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Cinderella’s carriage highlights fairy tale ball

GLENVAR – Cinderella herself would have felt at home in the pumpkin-shaped carriage that arrived to pick up Joe Thomas and friends last week. A while back, Salem carriage service owner Buck Simmons promised retired contractor Thomas when he turned 91, Simmons would give him a carriage ride. On April 26, Simmons made good... »

Top stories made 2010 quite a year

Top stories in Craig County for 2010 range from extreme weather with repeated snows, to an outstanding season for the Craig County High School football team, and one of the county’s largest-ever drug busts. Among the biggest news events that captured the interest of Craig readers were: • a drug bust with indictments of... »

Mongan, Brenton Sylvester

Brenton Sylvester Mongan, 76, of Phoenix, Ariz., went to be with his Lord on Tuesday, November 09, 2010. He was born and raised in Salem where he played football for Andrew Lewis High School. He went on to play football for the University of Richmond but graduated as a Hokie from Virginia Tech in... »

Salem teams swept in Super Bowl finals

The Salem sandlot football teams went 0-3 against the Bedford City/County champs last Saturday in the Sandlot Super Bowl. As usual, Bedford put some strong teams on the field at Salem Stadium for the Division III championship games. The West Salem Cardinals came into the Super Bowl at 12-0, but Forest Black defeated the... »

Spartans can clinch Region IV, D-4 bye with win at Pulaski

The Salem-Pulaski County football rivalry is a long and storied one, and the Spartans know they’ll have their hands full every time they take the bus to Dublin. The Spartans will be at Pulaski County this Friday, and it’s a big game for both teams. Pulaski is ineligible for the playoffs due to off-season... »

Demons make a statement

For just the second time in the seven years Stephen Magenbauer has been head football coach at Salem High, the Spartans won’t be winning the district championship. That was assured last Friday when a fast and talented Christiansburg team took a 28-14 win over the Spartans at Salem Stadium. Salem is now 1-2 in... »

Botetourt gets ‘morale victory’ at Salem; headed for Hidden Valley this week

This week Lord Botetourt is off to Roanoke County for a football game against Hidden Valley. The non-district contest will start at 7:30 p.m. at Bogle Field, behind Cave Spring Middle School. Both teams are off to 0-2 starts, and you can make a case that Hidden Valley has struggled more than LB. First... »

Knights finally get a turn celebrating after playing Lord Botetourt

For the first time since 1993, James River can claim to have the best football team in Botetourt County. The Knights stunned host Lord Botetourt last Friday with a convincing 15-9 win over the host Cavaliers as their intra-county rivalry continued in Daleville. River dominated the line of scrimmage, and thus the game, as... »

Cavaliers headed for Salem, Knights playing for ‘Rocker’ at Glenvar

Coming off a tough loss to county rival James River, the Lord Botetourt Cavaliers will have their work cut out for them this week as they play Salem High at Salem Stadium in the Spartans’ season opener. Salem will have a big crowd at the spacious stadium and the Spartans will be ready to... »

Show Time: It’ll be River’s ‘old guys’ vs. the Cavs’ ‘young guys’ Friday night

BOTETOURT – New time, new season, same rivalry. The football season will kick off tonight when Lord Botetourt plays host to James River in the annual intra-county game. This year’s game will begin at 7 p.m., moving up a half-hour from recent years. Most of the local districts, except for the River Ridge, will... »