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WF - 25 Salem - 7

freeatlast2013
Salem is also very young. Fleming improved last year under LEFTWICH, his first year as head coach there. The head coach at Glass was the head coach at Fleming. They won two playoff games in division 5 last year. Malachi Coleman had over 200 yards rushing versus Salem. He is a Syracuse commit. Fleming also had quite a bit of size and are very quick. They are very quick on defense. LCA gave up 21 versus Salem. Salem only scored 7 on a very late score versus Fleming and really could not move the ball. I’m not ready to write off Salem as a program. There is a lot of history there, from Andrew Lewis through the sixties, to Salem being a dominating program over the years. Even back when Hampton was the dominant power Salem, in 1986, played them for state championship. You will have seasons where you may not be as competitive as other years.
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2024 Class 6 Region C/D Power Points

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Week 2:

Region C
West Potomac (28) 28.00
Hayfield (52) 26.00
Fairfax (72) 24.00
South County (70) 23.33
Lake Braddock (61) 20.33
Lewis (61) 20.33
Robinson (61) 20.33
Edison (34) 17.00
Annandale (50) 16.67
C.G. Woodson (50) 16.67
Justice (33) 16.50
Falls Church (49) 16.33
Alexandria City (48) 16.00
West Springfield (32) 16.00
Mount Vernon (31) 15.50

Region D
Langley (86) 28.67
Chantilly (82) 27.33
Madison (82) 27.33
Washington-Liberty (80) 26.67
Yorktown (80) 26.67
Marshall (78) 26.00
McLean (73) 24.33
Oakton (73) 24.33
Herndon (71) 23.67
Westfield (70) 23.33
Wakefield (59) 19.67
Centreville (57) 19.00
South Lakes (57) 19.00
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WF - 25 Salem - 7

BleedingNavy
freeatlast2013 said:
They do have some injuries too that are affecting their play!
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Injuries suck, especially when you don't have the depth you used to have. Dinwiddie ran into that last year during the playoffs. We lost three db's and King George abused our secondary.

@freeatlast2013, I hope all is well. Single high school systems like Louisa, Dinwiddie, Salem, Powhatan and others are going to find it hard to keep up with the all star teams we are seeing now. Not sure how you keep up with open enrollment and the "portal". No need in whining, It's just the state of the union which is the VHSL.
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WF - 25 Salem - 7

freeatlast2013
BleedingNavy said:
Wow! Salem has started 1-2 for the first time in 22 years, last year you put two guys in the SEC, have numerous state championships/championship appearances and haven't had a losing season since when?

I don't think its the system that's broke or the coaches are the problem. You guys lost a ton of talent in the past two years. Reloading is no longer easy. Just maybe the better Roanoke Valley players are staying at home and not opting to transfer to Sparta.

Everybody struggles at some point. No need to panic. Salem's district schedule (one decent opponent in PH) will allow the Spartans to get well in a hurry and they will be a major player come playoff time.
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They do have some injuries too that are affecting their play!
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Pick em Week 3 Results and Standings

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BoKnowsSports said:
Yup, I’m just poking fun at you! I’m happy to see them run the ball as well. You called it a long time ago that GW needed to beef up in the trenches and prioritize the fundamentals (tackling, playing assignment football, etc). Long season ahead but definitely good to see them playing good football so far this season.
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Any win in Lynchburg is a good win from the GW perspective. That was not the same Glass team that showed up at LB and PH. Not minimizing the GW win, just commenting on Glass and a seemingly growing trend of inconsistency among VaHS football teams. There are always exceptions but, early on this year seems more volatile.
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Pick em Week 3 Results and Standings

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cutnjump said:
Like I said elsewhere, that pick was working off a 14 point spread. Nice win for GW and my take was GW ran the ball instead of getting cute. I wish them well. We have gone and forth enough over the years that you know where I stand.
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Yup, I’m just poking fun at you! I’m happy to see them run the ball as well. You called it a long time ago that GW needed to beef up in the trenches and prioritize the fundamentals (tackling, playing assignment football, etc). Long season ahead but definitely good to see them playing good football so far this season.
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Pick em Week 3 Results and Standings

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BoKnowsSports said:
Congrats @cutnjump (even though you didn’t pick the home team 🙃) and @lyhsports!

Knew picking Herm over the Route 5 Boyz would bite me in the tail!

@mike salem thanks for another great week of Pick Em!
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Like I said elsewhere, that pick was working off a 14 point spread. Nice win for GW and my take was GW ran the ball instead of getting cute. I wish them well. We have gone and forth enough over the years that you know where I stand.
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Pick em Week 3 Results and Standings

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Congratulations to cutnjump and lyhsports for winning this week's Pick em!

