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MARBLEHEAD | Head coach Doug Chernovetz knows his Marblehead High football team is better than it has played this season.

Unfortunately, the Magicians only have one more game to prove it.

Marblehead dropped its third straight game | and missed out on an opportunity to keep alive hope for its first winning season since 1992 | when Saugus scored early and often on its way to a 40-14 victory last night at Piper Field.

DANVERS | Accentuate the positive.

In what has been a difficult season for the Danvers High football team, the players and coaching staff are continually looking for strong individual and team efforts that will help the squad improve in the long run.

On an afternoon that featured mishaps of every sort | from penalties and turnovers to sloppy play and even two inadvertent whistles | the Swampscott High football team showed why it is in good position to capture the Northeastern Conference Small championship.

Beverly High's work-in-progress football team is 2-0 in the Northeastern Conference small school division after downing upstart Saugus, 19-14, at Hurd Stadium Saturday.

But it's an uncomfortable 2-0 record, which isn't necessarily such a bad thing for the Panthers.

NEWBURYPORT | The Newburyport football team erased any memories of last Thanksgiving's 20-0 loss to rival Amesbury last evening.

The Clippers opened the season with a 21-13 come-from-behind victory over Saugus at World War Memorial Stadium.