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Mountain View beset by the run in 24-7 loss to O’Dea in 3A semis

SAMMAMISH — Minutes after an impassioned end-of-season speech from their coach and a round of big, sweaty hugs with family members, Garrett Moen ran over to teammate, friend and backfield companion Jack Mertens. Moen jumped on his back. The two started laughing, one of them doing so through tears. Mountain View saw its football season end in the 3A state semifinals — a 24-7 defeat — at the hands of defending state champ O’Dea on Saturday afternoon. In the biting moments after the final horn blared at Skyline’s Spartan Stadium, the quarterback and running back, whose roles as such have been instrumental in the Thunder’s run, combatted pain with levity. “I was super proud, I’m still super proud,” Jack Mertens said.

 

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