CASTINE, Maine (AP) A referee who was hit in the face by a cannon blast during a Maine Maritime Academy football game is recovering from his injuries.
The referee was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries Saturday.
The Hancock County Sheriff’s Department told WCSH-TV that an academy alumnus brought the cannon to the game in Castine. The alumnus reportedly loaded the cannon with black powder and a substance that had been made into a wad.
It is tradition for a cannon to be fired with a blank shotgun shell when the academy scores.
