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Semifinal Previews: Pinkerton football looks for payback against Salem again

Brian O'Reilly will feel a lot more comfortable going into this weekend's Division I semifinal against Salem than he did a week ago against Londonderry. All the Pinkerton Academy football coach has to point to to get the Astros motivated is a 15-14 loss to the Blue Devils back on Sept. 28, a game t

Joe Marchilena

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Semifinal Previews: Pinkerton football looks for payback against Salem again
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Brian O’Reilly will feel a lot more comfortable going into this weekend’s Division I semifinal against Salem than he did a week ago against Londonderry.

All the Pinkerton Academy football coach has to point to to get the Astros motivated is a 15-14 loss to the Blue Devils back on Sept. 28, a game that came a week after Pinkerton defeated the Lancers by 20 points.

“(Salem) beat us and they shut our offense down,” O’Reilly said after Pinkerton’s 20-14 quarterfinal win over Londonderry. “They stuffed the ball down our throat. We’re going to their field and we have to make adjustments. I’d prefer to play someone that beat us.

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