The Vitality of Six-Man Football

It was the first round of Nebraska’s six-man high school football playoffs. The McCool Junction Mustangs (9-0) were undefeated and seeded fourth in Class D6. And while the Crawford Rams were 5-4, no one was taking them lightly. The Rams were tall and intimidating.

“They are ranchers,” Jabe Wurtz, a Mustangs assistant coach, said. “Tough kids.”

McCool Junction’s mantra this season has been “FINISH.” Ideally, that would mean getting to the championship game.

Mission accomplished. The Mustangs defeated Crawford on Nov. 1 to move on in the playoffs. With two more wins since then, McCool Junction has advanced to the Class D6 title game on Friday night, when it will meet the Harvard Cardinals on the campus of the University of Nebraska, Kearney.

Source: The New York Times

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