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Watching a JV
football game, senior
varsity players Andy
Darr, Fred Lecuon a,
Spencer Petersen , and 1
"' "I'll remember '"I'll remember Tyler Cotten spread out
on the sideline to get
going to war the hard work the best view. photo by
every day ... each of us put Erika Matts on
bleeding and in; we put so
sweating and much into the
busting your weight room,
butts for each practice, and
other." good times the
--senior seniors had."
Creighton -senior Eric
Reinhard Hammer
Friends since sixth
grade, seniors Spencer
Peterson and Creighton
Reinhard console each
other after a
heartbreaking playoff
game against MS. The
game was tied 14-14 at
the half, but in the fourth
· quarter MS kicked a
field goal. MN came
back with a 14 yard
touchdown pass from
Eric Crouch to Tom
Kousgaard, but MS Junior Shane Schulte
scored again with only and senior Mic Boettner
1 :03 left on the clock. A tackle a Benson player.
last ditch field goal MN defeated Benson
attempt by the 49-6 on Sept. 27.
Mustangs failed, leaving Schulte was the #1
the score at 21-24. tackler and had the top
MN's offense drove for point total (217) for the
367 total yards while season while Boettner
MN's defense held MS was the #3 tackler with
to 164 yards. photo by the second highest point
Cassi VanHorn
total (161). photo by
Sara Lenz

Respect,

til

Pride was on the line Many contributing factors was like a big family," senior
.Vital every time . MN battled spelled success, which was Tyler Cotten said.
archri val Millard South ... the evident in their eight wins. Coaches were also a
•by Mary Peterson
& Michelle Lee one-yard line, that is. "The team was really motivational factor. "I re·
"Pride was a big fac- dedicated in wanting to play spected the coaches becau se
Team unity, excellent tor in games against MS. In and to win. That and all of the they treated us with respec t.
coaching, and devoted our first game, they took our off-season work was the dif- They'd get on us when we
pride away from us. We ference-maker in our games," screwed up but always came
players all contributed needed to get it back, and we senior Eric Crouch said. back with something positiv e

to the varsity boys' did to a certain extent in the In addition to hard --especially Petito. Come Fri-
second game," senior Tom work, playing as a team made day night, we wanted to do
winning football Kousgaard said. the Mustangs a unified front everything humanly possible
season. Despite the team's against opponents. to win for him. That's the
loss toMS in a play-off game, "We got along really kind of coach he is," senio r
~4 Sports the Mustangs did not fail. well from the beginning ... it Andy Darr said. r