November 22, 2024
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

Brewer defense stymies Oak Hill

WALES – Chris Noyes rushed for two touchdowns and the Brewer defense limited host Oak Hill to minus-4 yards of offense after intermission as the Witches earned a 32-6 Pine Tree Conference Class B football victory Saturday.

The win lifts coach Ed Ortego’s club to 2-1 heading into Friday night’s home game at Doyle Field against undefeated Belfast. Oak Hill, which entered the game unbeaten, is also 2-1.

“It was an intense battle by both teams,” said Ortego. “They were undefeated, and they did not want to give that up.”

The Brewer defense forced three Oak Hill turnovers, two interceptions by Andy Frost and a fumble recovery by Tony Schwarze, and recorded three quarterback sacks for minus-37 yards.

Brewer outgained Oak Hill 268-98 in total yards. Brewer ground out 227 rushing yards on 47 carries, with Noyes gaining 60 yards on 15 attempts and Chris Fox gaining 43 yards on five tries.

Fox gave Brewer the lead early in the second quarter with a 3-yard touchdown run, and Dan Fox added the two-point conversion. Schwarze then recovered a fumble at the Oak Hill 3, and Court Rancourt scored on a 3-yard run. Kevin McAvoy kicked the extra point to extend the Brewer lead to 15-0.

Frost returned his first interception 26 yards to the Oak Hill 11 later in the period, and Noyes scored from 6 yards out. McAvoy’s kick made it 22-0.

Oak Hill got on the scoreboard late in the second quarter on a 1-yard run by quarterback Adam Labbe.

“They scored in the final minute of the first half, but we came out for the second half even stronger defensively,” Ortego said. “The second half was real pleasing.”

Noyes scored his second touchdown on another 6-yard run in the third quarter, with Dan Fox passing to Drew Francis for the two-point conversion. Sean Pulley capped off Brewer’s scoring by sacking Labbe in the end zone for a fourth-quarter safety.

Brewer (2-1) 0 22 8 2 – 32

Oak Hill (2-1) 0 6 0 0 – 6

B – C. Fox 29 run (D. Fox rush)

B – Rancourt 3 run (McAvoy kick)

B – Noyes 6 run (McAvoy kick)

O – Labbe 1 run (rush failed)

B – Noyes 6 run (D. Fox pass to Francis)

B – Safety, Pulley sacked Labbe in end zone

Rockland 36, Dexter 14

At Dexter, senior tailback Trevor Davis rushed for 169 yards and three touchdowns as the visiting Tigers posted their second straight victory.

Davis scored all of his touchdowns in the first half as Rockland built a 24-2 lead. He scored on an 8-yard run in the first quarter and had a pair of 2-yard touchdown runs in the second period.

Rockland (2-2) maintained its lead in the second half as quarterback John Coppola threw a pair of touchdown passes, 42 yards to Nate Grade and 31 yards to Wade Oliver. Coppola completed 5 of 9 passes for 119 yards.

Billy Greene scored a pair of touchdowns for Dexter (0-4) on a 15-yard run in the third quarter and a 34-yard scamper in the fourth period. Greene finished with 133 yards on 13 carries.

Rockland (2-2) 8 16 0 12 – 36

Dexter (0-4) 0 2 6 6 – 14

R – Davis 8 run (Coppola pass to Oliver)

D – Safety, Coppola tackled in end zone

R – Davis 2 run (Davis rush)

R – Davis 2 run (Coppola pass to Grade)

D – Greene 15 run (rush failed)

R – Grade 42 pass from Coppola (pass failed)

D – Greene 34 run (pass failed)

R – Oliver 31 pass from Coppola (kick failed)

Leavitt 44, MDI 0

At Turner Center, Chad Schrepper rushed for 197 yards and two touchdowns as Leavitt earned its first win of the season.

Quarterback Dustin Gilbert threw a pair of touchdown passes for the 1-3 Hornets, who broke the game open with three touchdowns in the second quarter and held a 26-0 lead at the break.

Schrepper scored on runs of 2 and 58 yards, while Gilbert completed scoring passes of 23 and 19 yards to Brandon Hinkley. Other Leavitt touchdowns came on a 45-yard return with a fumble recovery by Dan Tremblay and runs of 73 yards by Broc Hardacker and 13 yards by Ben Boulay.

Mt. Desert Island (0-4) 0 0 0 0 – 0

Leavitt (1-3) 6 20 12 6-44

L – Schrepper 2 run (kick failed)

L – Hinkley 23 pass from Gilbert (Gilbert pass to Witham)

L – Tremblay 45 fumble return (pass failed)

L – Hinkley 19 pass from Gilbert (pass failed)

L – Schrepper 58 run (pass failed)

L – Hardacker 73 run (rush failed)

L – Boulay 13 run (rush failed)


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