The Salado Eagles are on the road again on Friday to play the Lago Vista Vikings at 7:30 p.m. Salado will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each contest than the last.
Salado is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They claimed a resounding 67-39 victory over Little River Academy on the road.
Salado can attribute much of their success to Lincoln Hossfeld, who rushed for 148 yards and a touchdown while picking up 8.2 yards per carry, and Jackson Turk, who rushed for 126 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries. The dominant performance gave Hossfeld a new career-high in rushing yards. Gabriel Merriman did his part to keep the secondary busy, picking up 88 receiving yards.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Salado's defensive line and their seven sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Brodie Landon and Cade Fenoglio, who racked up four sacks between them. Landon is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last four games he's played dating back to last season. Devonte Foster was another major factor on D, forcing a fumble and making 13 total tackles (1.0 for loss).
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Salado was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 493 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Lago Vista took their matchup on the road on Friday with ease, bagging a 42-7 win over Marion. That 35 point margin sets a new team best for the Vikings this season.
The victory got Salado back to even at 2-2. As for Lago Vista, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-1.
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