Wildcats end football season in quarterfinals

STANTON — The Hartington-Newcastle Wildcats’ magical football season came to an abrupt halt Nov. 6 when the ‘Cats traveled to Stanton to take on the unbeaten Mustangs in the Nebraska D1 Football Playoffs. After the exciting 62-57 win in the opening round last week over Centura, this one was a “no doubter” as Stanton scored just over a minute into the game, wound up the continuous clock to open the second half and held a 42-0 advantage before Hartington-Newcastle found the end zone in the third quarter. “Stanton was a physical and fast football team that didn’t make mistakes and played very well,” said Hartingon- Newcastle coach Rusty Fuller. “We couldn’t capitalize on our big plays and that hurt us down the stretch.” Jason Heimes capped off a Wildcat drive with 4:27 left in the third frame on a blast for six from two yards out to account for the HNS points for the evening. As one would expect, the Mustangs also dominated the contest statistically.

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