Way to go Vikings!

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The Volleyball team is continuing their winning ways! They won their last three contests to Central, Palo Verde and Imperial! Great going girls!

The Varsity Football team picked up their first win in the Pacific League....
Story from the IVPress.....

HOLTVILLE — In a battle of winless teams, Holtville High recorded its first win of the season, 31-0, in its Pacific League opener against Vincent Memorial High here Friday.
“I think overall we played good as a team tonight. It wasn’t our best but I still think we did a good job,” Holtville junior running back Ethan Ming said. “It just feels awesome to finally get the momentum that comes with the first win and hopefully we can ride it into our next game.”

Heading into the game, both Holtville and Vincent Memorial had yet to have a win on the season and Holtville wanted to come out and make a statement early.

In the first quarter, the Vikings were able to hold the Scots to a three-and-out then drove the ball down inside the 5-yard line, where Ming scored on a 2-yard run to make it a 6-0 game after a failed PAT.

In the second quarter, Holtville found the end zone on a Ming 3-yard run to make it a 12-0 ballgame. Ming finished with 75 yards rushing and three touchdowns on 14 carries.

“I felt I did good tonight but then again it was all about my line. If they weren’t there I would have never had the chance to run,” Ming said. “They did a good job blocking and I think I just got lucky with the ball tonight.”

The Scots were able to move the ball on the Vikings in the first half but with every big play came a penalty that would negate its gain.

“I think in the first half we were able to come out and move the ball quite well against them,” Vincent Memorial head coach Richard Solis said. “But it was the penalties that killed us. We just couldn’t put any drives together.”

After a first half that had only 12 points, the Vikings broke out in the third quarter, scoring three more touchdowns.

The first of the three came on a 1-yard run by Ming, then a 34-yard touchdown pass to wingback Benji Angulo from quarterback Sammie Nelson and finally running back Robert Gibbs would punch it in on a 2-yard run to go up 31-0 over the Scots.

The Vikings’ strong offensive output was matched by the strong defense that held the Scots to a total 73 yards in the game.

“I think the boys played a great game tonight. It was just an awesome game,” Holtville head coach Keith Smith Jr. said. “We came together tonight and played a complete game. We were a little slow in the first half but we turned it up in the second half and got a good first win.”

Holtville (1-3, 1-0 PL) will host Tri-City Christian and Vincent Memorial (0-3, 0-1 PL) will travel to play Calipatria on Friday. Both games are scheduled to start at 7 p.m.

“So far this season I think our team has been making big strides every week and that’s good to see,” Solis said. “We finally have a good-sized team and we are out on the field every Friday gaining experience and having fun.”