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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY Justin Hojlo and Kevin LeBlond were in a shootout, but in the end it was Hojlo with more ammunition. The two senior guards dueled during a Class I contest on Tuesday, Jan. 13, with Hojlo’s Pelham Pythons pulling away from LeBlond Read More...
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BY DARRELL HALEN The freshman boys basketball team at Salem High School is off to a good start, having won their first two games of the season. But the players are accomplishing something more important than the number of points they put on the scoreboard. Read More...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY Two days into tryouts, things changed for the Blue Devils. During the second day of auditions, the Salem High School girls basketball team lost Amanda Saab, its potent scoring threat, to an ACL injury that will keep her sidelined until Read More...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR If you need proof EJ Perry isn’t satisfied with two straight Class L basketball titles, just ask the athletes on his five-time defending state champion volleyball team. Entering the 2009 high school hoops season, it should Read More...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR It’s tough enough as defending state basketball champs and the lone undefeated squad in the Class L, but to face a rival in the quarterfinals – where the top seed generally earns a cakewalk against a .500 team – Read More...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR Like the NFL’s New England Patriots and Oyster River in New Hampshire Class I, the Salem boys basketball team finished the regular season undefeated. By thrashing Alvirne in Hudson, 73-59, on Friday, Feb. 29, the Blue Devils Read More...
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By Matt Schooley The Concord High School girls basketball team was hungry for its first win of the season, but Salem High School wasn’t letting that get in the way of its fast start to the year, cruising to a 63-47 road victory. Concord kept the Read More...
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By Jerry Liptak SALEM – Their perfect season intact, the boys of Salem basketball let out an almighty roar in the home-team locker room after overwhelming Nashua North on Friday, Jan. 18, 72-57. Coach E.J. Perry had just given them the weekend off. Read More...
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By Matt Schooley They haven’t played since leaving the court as state champions last season, but the boys of Salem High School basketball team showed no rust in their 2007-08 opener. Josh Jones and Kevin Sledge led a balanced offensive attack for Read More...
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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...
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