December 23, 2024
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

Withee gives father 100th victory at FA Stearns, MCI, Mt. Blue win

DOVER-FOXCROFT – Senior quarterback Josh Withee passed for three touchdowns to lead Foxcroft Academy to a 55-6 high school football victory over Dexter on Friday night at Oakes Field.

Withee completed 8 of 14 passes for 193 yards to help his father, Paul, collect his 100th career win at Foxcroft.

It was the 9-0 Ponies’ 21st consecutive regular-season win. Dexter fell to 2-7.

Withee, who also ran for 51 yards on five carries, threw a 69-yard TD pass to Greg Perry to open the scoring and followed a 37-yard TD run by Bobby Gilbert with a 20-yard scoring strike to Matt Earnest.

Lincoln Robinson’s 7-yard run and Gilbert’s 27-yard scamper upped the lead to 34-0 at the half.

Withee and Earnest hooked up on a 44-yard scoring strike early in the the second half.

Mark Pullen’s 35-yard interception return accounted for Dexter’s TD before Joey Capparrelli returned the ensuing kickoff 65 yards for a touchdown. FA’s Jesse Lewis capped the scoring with a 63-yard run.

Gilbert carried the ball 12 times for 102 yards and two touchdowns. Robinson contributed 35 yards on five carries.

Logan Schoenbacher paced Dexter by rushing for 74 yards on 16 carries.

Dexter (2-7) 0 0 0 6 – 6

Foxcroft (9-0) 20 14 7 14- 55

FA – Perry 69 pass from Withee (Withee kick)

FA – Gilbert 37 run (kick failed)

FA – Earnest 20 pass from Withee (Withee kick)

FA – Robinson 7 run (Withee kick)

FA – Gilbert 27 run (Withee kick)

FA – Earnest 44 pass from Withee (Withee kick)

D – Pullen 35 interception return (kick failed)

D – Capparrelli 65 kickoff return (rush failed)

FA – Lewis 63 run (Capparrelli rush)

Stearns 28, Mattanawcook 0

At Lincoln, Matt Wark scored two touchdowns and Derek DiFrederico passed for two scores as the Minutemen of Millinocket gained the shutout victory.

Wark opened the scoring by taking in a 31-yard pass from DiFrederico in the first quarter, then added a 25-yard TD run in the second quarter.

Craig Cullen scored on a 1-yard-run in the third quarter, and Tyler Pelkey completed the scoring by catching a 36-yard pass from DiFrederico. Pelkey also kicked four extra points.

Cullen, a fullback, was the offensive workhorse for Stearns, while linebacker Tyler Gardner and quarterback Dustin Hanscom led the Lynx.

Stearns (8-1) 7 7 7 7 – 28

Mattanawcook (2-7) 0 0 0 0 – 0

S – Wark 31 pass from DiFrederico (Pelkey kick)

S – Wark 25 run (Pelkey kick)

S – Cullen 1 run (Pelkey kick)

S – Pelkey 36 pass from DiFrederico (Pelkey kick)

MCI 43, John Bapst 21

At Pittsfield, Jonathan Smith ran for 167 yards on 14 carries and scored two touchdowns to push Maine Central Institute past John Bapst of Bangor.

Smith topped the 1,000-yard-plateau for the season with his effort. The senior now has 1,155 rushing yards in nine games.

Phil Hendricks completed 6 of 13 passes for 149 yards with three touchdowns for MCI. Jake Lasselle had four receptions for 87 yards, including two touchdowns, and Mike Adams caught two passes for 62 yards with a TD. Kevin Williams ran 22 yards for the score in the fourth quarter.

George Keefe ran in one touchdown and passed for two more for John Bapst. Tyler Yeo caught a 7-yard pass from Keefe, and Tom Carey scored on a 3-yard pass reception.

John Bapst (3-6) 0 0 7 14 – 21

MCI (6-3) 7 13 8 15 – 43

M – Smith 52 run (Lasselle kick)

M – Adams 52 pass from Hendricks (kick failed)

M – Lasselle 26 pass from Hendricks (Smith rush)

JB – Keefe 1 run (Leighton kick)

M – Lasselle 52 pass from Hendricks (kick failed)

M – Smith 57 run (Hendricks pass to Bell)

M – Williams 22 run (York rush)

JB – Yeo 7 pass from Keefe (kick failed)

JB – Carey 3 pass from Keefe (Alvarez rush)

Mt. Blue 18, Skowhegan 0

At Farmington, Lance Meader had 26 carries for 168 yards and scored two touchdowns to help No. 4 Mt. Blue advance to the Pine Tree Conference semifinals.

Joe Starbird caught a 28-yard pass from Garrett Lake in the third quarter for the Cougars. Lake completed 7 of 15 passes for 105 yards.

Michael Lacasse completed 10 of 26 passes for 129 yards for No. 5 Skowhegan.

Skowhegan (5-4) 0 0 0 0 – 0

Mt. Blue (7-2) 0 12 6 0 – 18

MB – Meader 3 run (kick failed)

MB – Meader 58 run (kick failed)

MB -Starbird 28 pass from Lake (pass failed)

Rockland 42, Maranacook 8

At Rockland, Trevor Davis rushed for 220 yards on 25 carries with four touchdowns to help lead Rockland to their first winning season since 1988.

Davis finished the season with 220 carries for 1,234 yards and 13 touchdowns.

John Coppola completed 3 of 5 passes for 77 yards for Rockland, including a touchdown pass to Wade Oliver. Greg Crupi ran 7 yards for a score.

Dan Curtis aided the Rockland defense with two quarterback sacks.

Kyle Jarvis caught a 9-yard scoring pass from Luke St. Pierre in the fourth quarter for Maranacook of Readfield. Corey Allen had 13 carries for 70 yards, and Adam Hewett ran 63 yards on nine carries.

Maranacook (0-9) 0 0 0 8 – 8

Rockland (5-4) 20 8 14 0 – 42

R – Davis 54 run (Davis rush)

R – Davis 11 run (rush failed)

R – Davis 33 run (rush failed)

R – Oliver 14 pass from Coppola (Oliver pass from Coppola)

R – Davis 7 run (Athearn rush)

R – Crupi 7 run (rush failed)

M -Jarvis 9 pass from St. Pierre (Jarvis pass from St. Pierre)


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