Mustangs Football: Seven named to All-Conference team

The Malta Mustangs football team put together a pretty good season, going 6-4 and winning a game in the opening round of the 2014 State B Playoffs.

In order to have a winning season, not only do you need to perform well as a team, you need playmakers.

While Malta is full of playmakers, a few of them, seven to be exact, received All-Conference honors.

Senior Quintan Boos, was one of two athletes to receive All State Honors and was a first-team all-conference selection on offense and second-team selection on defense. He was a first team offensive and defensive selection in 2013 also.

"Quintan had a really good year on both sides of the ball," Mustang Head Coach Nick Oxarart said. "He ran hard and had a lot of yards rushing against some pretty tough teams. On defense we relied heavily on him to make a lot of tackles."

He went on to say that Boos and fellow All-State athlete junior Antonio Lopez were important in Malta defense because as inside linebackers they were relied on for most of the team's tackles.

"They were leaders of that defense at the inside linebacker position. That's the way our defense is designed," Coach Oxarart said.

He also noted that even though Boos and Lopez get a lot of the credit, if it weren't for their teammates, the duo couldn't make plays.

"They get a lot of the recognition but it's their teammates that deserve a lot of recognition too," Coach Oxarart said.

He noted that on offense Boos was a strong downhill runner that provided plenty of highlight runs.

"A lot of people don't remember them, but those six to nine yard gains, where he just ran people over and got to the hole," he said. "He had a lot of nice big runs for touchdowns, but the runs moving the chains are the ones the coach remembers."

The other All-State selection is Antonio Lopez, who was the only Mustang to earn first team honors on offense and defense.

As a linebacker, Lopez showed versatility often times lining up as a defensive end.

Lopez showed a great head for the football and often times delivered bone crushing hits, that would give Malta's defense the momentum.

He also was a first-teamer on the offensive line.

Senior Cole Brown was another All-conference Selection, who was selected as a first-teamer on the defensive side of the ball and a second-teamer on offense.

"He was the leader of our offensive and defensive lines, a senior that the guys looked up to and he just played solid all year long," Coach Oxarart said.

Tyson Carney arguably had the best hands all year, leading the team in interceptions. He was a first-teamer on defense in 2013 as well.

"He's a great player that