Week 1 of the high school football season is one of the most exciting of the year. It not only gives us the first action of the year, but it's ripe for upsets, meteoric rises of new stars and a chance for teams to make a name for themselves right off the bat.

Friday night gave us that. From a thrilling Region 4D tilt at Salem Stadium to a misery-ending win in Bedford. From another elite performance by one of the state's top quarterbacks to two eye-popping results in the New River Valley.

We certainly learned a lot. And while there is plenty of football left to be played with twists and turns to accompany it, this is what we know right now.

Salem showed its youth against Glass

The Spartans always retool, and come River Ridge District time they'll be shored up. But in their season opener

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