"Did ya hear? Justin Weber blew out his knee last night up at the Stanford combine in Palo Alto! He is out for the season." We felt so bad for Justin, and for the Sanger Apaches. His senior year was one that fans of the game were really looking forward to. He had already made his presence known not only in Sanger, and in the County Metro AC, but to football fans all over the Valley. He was about to rewrite the record books as an MVP running back for the Apaches, but maybe the best outputs were as a Player of the Year as a safety, and as the heart of the Sanger defense. The team would have to go the season without their three year all-star.

Fortunately for Sanger, the Chuck Shidan led Apaches never give up. Unfortunately for Sanger, it was only the beginning of a horrifying list of injuries to key players that would turn what was going to possibly be one of the greatest years ever for them, to where they would eventually lose 10 of their talented starters to various injuries, all but destroying their chances to grab another Valley Title and beyond. The injury list would keep a MASH unit busy as the weeks in the preseason unfolded: Weber, Alvarado, Morales, Neves, Gonzales, and Torrejos, all out for the season. That's an all-star team right there, but then another all-star, Mario Navarette, breaks his leg and is out for half the season, and the sick bay list goes on: Hingano, Garza, and the second Aaron Gonzales are hurt. Unbelievable. Tough stuff, true, but six games into the season, Coach Shidan and his staff have led the team to a 4-2 record and looking forward to the challenge of the mighty CMAC.