The Salem Wildcats lost against the Charleston Trojans back in October of 2022, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. Salem took a 29-13 bruising from Charleston. While losing is never fun, Salem can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 268th, while Charleston is ranked 122nd).
Although Salem took the loss, they still got scores from Angel Salgado and Samuel Greene.
Charleston's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Langdon King, who picked up 141 receiving yards and three touchdowns. The team also got some help courtesy of Luke Bonnstetter, who threw for 182 yards and three touchdowns while completing 90% of his passes.
Salem has been struggling recently, as they've lost four of their last five matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-5 record this season. As for Charleston, the victory makes it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 8-2.
Salem does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Charleston will look to defend their home field on Saturday against Freeburg at 1:45 p.m. Freeburg is coming into the game hot, having won their last three games.
