The Salem Wildcats left no doubt early with the running game, through the air and off the foot of kicker Caleb Purintun who was a real weapon forcing 3 turnovers in the kicking game, including 3 in 4 kicks as Salem ran away from East Alton Wood River 42-8. After a quick 3-and-out for the Oilers, they kicked away to Salem with 9:45 left in the opening quarter. Salem would score, get a special teams turnover, score, get another special teams turnover and score again before Wood River would even see the ball on offense again with 9:57 left in the 2nd quarter and already down 21-0. After another forced punt, Salem would score again, get an onside kick recovery and score again before halftime to make it 35-0.
Trey Clark came back after missing 2.5 games and rushed 16 times for 106 yards and 3 touchdowns. After missing on his first two passes of the game, sophomore Caeden Bevolo hit on his last 11 going 11-for-13 with 3 touchdowns to 3 different receivers and 155 yards. Miking Ettress caught a 61 yard dart for a score, Lyric Black a 12 yard score and Marquis Ettress added a 14 yard reception for a score. Miking finished with 3 catches for 93 yards.
Salem will be back in the Metro East next week for their Week 5 matchup against the Roxana Shells who opened up the Conference with a 14-7 win over Columbia. Breese Central was leading Freeburg 14-0 when that game was paused due to weather, they will resume action today.
Scoreboard:
Althoff 53 Tolono Unity 52
Belleville West 44 Alton 6
Breese Mater Dei 44 madison 6
Cahokia 44 Carbondale 21
Carlinville 20 Staunton 13
Carterville 49 Herrin 20
Casey Westfield 42 Robinson 25
Centralia 49 Granite City 6
Chester 49 Sparta 2
DuQuoin 21 Benton 10
Dupo 45 Wesclin 41
Edwardsville 46 O’Fallon 10
Flora 36 Eldorado 22
Gillespie 21 Hillsboro 7
Greenville 54 Litchfield 17
Harrisburg 54 Marquette 0
Highland 35 Mascoutah 25
Jacksonville 76 Lanphier 14
Jerseyville 41 Civic Memorial 16
Johnston City 44 Fairfield 26
Mahomet Seymour 56 Charleston 3
Mount Vernon 45 Collinsville 21
Mt Carmel 30 Newton 8
Mt Zion 14 Taylorville 12
Murphysboro 56 Massac County 2
Nashville 48 Anna 6
Paris 51 Lawrenceville 19
Red Bud 47 Carlyle 20
Roxana 14 Columbia 7
Salem 42 EAWR 8
Sesser Valier 32 Carmi 0
Triad 31 Waterloo 7
Vandalia 51 Piasa 6
West Frankfort 61 Pinckneyville 34
