Pulaski County and Salem To Collide again in the Region Finals

  TO SAY COACH JACK TURNER RUNS A TIGHT SHIP—ASSUMES THE WATER HAS ANY CHANCE AT ALL.
  THE COUGARS STAND 11 AND OH HEADING INTO FRIDAY NIGHT’S REGION FINAL ON THEIR HOME FIELD. HEAD COACH JACK TURNER SAYS IT’S EXCITING FOR THE TEAM, COACHES AND THE COMMUNITY TO BE IN THIS POSITION…AND HE FEELS THANKFUL THAT THEY ARE.
  PULASKI CO HOSTS PERENNIAL POWER SALEM IN A REMATCH OF THE RIVER RIDGE DISTRICT TITLE COLLSION…WON BY THE COUGARS…34-24.
  IT’S A FAMILIAR MATCHUP THAT DATES BACK TO THE EPIC BATTLES WAGED BETWEEN WILLIS WHITE AND JOEL HICKS SQUADS..FOR YEARS. COACH TURNER EXPLAINS THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE FIRST TIME THE TWO PROGRAMS PLAYED FOR THE DISTRICT TITLE, HIS JUNIOR SEASON(WHEN HE WAS PLAYING AT PULASKI FOR COACH HICKS) YOU’D PROBABLY SEE TWO PRETTY SIMILIAR TEAMS TO THE ONES THAT WILL TAKE THE FIELD FRIDAY. ALTHOUGH THE OFFENSES HAVE EVOLVED SOME, THE PROGRAMS REMAIN PRETTY CONSISTENT.
    THE TWO BIGGEST INTANGIBLES IN FRIDAY NIGHT’S SHOWDOWN, THE HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE IN PULASKI AND THE PROGESSION OF BACKUP SALEM QUARTERBACK HUNTER STURGILL STURGILL TOOK THE REINS BECAUSE OF INJURY…BUT HAS STEERED SALEM INTO THE POSTSEASON. COACH TURNER SAYS HE SEES A BETTER PASSER WHO IS IMPROVING AS A RUNNER—AND THAT HE’S DONE A GREAT JOB RUNNING THE SALEM OFFENSE.