Quinn Rocco Ryan

Our 63rd annual Salem News Student-Athlete Award will be awarded Wednesday night. We'll interview 15 of the North Shore's best and brightest tomorrow afternoon, have a banquet for them & their families at night, then announce the winner. Best of luck to all of our candidates!

Salem captain Rocco Ryan breaks the Salem High record for touchdowns in a career (43) and eclipses 1,000 yards rushing on the same play, scoring on a 40-yard run up the left sideline. Conversion attempt fails. Salem trails Beverly, 28-26, with 3:07 left in the 3rd quarter.

Salem football head coach Matt Bouchard was three of his stars from tonight‘s wild 50-41 win over Greater Lawrence: from left, Mikey Curtin, Rocco Ryan, and quarterback Andreas Bernal. ⁦@SalemHSFootball⁩

Salem piles up 338 yards of offense in the first half and takes a 36-21 lead into halftime over Greater Lawrence. Witches QB Andreas Bernal is 9-for-16 for 237 yards and 4 TDs. Rocco Ryan 131 yards of offense and 2 TDs; Mikey Curtin 4 catches for an even 100 yards and 2 TD.

Rocco Ryan 12-yard TD on a sweep left, his third score of the night. Witches go up, 50-35, on Greater Lawrence with 3:55 to go. I’ll have to check out archives, but guessing this might be the first time in Salem High history that it has scored 50 points in back-to-back weeks.

On the very next play from scrimmage Rocco Ryan runs a fade down the left sideline, beats his man and takes in a 45-yard TD pass from Andreas Bernal. Fionn Coughlin boots the PAT; Witches lead Greater Lawrence, 15-6.

Final score: Salem 50, Brewer, Maine 6 in the 2nd annual Ken Perrone Classic. Witches get three touchdowns from captain Rocco Ryan and two from fellow senior Mikey Curtin. Now 1-1, Salem hosts Greater Lawrence (2-0) this coming Friday in its home opener at Bertram Field.

Captain Rocco Ryan takes an inside handoff inside his own 1-yard line, cuts outside to the left & is gone for a 99-yard touchdown. Three possessions, three touchdowns for Salem, which now leads Brewer, Maine, 21-6, in the 2nd quarter. Salem has 6 first downs on 10 plays run.