Pass from Bell to Mark Carter where he is met by two Salem defenders wrapping him up for a short gain of 3
Blog Class 4 State Finals: Salem 43, Louisa 22 - FINAL
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Pass from Bell to Mark Carter where he is met by two Salem defenders wrapping him up for a short gain of 3
Bell hits Whalen and the combo moves the ball out to the 50! Whalen finding ways to get yards after the catch
After a Louisa punt Salem will be on offense yet again, 1st & 10 from their own 28
Gladden under pressure gets it off, almost intercepted but as it stands, Louisa defense scores a win forcing Salem to punt for the first time today.
Salem defense not letting up on Louisa offense. Two plays, a total of three yards.
Ramsey is chased but eludes Louisa defenders running out of bounds for a first down and gain of 15 yards
Flag on third down goes against Salem with false start and Louisa is getting the breaks but they cannot capitalize on offensive side
Auto first down for Salem after roughing the kicker is called against Louisa... Crushing blow for Lions. Salem has ball with 1st & 10 at their own 49 with 5:41 to go
PAss to Viante Tucker gives Spartans a first down across midfield at the Louisa 40
Malik Bell with big play on defense to breakup pass that was aimed for the endzone. Salem will punt pinning Lions back deep.
With 3:03 Louisa must drive 94 yards if they are to get their second score of the night.
Malik Bell crosses the 20 for a 15 yard gain to give the Lions some room to work with.
Bell looked for an open man, could not find him, ran it up the middle and then a flag comes out.
Bell almost gets rapped up but escapes the tackle and runs out of bounds with just a bench stopping him.
Job Whalen rams it at the Spartans defenders pushing forward for the first. 1st & 10 at the Salem 40
Bell's pass to the endzone is intercepted by Viante Tucker and Salem defense comes up with huge play!
Ramsey and Spartans just keep running the ball as they look to take their 21-6 lead into the half
Ramsey runs up and out of the sidelines with a late hit afterwards that brings in a flag. Salem will now have the ball with a second to go at the 19 yard line
Halftime stats...
1st Downs in favor of Salem 13-9
Rushing yards in favor of Salem 139 to 83
Passing yards in favor of Salem 95 to 69
324 total yards of offense for Salem, 152 for Lousia
2 interceptions for Salem defense
D'Angelo Ramsey leads Salem with 135 yards rushing and Jack Gladden has 95 yards passing on 7 of 14 and a touchdown.
Leading receiver for Salem is Joseph Quinn with 2 for 39 and a touchdown.
Chandler Sutphin leads with 8 tackles and a sack, Tae Hale not far behind with 7 tackles of his own.
Malik Bell has 56 yards rushing, 69 yards passing
Job Whalen has 53 yards rushing
Brandon Smith has 7 tackles for the Lions, Malik Bell has 4
I am going to play the role of Captain Obvious here... Louisa must get something going on offense in second half. Defensively they have held their own.
