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September 2, 2012
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Eggers: Roseburg’s ugly win beats a pretty loss

Okay, let’s be honest. Friday’s season opener between South Salem and Roseburg at Finlay Field was an ugly football game — as 26 penalties would attest. But the players and coaches will tell you every time they’ll take an ugly win over a pretty loss, and the Indians did enough good things to manage a 22-15 nonconference victory on a gorgeous summer night for football. The win was a confidence-boost Roseburg — with just three returning starters — needed with its Southwest Conference opener at Crater two weeks away. The Tribe will travel to Salem next Friday to face Sprague …

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