Senior Mustangs Aim High
Bernie Puchalski - September 10, 2018
The Saint Michael’s Mustangs senior football team is eyeing a long ride deep into the Niagara Catholic Athletic Association playoffs.
“I am looking forward to this season because we are finally that team,” 12B player Riley Hart said. “We have a lot of returning 12Bs and a lot of those 12Bs were starters last year.
“We have a ton of talent coming back and we have so much talent on the team, that we almost don’t know what to do with it.”
St. Michael co-coach Keith Bomberry also likes where the Saint Michael football program is in 2018.
“We’re on the rise and I think we are trending upwards now,” he said. “We are getting better numbers, guys are committed and we have a number of 12Bs that came back.”
Those returning 12Bs are focused.
“They want to play football, they want to compete at this level; not only against their teammates here at St. Mike’s, but with their friends and foes across the Niagara region and in the city,” Bomberry said.
Saint Michael’s boasts talent throughout its roster.
“We have good group of 12s and right now are 11s are really showing up,” he said. We have five or six Grade 11s that are contributing right off the bat.”
All of the above has the Mustangs feeling much more optimistic than this time next year.
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