The Salem Wildcats Caden Bee caught a 43 yard pass to setup Salem’s only score of the game, a 7-yard td reception from Greene to Bee as Salem cut their deficit at Breese Central to 7-6 with 2 minutes to play.
However, the Cats Sam Greene was held out of the end zone on the 2-point conversion and Central escaped with the 7-6 victory propelling them to a first place tie with Freeburg at 3-0 in league play.
Salem saw their 4 game winning streak snapped as offensively the Cats couldn’t get anything going not gaining over 100 yards of offense until late in the 4th quarter.
Central scored on the first drive of the game as quarterback Landon Garagosian took it 23 yards to the house. The young man had a great game. He rushed for 96 yards and a score, he intercepted 2 passes on defense and came up with the onside kick recovery after Salem’s score which appeared as though the Cats recovered, but somehow Garagosian came away with it.
The Wildcats defense was great after that opening drive, not allowing Central’s offense to get going much at all.
Salem returns home next week to host Columbia for Homecoming and Senior Night.
Scoreboard:
Benton 30 Harrisburg 7
Breese Central 7 Salem 6
Breese Mater Dei 50 DuQuoin 14
Cahokia 48 Centralia 7
Carbondale 53 Mt Vernon 7
Carlinville 42 Piasa 6
Carmi 58 Edwards County 0
Charleston 34 Taylorville 28
Chester 55 Carlyle 0
Collinsville 54 Granite City 28
Columbia 42 Wood River 12
Edwardsville 42 Alton 6
Effingham 28 Mt Zion 27
Fairfield 80 Christopher 30
Freeburg 41 Roxana 13
Herrin 31 Massac County20
Highland 34 Civic Memorial 14
Hillsboro 56 Gillespie 25
Lincoln 35 Mattoon 34
Mahomet 41 Quincy Notre Dame 0
Marion 49 Althoff 14
Mascoutah 34 Triad 10
Nashville 49 Carterville 13
Nokomis 53 Marquette 14
Pana 55 Litchfield 8
Paris 49 Marshall 6
Red Bud def. Dupo – Forfeit
Robinson 14 Newton 0
Sesser 46 Eldorado 6
Trenton Wesclin 21 Sparta 13
Vandalia 34 Staunton 20
Waterloo 48 Jerseyville 24
