Thibodeau leads MMA past Worcester State

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CASTINE – Senior fullback Don Thibodeau racked up 218 yards on 29 carries and scored two touchdowns as the Maine Maritime Academy Mariners defeated the Worcester State Lancers 35-7 in New England Football Conference action Saturday.

Thibodeau peeled off a 50-yard scoring jaunt in the first quarter to open the scoring and added a 1-yard plunge in the fourth quarter to help ice it.

Maine Maritime Academy piled up 304 yards on the ground, while senior quarterback B.J. Dunlap completed three of six passes for 84 yards, including an 11-yard TD toss to Brandon Goodrich.

Goodrich also turned in a 10-yard scoring run.

Chris Clayton paced the MMA defense with 12 tackles, while Nate Bolduc and Wayne Withers made 11 each. Brandon Hamilton returned an interception 60 yards for a score, while Brian Guillerault and John Jenkinson also picked off passes.

Worcester State (5-3) 0 0 7 0 – 7

Maine Maritime (5-2) 7 7 7 14 – 35

MMA – Thibodeau 50 run (Dunlap kick)

MMA – Goodrich 10 run (Dunlap kick)

WSC – Kasprzak 29 run (Gabriel kick)

MMA – Thibodeau 1 run (Dunlap kick)

MMA – Goodrich 11 pass from Dunlap (Dunlap kick)

MMA -Hamilton 60 interception return (Dunlap kick)

Colby 34, Hamilton 20

At Clinton, N.Y., quarterback Justin Smith completed 17 of 24 passes for 237 yards and three touchdowns and also carried 10 times for 60 yards and a score as the White Mules kicked the Continentals in New England Small College Athletic Conference action.

Colby (4-1) 13 7 7 7 – 34

Hamilton (1-4) 0 13 7 0 – 20

C – Tomich 47 pass from Smith (Goss kick)

C – Tomich 31 pass from Smith (pass failed)

C – Moore 16 pass from Smith (Goss kick)

H – Soobitsky 12 fumble recovery (Kopp kick)

H – Pedrick 56 interception return (kick failed)

C – Bashaw 35 run (Goss kick)

H – Hood 44 run (Kopp kick)

C – Smith 52 run (Goss kick)

Middlebury 41, Bates 7

At Lewiston, Tiger Lyon completed 13 of 19 passes for 185 yards and three touchdowns, leading the Panthers to a NESCAC victory over the Bobcats at Garcelon Field.

Middlebury (1-4) 7 13 14 7 – 41

Bates (1-4) 7 0 0 0 – 7

M -Armstrong 21 pass from Lyon (Hauschka kick)

B – MacNamara 15 pass from Colon (Schmelz kick)

M – Hrdina 18 run (kick blocked)

M – Armstrong 27 pass from Lyon (Hauschka kick)

M – Secor 49 interception return (Hauschka kick)

M – Lyon 2 run (Hauschka kick)

M – Holm 2 pass from Lyon (Hauschka kick)

Trinity 23, Bowdoin 3

At Hartford, Conn., the Bantams’ offense dominated, racking up 413 yards and 27 first downs while possessing the ball for more than 43 minutes, en route to the NESCAC win over the previously undefeated Polar Bears.

Bowdoin managed only five first downs and 140 total yards. Quarterback Ricky Leclerc completed five of 16 passes for 98 yards. Nolan McNair’s 31-yard field goal accounted for the visitors’ only points.

Bowdoin (4-1) 3 0 0 0 – 3

Trinity (5-0) 7 10 0 6 – 23

T – Quinones 5 run (Swiniarski kick)

B – McNair 31 field goal

T – Swiniarski 26 field goal

T – Leo 1 run (Swiniarski kick)

T – Swiniarski 24 field goal

T – Swiniarski 28 field goal