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Senior quarterback Zak Eplin ran for two touchdowns and passed for three more against Sumner Friday night.
Sumner's Cortez Troupe tries to elude Salem's J.D. Bowling with a stiff-arm in Friday's game won by the Tigers 37-6.
Senior running back Jimmy Hobson tries to turn the corner on the Sumner defense.
Junior Chase Wells had the tackle of the night as he upended Sumner's Arthur Young, who had to leave the game after the hard hit.
Salem scored four touchdowns in the first quarter on its way to a 37-6 win against Sumner in the Tigers home opener Friday night.
Salem, 2-0, led 35-0 at the half, and the clock ran the entire second half due to the mercy rule.
Senior Zak Eplin ran for two touchdowns and passed for three more, including a 63-yard TD pass to J.J. McGowan with no time on the clock in the first quarter. Senior Texas Nall and senior Jimmy Hobson caught the other TD passes.
The Tigers came up with a safety with 9:20 left in the third quarter to lead 37-0. With 3:33 to go in the fourth quarter, the Bulldogs got their lone score.
Salem all-state senior Eli Floyd, who missed most of last week’s opening win against McDonald County with a knee injury, was good on all five of his extra point attempts. He also came up with a second-half interception, the 19th of his career.
Salem plays host to Houston next Friday in the SCA opener for both teams. Houston is 0-2.
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John Hewkin has been a sports fan since he was a kid. He’s played, coached and been a fan of sports. I was a sports writer for 15 years before moving back to Missouri, but to this day you will still find me in my man cave a lot of nights and weekends watching something that requires a ball.
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