GRUNDY CENTER — Grundy Center football’s defense made life easy for the Spartan offense on Friday.
Quarterback Judd Jirovsky accounted for five touchdowns, capitalizing on some short fields generated in part by four Spartan interceptions in a 42-7 romp over West Branch for a Class 1A second-round playoff game at Spartan Stadium.
Grundy Center (10-0) advances to the 1A state quarterfinals, where they will host Sumner-Fredericksburg (7-3) back in Grundy Center on Friday. The Cougars were 14-0 winners on the road against Manson-Northwest Webster in their second-round matchup…