December 22, 2024
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

Gaynor propels Trojans; Bapst, MA, FA winners

NEWPORT – Odane Gaynor carried 19 times for 140 yards and a touchdown Saturday to lead Mount Desert Island to a 21-6 LTC football victory over Nokomis.

Gaynor’s 81-yard scoring run in the fourth quarter gave Mount Desert Island some breathing room. MDI outgained Nokomis 324-193.

Terrence Jones made four pass receptions for 118 yards, including first-half touchdown catches of 61 and 30 yards.

Adam Amoroso threw a 5-yard TD pass to John Long for Nokomis.

MDI (5-2) 7 6 0 8 – 21

Nokomis (1-6) 0 0 0 6 – 6

MDI – Jones 61 pass from Crawford (Gaynor kick)

MDI – Jones 30 pass from Prior (kick failed)

MDI – Gaynor 81 run (Jones rush)

N – Long 5 pass from Amoroso (pass failed)

John Bapst 27, Bucksport 6

At Bucksport, Kyle Gallant connected on 10 of 21 passes for 170 yards, including a 50-yard touchdown pass to Shane Hass as John Bapst of Bangor triumphed.

Bill Weatherbee had 74 yards on five carries and a 55-yard touchdown scamper for the Crusaders. Colin Gagnon recovered a blocked punt for a touchdown, while Nick Smith added a 40-yard touchdown run.

Nate Warren paced Bucksport with 72 yards on 18 carries.

John Bapst (6-1) 0 7 14 6 – 27

Bucksport (3-4) 0 0 0 6 – 6

JB – Gagnon recovered blocked punt in end zone (Gallant kick)

JB – Hass 50 pass from Gallant (Gallant kick)

JB – Smith 40 run (Gallant kick)

B – Jones 13 pass from Fish (rush failed)

JB – Weatherbee 55 run (kick failed)

Leavitt 32, Belfast 26

At Belfast, Tyler Green’s 90-yard touchdown run with about eight minutes remaining gave Leavitt of Turner a lead it wouldn’t relinquish.

Green’s run came on the first play after the Hornets had stuffed the Lions on a fourth-down play at the 10-yard line.

Green added touchdown runs of 23 yards in the second quarter and one yard in the third. Nick Urquhart opened the scoring for Leavitt with a 70-yard TD scamper on the first play of the game, while Evan Barker contributed an 11-yard TD run.

Jake Arthers connected for three touchdown passes for Belfast, a 17-yarder to Ben Felton in the first quarter, a 2-yarder to Brandon Drinkwater in the second and an 18-yard strike to Josh Merrifield, also in the second.

Willie Fogg added a 1-yard touchdown run in the third quarter.

Leavitt (5-2) 8 12 6 6 – 32

Belfast (2-5) 8 12 6 0 – 26

L – Urquhart 70 run (Barker rush)

B – Felton 17 pass from Arthers (Fogg rush)

B – Drinkwater 2 pass from Arthers (pass failed)

B – Merrifield 18 pass from Arthers (pass failed)

L – Green 23 run (rush failed)

L – Green 1 run (rush failed)

B – Fogg 1 run (rush failed)

L – Barker 11 run (rush failed)

L – Green 90 run (kick failed)

Foxcroft 56, Mount View 0

At Dover-Foxcroft, Shane Adkins and Jerod Rideout each returned a punt for a touchdown to spark a 34-point first quarter as the Ponies cruised past Mount View of Thorndike.

Rideout had a 60-yard punt return for a touchdown while Adkins returned one 30 yards for a score.

Ryan Stroud completed all six of his passes for 100 yards and a touchdown.

Ian Champeon scored two rushing touchdowns and Ben Provost had one for Foxcroft.

Mount View was led by Edwin Santana who was 5-for-14 passing for 98 yards. Ed Rodrigues had four catches for 78 yards for the Mustangs.

Mount View (0-7) 0 0 0 0 – 0

Foxcroft (7-0) 34 14 0 8 – 56

FA – Adkins 8 run (Gourley kick)

FA – Rideout 60 punt return (Gourley kick)

FA – Adkins 30 punt return (Gourley kick)

FA – Champeon 10 run (Gourley kick)

FA – Champeon 28 run (kick failed)

FA – Provost 3 run (Gourley kick)

FA – St. Bowden 17 pass from Stroud (Gourley kick)

FA – Sp. Bowden 18 run (Gourley pass from Stroud)

Oak Hill 50, Hampden 22

At Wales, Nick Brown racked up 165 rushing yards and scored four touchdowns to power the Raiders to victory over the Broncos.

Brown had touchdown runs of 3, 7 and 47 yards for Oak Hill, which scored 22 first-quarter points to take charge. The hosts had nearly 300 yards rushing.

Ed Becker scored on a 17-yard run for Hampden Academy, while Steve Smith had a 20-yard TD scamper and Nolan Turner churned out a 32-yard scoring run.

Hampden (2-5) 0 16 0 6 – 22

Oak Hill (3-4) 22 8 14 6 – 50

OH – Blais 59 pass from Sirois (kick failed)

OH – Banton 25 run (Emmons pass from Turcotte)

OH – Brown 3 run (Brown rush)

HA – Safety, punt snap out of end zone

HA – Becker 17 run (Lindeman pass from Smith)

OH – Brown 7 run (Brown rush)

HA – Smith 20 run (rush failed)

OH – Brown 47 run (Brown rush)

OH – Tibbetts 12 run (kick failed)

HA – Turner 32 run (rush failed)

Mattanawcook 46, MCI 7

At Pittsfield, Brady Vose rushed for 172 yards on 16 carries and a touchdown as Mattanawcook Academy of Lincoln thumped Maine Central Institute.

Peter Coggin chalked up 135 yards on five carries and a score for the Lynx while Nathan Nevells had two sacks and a 7-yard fumble return for a touchdown.

Mattanawcook 7 20 7 12 – 46

MCI 0 0 0 7 – 7

MA – Epp 42 run (Jipson kick)

MA – Coggins 51 run (Jipson kick)

MA – Vose 5 run (Jipson kick)

MA – Ireland 51 interception return (kick failed)

MA – Coggins 46 run (Jipson kick)

MA – Nevells 7 fumble return (rush failed)

MA – Miller 12 blocked punt return TD (rush failed)


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