Salmen and Liberty Magnet met for a duel on Friday where Salmen prevailed. The Salmen Spartans managed a 34-28 win over the Liberty Magnet Patriots. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Spartans.
Salmen was led to victory by Jimmy Chanzy and Markel Keyes. Chanzy rushed for 101 yards and three touchdowns, while Keyes threw for 179 yards and a touchdown. Chanzy's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 101 rushing yards dating back to last season.
Salmen wouldn't let Liberty Magnet keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Salmen can thank Darien White and Wylee Jackson for forcing both of them. Jackson also set a new season high mark in total tackles with 11.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Salmen was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 235 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 217 rushing yards in three consecutive games.
Liberty Magnet's loss came despite strong showings from Dedrick Welch and Zaiden Foster. Welch rushed for 183 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.3 yards per carry, while Foster rushed for 131 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries. Foster's longest rush was for an impressive 64 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
The victory got Salmen back to even at 2-2. As for Liberty Magnet, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-3.
Salmen will venture away from home to challenge Lakeshore at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Lakeshore's defense has only allowed 15.2 points per game this season, so Salmen's offense will have their work cut out for them. As for Liberty Magnet, they will welcome Bogalusa at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Liberty Magnet is facing Bogalusa at the right time seeing as Bogalusa is stuck on a three-game losing streak.
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