The South Salem Saxons will challenge the Sheldon Irish at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. South Salem has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with four straight defeats, while Sheldon will come in with five straight wins.
South Salem's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Sprague on Friday. They had to suffer through a 48-0 loss at the hands of the Olympians. Having soared to a lofty 54 points in the game before, the Saxons' shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Sheldon). They breezed by North Salem on the road to the tune of 69-3 on Thursday. Fans of the Irish have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
Kelsen Sperry was a one-man wrecking crew for Sheldon as he threw for 184 yards and four touchdowns while completing 84.6% of his passes.
South Salem's loss dropped their record down to 1-4. As for Sheldon, their victory bumped their record up to 5-0.
South Salem was dealt a bruising 56-14 defeat at the hands of Sheldon in their previous matchup back in November of 2016. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point South Salem was down 42-7.
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