On Friday, South Salem faced South Medford in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The South Salem Saxons fell 30-20 to the South Medford Panthers. The Saxons were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Panthers apparently hadn't forgotten their loss the last time these teams played back in September of 2023.
Despite the defeat, South Salem saw an underclassman step up: Kellen Bowman rushed for 82 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 201 yards on 19 of 33 attempts. The dominant performance gave Bowman a new career-high in rushing yards. A healthy portion of that aerial production (82 yards to be exact) went to Josh Feik.
South Salem now has a losing record at 1-2. As for South Medford, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 3-1.
Coincidentally, both will both be playing Grants Pass the next time they take the field. South Salem will head out to face Grants Pass at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, while South Medford will host them at 7:00 p.m. on October 4th.
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