The Salem Wildcats are playoff eligible as they improved to 4-3 with a 24-20 comeback win over Herrin on Homecoming and White Out for Men’s Mental Health Awareness. Salem senior tailback Trey Clark had another big game as he rushed for 214 yards on 29 carries and scored twice. Quarterback Kaeden Bevolo found Troy Keele from 2 yards out for one touchdown and Caleb Squibb from 13 yards out for another. The Wildcats are on the road next week traveling to Massac County to finish their first year in the River to River Conference. Salem is 2-2 so far this year in the league.
In other Ohio Division games, Carterville routed Massac County 36-3, Harrisburg over Murphysboro 36-18.
The Centralia Orphans are 7-0 ahead of next week’s showdown with undefeated Breese Central for the Cahokia Championship. They got their by dismantling visiting East Alton Wood River on Homecoming & Senior Night at Evers Field 48-8. Centralia grabbed a 41-0 lead after the opening quarter with tailback Ja’Shawn Staples having a HUGE quarter. He had 5 touchdowns in the first half, including 4 in the opening 21 minutes. Staples caught 2 touchdowns, ran another, had a 39 yard pick-six and also recovered a blocked punt in the end zone. Kruz Jackson also added a pick-6 and Will Stanton had a 61 yard td run.
Also in the Cahokia, Breese Central remained unbeaten as they knocked off Freeburg 35-7, Jerseyville beat Columbia 23-14, Waterloo beat Civic Memorial 31-21.
Football Scoreboard:
- Althoff 41 Mater Dei 25
- Belleville East 49 Collinsville 13
- Benton 36 West Frankfort 28
- Breese Central 35 Freeburg 7
- Cahokia 49 Marion 7
- Carlinville 30 Southwestern 13
- Carmi 38 Christopher 7
- Carterville 36 Massac County 3
- Centralia 48 EAWR 8
- Chester 41 Dupo 0
- DuQuoin 54 Anna 13
- East St Louis 70 Belleville West 0
- Flora 31 Fairfield 16
- Greenville 50 Gillespie 0
- Harrisburg 36 Murphysboro 18
- Highland 63 Mt Vernon 34
- Hillsboro 49 Lincoln 7
- Jersey 23 Columbia 14
- Johnston City 38 Hamilton County 12
- Mahomet Seymour 51 Mattoon 7
- Mascoutah 69 Alton 29
- Mt Carmel 42 Casey 0
- Mt Zion 51 Effingham 13
- Nashville 57 Pinckneyville 13
- Newton 56 Robinson 14
- O’Fallon 17 Edwardsville 13
- Pana 55 North Mac 6
- Paris 49 Olney 19
- Red Bud 39 Wesclin 22
- Roxana 54 Bismarck 36
- Salem 24 Herrin 20
- Sesser 52 Edwards County 6
- Sparta 34 Carlyle 12
- Staunton 41 Vandalia 33
- Taylorville 47 Charleston 13
- Triad 52 Granite City 14
- Waterloo 31 Civic Memorial 21
