DOVER-FOXCROFT – A balanced defensive attack paved the way as the Foxcroft Academy Ponies earned a 54-0 victory in their homecoming contest against John Bapst of Bangor on a night when 16 other games were called off as rain blanketed the state.

“There was no threat of thunder and lightning and we feel we have a first-class facility that can handle some rain,” Foxcroft Academy Head Coach Paul Withee said. “It’s Pony football and we want to play.”

The Ponies moved to 4-0 on the season as they held the visiting Crusaders to 27 total yards. The Ponies, on the other hand, amassed 304 total yards.

Ryan McNaulty led the way for the Pony defense with six tackles and two sacks. Josh Sands added eight tackles and Trey Merrill seven.

Danny White led the way for Foxcroft with rushing touchdowns of 17 and 14 yards. He also returned a punt 55 yards for a score. White finished with four carries for 51 yards,

Lincoln Robinson added a one yard score, Josh Withee a 23 yard run, Matt Earnest a seven yard run and Joey Caparrelli a 39 yard score. Withee finished running three times for 36 yards and completing three of six passes for 78 yards. Pat Healy led John Bapst with five carries for 17 of his team’s 27 yards.

Slippery ground did lead to one injured Pony as runningback Josh Sands twisted a knee in the second quarter and was taken out of the game as a precautionary measure.

“It’s great we’re still undefeated at this point in the season, but we’re just taking it one game at a time,” Withee said.

Ponies 42, Crusaders 0

Foxcroft Acad. (4-0) 21 21 0 12 – 52

John Bapst (0-4) 0 0 0 0 – 0

FA – White 14 run ( White kick)

FA – Withee 23 run (White kick)

FA – Robinson 1 run (White kick)

FA -White 17 run (White kick)

FA – White 55 punt return (White kick)

FA – Earnest 7 run (kick blocked)

FA – Caparrelli 39 run (pass failed)

Stearns 37, Orono 6

At Millinocket, junior quarterback Derek DiFrederico threw a pair of touchdown passes and ran for another as Stearns triumphed.

DiFrederico ran for 137 yards on just seven carries and completed four-of-seven passes for 70 yards.

Senior tailback Matt Leino ran for 114 yards on 17 carries including a game-opening 20-yard touchdown run.

Senior split end Kevin McLaughlin caught a 30-yard touchdown pass from DiFredrico to make it 14-0 and DiFredrico gave Stearns a 22-0 lead at the intermission with a 20-yard TD run.

Stearns held Orono a minus-15 rushing yards in the first half.

Tight end Matt Legassey caught a 15-yard TD pass from DiFrederico in the third period before Mike Smart ran seven yards for a fourth-quarter score.

Mardy Simon scored for Orono on a 65-yard touchdown run.

Minutemen 37, Red Riots 6

Orono (2-2) 0 0 0 6 – 6

Stearns (1-3) 14 8 7 8 – 37

S – Leino 20 run (kick failed)

S – McLaughlin 30 pass from DiFrederico (Leino rush)

S – DiFrederico 20 run (Wark run)

S – Legassey 15 pass from DiFrederico (N. Simon kick)

S – Mike Smart 7 run (Wark run)

O – M. Simon 65 run (pass failed)

Belfast 44, Wells 12

At Belfast, Jeff Parenteau carried the ball 14 times for 173 yards and three touchdowns as the Lions remained undefeated at 4-0.

Belfast got on the scoreboard first with a 64 yard pass from John Lear to Matt Welch. Lear completed three of four passes for 84 yards. Wells responded with a one yard dive into the end zone by Kirk Jones to cut the deficit to 8-6.

The Lions reeled off five more touchdowns, however, before Wells would score again. Parenteau had scoring runs of nine, seven and seven yards respectively. Welch also added a scoring from one yard out. Welch finished with five carries for 78 yards and two receptions for 69 yards.

Tim Aldus scored the final touchdown of the game for Belfast on a 15 yard pass from Lear. Jones finished the night’s scoring on behalf of Wells with a 27 yard run. Jones led Wells with 13 carries for 85 yards and Luke Sibley added nine carries for 78 yards.

Lions 44, Warriors 12

Wells (1-3) 6 0 0 6 – 12

Belfast (4-0) 14 8 22 0 – 44

B – Welch 64 pass from Lear (Lear pass to Welch)

W – Jones 1 run (rush failed)

B – Parenteau 9 run (pass failed)

B – Parenteau 7 run (Lear rush)

B – Welch 1 run (rush failed)

B – Parenteau 7 run (Lear rush)

B – Aldus 15 pass from Lear (Leavitt rush)

W – Jones 27 run (rush failed)