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Saturday’s football game between the Brewer Witches of Maine and Salem Witches of Massachusetts conjured mixed emotions from the energized crowd at Doyle Field.
The away team trounced Brewer 50-6, but local football fans of all generations came out to see the 89-year-old coaching legend Ken Perrone, who coached both teams and attended the game in his honor. Brewer and Salem are only two of three high schools in the U.S. to bear the Witches nickname.
The second-annual Cauldron Cup started out on a high note for Brewer, which officially renamed Doyle Field’s press box in Perrone’s honor on Saturday.
The home team scored a touchdown on the opening drive. But a blocked extra point signaled where the game was headed, as Salem bore down and scored seven unanswered touchdowns on Brewer, three of which came on plays of 86 yards or more.
