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Senior Dale Barr fires a pass to an ope
receiver in th e Homecoming game again
With arguably the best team in the All-Metro Defensive First Team. more victories. "We were able to T.J. (J eff Slobotski)
the history of MN, the varsity foot- All-Metro and All-State honors also play with emotion week in and week
ball team posted an impressive six- went to deBoer for his performance out; not many teams can do that,"
win season. The story for the Mus- on the defensive line. Leading the said Hansen. A comeback against
tangs was the incredible defense Metro Conference in interceptions Benson was cut short by an overtime
which led the Metro Conference. were senior defensive backs Andy fieldgoal that left the team reeling.
The Mustang defense was what Carr and Tom Brady with five and The playoffs slipped out of the Mus-
everybody was talking about after six interceptions, respectively. Brady tangs grasp because turnovers led to
the game. Who could blame them. was named to the All-Metro First their last loss of the season to
Throughout the entire season the only Team. Papillion LaVista.
two teams able to score on the Mus- Although it is said that de- The Mustangs, who finished
tangs in the second half were fense wins the game, don't think that fifth in the AP poll, played not only
Creighton Prep and state runner-up, it was the only thing that led to the with an unrivaled intenseness, but
Benson. "I think what really made Mustang's success. The second- with great heart that allowed them to
our defense great was our relentless- ranked offense in the Metro had overcome numerous hurdles. "As
ness; we went in to a game and never plenty of firepower for opposing far as the critics MN had, I think that
gave up ," said Senior Mike Hansen. teams led by-the running of senior we silenced them. We always played
"At halftime we would go into the Jay Uphoff and Brady. The two a good game, never trash talking; but
locker room and tell the coaches what combined for the brunt of the instead playing with a lot of emo-
they were doing to get yardage on us. Mustang's running game that had tion. We got the respect that we
They were able to fix it, and we went opponents wondering where the next deserved, and it showed in the media
out and executed it, " said senior Henk attack would be coming from. and in the rankings," said Brady.
deBoer. A heart-breaking loss in the "We also wanted to thank the crowd
The defense was led by All- last minutes of the Creighton Prep support at every game; we wanted to
State linebacker Mike Hansen, who game took a tremendous toll on the thank them for a great season." 0
was also named honorary captain of team, but they still bounced back for :hu.dix$~

Stats

Ralston 41-0
Millard South 20-10
Prep 14- 21
Lincoln N.E. 14-0
Bellevue West 42-7
Benson 35-38
Abraham Lincoln 47-0
Westside 38-3
Papillion LaVista 28-42
Won 6 Lost 3

Boys Varsity Football: front-Nick Flynn, Williams, Drew Kelley, Mike Gdovic fourth Hansen, John Witte, Josh Borsheim, Adam I
Nick Tesmer, Dale Barr, Eric Crouch, Greg row-Todd Lammert, Ben Lovejoy, K.C. Oleson seventh row-Conor Campbell, Eric
Deines, Spencer Petersen, Andy Carr, Mic Curtis, Jeremy Rother, Trey Crowe, Jeff Erickson, Aaron Peterson, Travi s Riddiford,
Boettner, Lance Bailey, Dave Finken second Armitage, Rick Hughes, Brett Carson, Henk Jeff Antonson, Rick Waters, Jayson Bisbee,
row-Adam Wildrich, Eric Brown, Brad deBoer, Cory Sinclair fifth row-Brian Paeper, Mike Boggs, Doug Valenti , Tyson Bartlett
Eggert, Tom Brady, Aaron Steele, Kyle Nick Prescott, Sam McKewon, Adam Miller, back-Ryan Gehl, Chad Schuchmann, Mark
Deming, Troy Wallace, Jay Uphoff, Randy Jason Nelson, Pete Van Hoose, Aaron Adams, Chavez, Greg Doeschot, Bruce Reed, Dale
Fredericks,' David Schwenk third row-Matt Brad McCoy, Tom Holland, Ryan Flynn sixth Zabrocki, Kevin Koch, Head Coach Fred
Peters, Joe Petito, Brad Bailey, Jason Bailey, row-Chris Deitloff, Phi lli p Norlem, Ryan Petito, Bl ade, Greg Ri ce, Katie, Sarah
Tyler Smith, Pat Michael, Monte Smith, Greg Felton, Mike Meysenburg, Eben Jones, Mike Bennett (Jack Martin Photography)