The Griswold Tigers Football Team will visit the Exira-EHK Spartans to wrap up the regular season on Friday night. The Tigers are playing much improved from the early part of the season winning two of their last three games. This includes wins over Stanton and West Harrison/Whiting while just barely dropping a two-point contest to East Mills. In their most recent win over West Harrison/Whiting, they got off to a fast start and scored a season-high 66 points. Head Coach Seth Lembke credited the success to their ability to finish scoring chances and the improved play in the trenches.

In each of the last three weeks, the Tigers’ offense has been nearly unstoppable, scoring over 50 points per game. In addition to talented receivers Auden Wilson and Connor Bowers, senior quarterback Bode Wyman has been a big reason why. Wyman has thrown for over 1300 yards and 18 touchdowns this season. Lembke says that Wyman’s ability to spread the ball around and read plays has been key for the Tigers’ offense.

Exira-EHK will be no easy foe for Griswold. Quarterback Bryce Brabham has rushed for 875 yards and 10 touchdowns this season. Despite being experienced with facing quarterbacks like Brabham, Lembke knows his defense will need to be even better if they are going to stop the Spartans’ offense.

With the playoffs likely out of reach for the Tigers, this final game still has a lot of meaning to the Griswold football program. Lembke stated that finishing on a high note is important to him and his players.

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