THRALL GETS MAD, THEN EVEN, THEN KICKS PAT

Kenneth Thrall was down on himself and down on the ground after Brookings-Harbor took his fumble in for a score late in Friday's game.

"I tried to go for the extra yard and got stripped," Thrall said of the play that gave the Bruins a 20-14 lead with 5:25 left in the game.

"I should have just kept (the ball) tight. It was my fault."

Thrall was mad, at himself and his play, at the Bruins and their chirping.

"They were chippy, they were talking bad to us," Thrall said. "We gave them too much confidence. It was a good game, but it shouldn't have been close."

The Vikings had the ball on their own 18 to start the game-winning drive with 5:23 to play, down by six.

A dozen plays later, Thrall punched the ball in from the Bruins' 2 for the tie with 59 seconds to play. Thrall's point-after kick provided the thinnest of winning spreads.

"That last drive, we were going into that end zone and not stop," Thrall said. "Nothing was stopping us."

NEW KID ON THE BLOCK REYNA MAKES THE PLAYS

Siuslaw linebacker Marcos Reyna, a 5-foot-9, 215-pound junior, made two of the game's biggest plays Friday against Brookings-Harbor.

Reyna blocked that kick. Not once, but twice, with under six minutes to play.

With the game tied in the fourth quarter at 14-14, the Bruins attempted a go-ahead field goal from 33 yards out with 5:46.

Reyna blew through the A gap and stuffed the kick.

"They were snapping it, but I saw they weren't trying that hard," Reyna said. "I saw my time, and I just went straight through."

Reyna would have to reprise his role nearly immediately. The Bruins stripped the ball from Kenneth Thrall to start the next series and returned it for a go-ahead touchdown with 5:25 to play.

Reyna stormed through to block the extra-point kick, giving Siuslaw some life.

The Vikings marched 82 yards in 12 plays following the kickoff to retake the lead with less than a minute to play.

"We settled down, played hard and got it done," Reyna said, knowing his play and his blocks made a difference. "I'm very happy and excited about that."

FLASHY GORDON GRABS HIS SHARE OF ATTENTION

Siuslaw senior wide receiver Scott Gordon had a major hand in Friday's outcome, mostly for good, some for ill.

Gordon, who had a touchdown grab in the first half, had four fairly spectacular catches for 43 yards on the Vikings' game-winning drive late in the fourth quarter.

"I was ready for it, my adrenaline was flowing," Gordon said of the final drive. "I was really hyped up. I didn't want to lose this game, not to them."

On the downside, Gordon also fumbled the ball away on the Vikings' opening drive of the game, and was playing defensive back when the Bruins connected on two long passes for touchdowns in the second half.

"We weren't where we were supposed to be (on defense), and they capitalized on it," he said.

But he atoned on that last drive, and drew praise from fellow defensive back Ryan Denning.

"My attaboy goes to Scott," Denning said at the game's afterglow. "(Scott's) so much fun to play with. You could be having the worst practice of your life, and you see Scott, and your day gets better, brighter."

Then there were those key grabs by Gordon, including a brilliant catch of 11 yards that gave the Vikings first-and-goal on the Bruins' 3.

"Preston (Mitchell) threw the pass over in the corner, and I said, "Gosh, too high,'" Denning said. "Then you see Scott go up and just grab the thing. It was awesome.

"We scored just after that. Attaboy, Scott."