The Concord Spiders will take on the Salisbury Hornets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
On Friday, Concord took a blow against Northwest Cabarrus, falling 42-13. The loss continues a trend for the Spiders in their meetings with the Trojans: they've now lost four in a row.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Salisbury). They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat South Rowan 42-7. The Hornets haven't had any issues with the Raiders recently, as the game was their eighth consecutive win against them.
Salisbury's win came from a few key players Concord will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Isaiah Foxx, who rushed for 100 yards and a pair of TDs on only 11 carries, and also threw for 227 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in passer rating (121.4). Salisbury's leading receiver Jonathan Ross was Foxx's top target yet again, picking up 111 receiving yards and one score, while also punching in two rushing scores.
Salisbury's run defense was locked in: South Rowan could only muster 3.5 yards per carry. While three picked up at least two total tackles, Foxx stood above the rest. He rushed for 100 yards and a pair of touchdowns on only 11 carries, and also threw for 227 yards and two TDs. Salisbury didn't have any issues in that department, having averaged 7.3.
Salisbury's defense didn't let the opposing QB, get away unscathed either: they got into the backfield for three sacks. Darrius Jefferies refused to say out of the backfield, picking up 1.5 sacks all by himself.
Concord's defeat dropped their record down to 4-4. As for Salisbury, their victory was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-4 and their overall record up to 2-6.
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