SPRING MILLS — Another week of high school football is gone, though there were similar notes to Spring Mills’ win over cross-county rival Musselman to their previous three wins. Mostly, though, it was another shutout, as the Cardinals handed the Applemen their fourth consecutive loss, 62-0. The Cardinals (4-0) have yet to give up a single point on defense, something head coach Marcus Law quickly used to highlight his coordinator, Buddy Hesen.
“This group here, it started last year with them buying into what coach Hesen was saying,” Law began. “The seniors like Keyon Mills, the Prophets (Guillaume), the Xays (Xavier Anderson), they’ve bought in even more and they push each other, hold each other accountable. What you see is 11 guys flying to the ball relentlessly trying to get that guy.
That’s been the biggest thing for us.” Even though it was a lopsided victory, the Cardinals didn’t start clean, immediately supplying the Applemen with multiple yards on two quick penalties on their first drive of the game. Law points to nerves, noting that the air of the rivalry and excitement surrounding the unveiling of the team’s brand-new blackout uniforms had some of the players more jumpy than usual.
“I would give (the sloppiest start) to last week,” Law said of the win over South Hagerstown (Md.). “I thought we did a good job coming in Monday talking about the mistakes we made, and we cleaned it up better today.
I thought the start had the same beginning as las.