The Mules will play River Road in Plainview on Friday, November 13, at 7 pm. Hmm, Friday the 13th… bad for River Road, right?
Now, that water tower story. The game between Friona and Muleshoe in the 2000 football season was no less anticipated than last Friday’s game, and the Mules won that one, too, 23-14. Four of the boys on that team, the team that made history by making it to the state semifinals that year, thought that game should also be immortalized in history. Well, that and they wanted to rub it in just a bit. So they did what seemed like a really good idea at the time. They gathered paint, necessary equipment, and left under cover of darkness on a road trip to Friona. And sure enough, the rest is history. That score stayed up there for several years; it’s probably still up there for all I know, but I haven’t looked lately; the water tower is not on my usual path through town.
It is, however, close to the nursing home, which is how the painters were IDed. Seems some folks at the nursing home were able to get the painters’ license plate number and alerted the Friona police department, who alerted the Muleshoe police department, who called the perpetrators in for a little visit. I wasn’t there, but it seems restitution was discussed, a fine imposed, and punishment in the form of painting over their own handiwork was considered, but in the end, the original artwork was preserved as motivation for future Chieftain teams when Muleshoe showed up on their schedule again.
Names will not be mentioned to protect the guilty, but I don’t think it is any secret in Muleshoe who did it. It is one of those war stories that is remembered fondly. Just ask Lincoln, Jeff, Kyle, or Chance.
Oops. Did I say too much?
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