Live updates: Week 8 of Maine high school football
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Varsity Maine is again following the high school football action from throughout the Pine Tree State. It’s Week 8, the final regular-season games for four of the six classifications (A and C wrap up next week). Lock in or check in.
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Updated 8:02 pm · October 23, 2026
HALF: Lawrence 42, Messalonskee 6
Messalonskee’s Fin Minkel scores on a 1-yard TD run with 9 seconds remaining in the 1st half.
Updated 8:01 pm · October 23, 2026
HALF: Cony 20, Gardiner 7
Cony’s Anderson Noyes scores his third TD, a 13-yard run, with 31 seconds left in the 2Q
Updated 8:01 pm · October 23, 2026
Cheverus INT
Isaiah Hounchell with an interception for Cheverus with 10:44 left 4Q
Updated 8:00 pm · October 23, 2026
HALF: Hermon 10, Leavitt 0
On the final play of the first half, Hermon’s Griffin Dunton intercepts a pass at the goal line. He returns it into Leavitt territory before getting tackled.
Updated 7:59 pm · October 23, 2026
Fryeburg 34, Skowhegan 24
Lars Bruhn 45-yard interception return for a TD pushes Fryeburg’s lead to 34-24 with 9:49 left in the third quarter.
Updated 7:58 pm · October 23, 2026
HALF: Oxford Hills 7, Noble 0
Derrik Trybus with an interception for Oxford Hills at the goal line. The Vikings take over at the 20 and kneel down to end the 2Q
Updated 7:58 pm · October 23, 2026
HALF: Poland 14, Mountain Valley 6
Updated 7:57 pm · October 23, 2026
Portland 27, Deering 6
Reece Wildes 36-yard pass to Maddox Meas on first play of 4th quarter. Bad snap on conversion.
Updated 7:55 pm · October 23, 2026
Leavitt fumbles, then holds
The Hornets coughed up the ball in own territory, but then they force a turnover on downs.
Hermon still leads 10-0 with 41 seconds left in the first half.
Updated 7:53 pm · October 23, 2026
Fryeburg 27, Skowhegan 24
Fryeburg takes the lead on a 56-yard run by Marcus Sutton, 15 seconds into the third quarter.
Updated 7:50 pm · October 23, 2026
Lawrence 42, Messalonskee 0
Jaiden Hebert scores on a 1-yard TD run for the Bulldogs.
5:04 left in the 2nd quarter
Updated 7:50 pm · October 23, 2026
Portland 21, Deering 6
Matt Ciampi 33-yard screen pass from Anthony Profenno gets Deering on the scoreboard.
Late 3Q
Updated 7:49 pm · October 23, 2026
FINAL: Freeport 34, Lisbon 0
That oughtta wrap up the No. 1 seed in D South for the Falcons.
Updated 7:48 pm · October 23, 2026
Hermon 10, Leavitt 0
A 27-yard field goal by Ethan Garner adds to the Hawks’ lead.
Upset brewing in Hermon?
Updated 7:46 pm · October 23, 2026
Poland 14, Mountain Valley 6
Poland TDs have both come on screens that the receiver then weaved his way through traffic to the end zone.
Christian Benson 17-yard TD pass from Lucas Gayton.
Lucas Verrill 8-yard TD pass from Gayton.
Updated 7:41 pm · October 23, 2026
Hermon 7, Leavitt 0
Griffin Dunton 19-yard TD run on an end-around. 15-play, 75-yard drive for Hermon.
5:55 left 2Q
Apparently the power went out, pausing the game for a bit.
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Updated 7:40 pm · October 23, 2026
Lawrence 35, Messalonskee 0
Hunter Curtis scores on a 14-yard TD run.
11:19 left in the 2nd quarter
Updated 7:39 pm · October 23, 2026
A few halftime scores
Falmouth 14, Greely 14
Skowhegan 24, Fryeburg 20
Updated 7:38 pm · October 23, 2026
Kennebunk 16, Marshwood 16
First, Kennebunk’s Bradley Farrell reaches the end zone on a 43-yard run, kick failed.
