For the second straight week, the Gibraltar offense forced a running clock in the second half as they beat Gillett 48-19 on the road Friday night.
The Vikings and Tigers shared similar drives in the opening quarter with each team being turned away on their opening drive only to score on their next two possessions. Jesse DeBauch found Brandon DeBauch down the seam for the Tigers' first score only to have Will Lecy find the endzone himself on a 15-yard pass from Brady Kita. The Tigers' Nathan Rowell gave his team their last lead of the evening on a 10-yard carry only to have Lecy steal back the momentum for good early in the second quarter.
The Vikings' would then turn away the Tigers on four consecutive drives, which included a back-breaking, 75-yard scoop and score by Braden Sitte on a DeBauch fumble to make it 21-13. Kita would engineer two more touchdown drives that were capped off by Sitte finding the endzone. The last touchdown was especially bizarre when Sitte lined up for a 44-yard field goal, which would have broken his own Eight-man football record for longest kick. A fumbled snap by Kita turned into a pitch play to Sitte, who took the ball from 27 yards out to take the Vikings into halftime with a 34-13.
Kita would find Sitte twice for touchdowns in the second half on either side of a second turnover forced by Bairen Lhost. The Tigers would salt the game away in the latter stages of the game, going on an over 10-minute drive that ended with DeBauch finding Jedrick Matczak on a corner route to essentially end the game.
Gibraltar will now enter its homecoming week with a 5-0 record with state-ranked Lena/St. Thomas Aquinas is on deck. Tim Kowols will have the call of the homecoming matchup on 105.1 The GOAT and NEWRadioSportsNetwork.com beginning at 6:45 p.m. from Fish Creek with the pregame show followed by the opening kick at 7 p.m.
