Sawyer scores 2 TDs as MCI tops Red Riots Markie leads Lynx to 7th win

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PITTSFIELD – Josh Sawyer had a 19-yard run for a touchdown and a 22-yard fumble recovery for a score to lead Maine Central Institute to a 30-22 LTC Class C football victory over Orono. Rodney Jones had a 90-yard kickoff return for a touchdown for…
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PITTSFIELD – Josh Sawyer had a 19-yard run for a touchdown and a 22-yard fumble recovery for a score to lead Maine Central Institute to a 30-22 LTC Class C football victory over Orono.

Rodney Jones had a 90-yard kickoff return for a touchdown for MCI. Zach Dorion completed a 5-yard pass to Mike Souliere for a third-quarter TD that put the Huskies ahead.

Derrick Gregory had 10 rushes for 83 yards and Victor Quint had 11 carries for 45 yards for MCI. Chris Deering had an interception.

Mardy Simon had 26 carries for 182 yards and scored two touchdowns for Orono.

Travis Dunton scored on a 2-yard rush and Nyasha Millard had 13 carries for 61 yards and a pair of two-point conversions.

Orono (5-3) 0 22 0 0 – 22

MCI (4-4) 0 16 7 7 – 30

O-Simon 18 run (Millard rush)

MCI-Jones 90 kickoff return (Quint rush)

MCI-Sawyer 22 fumble recovery (Sawyer rush)

O-Dunton 2 run (Millard rush)

O-Simon 48 run (rush failed)

MCI-Souliere 5 pass from Dorion (Smedberg kick)

MCI-Sawyer 19 run (Smedberg kick)

Mattanawcook 51, Rockland 12

At Lincoln, Duncan Markie carried the ball 29 times for 288 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Lynx to victory.

Quarterback Dylan Hanscom completed 7 of 10 passes for 126 yards and one touchdown and also rushed for a score.

The Mattanawcook defense intercepted Tiger quarterback Andy Weiss three times in the first half to help leave Rockland scoreless at halftime.

Weiss was 9-for-21 passing for 89 yards and a touchdown. Mike Marsh led the ground game with 68 yards on 10 carries.

Rockland (5-3) 0 0 12 0 – 12

Mattanawcook (7-1) 0 25 14 12- 51

MA-Markie 4 run (kick failed)

MA-Markie 25 run (pass failed)

MA-Hanscom 2 run (pass failed)

MA-Gardner 62 pass from Hanscom (Robinson kick)

MA-Markie 3 run (Robinson kick)

R-Tripp 13 pass from Weiss (rush failed)

R-Weiss 4 run (rush failed)

MA-Markie 59 run (Robinson kick)

MA-Smith 5 run (kick failed)

MA-Gardner 1 run (kick failed)

Foxcroft 54, John Bapst 0

At Foxcroft, Joey Caparrelli had five carries for 61 yards and scored three touchdowns, including a 70-yard punt return, to propel Foxcroft Academy to the win.

Brad Bellemare caught an 87-yard touchdown pass from Logan Forrest and ran 29 yards for another score for the Ponies. He ran three times for 69 yards.

Ben Provost had a 41-yard TD run and Jared Rideout added a 54-yard touchdown run. Forrest completed 5 of 12 passes for 157 yards, including a touchdown pass.

Shayne Croan intercepted a pass and took it 40 yards for a touchdown. Josh Pelletier had seven tackles.

Kyle Gallant completed 6 of 13 passes for 80 yards for John Bapst of Bangor.

John Bapst (2-6) 0 0 0 0 – 0

Foxcroft (7-1) 19 14 7 14 – 54

FA-Caparrelli 3 run (kick failed)

FA-Croan 40 interception return (Bellemare kick)

FA-Bellemare 87 pass from Forrest (kick failed)

FA-Bellemare 29 run (Bellemare kick)

FA-Provost 41 run (Bellemare kick)

FA-Caparrelli 14 run (Bellemare kick)

FA-Caparrelli 70 punt return (Bellemare kick)

FA-Rideout 54 run (Bellemare kick)

Bucksport 39, Dexter 6

At Bucksport, Todd Freeman carried the ball twice for 79 yards and two touchdowns, including a 72-yard fourth-quarter run, to lead the Golden Bucks.

Freeman also had two receptions for 43 yards and twice picked off Tiger quarterback Steven Robinson.

Freshman Nate Warren ran for 66 yards and a touchdown for the Bucksport offense, which totaled 327 yards.

For Dexter, Robinson threw for 102 yards and one touchdown, while Jason Gould caught three passes for 62 yards, including one for a 48-yard score.

Dexter (2-6) 0 0 0 6 – 6

Bucksport (4-4) 0 19 7 7 – 39

B-Gray 9 run (Robicheau rush)

B-Maguire 35 run (kick failed)

B-Freeman 29 pass from Fish (pass failed)

B-Freeman 72 run (Robicheau rush)

B-Allison 1 run (Robicheau rush)

D-Gould 48 pass from Robinson (pass failed)

B-Warren 18 run (kick failed)

MDI 43, Old Town 20

At Bar Harbor, Tyler Crawford completed 10 of 17 passes for 224 yards and ran in a touchdown to lead Mount Desert Island to the win.

Jon Hall scored two touchdowns for the Trojans. Alex Keene had a 15-yard run for a touchdown and caught an eight-yard pass from Sean Parady to score another touchdown. Chris Ward added a 3-yard touchdown run. Collin Walton had eight receptions for 143 yards.

Sam Merrill and Andy Leiser each had seven tackles.

MDI had 349 yards of offense on 64 plays.

Lance Getchell completed a 36-yard scoring pass to Justin Morin for Old Town.

Brendan Gilbert had 17 carries for 145 yards and scored a touchdown and Jarrett Lukas scored on a 12-yard run and had 13 tackles.

Old Town had 350 yards of offense on 60 plays.

Old Town (1-7) 0 6 0 14 – 20

MDI (3-5) 15 14 0 14 – 43

MDI-Crawford 1 run (Merrill pass from Crawford)

MDI-Keene 15 run (Dunn kick)

MDI-Hall 6 run (Dunn kick)

MDI-Hall 5 run (Dunn kick)

OT-Morin 36 pass from Getchell (rush failed)

MDI-Ward 3 run (Dunn kick)

OT-Lukas 12 run (rush failed)

MDI-Keene 8 pass from Parady (Dunn kick)

OT-Gilbert 2 run (rush failed)

Jay 28, Madison 12

At Madison, the Tigers’ offense totaled 320 yards to defeat the Bulldogs.

Jay quarterback Mike Nemi completed two touchdown passes to Brad Loon in the second half, and had an interception on the other side.

Ryan Bourassa carried the ball six times for a team-high 91 yards for Jay, while Trevor McCourt rushed for 78 yards and a touchdown and recovered a fumble.

Madison was led by quarterback Dan Kalagher, who ran for 105 yards on six carries and recorded 12 tackles and two fumble recoveries on defense. Tim Fortin tallied 18 stops, while Alex Grover had 14.

Jay (6-2) 7 14 7 0 – 28

Madison (3-5) 0 6 0 6 – 12

J-Nemi 7 run (Brown kick)

M-Kalagher 66 run (kick failed)

J-McCourt 3 run (Bourassa rush)

J-Loon 11 pass from Nemi (kick failed)

J-Loon 30 pass from Nemi (Brown kick)

M-Kalagher 35 run (rush failed)


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