New coach Mustafa looks to lead Gladiators to playoff berth

By JASON JUNO

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ONTONAGON — New Ontonagon coach Kadin Mustafa was ready for the season to start after last week’s scrimmage.

He’s got a team he thinks is capable of big things — including coming out on top of a tough conference — and the Gladiators’ performance in the preseason scrimmage fired him up even more.

“Oh I’m juiced” to coach, Mustafa said, “especially after what I saw today.”

Mustafa played football at Bark River-Harris and he coached defense for the Gladiators last year. He became head coach going into this season after Tyler Thomas left to become the coach...