Salem High Football Team To Play For State Title At Gillette Stadium

SALEM, MA — The Salem High football team will travel to the home of the six-time Super Bowl champion New England Patriots to attempt to win a Super Bowl of its own when the Witches face Fairhaven for the Division 6 state championship on Nov. 30.

Salem will play the 3 p.m. game to kick off a tripleheader of action on that Thursday in Foxborough in the program's first Super Bowl appearance since 1999.

Superintendent Steve Zrike said on Monday that spectator bus transportation is being arranged to bring fans to cheer on the team.

"More than just the winning this has been a real treat to follow in terms of their sportsmanship, their leadership and they've represented our community with great distinction," Zrike said on Monday. "So congratulations."

Tickets for the Super Bowl are on sale through Ticketmaster with no tickets available at the Gillette Stadium ticket office the day of the game. All tickets will be digital and will be accessible through mobile devices only.

Tickets can be managed via the Gillette Stadium App. It is recommended that fans add
their mobile tickets to their Apple Wallet or Google Pay to beat busy network connections at the game.

Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for students/senior citizens. Children 5 years old and younger are free. Parking is free with each ticket providing a $3 discount to the Patriots Hall of Fame.

Tickets bought for Thursday's game will be good for all three contests. Tailgating is prohibited.

The game will be available at Patriots.com and the Patriots official YouTube channel. The Salem game will also air live on WEEI-AM 850.

The Witches (9-2) earned a Super Bowl spot with a 38-14 wipeout of Stoneham on Friday.

Salem's semifinal victory included TD kick returns from Quinn Rocco Ryan and Albert Pujols, and touchdown passes of 53 and 81 yards from Corey Grimes to Devante Ozuna — all in the first half.

Ozuna also scored on a 16-yard run in the second half to cap the scoring and salt away the semifinal triumph.

Tickets can also be purchased for the Thanksgiving Day game between Salem and Beverly at Beverly's Hurd Stadium at the main office at Salem High School. Tickets for the holiday game are $5.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. X/Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)