The Center Hill football team played their fifth game of the season on Sept. 22. The Mustangs faced the Grenada Chargers, who were 1-4, on the Mustang’s home turf.

Grenada was first to the punch as the Chargers scored a touchdown and an extra point in the first quarter, but the Mustangs answered back in the second quarter by scoring a 58-yard rushing touchdown by Daverick Hardin, the starting quarterback for Center Hill.

At the half, the score was 13-7 with the Mustangs down by 6 points. The second half did not go as planned and the Mustangs came up short in the end, losing 29-7.

Despite the loss, the game featured outstanding defensive performances by linebacker Michael Chrestman, with 17 tackles for the game, and safety Matthew Lacy, with 14.

With the Mustangs 0-5, “This season hasn’t been going as I planned, but it hasn’t been totally horrible,” Hardin said. “Offense has improved major from last season. We can move the ball on whoever and whenever we want, with just a little miscommunication.”

The Mustangs traveled to West Point on Sept. 29 for what MaxPreps called “Center Hill’s most challenging opponent yet.”

The Mustangs fell to the Green Wave 56-0. Center Hill will take on Saltillo at home Oct. 6.