Wahpeton played well. They played the type of game I expected. Lots of off tackle runs and smash mouth football. They kept the clock running. Their secondary showed a lot of improvement since the first meeting of these teams. Honestly, they had Grafton pretty frustrated in the first half. Aside from an interception that Grafton ran back for a TD, I would say Wahpeton outplayed Grafton in the first half.
The amount of flags thrown in the game really affected both teams ability to gain any momentum. I don't know if this officiating crew was just calling it tight or what, but I'd like to see the number of penalized yards in the game going both ways. Seemed awfully excessive for a playoff game.
All in all, Grafton played good enough to win, but will need to give a lot better showing next weekend if they hope to win it all against Oksendal and the Deacons.