Published 2:47 pm Thursday, September 26, 2024 By Patrick Jones VIDALIA, La. — Last Friday night, the Vidalia High School Vikings finally got their first win of the 2024 season in dramatic fashion by defeating the Block High School Bears on the road 35-34 in double overtime. Now LHSAA Class 3A Vidalia (1-2) will step up in competition this Friday night when the Vikings travel to Dry Prong, La.
to take on the Class 4A Grant High School Cougars in what is also the end of Vidalia’s three-game road trip. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.
Grant fell to 1-2 overall after losing at home to Class 2A and still-undefeated D’Arbonne Woods School 52-30. In last week’s win over Block, Vidalia head coach Josh West said his team had to fight through a myriad of adversities, including injuries, penalties that backed them up, and a change at quarterback. He added that it “felt great” to get win number one this season.
“I was crying on the field. We lost four players due to injuries. We had put some players in positions they normally don’t play.
We had to play some young guys in different positions,” West said. “We had some calls that moved up back. The energy and the effort they gave was unwavering.
” And perhaps the biggest change he had to make was putting in his nephew, junior Michael Randall Jr., in at quarterback for fellow junior Elmari “Juice” Lewis. Randall Jr.
completed two of five passes for 80 yards with two touchdowns and one interception. He also had 20 carries f.