East Rowan was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their 13th straight loss. They were outmatched by the Salisbury Hornets at home and fell 57-0. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 362nd, while the Hornets are ranked 109th).
Hank Webb was nothing short of spectacular for Salisbury: he threw for 294 yards and five touchdowns while completing 73.9% of his passes. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in total yards. Jay'Lin Johnson was Webb's top target, picking up 118 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
East Rowan's defeat dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Salisbury, they pushed their record up to 2-1 with that win, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season.
East Rowan will have plenty of time to ponder what went wrong as they've got a bye scheduled next week. After, they'll take on Concord at 7:00 p.m. on September 20th. As for Salisbury, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Person at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Person will roll in looking for their fourth straight victory, something Salisbury surely won't give up without a fight.
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