Salem at Sherando

[Shruikan]

Sherando managed to overcome the overwhelmingly bad juju of being down 20-0, not having fireworks at the game, some inadvisable pre-game smack talk, the new PA announcer being really weird, and Shruikan neglecting to order his pre-game lucky pizza. No matter what happens next week, no one can take away this region championship from these guys.

 

[MrSalem1000]

Sherando managed to overcome the overwhelmingly bad juju of being down 20-0, not having fireworks at the game, some inadvisable pre-game smack talk, the new PA announcer being really weird, and Shruikan neglecting to order his pre-game lucky pizza. No matter what happens next week, no one can take away this region championship from these guys.

There’s a new PA there now? I thought the guy last season did a good job. Did he just retire from it?

 

[CrushBlock]

Sherando managed to overcome the overwhelmingly bad juju of being down 20-0, not having fireworks at the game, some inadvisable pre-game smack talk, the new PA announcer being really weird, and Shruikan neglecting to order his pre-game lucky pizza. No matter what happens next week, no one can take away this region championship from these guys.

No matter what happens next week?

Go beat Phoebus or Hampton is the idea.

No matter what the paper says, you can hand anyone an L.

 

[Phoebus Fan]

Sherando managed to overcome the overwhelmingly bad juju of being down 20-0, not having fireworks at the game, some inadvisable pre-game smack talk, the new PA announcer being really weird, and Shruikan neglecting to order his pre-game lucky pizza. No matter what happens next week, no one can take away this region championship from these guys.

Let them know they don’t want to repeat what they did last Sunday on IG this week…not a good idea

 

[MrSalem1000]

Let them know they don’t want to repeat what they did last Sunday on IG this week…not a good idea

It’s never good to talk trash about a team before the game is even played. Just gives the other team fuel to the fire

 

[Shruikan]

There’s a new PA there now? I thought the guy last season did a good job. Did he just retire from it?

The guy tonight was someone different than usual. Not sure if the regular guy was out sick or away on Thanksgiving travel or something else. He kept saying "Warriors first down!" after punts and kickoffs and other stuff that came off as odd.

 

[Scalvinscaliwag]

The guy tonight was someone different than usual. Not sure if the regular guy was out sick or away on Thanksgiving travel or something else. He kept saying "Warriors first down!" after punts and kickoffs and other stuff that came off as odd.

Haha yeh that was funny

 

[Scalvinscaliwag]

Region Championship Sherando Warriors! proved a lot of people wrong, over achieved and came back from adversity and proved it when it counted.

 

[MrSalem1000]

Man, these are the kinda games where I wish Salem still had a stream for their games. Would like to see the re run of this game and see what went well and what went wrong

 

[MrSalem1000]

Used to have a Facebook stream for Salem’s games where you could go back and watch it over again. I didn’t see the game this evening or hear it on the radio as I was celebrating Thanksgiving with fsmily.

 

[Scalvinscaliwag]

Great seeing Mike Salem again tonight , sorry it’s a long drive home. Till we meet again buddy.

 

[Shruikan]

Was too cold to sit in the stands so I mostly just wandered around. Went over to Salem's side a couple times. Was impressed with the amount of fans they brought.

 

[Phoebus Fan]

Great seeing Mike Salem again tonight , sorry it’s a long drive home. Till we meet again buddy.

Before you said long ride and made me google distance I assumed yall were closer than 2.5 hours away. Thats one spread out region!

 

[Virginia HS Football Fan]

I just got home an hour ago after a long day of attending two games (Briar Woods at Riverbend then Salem at Sherando) (late posting since Georgia Tech/Georgia was crazy).

Great game. Glad I got a good one to watch after the stinker I watched earlier in the day.

Real Feel Temperature with the Wind Chill was 25 Degrees at Kickoff. Great atmosphere and a good showing by both teams' fans.

Salem came out and punched Sherando in the mouth. But I have to give Sherando credit. They are truly resilient and they didn't lay down. They had a big defensive line that woke up and controlled much of the game and they had a quarterback who showed leadership.

For Salem, they didn't know what to think when Sherando finally made adjustments. Also, the plays with the quarterback throwing on the run didn't work out very well. Several drops and several poorly thrown balls didn't help either.

The big moment was the massive pass interference call on the third quarter. From a former official's viewpoint (that former official being myself), I thought it was a bad call as the defender was looking back to the ball and actually tried to reach for the ball to make a play. Add 15 more yards to that with another penalty and it didn't take Sherando long to finally take the lead.

In the fourth quarter, I wasn't quite sure what Salem's strategy was. Maybe they were trying to control the ball to keep it out of the hands of the Sherando quarterback? Either way, I agree with many of the posters. The clock management was horrid.

Best of luck to Sherando next week in their semifinal game. I'm off to bed because I'm taking in one more game this weekend coming up tomorrow and it's another mid-morning departure.

 

[SFUWO]

Man, these are the kinda games where I wish Salem still had a stream for their games. Would like to see the re run of this game and see what went well and what went wrong

You can watch it on NFHS

 

[SFUWO]

Before you said long ride and made me google distance I assumed yall were closer than 2.5 hours away. Thats one spread out region!

Goes from Danville to Northern VA. We have to use sub regions for all other sports

 

[m-squared]

Before you said long ride and made me google distance I assumed yall were closer than 2.5 hours away. Thats one spread out region!

4B is pretty spread out too. I bet it took King George (which is the easternmost school in the district) at least 2 hours to get to Dinwiddie. It's probably about the same from King George to Varina. I remember when Varina was on the Battlefield District back in the 70s (Matoaca was too). The trips to Varina and Matoaca were long trips for district games and that was when traffic wasn't bad and you were actually moving at the speed limit the whole trip! Have a good one!

 

[MrSalem1000]

Looking at next season Salem will still have plenty of speed. The big question marks will be the quarterback and will the defense make improvements going into next year. My guess is yes as the guys on defense will have experience under their belt. Hope I’m right!

 

[CrushBlock]

Looking at next season Salem will still have plenty of speed. The big question marks will be the quarterback and will the defense make improvements going into next year. My guess is yes as the guys on defense will have experience under their belt. Hope I’m right!

JV quarterback can play football. Tough kid. Almost a bit of a power runner. Excited to see him make the transition to varsity.

 

[MaroonDude]

JV quarterback can play football. Tough kid. Almost a bit of a power runner. Excited to see him make the transition to varsity.

It all starts with the JV

 

[MrSalem1000]

JV quarterback can play football. Tough kid. Almost a bit of a power runner. Excited to see him make the transition to varsity.

Is that Tanner Overstreet?

 

[MaroonDude]

Si

 

[MrSalem1000]

Si

Gotcha. Have not seen him play much or if at all but I definitely am familiar with the name. Sounds like he is a good football player