Ben Franzen Era Tips Off With 80-44 Win Over Villa Madonna

Our Mustangs hope to get out of the gate running Monday night when we look to take a trip over the track versus the Division III Villa Madonna Vikings in Villa Hills. Our guys defeated Villa 60-37 a year ago in Alexandria, and own the series 6-0.  These Seniors, featured by John Ridder over the past week here on the site, were thrust into varsity competition a year ago, with only one Senior, David Govan, on the roster.  It is our hope that the experience, where we dropped eight games within four points, will benefit us during their own senior season.  That, and a steady diet of skills sessions and serious Strength/Fitness Training sessions should all work in our favor, moving forward. Coach Ben Franzen comes to us after successful stints as an assistant at Highlands and most recently, Covington Catholic, serving under Coach Scott Ruthsatz.  He has devised a system that befits our size and stature, demonstrated on Green and White Night, and in our pre-season scrimmages. We will know a whole lot more about this team next week at this time, as we will face Villa on Monday, host Top Ten, Newport, on Wednesday, travel to Holmes Thursday and finish out the week at Ludlow on Saturday with a tripleheader. All of our varsity games are broadcast live via this website on the Meridix “Brossart Broadcast Network.”