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Melbourne Salem

Bearkatz

Greyhounds

The Salem (AR) varsity football team won Friday's home conference game against Melbourne (AR) by a score of 34-7.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Melbourne	-	-	-	-	7
Salem	-	-	-	-	34

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Game Stats

Melbourne (25-26)

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Salem (25-26)

Salem

Passing

#	Athlete Name	C	Att	Yds	C%	Avg	TD	Int	Lng	QB Rate
	Team Totals	9	13	158	.692	17.6		1		78.4
12	Jackson Taylor (Sr)	9	13	158	.692	17.6		1		78.4

Salem

Rushing

#	Athlete Name	Car	Yds	Avg	100+	TD
	Team Totals	41	290	7.1	1	5
1	Aiden Province (Jr)	2	23	11.5	0	1
5	Kaden Brink (Sr)	18	201	11.2	1	1
6	E. Birmingham (Sr)	2	14	7.0	0
11	Dylan Gaskins (Sr)	1	4	4.0	0
12	Jackson Taylor (Sr)	9	-14	-1.6	0	2
16	Ryan Dailey (Sr)	1	11	11.0	0
22	Cole Stemen (Sr)	1	1	1.0	0
34	Colton Smith (Sr)	7	50	7.1	0	1

Salem

Receiving

#	Athlete Name	Rec	Yds	Avg
	Team Totals	9	158	17.6
6	E. Birmingham (Sr)	1	6	6.0
11	Dylan Gaskins (Sr)	1	9	9.0
14	Ferris Thweatt (Jr)	2	34	17.0
22	Cole Stemen (Sr)	3	56	18.7
24	Connor Muir (Jr)	1	42	42.0
34	Colton Smith (Sr)	1	11	11.0

Salem

All Purpose Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Rec	KR	PR	Total
	Team Totals	290	158	14	57	519
1	Aiden Province (Jr)	23		14		37
5	Kaden Brink (Sr)	201			46	247
6	E. Birmingham (Sr)	14	6		11	31
11	Dylan Gaskins (Sr)	4	9			13
12	Jackson Taylor (Sr)	-14				-14
14	Ferris Thweatt (Jr)		34			34
16	Ryan Dailey (Sr)	11				11
22	Cole Stemen (Sr)	1	56			57
24	Connor Muir (Jr)		42			42
34	Colton Smith (Sr)	50	11			61

Salem

Total Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Pass	Rec	Total
	Team Totals	290	158	158	448
1	Aiden Province (Jr)	23			23
5	Kaden Brink (Sr)	201			201
6	E. Birmingham (Sr)	14		6	20
11	Dylan Gaskins (Sr)	4		9	13
12	Jackson Taylor (Sr)	-14	158		144
14	Ferris Thweatt (Jr)			34	34
16	Ryan Dailey (Sr)	11			11
22	Cole Stemen (Sr)	1		56	57
24	Connor Muir (Jr)			42	42
34	Colton Smith (Sr)	50		11	61

Salem

Tackles

#	Athlete Name	Solo	Asst	Tot Tckls	TFL
	Team Totals	39	31	70	20.0
1	Aiden Province (Jr)	2	2	4	1.0
3	Tripp Martin (So)		3	3
4	Tyde Terry (So)	3		3
5	Kaden Brink (Sr)	1	4	5
6	E. Birmingham (Sr)	1	2	3
11	Dylan Gaskins (Sr)	7	2	9	3.0
14	Ferris Thweatt (Jr)	5	3	8	2.0
16	Ryan Dailey (Sr)	2	1	3	2.0
22	Cole Stemen (Sr)	3	5	8	5.0
24	Connor Muir (Jr)	4	1	5
34	Colton Smith (Sr)	3	1	4	1.0
50	K. Sanderson (Sr)	4	3	7	4.0
52	Keaton Zeigler (Jr)		1	1
53	Cody Stencel (Jr)		3	3
54	Parker Swingle (So)	1		1
55	C. Cadenbach (Jr)	2		2	1.0
65	Jaydon Dawson (Sr)	1		1	1.0

Salem

Sacks

#	Athlete Name	Sacks	Ydl	Hurs
	Team Totals	4.0	27	12
1	Aiden Province (Jr)	1.0	8	1
11	Dylan Gaskins (Sr)			1
14	Ferris Thweatt (Jr)	1.0	6	1
16	Ryan Dailey (Sr)	1.0	6	2
22	Cole Stemen (Sr)			2
34	Colton Smith (Sr)	1.0	7
50	K. Sanderson (Sr)			4
60	Kaden Costner (Sr)			1

Salem

Defensive Statistics

#	Athlete Name	PD
	Team Totals	3
5	Kaden Brink (Sr)	1
6	E. Birmingham (Sr)	1
24	Connor Muir (Jr)	1

Salem

Kickoffs

#	Athlete Name	KO	Yds	Avg	Lng	TB
	Team Totals	6	256	42.7
50	K. Sanderson (Sr)	6	256	42.7

Salem

Kickoff and Punt Returns

#	Athlete Name	KO Rets	Yds	Avg	P Rets	Yds	Avg	KR Yds
	Team Totals	1	14	14.0	3	57	19.0	71
1	Aiden Province (Jr)	1	14	14.0				14
5	Kaden Brink (Sr)				2	46	23.0	46
6	E. Birmingham (Sr)				1	11	11.0	11

