Coach Northrup and middle linebacker Kevan Norris talk over stategy against Horseheads.

  After losing 8 offensive stars and one-half of the defensive team through graduation, most experts believed that West's Vikings would undergo a long rebuilding year. However, the spirited Vikings led by head coach Arnold Northrup, overcame serious injury problems and posted a fine five to three record.
     In the three years Mr. Northrup has  been coach, his Vikings have amassed an excellent 18-4-2 record. Injuries to valuable players continually plagued the club. Senior half-back Bob Warner, who last year scored ten touchdowns, broke his arm early in the season and was out for the remainder of the year. Hard-hitting fullback Jesse Grover was the victim of a serious knee injury in the third game of the season and was lost for the entire year. Junior quarterback Pudge Brietwiese, was also beset with injuries as was senior guard Chip Wheeler. A lesser team would have folded due to the loss of such valuable players, but the Vikings always had able substitutes to take their places.
     The team was not without its stars. Dan Gulliver, Howard Green, Van Welty, and Darrell Leibson were named to the STL All-Star team. Leibson won the "lineman of the year" award in the STL., and Green was runner-up in the Corning Lions Club "lineman of the year" award between East and West exclusively.