The Viking boys (3-9) traveled to Cedar Park Christian on Jan. 31, losing 78-37 against the Lions.

Orcas played even with the Lions, down only three points after the first quarter 14-11 but the Lions dismantled the Viking defense in the second and third quarters outscoring Orcas 51-10.

“The first quarter we were right there but after that we ended up turning the ball over too much, which is the story of our season,” said coach Josh Mayson. “The game can get away from you real quick when you make those mistakes.”

Orcas scoring was led by Jack Gates with 16, Aidan Kruze 9, Pasha Bullock 6, Miles Harlow 4 and Brother Murphy 2.

On Feb. 1, facing a different Lions team and still lacking players due to illness, the Vikings lost another battle 54-41 in Concrete (6-10). Although unforced errors affected the Vikings, an obvious influence on the game could only be described as “strange officiating” by one official according to a baffled Mayson.

Orcas scoring was led by Bullock with 15 and Gates and Kruze both with 13.

The Viking girls (11-4) executed a convincing win on Jan. 31 against (9-8) Cedar Park Christian Lions, 65-39.

“We did really well,” said Coach Gregg Sasan. We came out gang busters with our press like we normally do and then we got the ball inside,” he said.

The Lions tracked the Vikings in the first quarter only trailing by four, but after the Vikings outscored Cedar Park 17-2 in the second half, the Vikings doubled up on the Lions at half 35-16. Continuing to control the paint, the Vikings put together equally strong third and fourth quarters and never looked back.

Orcas scoring was led by Bella Nigretto with 19, Hannah Gaydos 17, Shelbi Rogers 13, Kilee Rogers 6, Alicia Susol 6 and Lilly Miller and Daria Stankevich both with 1.

The Vikings girls racked up another win on Feb. 1 against the (1-13) Concrete Lions 64-36. The Lions held on to the Vikings tenuously in the first quarter, only down 14-7, but what Sasan called a “slow start” by his squad quickly accelerated as the Vikings awoke and outscored the Lions 27-4 in a dominant second quarter.

“Concrete is a very young team,” Sasan said. “We did not play well at first, missing our shots and poor passing but we figured it out and took care of business.”

Orcas scoring was lead by Gaydos with 20, Shelbi Rogers 11, Kilee Rogers 11, Nigretto 7, Susol 7, Arianna Dean 4 and Halle Thompson 4.