Kraskouskas’ four touchdowns runs out the running clock against rival Redondo
“I wasn’t going to let it affect me at all. I wanted to answer them with my legs,” Mustang running back said of Sea Hawk’s heckling. by Paul Teetor Mira Costa seniors Matthew Kraskouskas and Cole Crotty have been best friends – and frequent teammates in football, baseball and basketball – since first grade. “He’s my main man,” Kraskouskas said. “Always has been.” For the last two years, the 6-foot-1, 200-pound Kraskouskas has been a fast, elusive workhorse running back and the 6-foot-1, 185-pound Crotty a fast, shifty wide receiver for the Mira Costa football team. Together, they have been the heart and soul of an explosive offense that rolled over everything in its path except the Bay League football powerhouse known as Palos Verdes. So when Crotty went down with a shoulder injury early in the first quarter of Friday night’s Battle of the Beach with neighboring Redondo, Kraskouskas knew even more of the offensive burden would fall on his wide shoulders and stout legs. So did both sides of a packed house at Redondo High School. On one side of the field, the Costa crowd began chanting “Matty, Matty, Matty.” On the other side of the field, some in the crowd began chanting “Matty…
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