The Mountain View Yellowjackets will head out to challenge the Salem Greyhounds at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Mountain View's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They blew past Episcopal, posting a 38-0 win at home. The match marked the Yellowjackets' most dominant victory of the season.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Salem, who bounced back after a loss on the road two weeks ago. They blew past Yellville-Summit 56-7 at home on Friday. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 48-7.
Salem's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Ethan Birmingham, who rushed for 74 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave Birmingham a new career-high in rushing yards. Another back making a difference was Aiden Province, who rushed for 70 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Salem was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 349 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
One reason for the win was Salem's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for four sacks. In that department, Keagan Sanderson was the leader with two. He has become a key player for Salem: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two sacks, but 1-3 otherwise.
The victory made it two in a row for Mountain View and bumps their season record up to 4-3. As for Salem, they pushed their record up to 4-3 with the win, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season.
Mountain View came up short against Salem in their previous meeting back in October of 2021, falling 21-12. Thankfully for Mountain View, Elijah Romine (who rushed for 111 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 carries, and also picked up 69 receiving yards) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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