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Congratulations to West Washington volleyball player senior Emma Schmidt for reaching her 1,000 assists milestone! Her excellent work on and off the court has paid off and is leaving a legacy for fellow and future students to follow. Congratulations for this great achievement!

West Washington volleyball goes head to head against Henryville at 7 p.m. located at Christian Academy of Indiana at 1000 Academy Dr, New Albany for the IHSAA Sectional Championship. Come support your West Washington Senators!

• Salem High School
• Pekin Eastern High School
• West Washington High School
• Football
• IHSAA

By Dennis Dunn, Writer

The IHSAA conducted its annual football sectional pairings show on Sunday, Oct. 13 and all three Washington County schools found out their fate. Salem will begin the Class 2A Sectional 40 journey at home, while Eastern will travel in the same sectional. West Washington will open the Class A Sectional 47 on the road. All games begin at 7 p.m.

This year a total of 312 teams will play in the postseason in the 52nd annual IHSAA Football State Tournament.

Sectionals will begin on Oct. 25 for teams in Class A through Class 4A, while Class 5A and 6 A will begin on Nov. 1. The state finals for all even classes will be played on Nov. 29 and odd classes on Nov. 30 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

The Lions (3-5) will host Clarksville (0-8), while Brownstown Central (8-0) will travel to Switzerland County (6-2), the Musketeers (1-7) will travel to Paoli (8-0) and Tell City (4-4) will go to Crawford County (0-8).

The Lions are 1-1 this year against sectional opponents as they were defeated by Brownstown Central (54-12), but claimed a win over the Musketeers (37-7). The Musketeers were 0-3 against sectional opponents this year as they lost to Tell City (49-0), Brownstown Central (62-0) and the Lions.

As for the Senators (3-5), they will travel to play South Decatur (3-4). Milan (5-3) will go to Knightstown (5-3), Eastern Greene (3-5) will travel to Greenwood Christian (6-2) and North Decatur (7-1) will travel to Edinburgh (0-8).

The Senators did not play any sectional opponents during the year.

Class 2A Sectional 40

G1: Brownstown Central at Switzerland County

G2: Eastern at Paoli

G3: Tell City at Crawford County

G4: Clarksville at Salem

G5: Winner of G1 vs. Winner of G2

G6: Winner of G3 vs. Winner of G4

Championship: Winner of G5 vs. Winner of G6

Class A Sectional 47

G1: Milan at Knightstown

G2: West Washington at South Decatur

G3: Eastern Greene at Greenwood Christian

G4: North Decatur at Edinburgh

G5: Winner of G1 vs. Winner of G2

G6: Winner of G3 vs. Winner of G4

Championship: Winner of G5 vs. Winner of G6

By Boone DeFord

Salem Lady Lions vs. Corydon Lady Panthers
Thursday, Sept. 26

Junior Varsity: Salem—0, Corydon—2

Game 1
Salem—20
Corydon—25

Game 2
Salem—22
Corydon—25

Varsity: Salem—0, Corydon—3

Game 1
Salem—23
Corydon—25

Game 2
Salem—5
Corydon—25

Game 3
Salem—22
Corydon—25

Salem Lady Lions vs. Pekin Lady Musketeers

Junior Varsity: Salem 1, Pekin—2

Game 1
Pekin—25
Salem—10

Game 2
Pekin—17
Salem—25

Game 3
Pekin—15
Salem—13

Varsity: Salem-0, Pekin—3

Game 1
Salem—9
Pekin—25

Game 2
Salem—11
Pekin—25

Game 3
Salem—13
Pekin—25

Lady Lions vs. Clarksville Lady Generals
Tuesday, Oct. 1

Junior Varsity: Salem—2, Clarksville—0

Game 1
Salem—25
Clarksville—16

Game 2
Salem—28
Clarksville—8

Varsity: Salem—3, Clarksville—0

Game 1
Salem—25
Clarksville—16

Game 2
Salem—25
Clarksville—13

Game 3
Salem—25
Clarksville—12

Salem Lady Lions vs. North Harrison Lady Cougars
Thursday, Oct. 3

C Team: North Harrison—1, Salem—0

Game 1
Salem—15
North Harrison—25

Junior Varsity: Salem—1, North Harrison—2

Game 1
Salem—15
North Harrison—25

Game 2
Salem—28
North Harrison—26

Game 3
Salem—7
North Harrison—15

Varsity: Salem—0, North Harrison—3

Game 1
Salem—15
North Harrison—25

Game 2
Salem—16
North Harrison—26

Game 3
Salem—7
North Harrison—25

Salem Lady Lions vs. Springs Valley Lady Blackhawks
Tuesday, Oct. 8

Junior Varsity: Salem—2, Springs Valley—1

Game 1
Salem—25
Springs Valley—20

Game 2
Salem—19
Springs Valley—25

Game 3
Salem—15
Springs Valley—8

Varsity: Salem—0, Springs Valley—3

Game 1
Salem—12
Springs Valley—25

Game 2
Salem—18
Springs Valley—25

Game 3
Salem—9
Springs Valley—25

The Salem High School Football team are 2024 County Champions! They were determined to defend their title and did with a 57-0 margin over other county schools.