Freeburg’s Gentry Brentlinger took the opening kickoff 79 yards for a touchdown and the Midgets would never trail as they would hand Salem their 6th loss of the year, 45-18. Freeburg would also get 4 rushing touchdowns on the night from 4 different runners as they spread their offense around. Salem was led by junior tailback Trey Clark and receiver Madden Thompson. Clark rushed 34 times for 171 yards and 2 touchdowns. Thompson caught 5 balls for 101 yards including a 57 yards touchdown catch. The Cats turned the ball over 2 times and had a hard time stopping Freeburg’s offense all evening. Salem’s season ends next week when they travel to Trojan Hill to take on Charleston. This was the Cats final Cahokia Conference football game, as they will play in the SI River to River – Ohio Division next year.
Salem heads to 1-7 Charleston next week for their Senior Night after the Trojans lost to Mahomet Seymour last night 49-0.
Breese Central claimed sole possession of this year’s Cahokia Conference title with their blowout win at Columbia 41-6. Roxana has kept Wood River winless and scoreless on the season with their 55-0 victory in the Refinery Bowl. The Shells are playoff eligible while Wood River has been outscored 452-0 this year.
Scoreboard:
Belleville East 27 Belleville West 14
Benton 56 Pinckneyville 7
Carlinville 35 Hillsboro 27
Carterville 28 Murphysboro 7
Central 41 Columbia 6
Centralia 48 Mt Vernon 44
Chester 42 Red Bud 18
DuQuoin 28 Nashville 18
Dupo 29 Sparta 23
East St Louis 48 O’Fallon 6
Edwardsville 38 Alton 7
Effingham 36 Mattoon 16
Fairfield 56 Christopher 12
Flora 39 Hamilton County 23
Freeburg 45 Salem 18
Gibault 21 Triad 14
Harrisburg 14 Herrin 7
Mahomet Seymour 49 Charleston 0
Marion 39 Carbondale 35
Mt Carmel 35 Marshall 0
Newton 34 Lawrenceville 20
Olney 28 Casey 27
Pana 63 Litchfield 21
Paris 41 Robinson 19
Roxana 55 Wood River 0
Saxony Lutheran 42 Massac County 27
Sesser 24 Eldorado 20
St Mary’s St Louis 23 Althoff 0
Staunton 27 Gillespie 8
Wesclin 34 Carlyle 0
