The Stone Mountain Pirates are taking a road trip to face off against the Salem Seminoles at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Stone Mountain hasn't scored more than 13 points for six games straight, a trend the team is eager to reverse.
Stone Mountain is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They came up short against South Atlanta last Thursday, falling 38-13.
Meanwhile, Salem got themselves on the board against Glenn Hills on Friday, but Glenn Hills never followed suit. They breezed past the Spartans to the tune of 41-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Seminoles.
Salem's win came from a few key players Stone Mountain will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Kaleb McAlister, who picked up 83 receiving yards and one TD, and also rushed for 82 yards and one score. Those 82 rushing yards gave him a new career-high. Antonio Hampton was another key player, throwing for 228 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 10.9 yards per attempt.
Salem didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off six passes before the game was over. Jahkeem Alston led the group effort, picking up four of those interceptions all by himself.
The win got Salem back to even at 2-2. As for Stone Mountain, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-6.
Stone Mountain couldn't quite get it done against Salem when the teams last played back in November of 2024 as they fell 32-21. Can the Pirates avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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