Mexico played its best football at the end of the season.
The Bulldogs (5-6) won a playoff game before losing a competitive one in Hannibal but had plenty of all-North Central Missouri …
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Mexico played its best football at the end of the season.
The Bulldogs (5-6) won a playoff game before losing a competitive one in Hannibal but had plenty of all-North Central Missouri Conference award players. Drew DeMint is a first team running back and at large defender, Leighton Hilderman is a first team offensive lineman and Peyton Hoover is a first team linebacker. The second teamers include senior Hunter Cuno at running back, senior Wyatt Troesser and senior Daunte Cline at offensive lineman, Cline at defensive lineman, and senior Grant Van Horn at linebacker.
DeMint ran for 596 yards on 93 carries, averaging 6.4 yards per carry, and scored seven touchdowns. He added 189 yards and one touchdown on 19 catches. On defense, DeMint had 34 tackles, two tackles for loss, two pass break-ups, one interception and one fumble recovery.
Hilderman, Troesser and Cline blocked for an offense that averaged 209 rushing yards in 11 games.
Hoover led the team with 81 tackles and 10 tackles for loss and had three pass defenses and two interceptions. Van Horn was right behind Hoover with 77 tackles and six tackles for loss and had two pass break-ups, one sack and one fumble recovery.
Cuno was the team’s leading rusher at 660 yards and seven touchdowns on 104 carries, averaging 6.3 yards per carry.
