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Mustangs Celebrate Season with Banquet

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The Huntingdon football Mustangs and cheerleaders celebrated the ’21 season with a banquet held at the Carroll County Civic Center on Monday, December 13 sponsored by the Huntingdon AB Club.

The Cheerleaders were introduced individually with the Senior Cheerleaders being Abby Lewis, Madison Noonan, Neveah Carruthers and Kaylan Belew.

The Mustangs were introduced individually by class with the senior class being one of the bigger groups. They included Jacob Robertson, Blane Fields, Cade Wood, Aden Hutcherson, Nate Ricketts, Hunter Britt, Sean Magee, Aidan Ninness, Darius Gordon, Seth Hughes, Matthew Pelonero, Nathan Smith, Blake Reeves, and Paxton Neely.

Individual awards were given to a number of deserving players. The individual awards given by the coaching staff included Offensive Back – Aden Hutcherson, Offensive Lineman – Darius Gordon, Defensive Back – Landon Gordon, Defensive Lineman – Elijah Flowers, Defensive Linebacker – Cade Wood, Special Teams – Hunter Britt, Paul Ward Award – Blake Reeves, Most Improved – Luke Cooper, Ironman Award – Cade Wood, Blue/Gold Service Award – Steve Morgan who filmed games for the Mustangs for years.

The team captain for the year voted on by the players was Darius Gordon and the co-captains were Aden Hutcherson and Cade Wood.

The Huntingdon Quarterback Club gave the QB Club MVP which went to Aden Hutcherson.

Huntingdon’s All-Region 7-2A members were announced including first teamers Cade Wood, Elijah Flowers, Blake Reeves, Darius Gordon, Landon Gordon, CJ Pelonaro along with Honorable Mentions Nathan Ricketts and Seth Hughes. Aden Hutcherson was named Region 7-2A Offensive MVP.

At the end of the banquet, Coach Eric Swenson had some closing comments. “We had another successful year. We don’t always measure success by winning state championships. This was one of the best years we’ve ever had in terms of quality and character of the kids. “