Salem overcomes obstacles to stay on championship course

  THERE’S A SPECIAL..UNITY..IN SALEM,  WHICH MIGHT HELP BEGIN TO EXPLAIN THE MILITARY LIKE PRECISION IN WHICH THE SPARTANS REEL OFF VICTORIES. SALEM HAS CAPTURED SIX STATE TITLES SINCE 1996, AND A
  BUT IN THIS..THE ‘08 CAMPAIGN…SALEM IS DEALT ITS FIRST REGULAR SEASON LOSS..SINCE 2004—BY BROOKVILLE…AND THEY KNOTCHED THREE WINS BY A TOTAL OF JUST 9 POINTS.
  THE SPARTANS HAD TO DIG DEEPER..TO PROSPER, AND COACH STEPHEN MAGENBAUER SAYS THE WINS OVER RIVER RIDGE SCHOOLS HELPED BUILD HIS TEAM’S CONFIDENCE. HE STRESSED THAT THE SPARTANS HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR THE TEAMS THAT THEY PLAY.
  ADDING TO THE ADVERSITY WAS THE LOSS OF SENIOR QUARTERBACK DERRICK HICKMAN TO A KNEE INJURY WHICH CHALLENGED THE SPARTAINS DEPTH.
  BUT IN STEPS JUNIOR HUNTER STURGILL AND THE WINNING MARCH COMPLETE WITH AN AIR ASSAULT CONTINUED. COACH MAGENBAUER SAYS THEY DID TWEAK A FEW THINGS ON OFFENSE TO PLAY TO HUNTER’S STRENGTHS, BUT IT IS STILL THE SAME SYSTEM. HE ENDED BY SAYING THAT PEOPLE LINING UP AGAINST SALEM PRETTY MUCH KNOW WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO GET.
  NO MATTER THE PATH..SALEM’S DIESTINATION HASN’T CHANGED.
  AT 8-1 THEY’LL HEAD TO UNDEFEATED PULASKI CO—FRIDAY AND PLAY FOR ANOTHER ..RIVER RIDGE TITLE. MAGENBAUER CALLED PULASKI CO A POWERFUL FOOTBALL TEAM WITH LOTS OF TALENT, AND HE EXPECTS A GREAT HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME ON FRIDAY NIGHT IN PULASKI.