Salem Spartans Spots News

Salem jumped out to an early lead and then had to hold off a fourth quarter rally, as they oulasted Lord Botetourt, 18-13, in non-district football action Friday night at Salem Memorial Stadium.

Alex Paxton recorded 13 kills and 12 digs, as she help lead Salem to a 25-21, 25-17 and 25-9 non-district volleyball win over visiting William Byrd Wednesday night.

Sidney Clinevell recorded 12 kills in helping lead Salem to a 27-25, 25-19, 18-25 and 25-18 volleyball win over William Byrd Wednesday night in Vinton.

With five returning runners, the Salem boys cross country team is looking to improve on last year's fifth place finish in the River Ridge District in 2010.

When Salem hits the court next week, they will be looking for its six returning players to lead the way in improving on last year's 2-8 mark in the River Ridge District.

Selecting a coach of the decade proved to be a difficult task.  Several coaches won multiple state championships.  But in the end it was clear that no single coach enjoyed the sustained success for as much of the decade as Salem's Stephen Magenbauer.

Patrick O’ Keefe and Will Drougas of Salem captured their second consecutive Group AA Boys Tennis Doubles State Championship Saturday afternoon at the Virginia Tech tennis courts.

A day after capturing his third-straight AA Boys Tennis Singles State Title, Patrick O’Keefe teamed up with Will Drougas to defeat Derek Gale and Patrick Brown of E.C. Glass (6-3, 6-1) Friday afternoon on the campus of Virginia Tech as part of the 2010 Spring Jubilee.

Patrick O’Keefe of Salem High School claimed his third straight Group AA Boys Singles Tennis State Crown with a 6-0, 6-1 victory over Western Albemarle’s Cam Scot Thursday afternoon at Radford University as part of the 2010 Spring Jubilee.