The Exira-EHK Spartans Football team is gearing up for a big 8-Man District 1 road game at Newell-Fonda on Friday night.  Both teams come into the game sporting 6-0 records and a win would go a long way toward winning a district title.  The Mustangs are the defending State Champions in 8-Man football and Exira-EHK Head Coach Tom Petersen says he knows his team will need to play a great game in order to knock off a great team. Newell-Fonda returns 7 of 8 offensive starters from last season and Quarterback Jason Hess actually entered the championship game at that position last year due to injury.  Hess has thrown for 737 yards and 13 touchdowns and just 4 interceptions this season.  Newell-Fonda likes to keep the ball on the ground though and they are lead in rushing by Senior Cole Wise wtih 680 yards and 13 scores on the year.

The Spartans have also gotten some great play out of a Running Back in Junior Drew Buckholdt whom is averaging over 8 yards per carry and has rushed for 10 touchdowns and caught 4 more.  Newell-Fonda Head Coach Brian Wilken says he has a lot of respect for the Spartans and expects a tough game from them.  The Mustangs come into the game having won 17 straight games and Coach Petersen says his team knows the type of focus and execution they need to try get the win.

We’ll have coverage of the game on KJAN.  Chris Parks and Seth Christensen will bring you the broadcast with a 6:30pm Pregame and 7:00pm Kickoff from Newell.  You can listen on AM1220, FM101.1, online at kjan.com, or on the KJAN mobile app.  You can also watch a live video stream of the game online on the KJANTV page at kjan.com.  Our football night begins with our weekly high school pick ’em show Who’s Gonna Win? at 6:00pm.