By Brian Hoffman
SALEM – The Salem High girls took sole possession of first place in the River Ridge District basketball standings with a dramatic come-from-behind victory over Hidden Valley Tuesday. Salem won 39-33 at the SHS gym.
With the win the Spartans are now 4-0 in district play and 10-5 overall. Salem is the only team still...
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By Brian Hoffman
SALEM – The Salem and Glenvar High swim teams were among 16 schools competing in the All-Timesland Meet at the Gator Center in Roanoke last Saturday.
Salem’s boys were second overall in the meet with 332 points, trailing only Hidden Valley, who had 388. The Salem girls were sixth with 127 points, and host William...
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By Brian Hoffman
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 VHSL...
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By Brian Hoffman
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 the...
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By Staff Writer
Spartans take 8th, Grundy wins
The Salem wrestlers finished eighth among 17 teams in the Big Orange Classic wrestling tournament at William Byrd High last weekend. Grundy won the tournament and Franklin County was second.
“When I looked at the seedings, there were almost no wrestlers with losing records in the tournament from any team,” said...
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By Staff Writer
The Salem girls are halfway through the basketball regular season and folks are starting to take notice. Salem is undefeated at 10-0 and this week the Spartans moved up to the fifth spot in the Associated Press poll of Group AA teams.
Salem jumped over Turner Ashby and Robert E. Lee of Staunton to claim...
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By Staff Writer
The Salem High boys open River Ridge District play this week and Salem won’t have time to wade in and see if the water’s warm. The Spartans will be thrown right into the fire with road games at Cave Spring tonight and at Blacksburg Saturday.
Cave Spring is not only the district favorite, but the...
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By Staff Writer
The Salem High girls are going to be fun to watch this year. The Spartans run it up and down the floor and, so far, they’ve played three exciting games.
Last Wednesday the Spartans opened the season with a 61-41 win over a solid Lord Botetourt team in Daleville. The Cavs rebounded well, worked the...
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By Staff Writer
Christiansburg won its first regional title since 1988, as they blanked previously unbeaten Salem 13-0 in the Region IV, Division 4 championship game Friday night at Salem Stadium. The victory marked the first time that the Blue Demons have beaten the Spartans in Salem.
The Blue Demons would take a 6-0 lead at the 11:55...
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By David Grimes
Things were tough in the Burg’s again, as both Christiansburg and Blacksburg fell Friday night in River Ridge District football action.
In Christiansburg, it will be a game and a call that will be be talked about for weeks, maybe longer, as the Blue Demons (6-2, 1-2 RRD) fell 45-43 in triple overtime to unbeaten...
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