The Salem Hills Skyhawks will challenge the West Field Longhorns at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Salem Hills will be strutting in after a win while West Field will be coming in after a loss.
Salem Hills took a loss when they played away from home last Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Cottonwood 48-10 at home.
Jedi Nelson was the offensive standout of the matchup as he threw for 129 yards and three touchdowns while completing 87.5% of his passes. Another big playmaker for Salem Hills was Taige Bills, who returned a punt for a touchdown.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Salem Hills' defense and their 6.5 sacks. Leading the way was Wyatt Hopkins and his two.
Meanwhile, West Field lost to Richfield on the road by a 45-26 margin on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Longhorns can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Utah football rankings (they are ranked 107th, while the Wildcats are ranked 32nd).
West Field's defeat came about despite a quality game from Tyce Abbott, who threw for 184 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 52 yards and a touchdown.
West Field wouldn't let Richfield keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. West Field can thank Cash Colohan and Quinn Cooper for forcing both of them.
Salem Hills pushed their record up to 1-1 with that victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. As for West Field, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 0-2.
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