After two games on the road, Quitman is heading back home. They will host the Salem Greyhounds at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Friday, everything went Quitman's way against Mountain View as Quitman made off with a 54-30 win. The Bulldogs might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four games by 24 points or more this season.
Jordon Moore-Payne continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 221 yards and three touchdowns, while also throwing for 251 yards and three touchdowns while completing 73.3% of his passes. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. A healthy portion of Moore-Payne's aerial production (139 yards to be exact) went to Jamare Lovelace, who also brought in two receiving touchdowns.
Meanwhile, Salem had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 47 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They slipped by the Eagles 28-27.
Salem can attribute much of their success to Jackson Taylor, who rushed for 127 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.5 yards per carry, and Kaden Brink, who rushed for 170 yards and a touchdown.
Salem was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 347 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 304 rushing yards in six consecutive matchups.
Salem has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 12.8 points per game. As for Quitman, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 5-4.
Quitman was dealt a bruising 50-0 defeat at the hands of Salem in their previous meeting back in November of 2023. Thankfully for Quitman, Elijah Romine (who rushed for 183 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.8 yards per carry) 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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