December 23, 2024
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

Ponies shut out Stearns Rockland, HA also victorious

MILLINOCKET – Joey Caparrelli carried the ball seven times for 125 yards and two touchdowns to help lift the Ponies to victory.

Both of Caparrelli’s scores came in the first quarter, including a 54 yard run.

James McPhee also tallied two touchdowns as he carried the ball four times for 75 yards.

Shane Adkins, Brad Bellemare and Jerod Rideout each added a rushing touchdown as the Ponies totaled 320 yards on the ground.

Foxcroft’s defense held the Minutemen to 87 total yards.

Jon Campbell led all defenders, tallying 18 tackles, a sack, one fumble recovery and also blocked a kick for Stearns.

Foxcroft (6-1) 28 12 0 6 – 46

Stearns (0-7) 0 0 0 0 – 0

FA – Caparrelli 6 run (Bellemare kick)

FA – McPhee 50 run (Bellemare kick)

FA – Adkins 33 run (Bellemare kick)

FA – Caparrelli 54 run (Bellemare kick)

FA – McPhee 10 run (kick failed)

FA – Bellemare 8 run (kick failed)

FA – Rideout 1 run (kick failed)

Rockland 40, MCI 34

At Rockland, Mike Marsh rushed for 108 yards on 11 carries and finished with two touchdowns, including the tie-breaking score with nine minutes left in the game, as Rockland eked out a victory.

On the first play of that decisive drive, Marsh ran the ball for 66 of his 108 total yards to put the Tigers ahead for good.

Trailing 26-14 at halftime, MCI responded when Rodney Jones returned the kickoff for a 75-yard touchdown.

Rockland quarterback Andrew Weiss answered that score with one of his own, as he rushed 40 yards on the first play of the Tigers’ next possession. Weiss finished the game with 122 yards on the ground, and completed seven of 18 passes for 173 yards.

Dom Morrill had a pass interception of MCI quarterback Victor Quint.

The Huskies rushed for 292 yards on 52 carries. Derek Gregory lead the way with 94 yards and a touchdown.

MCI (3-4) 6 8 20 0 – 34

Rockland (5-2) 12 14 8 6 – 40

R – Coppola 15 run (pass failed)

R – Marsh 7 run (rush failed)

MCI – Gregory 15 run (rush failed)

MCI – Quint 9 run (Dyer rush)

R – Elwell 77 from Weiss (Marsh rush)

R – Coppola 34 from Weiss (pass failed)

MCI – Jones 75 kickoff return (Quint rush)

R – Weiss 40 run (Weiss rush)

MCI – Souliere 5 from Quint (rush failed)

MCI – Havey 9 run (rush failed)

R – Marsh 66 run (pass failed)

Hampden 14, Old Town 0

At Hampden, Shawn Smith was 7-for-14 passing for 131 yards, including a 22-yard touchdown, for the Broncos.

Defensively, Drew Chase made five tackles and had two sacks. Som Ratsakongsky added seven tackles for Hampden Academy.

Old Town 0 0 0 0 – 0

Hampden 0 8 0 6 – 14

HA – MacLean 22 pass from Smith (Lovell pass from Smith)

HA – Smith 1 run (pass failed)

Madison 21, Winthrop 6

At Madison, Dan Kalagher was 4-for-9 passing with 111 yards and had nine carries for 75 yards and a touchdown for Madison.

Mitch Steward had 91 yards on 17 carries. Josiah Wing had two receptions for 70 yards and a touchdown while Tim Fortin had a 42-yard catch for the Bulldogs.

Tim Thornton had 16 tackles for Madison while Dan Kalagher and Dustin Whipple each made eight. Ryan Carpenter recovered a fumble.

Winthrop’s Josh Dubois rushed for 66 yards on eight carries.

Winthrop (5-2) 0 0 6 0 – 21

Madison (3-4) 0 8 13 0 – 6

M – Noyes 5 run (Steward rush)

W – Dubois 43 run (pass failed)

M – Wing 48 pass from Kalagher (Carpenter kick)

M – Kalagher 1 run (kick failed)

Correction: A shorter version of this article appeared in the Coastal edition.

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