Weekly Roundup: 12/18 - 12/23

Girls’ basketball traveled to Mesa, Arizona to compete in the Nike Tournament of Champions with a guarantee of four games for their travel troubles.  On Monday the Mustangs took on Millennium High School from Goodyear, Arizona and defeated the Tigers 49-36.  In the quarter-final round on Tuesday, the Mustangs took on the Honeybears of Harpeth Hall High School from Nashville, Tennessee.  Mullen handled the Honey Bears easily, 45-21.  In semi-final action, Mullen took on Park Hill South from Riverside, Missouri.  The Mustangs out paced the Panthers to a 40-37 win.  In the Championship game against the Patriots of Bob Jones High School from Madison, Alabama, Mullen lost 47-41 to take second place in the tournament.

After catching fire and going 3-0 in their annual Christmas Classic Tournament last week, boys basketball traveled on Thursday to take on the ThunderRidge High School Grizzlies.  Mullen lost 70-54 to drop their overall record to 6-3.  

The hockey team started the week with a trip to the Air force Academy to play the Kadets of Air Academy High School.  The Mustangs won 5-0 to take the home-and-away series from the Kadets by a 13-0 margin.  On Friday they traveled to All World Arena in the Springs to take on Palmer and to close out the 2023 season for Mustangs Athletics.  In a hard-fought game, Mullen came up short 3-2 to drop their overall record to 4-5.  

Girls’ swim and dive team were the visitors for a dual meet with the Smoky Hill Buffaloes.  Diver Samantha Lengsfeld bettered her previous diving score by more thab 10 points qualifying her for the Leagues A Meet.

Wrestling had no matches this week and will resume their season on January 4th against Overland.

Mullen had two football players sign their national letters of intent on Wednesday.  Jordan Leslie signed with the Big Green of Dartmouth College and A J Guida signed his letter of intent with the Huskies of Northern Illinois University.