Friday’s high school football: Biddeford knocks off Marshwood
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Biddeford erased a 14-point deficit with two touchdowns late in the first half, then dominated the second half en route to a 37-14 win over previously undefeated Marshwood in a Class B South football game Friday night in South Berwick.
Marshwood (6-1), ranked No. 4 in the Varsity Maine Top 10, put together two long touchdown drives in the first half. Parker Ferrer’s 9-yard run in the first quarter made it 6-0, and the Hawks held the ball for nearly nine minutes in the second quarter, as a 5-yard run by Greg Castoras capped an 89-yard drive.
Biddeford (5-2), though, quickly drove down the field and cut into its deficit when Stanley Richerson scored on a 10-yard run. Moments later, Alexander Gosselin intercepted a pass and returned it 43 yards for a touchdown. Estevao Lembissa’s conversion rush gave the Tigers a 15-14 halftime lead.
Lembissa broke it open with two long TDs in the third quarter — a 71-yard pass from Ernest Dore and a 49-yard run.
Richerson added a 78-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter.
KENNEBUNK 20, WESTBROOK 14: Peter Landenberger scored the go-ahead touchdown on a 3-yard run midway through the second quarter, and the Rams (6-1) held Westbrook (2-5) scoreless over the final three quarters as they secured a Class B South victory in Kennebunk.
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Ethan White had two touchdown runs for the Rams, including a 52-yarder just 48 seconds into the game.
Westbrook, though, led 14-6 after one quarter. Andre Hicks III returned a short punt 39 yards for a TD, and Cole Tanner scored on a 4-yard run.
White’s second touchdown — a 23-yard run — cut the margin to 14-12 early in the second quarter.
The Blue Blazes drove deep into Kennebunk territory late in the game, but the Rams held on downs.
NOBLE 21, SOUTH PORTLAND 7: Mark LaPointe threw two touchdown passes and the Knights (3-4) kept their playoff hopes alive with a Class A South win over the Red Riots (4-3) in North Berwick.
LaPointe tossed a 30-yard scoring pass to Bryson McCormack in the first quarter as Noble took a 14-0 lead. In the fourth quarter, Alec Hale caught a screen pass and went 14 yards for a touchdown.
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Noble’s Tristan Miniutti scored on a 3-yard run in the first quarter.
Christopher Salamone scored on a 3-yard run with 20 seconds left in the second quarter for South Portland, the No. 8 team in the Varsity Maine poll.
THORNTON ACADEMY 61, SANFORD 0: The Trojans (7-0) scored on six of their seven possessions in the first half and cruised to a win over the Spartans (1-6) in Saco.
Brennan Tabor scored on runs of 8 and 22 yards in the first quarter to give Thornton, the top-ranked team in the Varsity Maine poll, a 14-0 lead just 2:07 into the first quarter. Noah Fullerton then threw a 23-yard TD pass to Logan O’Keefe, and Chase Paquette scored on a 3-yard run to make it 26-0.
Paquette scored again on a 3-yard run in the second quarter, followed by a pair of rushing touchdowns by Caleb Parenteau (12 and 6 yards).
Owen Morin scored on a 27-yard run in the third quarter and Kendrick Booker added a 6-yard touchdown run in the fourth.
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CHEVERUS 27, DEERING 6: Colton Jewett passed for a touchdown and ran for another, and the Stags (2-5) built a 21-0 lead in the first 10 minutes against the Rams (1-6) at Memorial Field in Portland.
Igor Bitencourt scored on a 35-yard run, James Dillon recovered a fumble in the end zone, and Kevin True caught a pass from Jewett for a 24-yard touchdown.
Jewett added a 9-yard TD run in the fourth quarter.
Matt Ciampi scored on a 3-yard run for Deering.
GRAY-NEW GLOUCESTER 25, MT. ARARAT 6: Liam Joyce recorded a rushing touchdown and a receiving touchdown in the first half to help the Patriots (5-1) cruise past the Eagles (0-7) in an eight-man Large School South game in Gray.
Wide receiver Carter Corson gave Gray-New Gloucester a 6-0 lead in the first quarter, scoring on a 3-yard jet sweep.
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Joyce scored on a 5-yard run later in the first. In the second quarter, he was left open near the end zone and quarterback Cole Prescott found him for a 15-yard touchdown, extending the lead to 18-0.
Running Grealish scampered 14 yards in the fourth quarter for the Patriots’ final TD.
Mt. Ararat got a 70-yard touchdown run from Ethan Fournier late in the fourth.
CONY 55, BRUNSWICK 7: Drew Lindquist passed for five touchdowns, Anderson Noyes and Landen Perry both scored twice, and the Rams (6-1) cruised to a Class B win over the Dragons (1-6) in Augusta.
Lindquist’s first TD pass, an 18-yarder to Ian Lasselle, gave the Rams an early lead. Brunswick struck back immediately, as Jacob Austin returned the ensuing kickoff 83 yards to the end zone.
Noyes then put Cony ahead for good with the first of his two 3-yard touchdown runs. In the second quarter, a blocked punt set up a 17-yard TD pass to Perry, who later caught a 2-yard pass on fourth-and-goal with 4.9 seconds remaining in the half.
After another TD run by Noyes in the third quarter, Lindquist connected with Jacob Fifield (11 yards) and Brady Noftall (6 yards).
Nolan Noyes capped the scoring with a 60-yard touchdown run in the fourth.
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