Salem

Points

#	Athlete Name	TDs	TD Pts	Conv
	Team Totals	5	30	4
1	Aiden Province (Jr)	1	6
5	Kaden Brink (Sr)	1	6
12	Jackson Taylor (Sr)	2	12
34	Colton Smith (Sr)	1	6	4

Salem

Touchdowns

#	Athlete Name	TD Rush	Total
	Team Totals	5	5
1	Aiden Province (Jr)	1	1
5	Kaden Brink (Sr)	1	1
12	Jackson Taylor (Sr)	2	2
34	Colton Smith (Sr)	1	1

Salem

Conversions

#	Athlete Name	C Rush	C Rec	Total
	Team Totals	1	1	2
34	Colton Smith (Sr)	1	1	2

Game Story

Arkansas High School Football - Melbourne falls to Salem

September 26, 2025: Salem, AR 72576

The Salem Greyhounds felled the visiting Melbourne Bearkatz football team by a score of 34-7 in Friday's league challenge.

In their next game, the Greyhounds play the Episcopal Wildcats (Little Rock, AR) in a 3A Region 2 challenge, on Friday, October 3. Salem will attempt to improve on its 4-0 season record. The Wildcats go into the challenge with a 0-4 record after their 74-21 league loss to Atkins (Atkins, AR).

With the defeat, Melbourne drops to 3-1 on the campaign. The Bearkatz host Quitman (Quitman, AR) to meet the Bulldogs in a 3A Region 2 test on Friday, October 3. The Bulldogs come into the test with a record of 4-0. Quitman won 27-6 in their recent league test against Yellville-Summit (Yellville, AR)

Melbourne @ Salem Football Game Info

Fri., Sep. 26, 2025 @ 7p

The Salem (AR) varsity football team won Friday's home conference game against Melbourne (AR) by a score of 34-7.

Rankings & Records

Melbourne (25-26)

AR	Class
103	20

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
6-5	3-4	3-2	3-2	0-1	.545	.429	325	256

Salem (25-26)

AR	Class
10	2

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
12-0	7-0	5-0	4-0	3-0	1.000	1.000	564	110

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Melbourne	4.7	4.3	7.0	9.3	29.5
Salem	15.5	18.7	6.5	6.8	47.0

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Team Stat Comparison

Melbourne		Salem
-	Rushing Yards Per Game	348.9
-	Passing Yards Per Game	81.3
-	Receiving Yards Per Game	81.5
-	Total Yards Per Game	430.2
-	Tackles Per Game	58.1
-	Sacks Per Game	2.7
-	Points Per Game	2.2
-	Pancake Blocks	0

Team Leaders

Melbourne		Salem	National Avg.
-	Rushing Yards Per Game	#5 Kaden Brink155.1	11.0
-	Passing Yards Per Game	#12 Jackson Taylor81.5	10.7
-	Receiving Yards Per Game	#14 Ferris Thweatt26.5	8.7
-	Total Yards Per Game	#5 Kaden Brink163.6	24.5
-	Tackles Per Game	#11 Dylan Gaskins6.6	2.6
-	Sacks Per Game	#50 Keagan Sanderson1.2	0.2
-	Points Per Game	#22 Cole Stemen1.3	1.9
-	Pancake Blocks	#12 Jackson Taylor0	6

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Melbourne	3-4		Salem	8-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
10/3/25	Quitman	Melbourne	(L) 29-28	11/6/25	Quitman	Salem	(W) 60-15
10/10/25	Mayflower	Melbourne	(L) 38-0	10/31/25	Mayflower	Salem	(W) 12-7
10/17/25	Melbourne	Atkins	(L) 38-7	10/10/25	Atkins	Salem	(W) 20-14
10/24/25	Melbourne	Yellville-Summit	(W) 62-21	10/17/25	Salem	Yellville-Summit	(W) 66-8
10/31/25	Melbourne	Episcopal	(W) 55-8	10/3/25	Salem	Episcopal	(W) 69-12
11/7/25	Mountain View	Melbourne	(W) 48-21	10/24/25	Salem	Mountain View	(W) 78-0
11/14/25	Melbourne	Newport	(L) 48-14	9/12/25	Newport	Salem	(W) 48-12
				11/21/25	Salem	Newport	(W) 40-20

Record Breakdown

Melbourne (25-26)		Salem (25-26)
6-5	Overall	12-0
3-4	League	7-0
3-0	Non-League	3-0
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
3-4	Common Opponent	8-0
3-2	Home	5-0
3-2	Away	4-0
0-1	Neutral	3-0
0-1	Playoff	2-0
6-5	In-State	12-0
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0