Tigers, Rams, Cougars victors Lawrence, OH dropped from unbeaten ranks

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Gardiner, Cony of Augusta, Mt. Blue of Farmington, and Waterville earned Pine Tree Conference football victories Friday night. Gardiner knocked off previously unbeaten Lawrence of Fairfield by shutting them out 26-0. Cony also posted a shutout over a previously perfect team, defeating Oxford Hills of…
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Gardiner, Cony of Augusta, Mt. Blue of Farmington, and Waterville earned Pine Tree Conference football victories Friday night.

Gardiner knocked off previously unbeaten Lawrence of Fairfield by shutting them out 26-0. Cony also posted a shutout over a previously perfect team, defeating Oxford Hills of South Paris 21-0.

Mt. Blue maintained its unblemished record with a 47-23 verdict over Brunswick. Waterville edged Bangor 34-28 in overtime.

Gardiner 26, Lawrence 0

At Gardiner, Chris Whalen rushed for 192 yards on 28 carries and scored three touchdowns to lift the host Tigers past the Lawrence Bulldogs of Fairfield.

After a scoreless first quarter, Whalen scored on runs of 7, 13, and 19 yards over the next three quarters, staking 3-1 Gardiner to a 21-0 lead.

Quarterback Mike Choate then hit Todd O’Connor for a 70-yard scoring strike, rounding out the scoring. O’Connor added two PAT kicks.

For Lawrence, 3-1, Jared Libby had 69 yards on 14 carries.

Lawrence 0 0 0 0 – 0 Gardiner 0 6 6 14 – 26

G – Whalen 7 run (kick failed)

G – Whalen 13 run (pass failed)

G – Whalen 19 run (O’Connor kick)

G – O’Connor 70 pass from Choate (O’Connor kick)

Cony 21, Oxford Hills 0

At South Paris, Mike Jowdry and Scott Harriman spearheaded a Cony running game which amassed 309 yards on 44 rushes in leading the Augusta-based Rams to the shutout.

Jowdry and Harriman both scored on eight-yard runs, helping Cony out to a 14-0 halftime lead. Harriman added a two-point conversion run.

Sean Kelley then fell on a fumble in the end zone for another score as the Rams evened their season record at 2-2.

The Vikings of Oxford Hills fell to 3-1.

Cony 6 8 7 0 – 21 Oxford Hills 0 0 0 0 – 0

C – Jowdry 8 run (kick blocked)

C – Harriman 8 run (Harriman rush)

C – Kelley recovered fumble in end zone (Coons kick)

Mt. Blue 47, Brunswick 23

At Farmington, Ken Tyler rushed for two touchdowns and Tyson Wehrman scored two on a 92-yard pass reception and 75-yard punt return to lead the Cougars to the win.

For the 4-0 Cougars, John Black, Trent Robinson, and Greg Dalot each scored touchdowns on runs of nine, eight, and 25 yards, respectively. Tyler’s TD runs were 11- and eight-yard runs in the first quarter.

Brunswick jumped onto the scoreboard in the second quarter after Antonio Vasquez scored on a one-yard TD plunge. Chris Nichols scored on a 35-yard pass from Jon Tarr in the final quarter for the 0-4 Dragons and Vasquez closed it out with a five-yard TD run.

Brunswick 0 8 0 15 – 23 Mt. Blue 20 0 20 7 – 47

MB – Black 9 run (Dacu kick)

MB – Tyler 11 run (Dacu kick)

MB – Tyler 8 run (kick failed)

BRU – Vasquez 1 run (Tarr pass to Lewis)

MB – Robinson 8 run (Dacu kick)

MB – Wehrman 92 pass fro Kamholtz (Dacu kick)

MB – Wehrman 75 punt return (kick failed)

MB – Dalot 25 run (Dacu kick)

BRU – Nichols 35 pass from Tarr (Tarr pass to Christenson)

BRU – Vasquez 5 run (Tarr kick)


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