Going into their final game of the regular football season, the Sands Mustangs knew that Friday’s game at Ackerly against Wilson was one they had to win to remain in the playoff hunt.
Coach Steve Keith’s Mustangs went out and corralled the Wilson Mustangs, 60-12, in a game stopped early in the third quarter on six-man football’s 45-point mercy rule.
“Our guys played hard tonight but we had to have it,” Keith said shortly after Friday night’s playoffclinching win. “We had to play this game tonight without three of our seniors, including two starters, who were out injured. We had some freshmen ...