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• Blue Devils’ run toward third straight title stopped in semifinals

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY The last two years, tears routinely fell in the locker rooms of Salem opponents. Not this year. After consecutive Class L state championships, the Blue Devil boys basketball team fell just short of a third straight finals appearance, Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 25, 2009 5:49 PM by Salem Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Salem, basketball, High School Sports

• Salem dominates Bishop Guertin, needs two wins for third crown

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR EJ Perry had a question for those who predicted his Salem boys hoops squad would fall, at home, to Bishop Guertin in the quarterfinals of the Class L tournament. “Do they know anything about basketball?” Salem took an Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:18 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, basketball, High School Sports, salem high school, Bishop Guertin

• Salem, ousted in first round of playoffs, sets success in motion for ’10

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY The young Salem girls basketball team fell to Dover, 55-44, in the first round of the Class L girls basketball tournament on March 4. “It was a back-and-forth game until the fourth, when Dover stepped up and scored a bunch under Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 11, 2009 4:41 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, basketball, High School Sports

• Victorious Salem stifles Guertin with second-half charge

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY After three minutes in the locker room with her team at halftime of Salem’s home match-up with Bishop Guertin, head coach Elizabeth Briggs left and sat on the bench for some alone time. “I didn’t have anything positive Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 28, 2009 7:30 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, basketball, High School Sports, salem high school, Bishop Guertin

• Salem High School coach uses setbacks as learning tools for defending champs

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY This season, the Salem boys basketball team has faced an unfamiliar opponent – adversity. Following back-to-back state championships, the Blue Devils find themselves in the middle of the Class L pack with a 3-2 record. “This Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 21, 2009 3:31 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, basketball, High School Sports, salem high school

• State champs need even bigger contributions from returners

  By Ryan O’connor Now coach E.J. Perry has the unenviable task of finding not only someone to replace Savage’s clutch play, but also filling the holes created by the departure of three all-state cagers. “We try to reload rather than rebuild, Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 05, 2007 4:17 PM by Salem Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Salem, Merrimack Valley, sports, basketball, High School Sports