The West Salem Titans will take on the South Salem Saxons at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. South Salem took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on West Salem, who comes in off a win.
Last Thursday, West Salem took their match at home with ease, bagging a 36-7 victory over North Salem. The contest marked the Titans' most dominant win of the season.
Meanwhile, a victory for South Salem just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the squad wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They took a blow against Sheldon, falling 66-13. While losing is never fun, the Saxons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Oregon football rankings (they are ranked 44th, while the Irish are ranked sixth).
West Salem is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 3-3 record this season. As for South Salem, their loss dropped their record down to 2-5.
West Salem took a serious blow against South Salem in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, falling 48-21. Thankfully for West Salem, Athan Palmateer (who rushed for 135 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries, and also threw for 299 yards and two touchdowns while completing 80.6% of his passes) 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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