The Salem Greyhounds are taking a road trip to challenge the Atkins Red Devils at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.
Salem is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took their contest at home on Friday with ease, bagging a 49-0 victory over Episcopal. The team's explosion on offense also rewarded the Greyhounds with their most commanding win of the season.
The critical scores for Salem came from Jackson Taylor, Aiden Province, Skyler Payne, Colton Smith, Caleb Leisenring, Jaykob Dawson, and Kaiden Hollis.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Salem was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 341 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in November of 2023.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Salem's defense and their eight sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Keagan Sanderson and Cole Stemen, who racked up six sacks between them.
Meanwhile, Atkins never let their opponents score on Friday. They blew past Mountain View 42-0 on the road. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Red Devils.
Jaden Martin and Mason Martin were among the main playmakers for Atkins as the former gained 174 total yards and two touchdowns and the latter rushed for 58 yards on only seven carries. Jaden also put in work on the defensive side of the ball, picking up a sack and making two total tackles.
Salem's win was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 3-2. As for Atkins, their victory bumped their record up to 4-1.
Friday's match might be decided in the on the ground. Salem has been unstoppable on the ground this season, having averaged 275 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Atkins struggles in that department as they've been averaging 242. It's looking like Friday's game might have some serious battles in the trenches.
Everything came up roses for Salem against Atkins in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, as the squad secured a 56-14 win. In that matchup, Salem amassed a halftime lead of 38-7, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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