• Salem High School
• Football
• Homecoming

By: Josh Lewis, Reporter

Salem had their homecoming festivities on Friday night, but the action on the field wasn’t nearly as festive. The Brownstown Braves came to town and brought with them  a 54-12 loss that they handed the Lions. 

The Braves moved the ball with ease, amassing almost 500 yards of total offense. Brownstown only took a few plays to get on the board with a 37 yard touchdown run to make it a quick 7-0 lead. 

Salem put together a nice drive with a big pass play to Braxton Dean to get into Braves territory. But the drive ended with a turnover on down at the 33 yard line. The Brave put together two more quick scoring drives thanks to some big plays on the ground to make it 21-0 with 2:26 left in the opening quarter. 

In the second quarter the Lions got their offense going again thanks to a turnover. The Braves tried some trickery and instead fumbled the ball at their own 23 yard line. But Salem had to overcome some adversity. Facing a fourth and 22 at the 37, the Lions were aided by a pass interference penalty to make the fourth down attempt easier. Adam Mull found Dean on a screen over the middle to get down to the nine yard line. 

A few plays later they had to overcome yet another fourth down attempt at the eight yard line. But yet another pass interference penalty gave them a fourth and goal at the four. From there Mull found Seth Ponsford in the endzone for the score to make it 21-6 with 6:13 left in the half. 

To close the half though the Braves put up three straight scoring drives including one with under a minute left to make it a 42-6 lead heading into the locker room.

Adam Mull looks for a receiver down field.

Salem put together one more scoring drive early in the third quarter when Mull found Dean deep for a 30 yard connection, but that was all the offense could muster for the night and they dropped to 1-3 on the season. 

Salem will travel to Springs Valley on Friday to try and snap their three game skid.

• Salem High School
• Football
• Homecoming

• Salem High School
• Football

By: Josh Lewis, Reporter

Sometimes you’re the windshield, and sometimes you’re the bug. That was the lesson Salem had to learn the hard way on Friday night. They traveled to Scottsburg on September 6th and the Warriors were not kind hosts as they raked up 474 yards of offense against the Lions shorthanded defense to send Salem home with a 54-7 loss.

Salem went three and out on their very first possession. Scottsburg put together their first scoring drive that was aided by a Lions penalty on fourth and two at the six yard line. A quarterback sneak on the next play gave the Warriors the 7-0 lead midway through the opening stanza.

The Lions put together a promising drive on their next possessions. Caris Moore caught a pass in the flats and converted an early first down. Then Logan Dent found space around the end to get Salem out to midfield, but the drive stalled and they were forced to punt with the ball downed at the one yard line.

Despite being backed up the Warriors hardly slowed down after a few big runs, they connected through the air on a 63 yard touchdown pass to make it 14-0 with just over two minutes to go in the quarter. The Lions offense continued to struggle, while the Warriors went on three more scoring drives to close the half, with their final score coming with 17.5 seconds left in the half to make it 34-0 going into the locker room.

Things continued to snowball for Salem to start the second half when the Warriors returned the opening kickoff back for a score. The Lions wouldn’t get on the board till early in the fourth quarter on an 18 yard run from Dent to cut into the lead 41-7.

The loss dropped the Lions to 1-2 on the season. They will host Brownstown next week for homecoming.

• Salem High School
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