GRINNELL — Sparty’s Boys notched their third consecutive win Friday, Sept. 22 as they rolled over the Grinnell Tigers 40-7 to start (class 3A) District 5 competition.
“It’s great to be 1-0 in the district and 4-1 overall heading into homecoming week with a great matchup vs Benton,” said Coach Lucas Stanton. “Grinnell was kind of a slow start for us, but we are happy with the end result. Grinnell is a much-improved football team and gave us everything they had. It was a tough week and a tough game coming off of the emotional week prior, but we were happy to see our kids respond in a positive way. (I) Couldn’t be more proud of the way our team is starting to gel and play in all three phases. We have had a lot of different guys step up which is also great to see.”
Upcoming games
The Spartans host Benton Community for Homecoming Friday, Sept. 29 with frosh/soph at 5:00 p.m. and varsity at 7:30 p.m. Also, the Homecoming Queen will be coronated at halftime of the varsity game.
The Bobcats are also 4-1 with wins over Vinton-Shellsburg (49-0), Marion (38-7), Clear Creek Amana (42-27, and 3A-5 foe Fairfield (38-0). Benton’s only loss came to Mount Vernon (19-7).
“Benton is a very tough team,” said Stanton. “They are well-coached, they’re big, and their kids play extremely hard. This is a huge game in terms of setting us up for one of our goals this season, which is to win a district championship. Our kids and coaches are looking forward to a great homecoming atmosphere against a quality opponent.”
The Spartans travel to Williamsburg Friday, October 6 and visit Fairfield Friday, October 13 before hosting South Tama Friday, October 20 to close out the regular season.
Class 3A-5 Scores &
Standings, Week Five
Williamsburg W 61-6 vs. South Tama 5-0 1-0
Solon W 40-7 vs. Grinnell
4-1 1-0
Benton Community W 38-0 vs. Fairfield 4-1 1-0
Grinnell 3-2 0-1
Fairfield 2-3 0-1
South Tama 0-5 0-1

Gallery • 7 Photos

Deb Rebal • Contributed photo

Jack McCarty (6) runs for a touchdown Friday, Sept. 22 at Grinnell.