COLORADO SPRINGS — Mullen was done settling.

The title-hungry Mustangs made that abundantly clear a mere 3 minutes into their title match Saturday against a scrappy Greeley Central squad.

They only reinforced that notion throughout the ensuing 74 minutes.

After senior forward Rocco Manerbino gave Mullen an early one-goal lead, the top-seeded Mustangs never allowed the sixth-seeded Wildcats any life in a 2-0 victory in the finals of the Class 4A boys soccer state tournament at Switchbacks Weidner Field.

This was just Mullen’s second boys soccer title in school history, its first since 2011. With the victory, the Mustangs also avoided their sixth runner-up finish, most recently falling in titles games a season ago and in 2021.

“It was a tough night one year ago at this time when we were

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