Spartans win second straight

GRUNDY CENTER – The Grundy Center Spartans improve to 2-2 on the season after their 40-8 trouncing of the Belle Plaine Plainsmen Friday night at Spartan Stadium.
The Spartans, strong on both sides of the ball all night, held the Belle Plaine offense at their four yard line on their opening drive.    
“As expected, Belle Plaine came out ready to play,” Grundy Center head coach Brent Thoren said. “It was great to see us make a goal line stand on the first series of defense. That really set the tone early in the game.”
Grundy Center then got the scoring started when Nick Mauer ran a punt return 48 yards for a touchdown with 2:59 left in the first quarter.
“We really built off that momentum,” Coach Thoren said. “Once we gained that energy, the defense began to have consecutive three and outs and that gave our offense great field position to work with.”  

For more of this story see the Sept. 19 Grundy Reigster.