Vikings offense on the sidelines. The extended time of the field paid dividends, first by Grant Thomsen from 12 yards out to make it 21-20.
The Eagles would take the lead on two different occasions in the fourth quarter thanks to long touchdown passes from Pecanas to Jake Cornell, each coming from more than 40 yards out. The Vikings responded each time, first on a 20-yard slant pass from Kita to Sitte and then the eventual game-winning score between the two players in the final minute.
The Eagles would have one last chance to take the lead, but Marshall Maltby capped off his strong defensive effort with an interception to thwart the comeback attempt.
The Vikings are back in action next Friday when they host Algoma in Fish Creek at 7 p.m.
