By TYLER HENRY
Lead Sportswriter - Salina Post
The Salina Liberty continued their strong start to the season with a dominant win over Wichita on Saturday, routing the Regulators 54-25 in front of the home faithful.
With this result, the Liberty move to 3-1 on the year while Wichita falls to 1-3.
Salina wasted no time starting the scoring when Tracy Brooks punched in the first touchdown of the day from three yards out to give the Liberty a 12-0 lead in the first.
On the very next play, the Regulators looked to even the score, but Dontra Matthews had other ideas, housing a pick-six to double the Liberty lead on a lightning-strike score.
The teams would trade touchdowns before the end of the quarter, but Salina held a 19-7 advantage going into the second, where two more scoring swaps would make the score 33-19 going into the intermission.
The second half was all Liberty, and after extending their lead on two touchdown passes to Demarius Washington bookending another pick-six by Freddie McGee, the game ended as it began on Tracy Brooks’ second score from the goal line.
When the dust settled, Salina had won 54-25, the 29–point margin of victory representing their largest lead of the 2024 campaign.
Charles McCullum continued to cook under center, adding four more passing touchdowns without a single turnover in the win.
Salina will be back on the road next week when they travel to Dodge City to take on the Southwest Kansas Storm on June 2nd.
Kickoff is scheduled for 2:00 and the game can be heard locally on KINA (910 AM or 107.5 FM), or online at 910KINA.com.