They are the team everybody looks up to and realizes they are the best ! That being said with full reverence so maybe we in the west and the rest can have good high school football teams and not being kicked in the teeth for promoting our guys and our team . That includes some of the Virginia Preps people who I believe sometimes see enthusiasm for our team as cockiness . There is no cockiness as Salem's coach said with full respect after the game last year that you cannot make those kind of mistakes against a team of that caliber and expect to stay in the game . Some people just love high school football and most of the arm chair Quarterbacks on here have never played college or pro football but that is what makes this fun as long as we do it in a respectful manner . Andrew Lewis was a state caliber team long before Lake Taylor came along in the sixties and then when Salem came along after a few years we made it happen , dropping from AAA to AA after Glenvar and the county schools separated from Salem city schools . Even though we were very good after a few years with different coaches it took awhile for state championships to come . The same can be said for teams like Pulaski County who have a division 6 championship to their credit and also, were a powerhouse every year in AAA . We don't have the population or numbers to be good every year or to be state contenders every year but we are usually in the mix . I don't want to speak out of hand for the Pulaski County fans or other teams of this area and we have had a few division one players , very few compared to the 757 area teams , but we feel that this game , played the right way teaches our children life lessons about winning and losing that will make them better citizens and that is what this is about for us . There is something to be said for the offensive lineman that nobody knows that makes some key blocks that does not get the attention but is team oriented. We give out too many trophies and most of these kids on any team will never , and should never get a trophy or attention unless from a teammate or coach .
