Caden Bee put his team on his back offensively, and Salem shook off 2 early turnovers to come back to beat visiting Roxana 32-19. Bee caught 5 balls for 118 yards including a 29 yard touchdown. He also rushed 3 times for 2 touchdowns of 1 and 19 yards. Sam Greene started the game 1 for his first 7 with 2 interceptions, but after that he was very good going 9-of-11 for 167 yards and 2 touchdowns the rest of the way. Connor Tennyson caught 2 passes including an 11 yard touchdown reception. The Cats led 18-7 at the half, and Roxana fumbled the ensuing kickoff to start the 2nd half and Salem capitalized with a score. With Roxana mounting a comeback late, they tried an onside kick with 8:45 left in the game trailing 25-13 and Brayden Aaron scooped it up and took it 57 yards to the house for his 2nd touchdown of the season. Salem improves to 4-1 overall and 2-0 in the Cahokia with a road contest against Breese Central next week.
Breese Central only led Wood River 15-6 at halftime, but blew it open in the 2nd half winning 40-6. Freeburg won their showdown rivalry game with Columbia 21-14.
Scoreboard:
- Bethalto CM 27 Waterloo 24
- Breese Mater Dei 28 Quincy Notre Dame 7
- Carlinville 35 Anna 14
- Casey 29 Robinson 0
- Centralia 44 Althoff 28
- Chester 48 Wesclin 6
- Collinsville 28 Mattoon 22
- DuQuoin 55 Pinckneyville 0
- Dupo 36 Carlyle 28
- Effingham 27 Taylorville 7
- Greenville 49 Litchfield 16
- Hamilton County 38 Eldorado 14
- Harrisburg 30 Massac County 22 (OT)
- Johnston City 19 Flora 0
- Mahomet 48 Charleston 10
- Marion 44 Mt Vernon 7
- Mascoutah 65 Jerseyville 36
- Mt Zion 27 Lincoln 22
- Murphysboro 35 Herrin 14
- Nashville 54 Alton Marquette 0
- Olney 48 Marshall 24
- Pana 41 Piasa 0
- Paris 3 Hillsboro 0
- Sesser 42 Christopher 0
- Triad 31 Highland 26
- Vandalia 55 Gillespie 34
Today, in Little Illini action, Mt Carmel is at Lawrenceville and Newton goes to Red Hill. In the SI River to River Ohio Division, Benton is at West Frankfort. In the Southwestern Conference, top ranked East St Louis will host O’Fallon. In non-conference play, Tremont is at Madison and Nokomis at Edwards County.
