The South Salem Saxons will head out on the road to square off against the North Medford Black Tornado at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Friday, South Salem and West Salem were almost perfectly matched up, but South Salem suffered a 35-34 loss. The Saxons have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Despite the defeat, South Salem saw an underclassman step up: Kellen Bowman threw for 371 yards while completing 79.5% of his passes. Those 371 passing yards set a new season-high mark for Bowman.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask North Medford). They took their game on the road on Friday with ease, bagging a 40-6 victory over North Salem. With the Black Tornado ahead 28-6 at the half, the matchup was all but over already.
South Salem's loss dropped their record down to 2-6. As for North Medford, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 4-3 record this season.
South Salem barely slipped by North Medford in their previous matchup back in November of 2015, winning 21-20. The rematch might be a little tougher for South Salem since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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