If you follow Brossart football you have come to learn that when we are the superior entity, or consider ourselves to be favorites, we find our opponents to be able to compete with us for a quarter or more, BUT our advantage is in our depth and experience, where those opponents have trouble playing eye to eye with us with us for 48 minutes.  Such was certainly the case in this Thursday night football Senior Night event at the MAC.  The Mustangs and Pendleton County Wildcats battled to a 12-7 Brossart edge in the first 12 minutes.  Brossart drew first blood at the 8:50 mark of the opening stanza, when Anthony Schuck finished off a 68yard drive with a 14 yard trophy run, putting the Stangs on top 6-0, which was short lived as Pendleton County quickly answered.  With 7:14 remaining in the period Elijah Barhorst connected with Jackson Hannah on a 11 yard touchdown pass, and when the PAT was good the Mustangs trailed 7-6.  But, we had another drive coming up that resulted in a 40 yard Landon Spaulding to Nick Cozzi scoring pass, but the 2-Point attempt went for naught, as the Mustangs took a 12-7 lead to the second quarter, and we would not look back.

The second quarter belonged to the Mustangs.  A 15 yard Bentley McKinzie touchdown run, a one yard sneak by Spaulding, and a 67yard scoring pass from Spaulding to Nick Cozzi all contributed to the the home team taking a 33-7 advantage at intermission.  Both teams would probably like to forget the third quarter which saw one fumble and four pass interceptions, one from the Mustangs and three pics from the Wildcats.  Amidst the possession exchanges, we managed to score two additional TDs, a Landon Spaulding to Landon Ruth 5 yard connection, and an Isaac Amin Pick 6 went on the Brossart side of the ledger, while Pendleton County countered with a 45 yard pass play from Elijah Barhorst to his brother Kegan.  The third period ended with the Mustangs on top 45-14 which would be the final score.

In between the scoring drives there were many outstanding individual efforts on this night – Back in the first quarter Landon Spaulding hooked up with Isaac Amin for 40 yards.  In the second period Spaulding again connected with Landon Ketron on a 32 yard pass play.  Amin intercepted a Wildcat pass, and Matthew Riegler and Landon Ruth recorded sacks of the quarterback.  In the third stanza Mason McKinzie and Brady Boruske intercepted passes, and in the fourth quarter Jaxon Miller recovered a fumble, Boruske hauled in a 29 yard pass reception, and picked off quarterback Elijah Barhorst.  There were obviously many number of worthy Players of the Game candidates.  It was determined that Isaac Amin would be the recipient of the Defensive Player of the Game, and Nick Cozzi earned Offensive Player of the Game honors.

STATS:  For the game:  Landon Spaulding was 15/27 for 322 yards – 3 TDs, 1 Int.  Bentley McKinzie ran for 127 yards on 23 carries with 1 TD.  Anthony Schuck had 45 yards on 6 carries and a TD.  Nick Cozzi caught 4 passes for 131 yards and 2 TDs, Isaac Amin had 52 yards on 3 receptions, and Landon Ruth caught a TD pass.  Quinten Tischner compiled 49 yards on 4 receptions.  Max Runge was 1 for 4 on PAT Attempts.  Matthew Riegler and Jaxon Miller had fumble recoveries, and Quinten Tischner had 7 tackles, Riegler 6, and Landon Ruth 5.

This concluded the 2025 regular season.  The Mustangs finish with a 5-5 record, heading into next Friday night’s home playoff game with Bellevue, who also played on this Thursday night, falling to Holy Cross 29-6.