BREWER — Lucas McCue rushed for a 116 yards in the first half, and the defense held Brewer to under 100 total yards as the Brunswick High School football team rolled to a season-opening 47-2 victory over the Witches on Friday in Eastern Maine Class B play.

Brunswick (1-0 and slated to visit 0-1 Gardiner this upcoming Friday) coach Dan Cooper removed his starters for the second half after his squad accumulated a 39-0 halftime lead.

“We scored on all six of our possessions in the first half, and the entire defense, led by McCue and Jacob Duffy, did a great job,” said Cooper. “Brewer had some size, but they were just overmatched.”

McCue scored a pair of touchdowns along with running back Alex Bandouveres, who rushed for 73 yards on five carries. Adding a firsthalf touchdown each were Logan Tupper and Ryan Maciejewski.

Brewer’s (0-1) lone points came late in the fourth quarter on a safety.

At Rockland, James Laser ran for three touchdowns to propel the Shipbuilders of Bath past the Mariners in the mutual opener.

Laser ran for TDs of two, five and six yards for Morse. Liam McDonough also turned in a fine rushing night, compiling 117 yards on 28 carries.

Ethan Winglass kicked a 21- yard field goal for Morse and added a conversion kick.

Ryan Allendar connected on a 13-yard halfback option pass to Cole Chase for the Mariners, and Preston Spear added a conversion rush. Spear also returned a kickoff 70 yards for a touchdown with 2:45 left in the game.

MORSE 23

OCEANSIDE 16