Blacksburg is 9-0-1 against Salem since April of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Blacksburg Bruins will play host again on Friday to welcome the Salem Spartans, where kickoff is scheduled at 6:00 p.m. The matchup should be an exciting one, as these teams are closely ranked in Virginia (Blacksburg is ranked sixth, while Salem is ranked 20th).
Blacksburg is headed into the game without a loss and will look to keep things rolling. They and Christiansburg finished up their match with a 2-2 draw on Tuesday. The result (or lack thereof) marked Blacksburg's first draw of the season.
Meanwhile, Salem stacked a tenth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Monday. Their defense stepped up to hand Rockbridge County a 5-0 shutout. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Salem.
They hit Rockbridge County with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Elijah Clark (2),
Lucas Yerton,
Graham Fischer, and
Anthony Rugama.
Blacksburg's draw gives them a new season record of 15-0-1. As for Salem, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-2-2 record this season.
Blacksburg came out on top in a nail-biter against Salem in their previous matchup back in April, sneaking past 1-0. Will Blacksburg repeat their success, or does Salem have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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