Then Marshwood QB Michael Sbrizza scores on a 39-yard run and Noah Goodwin runs in the two-point conversion
Updated 7:37 pm · October 23, 2026
Cony 13, Gardiner 7
Rams back on top after Anderson Noyes’ second TD of the night, this one from 4 yards out. PAT no good
9:02 left 2Q
Updated 7:35 pm · October 23, 2026
Falmouth 34, Biddeford 8
Colton Jewett returns the second-half kickoff to the Biddeford 6, then the Navigators score on a 6-yard run by Kevin True.
11:40 left 3Q
Updated 7:34 pm · October 23, 2026
Skowhegan 24, Fryeburg 20
Fryeburg QB Marcus Sutton with a 22-yard touchdown pass to Darryl Sutton, but the PAT fails after a bad snap.
25.2 seconds left in the first half.
Updated 7:33 pm · October 23, 2026
Greely 14, Falmouth 14
The Rangers convert a fourth-and-15 from own 44, then Luke Piper throws a 40-yard TD pass to Thomas Brown.
Updated 7:32 pm · October 23, 2026
Lawrence 27, Messalonskee 0
Offensive lineman Brady Richards scores on a 3-yard TD run for Lawrence.
1:49 left in the 1st quarter
Updated 7:29 pm · October 23, 2026
Freeport 34, Lisbon 0
Two Falcons TDs to recap: Landon Clark TD run, then an 11-yard touchdown scamper by Devon Crane.
10:39 left 4Q
Updated 7:27 pm · October 23, 2026
Gardiner 7, Cony 7
On fourth-and-1, Gardiner’s Justin Doody breaks free for a 51-yard TD run. Doody has 126 rushing yards on 12 carries already.
11:13 left 2Q
Updated 7:26 pm · October 23, 2026
Portland 21, Deering 0
Alex Martin 4-yard run, again on direct snap, on Portland’s opening drive on 2nd half. Martin has three touchdowns.
Updated 7:25 pm · October 23, 2026
Oxford Hills 7, Noble 0
Carter Davis with a ridiculous one-handed 30-yard catch to put Oxford Hills at the Noble 11. Mason Ridley follows it up 11-yard TD on a screen pass.
1:04 remaining in 1Q
Updated 7:24 pm · October 23, 2026
Skowhegan 24, Fryeburg 14
River Hawks QB Austin Lancaster with a 14-yard run and a 2-point conversion pass to Wyatt Longyear.
2:19 left in the second quarter.
Updated 7:24 pm · October 23, 2026
Mountain Valley 6, Poland 0
end 1Q
Updated 7:23 pm · October 23, 2026
Falmouth 14, Greely 7
Alex Hau 12-yard TD pass from Derrig puts the Navigators back on top.
1:32 left in 1st half
Updated 7:22 pm · October 23, 2026
Lawrence 20, Messalonskee 0
Jackson Dangler scores on a 21-yard run, his second TD of the game.
2:50 left 1Q
Updated 7:18 pm · October 23, 2026
Skowhegan 16, Fryeburg 14
Fryeburg scores on a 3-yard run by Mika Stantze.
4:22 left in the second quarter.
Updated 7:17 pm · October 23, 2026
Cony 7, Gardiner 0
Gardiner puts together a nice drive but misses a field goal. The Rams answer with an 80-yard drive that culminates with a 3-yard TD run by Anderson Noyes.
1:24 left 1Q
Updated 7:16 pm · October 23, 2026
Lawrence 14, Messalonskee 0
Keegan Littlefield scores on a 3-yardd TD run. Littlefield already has 86 rushing yards.
4:30 left in the 1st quarter.
Updated 7:15 pm · October 23, 2026
Hermon holds
The Hawks stop Leavitt on downs inside the Hermon 15 on the Hornets opening drive.
Updated 7:14 pm · October 23, 2026
Noble recovery
The Knights recover an Oxford Hills fumble at the Vikings’ 45-yard line, but a personal foul penalty pushes Noble back 15 yards.
Updated 7:13 pm · October 23, 2026
Skowhegan 16, Fryeburg 7
Austin Lancaster throws a 15-yard touchdown pass to Matthew Keister, and Blake Kenyon runs in the 2-pointer.
8:08 left in the second quarter.
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Updated 7:11 pm · October 23, 2026
Greely 7, Falmouth 7
Greely trick play. Jackson Justice tosses a 20-yardd halfback option pass to Rocky Axelsen to even the score. The Rangers drained nearly 11 minutes off the clock on that drive.
