Football Recap: Silver Lake Starts Season with Victory Against Shelton

Silver Lake took care of business in their home opener on Friday (barely). In a tight contest that could have gone either way, they made off with a 13-12 win over the Shelton Bulldogs.

When it comes to explaining why Shelton lost, don't look at Ben Myers. Despite the final result, he rushed for 113 yards and a touchdown, and also picked up 72 receiving yards and a touchdown. Myers got the majority of those yards when he took off on a run and that went for an incredible57 yards.

Silver Lake will face off against Ansley/Litchfield at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Shelton, they will have plenty of time to ponder what went wrong as they've got a bye scheduled next week. After, they'll take on Sumner-Eddyville-Miller at 7:00 p.m. on September 12th.

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