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"If took awhile for all the individuals to realize
that they had to come together as a team to
win." Reise Officer

Varsity Rebounds

• Kyle Marler •
#22. Junior Zach Carle and #13 .
The Varsity Football that win the team bounced after that game. It made Senior Matt Graves eye the
eam started out the season back and put together a five everyone think twice about opponents. (Michelle Cadmus)
.vinless through their first three game winning streak, winning the Millard North Mustangs."
~ames , but ended the sea on games over Omaha Bryan, The team lost their
.vith a 5-4 record and ranked Council Bluffs Thomas Jeffer- season finale against Papil-
;eventh in the state by the son, Bellevue East, and lion/LaVista. butthey proved
:>moho World Herald. Ornaha South. Senior Reise a point. Coach Fred Petito
The team was ranked Officer said," It took awhile for said," Our last game against
3ighth in the Omaha World all the individuals to realize Papio proved we could play
Herald pre-season poll. After that they had to come to- with the best teams in the
osses to Lincoln High. Millard gether as a team to win." state."
3outh , and Omaha Creighton The team won big in Although the team
Jrep , they dropped out of the their game against Tee Jay. finished with a record just over
rop ten. Senior Paul Manzitto The Mustangs won that game .500, the season could not
;aid, "The team morale was 58-8. It was the first time in just be measured in terms of
Jt an all time low. I didn't history that a Nebraska high wins and losses. After starting
hink we could pull out of it." school beat an Iowa high off the season with three
The team's first win school under Iowa's 50 point losses , the team rebounded,
::ame in its Homecoming " mercy" rule. Manzitto and for the Mustangs, it was
~ame against Ralston. With said,"We felt real confident more than winning.

The Mustang defensive line attempts
to block an Omaha Creighton Prep
punt. The team lost 20-7 that evening.
(Kerrie Adair)
Seniors Dave Miller, #55, and Reise
Officer line up defensiveley against
Ralston . (Michelle Cadmus)

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