The IHSA released the upcoming football schedules for the 2022-23 season.
The Wildcats will once again open with the Shrine Game played in Centralia this year. In fact 4 of the Cats first 5 games will be on the road. In Week 2 they travel to Alton Marquette before their first home game of the year in Week 3 against Olney.
Salem then opens the Cahokia Conference with a pair of road games in week 4 and 5 at Wood River and then Roxana before hosting 3 of their last 4 games. They will welcomes Breese Central in week 6 before going to Columbia Week 7, then hosting Freeburg and Charleston in the final 2 weeks of the regular season.
Salem finished the regular year 5-4 last season and earned another trip to the playoffs, which they lost at Breese Central.