cutnjump 17
lyhsports 17
freeatlast2013 16
BoKnowsSports 16
CHUKNOW 16
SFUWO 16
MrSir#5 16
salemfan32 16
Gunz41 15
gladiators01 15
tylerrossfc10 15
Virginia HS Football Fan 15
m-squared 14
BullRun66 14
DinwiddieProud 14
Scalvinscaliwag 14
Bfootball08 14
GoBlue2109 13
Ampipe_High 13
blackknight_pride 13
mike salem 12
OCBoy 12
Shruikan 12
FoxesPride 12
pizzzzza 12
ArcticBuc 12
edwinanderson2nd 12
CavsGrad 12
General172011 11
VirginiaGreat08 10
BleedingNavy 10



gladiators01 58
SFUWO 56
pizzzzza 55
tylerrossfc10 54
freeatlast2013 54
BoKnowsSports 54
DinwiddieProud 53
Scalvinscaliwag 53
lyhsports 53
BullRun66 52
Virginia HS Football Fan 52
CHUKNOW 52
Shruikan 51
Gunz41 51
MrSir#5 51
cutnjump 51
FoxesPride 50
Bfootball08 49
salemfan32 49
BleedingNavy 47
mike salem 47
m-squared 47
VirginiaGreat08 46
General172011 46
edwinanderson2nd 45
ArcticBuc 45
Ampipe_High 45
CavsGrad 44
OCBoy 44
1Gensfan 42
GoBlue2109 39
DJENKS2015 34
blackknight_pride 28
M11H16D18H 27
MrSalem1000 22
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GW 28 Glass 10 Final.

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btowenatc said:
Bye week doesn’t count so technically he won’t play for a month. To me it doesn’t look like a punch. Don tried to get up off of the glass player after driving him into the turf and it looks like the glass player still had a hold of Don’s jersey, which made Don lose his balance for a second and then he used his arm to try to get back up, with a forceful push to the chest with a wide open hand. He never makes a fist. For him to potentially miss an entire month for this is crazy. A basketball player could knock someone out cold and only be out 1 week if they had 3 games in that timeframe. I would definitely appeal and if that doesn’t work, if I’m his parents I’m hiring an attorney.
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I am hopeful that Glass’s administration works with GW to reduce suspension. We see A LOT WORSE barely get a period of in school suspension in the school system. From what I saw, he did not throw any punches, didn’t curse any adult out, and when it was announced he was ejected, he acted very respectful considering the circumstances. No reason to punish this young man’s future and absolute no reason that kid should be out for a month. I’m all about holding kids accountable but I believe the ejection was enough punishment.

In all, this was a huge win for GW over the region’s runner up team from a year ago. Glass is a well coached…very explosive team with athletes and our defense played lights out. We have not won in City Stadium in a long time.
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GW 28 Glass 10 Final.

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Good win for the Eagles! They are a great looking football team and deserved the win.

Glass finally got their weaknesses exploited. Surprised they’re not 0-3. If they can get a running game, they’ll be back. Too young on the lines and at running back this year. They’ll still be a tough squad to beat. GW was just really good and well prepared!
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WF - 25 Salem - 7

Kilroy25
“Reloading is no longer easy. Just maybe the better Roanoke Valley players are staying at home and not opting to transfer to Sparta.“

This right here is maybe why the system may be broken in reality, the old school style of play and lack of adjustment in play calling requires studs all over the field, and reloading is no longer a viable option. The numbers have been dwindling in Salem for the last 3 years. Salem no longer has a line that’s capable of bullying like in days past.
I’m not saying throw the baby out with the bath water, but there needs to be a level of adjustment from what’s being done now. Last night was hard to watch, it was like the offense was beating their head against a wall and liking it. The defense while had its struggles, did an admiralable job stopping Flemmings offense. The end play needs to improve for sure, constantly lost contain last night. I’m sure Salem will get better as the season goes on, but that ability to adjust against better opponents has to be incorporated
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GW 28 Glass 10 Final.

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BoKnowsSports said:
Nope, luckily the Piedmont is weak as water. He’ll be back in 3 weeks.
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Bye week doesn’t count so technically he won’t play for a month. To me it doesn’t look like a punch. Don tried to get up off of the glass player after driving him into the turf and it looks like the glass player still had a hold of Don’s jersey, which made Don lose his balance for a second and then he used his arm to try to get back up, with a forceful push to the chest with a wide open hand. He never makes a fist. For him to potentially miss an entire month for this is crazy. A basketball player could knock someone out cold and only be out 1 week if they had 3 games in that timeframe. I would definitely appeal and if that doesn’t work, if I’m his parents I’m hiring an attorney.
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Week 3 C&D points

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1. Glenvar (3-0). 19.333
2. Nelson (3-0). 18.667
3. Gretna (2-1). 17.667
4. Patrick (2-1). 17.333
5. Floyd (2-1). 17.000
6. Radford (2-1). 15.667
7. Chatham (2-1). 15.667
8. Dan River (1-2). 13.000
9. Martinsville (1-2). 12.667
10. James River (1-2). 11.333
11. Appomattox (0-3). 10.000
12. Liberty (0-3). 10.000


1. Graham (3-0). 19.333
2. Lebanon (3-0). 19.333
3. Ridgeview (3-0). 18.667
4. Union (2-1). 17.333
5. Gate City (2-1). 16.333
6. Virginia (2-1). 15.333
7. Lee (1-1). 15.000
8. Tazewell (1-1). 13.000
9. Central (1-2) 13.000
10. Battle (0-3). 9.333
11. Marion (0-3). 8.000
12. Richlands (0-3). 7.667
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