The West Fork Tigers's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Salem Greyhounds at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
West Fork is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 36 points last Friday, they were much more limited against Mansfield on Friday. They had to suffer through a 42-8 loss at the hands of the Tigers. West Fork was in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 26-0.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Salem). They breezed by Quitman to the tune of 68-35 on Thursday. The Greyhounds might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five contests by 33 points or more this season.
It was another big night for Kaden Brink, who rushed for 265 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.2 yards per carry. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 129.8 rushing yards per game. Another player making a difference was Jackson Taylor, who rushed for 128 yards and three touchdowns on only 14 carries.
Salem wouldn't let Quitman keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Salem can thank Gatlin Branscum and Ryan Dailey for forcing both of them. Salem got some further help from Skyler Payne: he picked up two sacks and made nine total tackles.
Salem was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 612 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 304 rushing yards in seven consecutive games.
Salem is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 35 points. As for West Fork, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-7.
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