With a playoff game on the line, Sallisaw rose to the challenge on Friday. They pulled ahead with a 27-26 photo finish over the Grove Ridgerunners. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Black Diamonds also won the last time the pair played back in November of 2019.
The critical scores for Sallisaw came from Cooper Cox, Kenyon Hill, and Kase Adams.
Grove lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Isaac Sheffield, who picked up 94 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Sheffield really caught the secondary sleeping when he pulled down a catch that went for 72 yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Ezra Gates, who rushed for 109 yards and a touchdown.
Sallisaw has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 30.7 points per game. As for Grove, their defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 8-3.
Sallisaw will square off against Elgin at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Elgin knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 31 points or more in their past ten matches -- so hopefully Sallisaw likes a good challenge. Grove does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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