North Salinas girls hoops

 Few can remember the last time the Vikings dropped four straight games.
 That's because North Salinas, who faces El Camino tonight, hasn't dropped more than four games in a season in three of the last five years.
 But it did happen back in 2012. Still, it is rare. In fact, the program has suffered just two four-game losing streaks in head coach Darren Jackson's 19 seasons.
 This is not the demise of a program that has made the postseason 17 of the last 18 years.
 The four losses have come from four perennial powers that are a combined 35-11 -- three of which took part in the State Northern California divisional playoffs last year.
 It hasn't helped that the Vikings leading scorer from last season has yet to play a game this year. That will alter any teams attack.
 The 7-1 start to the season is a reminder of what North Salinas is capable off. The team went out of its comfort zone for a reason.
 Chasing supremacy doesn't come without testing your talents.