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Injuries Critical to Season Play

ey injuries to major players, lack of injuries had had an important part in the for the previously mentioned setbacks, the
K Other injuries included Senior Bruce team could have won the close games.
depth and the lack of size contributed season.
Close games such as the first loss of the
to the varsity football team's 4-5
.eason ·. Milroy's concussion and Junior Jim Chizek season to Omaha South was a prime
"Injuries played a big part because we who had to have his jaw wired after an example . Even though the Mustangs had a
::>st one of our leaders, Trevor Barton injury he received during lthe Millard 17-0 lead by the end of the first quarter, they
1gainst Millard South for the season," South game . lost by only four points with a final score of
eplied Senior Don Cameron when asked if "We really only got blown out of the 28-24.
water at one game," Coach Fred Petito Another nerve racking game was against
luarterback Mike Preston scopes the field for his said, refering to the Northwest loss of the Mustang's biggest rival, the Millard South
~ceiver. 28-0. Petito stated that if it had not been Indians. In the fourth quarter South had a 6-3
lead . The Indians scored on a five yard run
to make it 14-3. Even though it looked like
the Mustangs where finished, they weren't.
Senior Scott Dingfield caught the kickoff and
ran 85 yards to make it 14-9. Mustang fans
screamed in excitement as the Indians then
fumbled the ball away with the clock ticking.
However, South held the Mustangs at the
Indian 5 yard line. But unfortunately a pass
from Senior Quarterback Mike Preston was
incomplete and the Indians won with a 14-9
victory.
In the first game of the season against
Papillion, both teams were scoreless at the
beginning of halftime. Finally the Mustangs
took charge as Junior Pat Friend ran 53 yards
for the touchdown. Even though Papio had
scored 1 0 points, the Mustangs came back
with a 38 yard drive by Dingfield and the
Mustangs held on to win 20-17.
In the game against Omaha North, the
Mustangs walked away with a 14-0 victory.
On their first drive, they went 54 yards to
score on a run by Friend with a little less than
8 minutes left in the first quarter.
~ Coach Petito summarized the season by
saying, "We got a really good performance
out of everybody."

·sity Football Team - First Row: Skip Hanson, Scott Bobby Reiff, Rob Randels, Tom Bart, Shawn Noble,
m, Greg Robisch, Jim Chizek, Bruce Milroy, Scott Greg Thielen, Tim Richter, Troy Love, Coach Fred
:haak, David Osting, Tom Lager, Lynette Shepard . Petito, and Maria Petito. Fourth Row : Coach Dan
:ond Row : Trainer Jim Johnston, Mike Everton, Jim Hansen, Kevin Koch, Jason Thomas, Walt Hester, Tim
1eny, Doug Deines, Steve Pree, Rob Novak, David lngrim, Joe Hartnett, Jon Jonson, Steve Schmidt, __________________ _
nter, Pat Friend, Scott Dingfield, Alfie King, Trevor Dan Pluta, Mike Terry, Cal Leuschen, Pat Tyrance,
ton, Mike Preston, Dan Cameron, and Scott Snavely . Shon Sergant, Chris Allison, and Coach Bob
·d Row : Coach Chuck Chevalier, Craig casey, Mike Danenhauer .
mmer, Jason McKeweon, Mark Chavez, Brad Rea,
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