Football Preview: Salisbury Hornets vs. East Davidson Golden Eagles
Salisbury is 8-2 against East Davidson since October of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Salisbury Hornets will host the East Davidson Golden Eagles at 7:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Salisbury has five straight victories, East Davidson has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Salisbury is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past South Davidson 64-0 on the road on Friday. Considering the Hornets have won five games by more than 25 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Hank Webb was his usual excellent self, throwing for 189 yards and four touchdowns while completing 73.3% of his passes. The team also got some help courtesy of Jay'Lin Johnson, who picked up 81 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, a win for East Davidson just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They had to suffer through a 60-6 loss at the hands of North Rowan.
Salisbury pushed their record up to 6-1 with the victory, which was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for East Davidson, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-5.
Everything came up roses for Salisbury against East Davidson in their previous meeting back in November of 2023, as the squad secured a 55-21 win. In that match, Salisbury amassed a halftime lead of 35-14, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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