December 27, 2024
BANGOR DAILY NEWS (BANGOR, MAINE

Cota, York lead MCI past Dexter

PITTSFIELD – Nate Cota and Matt York each ran for two touchdowns and combined for more than 200 yards on the ground Friday night as Maine Central Institute posted a 35-13 LTC Class C football victory over Dexter.

York had a 63-yard burst in the second quarter for the Huskies. Alan Mason also had a rushing score.

Calvin Teixeira caught a 58-yard bomb from Brock Kimball for Dexter. Kimball later scrambled on a 1-yard run.

Dexter (0-7) 0 7 0 7 – 14 MCI (5-2) 14 6 7 8 – 35

MCI – Cota 19 run (York kick)

MCI – Mason 8 run (York kick)

MCI – York 63 run (kick failed)

DEX – Teixeira 58 pass from Kimball (kick failed)

MCI – Cota 10 run (York kick)

DEX – Kimball 1 run (kick good)

MCI – York 2 run (York pass to Hall)

Messalonskee 52, Maranacook 12

At Oakland, Tony Harmon scored on runs of 8, 12 and 48 yards to lead Messalonskee.

Harmon gained 167 yards on eight rushes. Justin Porter carried four times for 106 yards and Ryan Blethen added 75 yards on six carries for the Eagles.

Jake Massey returned an interception 45 yards for a touchdown that put Messalonskee up 22-0 in the first quarter. Phil Levesque paced the defense with three sacks.

Heath Gifford scored on a 55-yard rush in the third quarter for Maranacook of Readfield. Josh Twitchell added a 25-yard TD scamper in the fourth.

Maranacook (0-7) 0 6 0 6 – 12 Messalonskee (6-1) 30 16 6 0 – 52

MES – Blethen 5 run (kick failed)

MES – Harmon 8 run (Blethen pass from Currier)

MES – Massey 45 interception return (Currier rush)

MES – Harmon 12 run (Blethen rush)

MAR – Gifford 55 run (rush failed)

MES – Harmon 48 run (Lessard rush)

MES – Porter 16 run (Lessard rush)

MES – Dorval 15 run (rush failed)

MAR – Twitchell 25 run (rush failed)

Lawrence 30, Brunswick 6

At Fairfield, Don Thibodeau scored two touchdowns to lead the Bulldogs to their second win.

Thibodeau’s score came on an 85-yard punt return. In the third quarter, he rambled for a 48-yard touchdown. Mike Nadeau and Chris Knights also added TDs and Nadeau caught a Travis Hotham pass for the PAT on Thibodeau’s second score.

Brunswick (2-5) 0 0 0 6 – 6 Lawrence (2-5) 6 8 8 8 – 30

L – Thibodeau 85 punt return (pass failed)

L – Nadeau 13 run (Hotham rush)

L – Thibodeau 48 run (Nadeau pass from Hotham)

L – Knights 4 run (Johnson pass from Hotham)

B –

Belfast 48, Old Town 14

At Belfast, Tim Parenteau rushed for 152 yards and three touchdowns, while Matt Darres had 94 yards receiving and three touchdowns for the Lions.

Parenteau had a 55-yard rumble in the fourth quarter for Belfast. Darres returned an interception 45 yards for a score in the third. Rob Skillings also had a rushing score as Ben Morley completed 3-of-3 for 68 yards.

Keenan Goslin had two one-yard rushing scores for Old Town. Justin Lizzotte rushed 16 times for 68 yards.

Old Town (1-6) 0 0 0 14 – 14 Belfast (5-2) 16 6 12 14 – 48

B – Parenteau 29 run (Skillings rush)

B – Skillings 22 run (Parenteau rush)

B – Parenteau 22 run (pass failed)

B – Darres 32 pass from Morley (run failed)

B – Darres 41 pass from Colson (kick failed)

OT – Goslin 1 run (run failed)

B – Parenteau 55 run (Hurd kick)

B – Darres 45 interception return (Davis kick)

OT – Goslin 1 run (O’Keefe rush)

Mattanawcook 34, Rockland 12

At Lincoln, Miah Coffin led the Lynx of Lincoln with 111 yards on 14 carries, including a 50-yard jaunt in the third quarter.

B.J. Birtz completed seven of 10 passes for 140 yards and two touchdowns for the winners. Linebacker Alan Whitney recorded 15 tackles and tackle Bill Kelley had 14.

Don Williams and Matt Wall each scored a touchdown for Rockland.

Rockland (3-4) 6 0 6 0 – 12 Mattanawcook (5-2) 7 7 7 13 – 34

M – Proctor 39 pass from Birtz (Jordan kick)

R – Williams 4 run (rush failed)

M – Thibodeau 14 pass from Birtz (Jordan kick)

R – Wall 13 run (rush failed)

M – Coffin 50 run (Jordan kick)

M – Birtz 1 run (Jordan kick)

M – Jordan 31 run (kick failed)

Hampden 46, MDI 6

At Hampden, Vince Bennett and Ben Preston combined to amass 310 yards on the ground as the Broncos cruised.

Bennett rushed 14 times for 177 yards with two touchdowns and Ben Preston added 133 yards and three touchdowns on 12 carries for the Broncos.

Hampden quarterback Adam Waite completed seven of 12 passes for 174 yards and two touchdowns while being intercepted once.

Joe Wardman paced the Mount Desert Island offense with 19 rushes for 144 yards and a touchdown.

MDI (3-4) 0 0 6 0 – 6 Hampden (6-1) 20 13 0 13 – 46

H – Preston 8 run (kick failed)

H – Preston 2 run (Bennett kick)

H – Preston 52 run (Bennett kick)

H – Dickinson 30 pass from Waite (kick failed)

H – Bennett 10 run (Bennett kick)

M – Wardman 20 run (rush failed)

H – Bennett 8 pass from Waite (Bennett kick)

H – Olson 28 run (kick failed)


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