The Taylor Griffins took advantage of Indian turnovers early on Friday Night and then played a strong second half on their way to a 34-8 victory over Tecumseh in Indian Stadium. Taylor’s quarterback Landyn Norman had a huge night for the Griffins, rushing for a pair of touchdowns and throwing for three more, tormenting the Indians defense in this non-conference affair. The Indians forced Taylor to punt on their initial drive, but Taylor got the ball right back after the Griffins recovered an Indian fumble at the Tecumseh 43-yard line. The Griffins quickly turned the Indian miscue into points, as Norman picked up 30 yards on first down to the Indian 13 and then threw to Jalen Scott for a touchdown to give Taylor the early lead at 7-0. Tecumseh was able to move the ball into Griffin territory on their next possession, but turned the ball over again at the 50-yard line and three plays later Taylor scored again, this time on a 38-yard touchdown pass from Norman to Demery Anderson to make the score 13-0. Tecumseh then rebounded to cut the lead to 13-8 driving 78 yards in 14 plays, scoring on a 6-yard touchdown run by Lucas Hartman followed by a 2-point conversion on a pass from Chance Gromley to Cruz Torres to bring the Indians back within six near the end of the first quarter. After the Indian defense force Taylor into a 4th and 6 at the midfield stripe, but Norman’s punt pinned the Indians back to their own two-yard line. Gormley then quickly got the Indians out of trouble connecting with Braydon Bauer for 63 yards to flip field position to the Griffin 32. After a pair of Lucas Hartman runs picked up an Indian first down, the Indians then appeared to take the lead on a 21-yard pass to Jordan Wisniewski, but a penalty negated the score. Two plays later the Griffins intercepted Gromley at the two-yard line to end the threat. The Griffin’s then went on a 96-yard scoring in 10 plays to increase their lead to 21-8 at half on a 13-yard touchdown run by Norman. In the second half the Indians were held scoreless as Taylor dominated the time of possession with second half touchdown drives of 98 and 80 yards for two more scores to make the final score 34-8. Despite the loss the Tecumseh offense did amass 323 total yards with a balance attack of 174 yards rushing and 149 passing. Tecumseh was led by Lucas Hartman, who gained 146 yards on 26 carries. Gormley thew for another 149 yards. For Taylor Landyn Norman rushed for 178 yards on 22 carries and was 10 of 12 passing for 188 yards. Tecumseh will be on the road next week when they travel to Ypsilanti Community to take on the Grizzlies in the final SEC contest of the season.