December 23, 2024
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

3 Frasz touchdowns pave way for Ponies Belfast, Bucksport, Rockland also victors

DOVER-FOXCROFT – David Frasz rushed for touchdowns of 10 and 6 yards and opened the second half with an 85-yard touchdown return to guide the Foxcroft Academy Ponies past the Stearns Minutemen 53-6 in schoolboy football action Friday night.

Shaw Weeks, Wade Witham, Brian Hanson, and Mike Winkler each added a rushing touchdown for the Ponies, with Hanson scoring on a 41-yard gallop. David White also connected on a 4-yard TD pass to Shane Adkins, and White kicked five extra points.

Frasz finished with 66 yards on five carries and White had 44 yards on six carries while also completing 2 of 2 passes for 44 yards.

Jordan Burleigh scored on an 8-yard run for the Minutemen.

Stearns (0-7) 0 6 0 0 – 6

Foxcroft (7-0) 14 14 19 6 – 53

F – Frasz 10 run (White kick)

F – Frasz 6 run (White kick)

S – Burleigh 8 run (pass failed)

F – Weeks 1 run (White kick)

F – Adkins pass from White (White kick)

F – Frasz 85 kickoff return (White kick)

F – Whitam 3 run (kick blocked)

F – Hanson 41 run (rush failed)

F – Winkler 3 run (rush failed)

Belfast 56, MDI 22

At Belfast, Jake Arthers completed two touchdown passes to Ben Felton, rushed for three two-point conversions, and passed to Felton for two other two-point conversions to lead Belfast to victory over Mount Desert Island.

Ricky Bernosky rushed for 206 yards on 15 carries and scored two touchdowns and rushed for two conversions for the Lions.

Travis Lee had 16 carries for 216 yards and scored two touchdowns for Belfast, including a 70-yard run in the second quarter. Nick Marston scored on an 11-yard run in the fourth quarter.

Sean Parady threw two touchdown passes, a 19-yard pass to Collin Walton and a 10-yarder to Terrence Jones, for the Trojans. Tyler Murphy added a 3-yard touchdown run in second quarter.

MDI (4-3) 0 14 0 8 – 22

Belfast (3-4) 16 24 8 8 – 56

B – Bernosky 1 run (Arthers rush)

B – Bernosky 23 run (Felton pass from Arthers)

MDI – Walton 19 pass from Parady (rush failed)

B – Felton 2 pass from Arthers (Arthers rush)

B – Lee 70 run (Felton pass from Arthers)

MDI – Murphy 3 run (Parady rush)

B – Felton 27 pass from Arthers (Arthers rush)

B – Lee 1 run (Bernosky rush)

B – Marston 11 run (Bernosky rush)

MDI – Jones 10 pass from Parady (Murphy rush)

Bucksport 35, Orono 14

At Bucksport, Derek Fish completed seven out of 10 passes for 107 yards and two touchdowns, both to Todd Freeman, as Bucksport cruised past Orono.

Freeman caught five passes for 87 yards on the night, hauling in 19- and 34-yard passes for scores, respectively. Zach Gellerson opened the scoring with an 87-yard punt return for a touchdown for the Golden Bucks. Chris Maguire had 66 yards on 13 carries and a 2-yard touchdown rumble, and Nate Warren chipped in with 66 yards, 51 of which came on a second-quarter TD scamper. Bucksport racked up 295 total yards, 184 on the ground and 111 through the air.

Jared Bussell had 46 yards on 11 carries and connected with quarterback Cash Keezer on a 25-yard touchdown strike on a halfback option for the Red Riots. Keezer completed five of nine passes for 34 yards. Dustin Goudreau scored on a 1-yard burst.

Orono (2-5) 0 8 0 6 – 14

Bucksport (5-2) 14 21 0 0 – 35

B – Gellerson 87 punt return TD (kick failed)

B – Freeman 19 pass from Fish (Gellerson rush)

B – Maguire 2 run (Gray pass from Fish)

O – Keezer 25 pass from Bussell (Bussell rush)

B – Freeman 34 pass from Fish (rush failed)

B – Warren 51 run (Maguire kick)

O – Goudreau 1 run (rush failed)

Rockland 36, MCI 8

At Pittsfield, Andrew Weiss ran for two touchdowns and caught a 5-yard pass from Mike Brown for another TD to lead Rockland past Maine Central Institute.

Mark Boynton scored two touchdowns and rushed for two two-point conversions for the Tigers.

Nick Miller scored on a 4-yard run in the third quarter for MCI and added a two-point conversion on a rush.

Rockland (5-2) 0 16 14 6 – 36

MCI (1-6) 0 0 8 0 – 8

R – Brown 5 pass from Weiss (Boynton rush)

R – Weiss run (Boynton rush)

MCI – Miller 4 run (Miller rush)

R – Boynton run (rush failed)

R – Weiss run (Boynton rush)

R – Boynton run (kick failed)


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