As the Humboldt High School football team walked across Mason Maach Field for the final time last Friday night (Oct. 23), ninth-year Wildcat head coach Derrick Elman stood on the sidelines and got teary and emotional after watching his Wildcats fall to the Sioux Center Warriors, 36-26.
The Wildcats (0-9, 0-5), who closed the book on a winless season, the school’s first since 2001, left everything on the field against a Warrior squad (8-1, 4-1) ranked in the top 10 in Class 3A and looking to seal a playoff spot.
Humboldt was in the contest right up until the very end. It exemplified the way they have played all season long.
“That was a lot of fun to watch. It could have been so easy for these guys to shut down and think football is done early or any of that. But they didn’t quit and they fought all year long,” Elman said.
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