Rockingham Vipers - Juniors: Welcome
Welcome to the Home of the Under 18's Gridiron Team from Western Australia.
The Rockingham Vipers Juniors are members of Gridiron West's under 18's program.
The Vipers are also part of The Rockingham Vipers Gridiron Club along with it's senior brethren.
The Rockingham Vipers Juniors are Australia's leading Flexbone team incorporating many components of this offense into Gridiron West's 7 man junior format. We believe in combining the threat of the option while keepin maximum threats in the verticle passing game.
Junior Gridiron is a fantastic opportunity to be involved in team sport throughout the Australian Summer.
Monday, January 28
After building momentum towards the end of the season. This weekend The Vipers have a chance to make it to The State Championship game when they face the League Leading Broncos.
Following the Junior Vipers will be their big brothers The Rockingham Vipers in their Semi Final against The Perth Blitz. The Rockingham Vipers have a regular season edge over the Blitz although they lost their most reason encounter.
Monday, January 28
The Flexbone option game of the Junior Vipers was on full display as they posted a team lifting win against the Wolverines.
After a long option TD to Daniel Luks early and hanging on to the lead at the half. The Vipers fell behind 6-8 early in the second half. On the next Vipers drive QB Kieren Lansdell audibled to take advantage of a missmatch Lansdell succesfully pitched to Luks for another long option to the house for a 12-8 lead. As The Wolvrines managed to drive the field again to wrestle the lead back 12-14 the pressure was on The Vipers as the game was coming to a close.
The Vipers were able to use motion to cause a missmatch in the passing game and QB Lansdell threw a 20 yard strike to Mathew Black over the middle to edge ahead 18-14. With 5 mintues remaining in the game all that was required was a steady defensive effort to hold out The Wolverines.
The Vipers managed a confidence boosting win ahead of the semi finals and it looks like The Vipers option game is hitting it's stride at the right time of year.