When Bode Nichols hit Marist ballcarrier Conner Harvey with a savage open-field tackle on the first play of the Spartans’ visit to Sweet Home Friday night, Oct. 3, the ball squirted out of Harvey’s hands.
That was the initial punch in a night-long slugfest, a mostly clean one, that resulted in a 27-20 triumph for the Huskies, their first victory over Marist in decades and a 1-0 start in Special District 3.
“That was fun,”…