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Stanton Register
Page 5 -- Wednesday, September 10, 2008
’08 STANTON
MUSTANGS
The Stanton Mustang coaching staff this year includes: head coach, Greg Hansen, and assistants, Dave Stoddard and Jeff Wall. Drew Erks serves as athletic trainer.
Student managers are Michael Hansen, Matthew Hansen, Cody Carlson, Houston Huss, Adam Krentz and Jacob Vogel. Alex Wolf provides filming services for the team.
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the Stanton Mustangs at No. 4. “Pre-season rankings are all well and good,
but we are worried about the rankings at the
end of the season,” said Hansen.
“We are attacking this season one game at
a time, and if we take care of the details, the
wins will come.” “Our main focus was Sept.
5 against a much-improved Gator program,”
Hansen said about the Mustangs’ opening
game in Wisner last Friday. Stanton won the
game 48-20 on an unusually cool night.
The Mustangs return eight starters on offense and eight on defense.
“Our major focus this season was to replace several solid lineman we lost through
graduation.”
“The new guys have stepped in there and
I think they’ve done a very good job,” said
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The 2008 version of the Stanton Mustangs
football team enters this season with high expectations, and they are not the only ones who
think so. Several publications have shown Stanton
a lot of respect, ranking them in the Top 2. Surprisingly, the Huskerland Prep Magazine
ranked the Mustangs No.1, above two-time
defending state champions, Wakefield.
“Wakefield returns several key starters
that will make them very tough,” said coach
Greg Hansen. “I expected us to be in the preseason top five, but No. 1 was a shock.” Several other publications showed
their high expectations for the Mustangs as
well, with the Omaha World Herald and the
Lincoln Journal Star both rating Stanton at No.
2, and Calpreps.com (a computerized website,
that specializes in high school sports) ranking
MEET THE MUSTANGS
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The Stanton Mustangs head into
2008 with high expectations
Taylor Caldwell
Brent Thor
SENIOR
OL/DL
6’4” 230 lbs.
SON OF
Quentin and
Sharon Thor
First Nebraska
Bank
Dennis Tomka
SENIOR
TE/LB
SENIOR
RB/LB
SENIOR
QB/CB
6’3” 175 lbs.
6’2” 200 lbs.
6’2” 175 lbs.
SON OF
Don and Louise
Eberly
SON OF
Jerry and Jody
Caldwell
SON OF
Doug and
Shawnette Tomka
Stanton National
Bank
TC Transport
Kuehn Auto Body
& Kuehn Auto Sales
Jeremy Anderson
Brandon Oestreich
Pat Campbell
SENIOR
C/DL
SENIOR
OL/LB/DL
SENIOR
RB/S
5’11” 190 lbs.
5’9” 170 lbs.
5’10” 175 lbs.
SON OF
Brian and Kay
Anderson
SON OF
Sonny and Deanna
Oestreich
SON OF
Jim and Mary
Campbell
Ameriprise Financial
- Kay Anderson
First National
Agency
Campbell-Eberly
Insurance, LLC