(Photos by
Michael Scro)
Securing a 4-3 record and one game away from the playoffs, the Mineola Mustangs varsity football team defeated the Valley Steam South Falcons 12-7 on Saturday, Oct. 24. Coming off their 30-18 loss to Malverne, if the Mustang’s beat the Friends Academy Quakers next week, they’ll clinch a playoff spot.
After a 6-0 lead by halftime, Mustangs senior quarterback Matt Koswoski connected on an 11-yard touchdown pass with junior receiver Quinn Revelant in the third.
The Falcons (2-5) put seven points on the board with five minutes remaining on a 41-yard touchdown run and could have walked away with the victory, but threw an incomplete pass at their own 35-yard line with 46 seconds left. Revelant also stopped a potential first down on the prior play.
“This was a big win for us,” Mustangs head coach Dan Guido said. “Offensively, we probably could have scored one more time, but my guys did well.”
Sebastian Domenech
The Falcon’s home field, which has their baseball infield bleeding onto the football field, provided a different terrain for the Mustang’s to play on, as bursts of dust clouds emitted from the ground throughout the game—but Mineola, a young team, met the challenge.
“There’s not many fields like this left,” Guido said. “I haven’t played on a field like this is 20 something years.”
The Quakers were seeded 14th in the Nassau IV Conference, and the Mustang’s were seeded 12th.
