But head coach John Capodice trotted out "Redcoat for a Day," the venerable former coach Al Pellligrinelli, who thought he was simply coming back from hurricane-ravaged Florida to help his former team prepare for its Nutmeg League encounter with the Falcons Friday night.

Pelligrinelli, of course, was invited as the picnic pavilion that sits just past the north end zone at Sage Park’s William B. Scalisse Field was named in his honor.

And, while Capodice said it meant a lot to the current Berlin players (many of whom greeted Pelligrinelli warmly after the game) to have "Coach P" on hand, their actions spoke greater volumes.

The Redcoats scored in nearly every fashion possible, serving up a dizzying array of touchdowns that led to a 56-8 victory over the winless St. Paul club.

The most unexpected thing to be served on the menu at the newly christened "Pelligrinelli Pavilion" was footballs -- four times in the game’s first 12 minutes, sophomore Robbie Dornfried (8-for-8 on PATs) booted extra points after Berlin touchdowns that either went into or over the pavilion as the Redcoats rolled to a 28-0 first quarter lead.

Speedy Jon Brummell fielded the game’s opening kickoff at his own 19-yard line, trotted up the left sideline, and turned on the jets briefly as he toted the football 81 yards to open the game. Brummell also caught a 31-yard touchdown pass early in the second quarter, a play that would see the lead expand to 35-0.

After forcing a St. Paul (0-3) punt on the Falcons’ opening possession, Berlin (3-0, 2-0 Nutmeg) went 57 yards in four plays with Tom Liberda (2 carries, 37 yards, 2 TDs) scoring on a 30-yard run.

The Berlin defense nearly came up with a score of its own, stripping the ball from St. Paul quarterback J.P. Jacobsen, who started in place of injured Jamel Greenlee (leg).

Bryce Buffaloe recovered the ball at the Falcons’ two-yard line and moments later Chris Laroche scored the first of his three touchdowns.

Laroche, who returned a punt 60 yards in the third quarter for a touchdown, showed he could score through the air as he hauled in a Dan Madey (5-for-6, 165 yards, 0 ints, 2 TDs) pass behind the defense for an 85-yard score. Laroche, who totaled four touchdowns on the night, also scored a 24-yard run in the second quarter as the lead swelled to 49-0 at halftime.

After the break, St. Paul running back Kenny Byrd (18 carries, 132 yards), who also saw considerable action at quarterback, had an 81-yard touchdown run called back, but later scrambled his way into a 52-yard run that set up the Falcons’ first points of the season, a two-yard Byrd run with 4:51 left.

J.P. Jacobsen then hit Mark Duggins for the two-point conversion, pleasing St. Paul coach Ben Lee.

"Our goal for the second half was to score," Lee said. "But I’m most pleased that we played together, fought together, and those are steps we have to take."

For Capodice, he referred to the weapons at his disposal by saying, "we have six or seven players who (are talented), but we emphasize that as long as we (Berlin) has the most points, that’s what’s important."

He also had another weapon that he used, one whose legacy of 27 years coaching keyed the smorgasboard of scoring.