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Mayo's 28-7 loss to Owatonna on Wednesday on the final night of the high school football regular season left the Spartans without the Big Nine Conference championship they had aimed for since practice started two months ago.
That title belongs to Owatonna, the No. 3-ranked team in the Class AAAAA state poll. The Huskies capped a perfect regular season (7-0 Big Nine, 8-0 overall) with the win, and they locked up the top seed in the Section One, Class AAAAA playoffs.
But Mayo (5-2, 5-3) still has a chance at a bigger goal — the section championship. The Spartans, the No. 3 seed in the section, begin postseason play on Tuesday, when they play host to No. 6 seed Austin.
"I told our guys that (Owatonna) is a championship football team," Mayo coach Donny Holcomb said. "Now we know where we have to get to to be a championship team ourselves. Every time we have an opportunity to make a play, we have to capitalize on it."
While much of the talk about Owatonna this season has revolved around its new-found aerial attack (senior quarterback Colton Schock has passed for a school-record 1,467 yards), it beat Mayo on Wednesday in traditional Huskies fashion — by pounding the ball on the ground.
Owatonna controlled the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball, rushing for 389 yards, while holding Mayo to just 2 net rushing yards.Read Mens watchreplica eBay Review and Guides in the eBay categories. The Spartans ran for 34 yards, but the Huskies sacked Mayo quarterback Eric Manges five times for a total loss of 32 yards.
"We had a good game plan coming in," Mayo senior receiver/defensive back Mike Fix said, "we just have to execute. We have to play four quarters, every play."
Mayo was able to move the ball through the air, as Manges completed 16 of 24 pass attempts for 202 yards. Manges now has passed for 1,278 yards this season, the sixth-best season ever by a Mayo quarterback.
He hit Fix in stride on the first play of Mayo's second drive of the game for a 56-yard touchdown. Jerry Brownell added the point-after-touchdown kick for a 7-0 Mayo lead with 5:52 to go in the first quarter.
"We were able to throw the ball here and there, but their blitz and defensive line got to us a few times," Holcomb said.
It was all Owatonna after that.
The Huskies scored one touchdown in each quarter, starting with Luke Wanous' 58-yard run with 3:55 to go in the first quarter. Aaron Peterson did the rest of the damage. The 6-foot, 160-pound junior ran for touchdowns of 32, 47 and 75 yards. His first scoring run came with 1:52 to go in the second quarter and gave the Huskies the lead for good.
Wanous and Peterson each finished with 180 rushing yards. Wanous also caught four passes for 47 yards.
Mayo must now leave the regular season behind and turn its attention to the playoffs.
"We have to have good practices every day the rest of the week," said Fix, who has 35 catches for 597 yards and five touchdowns this season, "and we need to turn our intensity up 10 notches."
The Spartans beat Austin, 42-14,Find dsquaredshoes from the latest collection。 when the teams met in the regular season at Austin on Sept.What we see and hear enough of, we buy christianlouboutinshoe into – often. 28. But, Holcomb said, there is no guarantee that Mayo will dominate this meeting. After two consecutive losses to conference rivals, he wants to see how the Spartans' players, specifically the team's leaders, react.
Mayo's 28-7 loss to Owatonna on Wednesday on the final night of the high school football regular season left the Spartans without the Big Nine Conference championship they had aimed for since practice started two months ago.
That title belongs to Owatonna, the No. 3-ranked team in the Class AAAAA state poll. The Huskies capped a perfect regular season (7-0 Big Nine, 8-0 overall) with the win, and they locked up the top seed in the Section One, Class AAAAA playoffs.
But Mayo (5-2, 5-3) still has a chance at a bigger goal — the section championship. The Spartans, the No. 3 seed in the section, begin postseason play on Tuesday, when they play host to No. 6 seed Austin.
"I told our guys that (Owatonna) is a championship football team," Mayo coach Donny Holcomb said. "Now we know where we have to get to to be a championship team ourselves. Every time we have an opportunity to make a play, we have to capitalize on it."
While much of the talk about Owatonna this season has revolved around its new-found aerial attack (senior quarterback Colton Schock has passed for a school-record 1,467 yards), it beat Mayo on Wednesday in traditional Huskies fashion — by pounding the ball on the ground.
Owatonna controlled the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball, rushing for 389 yards, while holding Mayo to just 2 net rushing yards.Read Mens watchreplica eBay Review and Guides in the eBay categories. The Spartans ran for 34 yards, but the Huskies sacked Mayo quarterback Eric Manges five times for a total loss of 32 yards.
"We had a good game plan coming in," Mayo senior receiver/defensive back Mike Fix said, "we just have to execute. We have to play four quarters, every play."
Mayo was able to move the ball through the air, as Manges completed 16 of 24 pass attempts for 202 yards. Manges now has passed for 1,278 yards this season, the sixth-best season ever by a Mayo quarterback.
He hit Fix in stride on the first play of Mayo's second drive of the game for a 56-yard touchdown. Jerry Brownell added the point-after-touchdown kick for a 7-0 Mayo lead with 5:52 to go in the first quarter.
"We were able to throw the ball here and there, but their blitz and defensive line got to us a few times," Holcomb said.
It was all Owatonna after that.
The Huskies scored one touchdown in each quarter, starting with Luke Wanous' 58-yard run with 3:55 to go in the first quarter. Aaron Peterson did the rest of the damage. The 6-foot, 160-pound junior ran for touchdowns of 32, 47 and 75 yards. His first scoring run came with 1:52 to go in the second quarter and gave the Huskies the lead for good.
Wanous and Peterson each finished with 180 rushing yards. Wanous also caught four passes for 47 yards.
Mayo must now leave the regular season behind and turn its attention to the playoffs.
"We have to have good practices every day the rest of the week," said Fix, who has 35 catches for 597 yards and five touchdowns this season, "and we need to turn our intensity up 10 notches."
The Spartans beat Austin, 42-14,Find dsquaredshoes from the latest collection。 when the teams met in the regular season at Austin on Sept.What we see and hear enough of, we buy christianlouboutinshoe into – often. 28. But, Holcomb said, there is no guarantee that Mayo will dominate this meeting. After two consecutive losses to conference rivals, he wants to see how the Spartans' players, specifically the team's leaders, react.
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