The Big Sandy Mountaineer -

The Pioneers have been rolling. This past weekend, they went to Stanford and beat Denton-Geyser-Stanford-Grass Range-Winnett 50-14 to advance to the Class C 6-man football Semi-Finals. Kody Strutz led this win with two passing touchdowns and one rushing touchdown, and one receiving touchdown. Lane Demontiney had three touchdowns, one rushing, one receiving, and one defensive touchdown off an interception. Lance Rutledge has a receiving touchdown. Braydon Cline and Rusty Gasvoda each had a rushing touchdown. One of the Pioneers Junior Captains, Kody Strutz, on what it feels after this last weekend's win, "I feel terrific, we are playing great as a team, we are just clicking at the best possible time, and we are all doing our jobs. I mean, we are just doing our best to represent Big Sandy." Rusty Gasvoda on his team's quarterfinals performance, "I feel like we came out a little slow, we didn't have much success offensively in the first quarter, but we picked things up. We really showed up defensively and woke up a little bit in the following quarters. I'm really proud of what we are doing, and I am excited to be back in the position to play in a state championship possibly. I am just really proud and excited of what our team has been doing." Finally, Sophomore Lane Demontiney, on how he feels about this coming weekend, "I am excited, I mean our team is doing great. We are really clicking. We are starting to play as one team instead of many individuals. My teammates have been doing a great job, Braydon Cline has been hyping us up pre-game, and we are all holding each other accountable in-game. Anyways I am just super excited to have the opportunity to play in a Semi-Final state game and the opportunity to represent my community." With that to cap off our interviews from our pioneers, they are Looking to play Froid-Medicine Lake on Saturday in Medicine Lake at 1 PM. Go Pioneers!