Dane Turner has always been good when it comes to reading passes.

For most of his senior season, it’s been as a defensive back on the football field for Geneva, where he was named to the DuKane All-Conference team for the second straight season.

And heading into Friday’s matchup against St. Francis, where the team was told to be ready to protect the passing lanes, he knew that he could thrive.

“A big focus for the one-line and two-lines has been getting pressure on the ball and using our energy on defense,” Turner said. “Get a lot of steals, move our feet a lot and change the game to have good things happen.”

And plenty of good things happened in the first half for the host Vikings.

Turner’s five steals in the first half paced the Vikings in a huge defensive effort, allowing just one

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