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FORREST CITY, IOWA (VCSU<\/a>) \u2013\u00a0The Valley City State University football never trailed on Saturday as the Vikings went on the road and earned a big 35-14 win at Waldorf University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Vikings scored on their first drive of the game to go up 7-0 early, and the VCSU defense forced Waldorf’s offense into three straight three-and-out possessions to start the game. VCSU quarterback Noah Chambers<\/a> connected with Austin Young<\/a> for a 42-yard touchdown late in the first quarter as the Vikings built a 14-0 lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Valley City State would lead 14-7 at halftime, and then extended the lead to 35-7 in the fourth quarter before Waldorf added a late touchdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After starting the season 0-3, the Vikings have now won 3 of their last 4 games and have a 3-4 overall record. VCSU is 2-1 in conference play. Waldorf drops to 6-3 overall and 2-2 in the NSAA. Valley City State continues to control its own destiny to at least a share of the conference title. The Vikings will face their toughest test next week when they play at conference favorite Dickinson State University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On Saturday, the Vikings put up a strong defensive effort against a Waldorf team that was averaging 32 points per game. Blake King<\/a> and Jahidi West<\/a> each had interceptions for VCSU’s defense, and Riley Gerhardt<\/a> led the way with 10 total tackles. Defensive backs Paco Baltazar<\/a> and Anthony Russell<\/a> each had five tackles and combined for three TFL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Vikings finished with 325 yards of total offense, including 194 rushing yards. Justice Bice<\/a> led the rushing attack with 119 yards on 20 carries. Taylor Simmons<\/a> had 14 carries for 51 yards. Chambers and backup quarterback Erik Peterson<\/a> each rushed for short touchdowns in the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chambers was a very efficient 10-for-13 passing for 131 yards and three touchdowns. Austin Young<\/a>, Bice and Justin Cruz<\/a> all caught touchdowns for the Vikings. Young had a 42-yard score in the first half, while Bice scored on a 6-yard catch in the third quarter and Cruz caught a 4-yard touchdown to start the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Up next:<\/strong> Valley City State is back on the road Saturday, Oct. 29 for a conference game at NSAA leader Dickinson State University. The game kicks off at 2 p.m. Mountain Time in Dickinson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" At Forest City Iowa FORREST CITY, IOWA (VCSU) \u2013\u00a0The Valley City State University football never trailed on Saturday as the Vikings went on the road and earned a big 35-14 win at Waldorf University. The Vikings scored on their first drive of the game to go up 7-0 early, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7185,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-260155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=260155"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":260156,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260155\/revisions\/260156"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=260155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=260155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=260155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}