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During a warm- Junior
up before th e Crouch
MN vs . MS toward~
semifinal first dow
game, junior senior line
Eric Crouch Rick Hu \
by Mary Peterson & Michelle Lee practices a prepan
hand-off to one bloc I
Armed with con- open holes for Crouch. Plus, will be motivated to make a of his running opponen
fetti, banners, and a whole our defensive speed is tre- run for it next year," head backs. Crouch the first g
agains·
had 1960
lot of spirit, 6,000 MN fans mendous," senior Pat coach Fred Petito said . yards rushing Crouch rw
for 169 y
descended on Papillion/ Michael said. Keeping team spir- and 2745 and scorec
yards overall,
La Vista territory to crowd After th e media its hi gh was always impor- breaking win
the bleach- had di scovered the develop- tant, but it definitely pl ayed school records touchdov
the sec
for the most
ers, wave at in g talents of the Mu stangs, a role in the MN vs. MS total yardage overtime o
"We deserve the respect we the news the team gained more atten- games. "We'realways more by any player. g<
cameras, tion around the metro. "Af- pumped up for a game photo by photo by L
c
Jennifer Meyer
gained around the state." and wait for ter we beat MS in overtime, against a ri val school. After
their team to it was regarded as a fluke we beatMS in thefirstgame,
prove them- because people didn' t be- we were confident, but it's
selves against the#l-ranked li eve th at MN was very hard to win against them
Monarchs. good. But as the season twice. Then again , it's hard
"It's something we progressed, we showed th at to win against anyone 12
haven't done in nine years. we were a really good team games in a row. It's not easy
We all played our best game and deserve the respect we pl aying that many without
and the entire school was gained around the state," hav ing a down day. MS had
there watching," senior senior Tom Holland said . a good day; we had a bad
Cory Sinclair said. In order to be suc- day," junior Eric Crouch
The Mustang's cessful, the Mustangs had to said in regard to MN 's loss
winning streak didn' t end be self-motivated and set in th e semifinal game.
there when they proved the hi gh goals. However, "when Despite the di sap-
media wrong by earning a you set hi gh goals, you're pointment at the semi fin al
#I ranking and defeating going to be disappointed. game, seniors gave encour-
team after team. "Our first We were disappointed about agement for next year.
strength is Crouch: he can our loss toMS, but it's not 'They' II be another pl ay-off
make something happen out that we weren' t pl eased team. They have some good
of nothing. Then, the offen- about the season. I just hope pl ayers and they' ll take it
sive line wears down teams th at we will be di sappointed and play with the best of
by the end of the game to to a point where our kids them," Michael said . •

- The Mustangs take the field in their September 15 game against Bellevue West.
Breaking through a cheerleader-made banner whi le fans cheered them on before the game
was a long standing traditrion. photo by Jennifer Meyer

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