Football Recap: South Tahoe Takes a Loss

If South Tahoe was feeling good fresh off their 33-0 takedown of Dayton last Friday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Vikings were beaten by the Fernley Vaqueros 54-14 on Friday. The defeat continues a trend for the Vikings in their meetings with the Vaqueros: they've now lost seven in a row.

Although South Tahoe took the loss, they still got scores from Marcus Haven and Conner Hennessee.

Kezdon Wigart

Sacks

09/12/25 vs Fernley	2
09/05/25 vs Dayton	1
08/29/25 @ Churchill County	1

Even if they lost, South Tahoe's defensive line still kept up the pressure with five sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Jackson Letton and Kezdon Wigart, who racked up four sacks between them. Wigart has been hot recently, having posted at least one sack the last three times he's played.

Keeshawn Love had another great game (as he tends to do), rushing for 241 yards and three scores on only eight carries for Fernley. Love's longest rush was for an incredible 81 yards.

The loss was their first at home , dropping their record down to 3-2. As for Fernley, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 4-1.

South Tahoe wasted no time getting back out on the field and has already played their next contest, a 50-7 defeat against Elko on the 19th. As for Fernley, they also didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next game, a 38-14 victory against Spring Creek on the 19th.