The Tallassee football team has gotten back on track with two straight wins, and a lot of that success has to do with the emergence of running back Josh Griffin.
Tallassee, after losing four of its five games in the month of September, has beaten region opponents Elmore County, 26-20, and beaten Valley, 25-7, in the last two weeks.
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