After watching one Lynn team erupt for 26 unanswered points last week in a 41-15 loss to Lynn Classical, things will get no easier for Salem Friday night when the Witches host an even more explosive Lynn squad when the Bulldogs of Lynn English invade Bertram Field. You may want to chalk up last week’s loss to simply growing pains for coach Scott Connolly’s young, but promising club. With a slew of underclassmen, including six sophomores, starting on both side of the ball, Salem simply could never stop this Ram-sized snowball that kept up picking up momentum in the second half. English comes …

The lone Friday game on the local slate this week is a compelling matchup between a pair of one-win clubs when the Rams of Lynn Classical (1-2) invade Salem’s Bertram Field to take on the 1-3 Witches. Salem comes into this one still smarting from a 14-0 loss to 3-1 Revere that saw the Witches surrender both scores in the first quarter and then play the talented visitors even the rest of the way. Senior Davis Walsh had a productive game in the backfield with 55 yards rushing and Chad Coehlo (36 yards) was also able to find some daylight, but the Witches were never able to get anything going in…

Coming off a tough 14-12 loss at Peabody in its opener, Salem headsto Masconomet tonight to face a dangerous Chieftains’ squad that is also smarting after getting edged, 24-21, by MVC power Lowell in its opener. “They’ve got some athletes,” said Salem coach Scott Connolly of the Chieftains. Their fullback (6-3, 230-pound Kurt Hunziker) is a real good player and their quarterback is a big strong player (6-3, 195-pound Ben Panuzzio). Watching him against Lowell there was like eight times where it looked like they were going to sack him and he just bounced off and made a play. Their tailback (…