Football is hard.  We (Brossart) learned this back in 2007 when we jumped into varsity football, thinking that we were successful and competitive at everything else that we did - Why Not Football??

It took us two years to get our first win, and we had to go to Betsy Layne to accomplish that feat, and then when we were relegated to 2A a few years later, we almost went out of the football business. 

I don't think that it will take the Cru that long.  They've got a lot of kids on their roster, and I suspect that many of them are graduates of the NKYFL.  There is actually a team or two on their schedule this year that could fall prey to them.  For the first twelve minutes tonight they did some rally good stuff, and after that first period, we led merely 7-3.

Beyond that it was all Brossart.  Nick Cozzi ran back two punts for TDs.  Landon Spaulding threw to Landon Ruth for a TD.  Quinten Tischner and Anthony Schuck rushed for two more, while Freshman Charlie Rauch threw to Sophomore Ray Scharf for another as time expired in the running clock.  Max Runge  connected on a perfect 7 of 7 PATs.

The Crusaders' lone touchdown came in the first quarter when Brady Aubuchon nailed a 37 yard Field Goal.

The Mustangs have a tall task ahead next Friday night when the Bracken County Polar Bears come to call at the MAC.  They have had a bye week to sting from their loss to Holy Cross a week ago.  

Yikes

Nice post, @Mustang. 
Thanks. 

The Mustangs look strong. Good luck to them. 
 

And the Cru has a horse.  So there is that. 

Wow, an official @hoops5 sighting!!

The CRU won the JV game today.

 

 

2 hours ago, Bluesport said:

The CRU won the JV game today.

That big roster is going to serve them well in the JV games.

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The thought comes to mind that maybe they should have waited one more year to start varsity play like the original plan. But there are 13 seniors on that roster who are getting that once in a lifetime experience of playing varsity football in high school. Twenty years from now they will be watching the Cru compete at high level and have that varsity letter that says they helped build that.

I am rooting for improvement and better days ahead for the Cru.

2 hours ago, Bluesport said:

The CRU won the JV game today.

Believe the Final was 7-0! Brossart only suited up about 15 players. 

3 hours ago, Bluesport said:

The CRU won the JV game today.

Any idea who scored or how?

The growing pains continue. Hoping to see a closer game against Bellevue!

On 9/6/2025 at 8:48 PM, NKYSportFan said:

Believe the Final was 7-0! Brossart only suited up about 15 players. 

That is true. Brossart only suited up 15 because that is the total number of Freshman and Sophomores they have. It rained for most of the game. They play again this Saturday, so let's see if Brossart has anything in the pipeline.

On 9/6/2025 at 8:48 PM, NKYSportFan said:

Believe the Final was 7-0! Brossart only suited up about 15 players. 

Brossart JV QB went out in first half with an injury and never returned. Hopefully he’ll be back for round 2 this Saturday.

Welcome to BGP @m33rsman!