After two games on the road, Mayflower is heading back home. They will host the Salem Greyhounds at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Mayflower is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took their match on Friday with ease, bagging a 49-12 win over Episcopal.
Meanwhile, Salem never let their opponents score on Friday. They claimed a resounding 45-0 victory over Mountain View. The Greyhounds pushed the score to 38-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Yellowjackets had no chance of recovering from.
A big part of Salem's win came down to the chemistry between Jackson Taylor and his top target Kaiden Hollis. Taylor threw for 141 yards and a touchdown on only nine passes while Hollis picked up 100 receiving yards and a touchdown. Salem is 4-1 when Hollis posts 80 or more receiving yards, but 1-2 otherwise.
Salem was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 383 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in November of 2023.
Mayflower's victory was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 8-0. As for Salem, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season.
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