After a 30-13 loss against Moorpark, Long Beach City College’s football team finished their season with a record of 3-7.
The Vikings had to face important changes this season like the introduction of new players and the appointment of Head Coach Marques Cooper.
The team was assembled in a fast fashion due to the change of head coach, but the team believes in the system Cooper is building.
“He’s been great, he came up to a mess up situation he made the best of it no matter the record, and I’m excited for next year,” LBCC’s offensive line Adrian Vichot said.
The Vikings started the season off with a three loss streak until a 56-7 win against Santa Barbara on Sept. 20 brought them the first win of the season.
“I think we did a great job, we competed in every game, many of the guys are really new, I think it went really well based on the situation we were put in,” Cooper said.
As the games continued playing out the Vikings picked up the pace and it seemed their luck was changing, eventually reaching a record of 3-4.
Viking wide receiver Owen Tomich led the Vikings with a total of 922 yards on the season and 11 touchdowns.
“We started every game good and it’s just the second half that we couldn’t finish and I think that held us back,” Viking offensive line Alex Sanchez said.
The last game of the season the Vikings played was against Moorepark in which they were defeated 30-13.
“We played tough in the first half, but as for the second half kinda went on lack of depth and basically that’s what happened to us in a nutshell, we ran out of gas,” Cooper said.
Coach Cooper expresses that he believes next season will be much better for the Vikings now that the foundations of the team are built.
The Vikings did not qualify for any playoff games this season, and will return in January for the start of pre-season.
