The Salisbury School Crimson Knights football team (Salisbury, CT), was beaten 40-12 in Saturday's league challenge with the host Phillips Exeter Academy Lions (Exeter, NH)

The Lions (3-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Deerfield Academy (Deerfield, MA). The Big Green come into the Northeast Prep challenge with a 4-1 record. In their last challenge, Deerfield Academy achieved victory over Loomis Chaffee School (Windsor, CT), 42-21, in a non-league challenge.

The Crimson Knights now sport a 2-3 record. They take the field next when they host Suffield Academy for a Northeast Prep challenge on Saturday, October 21. Salisbury School will meet a Tigers team coming off a 31-18 league loss to Brunswick School (Greenwich, CT). The Tigers record now stands at 2-3.