DINUBA - Kingsburg High has two quarterbacks headed to play college football on scholarship, a big-play receiver averaging more than 25 yards a catch and a running back whose bloodlines run to USC. All power an offense averaging more than 46 points per game.
Oh, and the 13th-ranked Vikings play some pretty good defense, too.
Kingsburg gave Dinuba nowhere to run and yielded little when the Emperors finally went to the air during a 14-0 victory Friday night that puts the Vikings in the driver's seat in the Central Sequoia League.
"We thought if we could hold them to 14 points or so, we'd have a good shot," Dinuba coach Kevin Scharton said. "But they outplayed us. Defensively, they really disrupted our blocking schemes, and we couldn't get a rhythm in the run game. That's the best defense we've faced."
Kingsburg (6-0, 3-0) didn't allow Dinuba (4-2, 1-2) into Vikings' territory until the fourth quarter, with that drive ending with a forced fumble and a Kingsburg recovery.
Kingsburg's Trenten Davis (2) looks for running room between Dinuba's Ivan Hodges, left, and James Pelham in action on Friday, Oct. 16.
"We've always had a tough defense," said Kingsburg safety/running back Garrett Steele, son of former USC fullback Todd Steele. "It's just that no one talks about it because our offense overshadows it."
The Vikings limited Dinuba to 198 yards offense, holding running backs Demetrius Brinson and James Pelham to 45 and 48 yards.
Dinuba twice reached midfield on third down, only to have sacks by Stephen Graham and Dylan George force punts.
The first of those sacks, by Graham, set the stage for Kingsburg's first scoring drive, a 44-second, seven-play, 72-yard march directed by Tyler Bray. The Tennessee-bound quarterback connected with Michael Torres three times on the drive, including a 12-yard strike for the touchdown with 34 seconds left in the second quarter. In the second half, Bray connected on a 25-yard touchdown pass to Benton Bray that seemingly made its way through two defenders.
"This game shows we're not being carried by our offense," George said. "When we need to, we can give them opportunities."
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