December 23, 2024
COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Mariners rally past rival Bucs Bower gains 210 yards, scores 3 touchdowns

CASTINE – Fullback Jim Bower piled up 210 yards on 37 carries, turning in fourth-quarter touchdown runs of 13 and 9 yards, as Maine Maritime Academy pulled away to post a 26-7 New England Football Conference victory over Massachusetts Maritime Academy at Ritchie Field on Saturday.

Quarterback Tyler Angell’s 29-yard touchdown run midway through the third quarter put the Mariners in front for good. He netted 109 yards on 21 carries for the Mariners, who won the Admirals Cup for the fifth straight year in the rivalry with Massachusetts Maritime.

Angell also added a 24-yard TD scamper.

Kyle Moon threw a 29-yard scoring pass to Colin Teehan for the 0-7 Buccaneers.

Defensive back Rob Leighton set a Maine Maritime record with his 13th career interception. Wade Mondoux provided 10 tackles and an interception for the Mariners while Steve Keroack had seven tackles, five for a loss.

Mass. Maritime (0-7) 0 0 7 0 – 7

Maine Maritime (4-3) 6 0 8 12 – 26

MeM – Angell 24 run (kick failed)

MaM – Teehan 29 pass from Moon (Bickley kick)

MeM – Angell 29 run (Murphy rush)

MeM – Bower 13 run (pass failed)

MeM – Bower 9 run (pass failed)

Husson 49, SUNY Maritime 14

At Throggs Neck, N.Y., tailbacks Julius Williams and Justin Lindie of Winslow combined to rush for 290 yards and six touchdowns as the Eagles posted their fifth win.

Williams netted 180 yards on 23 carries and turned in scoring runs of 4, 1, 4 and 5 yards. Lindie carried 18 times for 110 yards with two 12-yard touchdowns scampers.

James McCandless went 9-for-13 passing good for 165 yards and a touchdown and was not intercepted. James Dobson made seven catches for 146 yards, one of them a 56-yard TD reception.

Husson broke a 7-7 tie on the McCandless to Dobson hookup and then scored twice more in the first half to begin the rout. The Eagles amassed 486 yards of offense, including 321 on the ground.

Keith Runne paced Husson with six tackles, while Cory Smith posted five tackles, including 2.5 for a loss. Doug Blades made an interception.

Jamie Spanopoulos rushed for 71 yards and a TD to lead SUNY Maritime College.

Husson (5-2) 7 21 14 7 – 49

SUNY Maritime (3-4) 7 0 0 7 – 14

H – Williams 4 run (Gauthier kick)

M – Spanopoulos 1 run (Kittinger kick)

H – Dobson 56 pass from McCandless (Gauthier kick)

H – Williams 1 run (Gauthier kick)

H – Williams 4 run (Gauthier kick)

H – Lindie 12 run (Gauthier kick)

H – Lindie 12 run (Gauthier kick)

H – Williams 5 run (Gauthier kick)

M – O’Connor 10 run (Kittinger kick)

Colby 16, Hamilton 13

At Alfond Stadium in Waterville, the Mules scored the game’s first 16 points and forced five turnovers in beating the Continentals.

Hamilton (2-3) 0 3 7 3 – 13

Colby (3-2) 6 10 0 0 – 16

C – Prunier 4 run (kick failed)

C – Gagne 32 field goal

C – Prunier 1 run (Gagne kick)

H – Taylor 45 field goal

H – Foster 4 pass from Eck (Taylor kick)

H – Taylor 31 field goal

Trinity 40, Bowdoin 16

At Brunswick, Trinity amassed more than 500 yards of offense and forced five turnovers while cruising to victory over Bowdoin.

Trinity (5-0) 13 17 7 3 – 40

Bowdoin (1-4) 3 0 0 13 – 16

T – McGrath 5 run (kick failed)

B – McNair 19 field goal

T – Galligan 23 pass from McGrath (Cox kick)

T – Wells 20 pass from McGrath (Cox kick)

T – Cox 39 field goal

T – Starnes 1 run (Cox kick)

T – Starnes 11 run (Cox kick)

T – Cox 26 field goal

B – Kell 15 run (McNair kick)

B – Lathrop 5 run (kick blocked)

Middlebury 38, Bates 14

At Middlebury, Vt., Donald McKillop passed for 247 yards and two scores and also rushed for two touchdowns to power the Panthers past the Bobcats from Lewiston.

Bates (0-5) 7 7 0 0 – 14

Middlebury (3-2) 7 10 14 7 – 38

M – Matson 12 pass from McKillop (Kuchan kick)

B – Beaton 23 pass from Thornton (Segall-Adams kick)

B – Gregg 19 pass from Katon (Segall-Abrams)

M – Bohling 35 run (Kuchan kick)

M – Kuchan 20 field goal

M – McKillop 3 run (Kuchan kick)

M – McKillop 1 run (Kuchan kick)

M – Dillon 14 pass from McKillop (Kuchan kick)


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