Updated 7:09 pm · October 23, 2026
Craziness in Falmouth
Greely fumbles on back-to-back plays, and Falmouth recovers on both times. But the ball carried is ruled down both times.
Then Greely scores, but it is called back due to a penalty.
Updated 7:08 pm · October 23, 2026
Halftime scores
Kennebunk 10, Marshwood 8
Cheverus 27, Biddeford 8
Updated 7:07 pm · October 23, 2026
Kennebunk driving
Ball at the Marshwood 34. The Rams are trying to put one more on the scoreboard behof halftime.
Updated 7:06 pm · October 23, 2026
Greely completes 12-yd screen pass on 4th-and-12.
After a measurement, first down, ball at Falmouth 12
Updated 7:06 pm · October 23, 2026
Biddeford ball
Biddeford recovers a muffed punt.
Updated 7:05 pm · October 23, 2026
Lawrence 7, Messalonskee 0
Jackson Dangler 18-yard TD run gives the Bulldogs an early lead.
8:49 remaining in the 1st quarter
Updated 7:04 pm · October 23, 2026
Cheverus 27, Biddeford 8
Tigers QB Ernie Dore with a 2-yard run and a 2-point rush to get Biddeford on the board.
2:20 left in the second quarter.
Updated 7:03 pm · October 23, 2026
Skowhegan 8, Fryeburg 7
Mika Stantze with a 1-yard run and Fryeburg pulls within a point.
1:00 left in the first quarter.
Updated 7:01 pm · October 23, 2026
Kennebunk INT
Marshwood QB Michael Sbrizza throws up a long pass to near the goal line, but Kennebunk’s Briggs Buckley picks it off.
Updated 7:00 pm · October 23, 2026
Marshwood fumbles, but then
Kennebunk fumbles and the Hawks recover and now have the gall at Kennebunk’s 43-yard line.
Late 2Q
Updated 6:59 pm · October 23, 2026
A few halftime scores
Portland 14, Deering 0
Freeport 20, Lisbon 0
Updated 6:55 pm · October 23, 2026
Cheverus 27, Biddeford 0
Colton Jewett, Cheverus’ QB1, didn’t play until late in the 2Q, but he enters the game and soon thereafter runs 31 yards for a Stags touchdown.
Updated 6:54 pm · October 23, 2026
Kennebunk is in Marshwood territory, but faces a third-and-11 at the Marshwood 34.
Updated 6:49 pm · October 23, 2026
Kennebunk 10, Marshwood 8
The Hawks get on the scoreboard via an 11-yard TD run by Jon Buttrick, then QB Michael Sbrizza sneaks in the 2-point conversion.
3:35 left 2Q
Updated 6:46 pm · October 23, 2026
Falmouth holds
Greely throws an incomplete pass on fourth-and-15 from its own 43. Navigators take over.
Updated 6:45 pm · October 23, 2026
Cheverus 20, Biddeford 0
Will Baker with a 3-yard touchdown run for Cheverus.
7:54 left in the second quarter.
Updated 6:42 pm · October 23, 2026
Freeport 20, Lisbon 0
Sam Willard adds to the Falcons’ lead with an 8-yard TD run.
1:55 left 2Q
Updated 6:40 pm · October 23, 2026
Falmouth 7, Greely 0
Owen Ross scores on an 8-yard run. That was set up by a 49-yard pass from Micah Derrig to Dane Langelier.
Updated 6:38 pm · October 23, 2026
Portland 14, Deering 0
Alex Martin scores (again) on a 1-yard run off a direct snap.
Updated 6:37 pm · October 23, 2026
Kennebunk 10, Marshwood 0
Kennebunk stymied Marshwood’s drive and forced a punt. A few plays later, Bradley Farrell scores for the Rams on a 66-yard run.
Updated 6:34 pm · October 23, 2026
Skowhegan 8, Fryeburg 0
The River Hawks strike first on a 61-yard pass from Austin Lancaster to Blake Kenyon.
10:03 left in the first quarter.
Updated 6:34 pm · October 23, 2026
Noah Goodwin is back for Marshwood, and he just had a nice game that moved the Hawks into Kennebunk territory.
Updated 6:29 pm · October 23, 2026
Kennebunk 3, Marshwood 0
Blake Morris 35-yard field goal put the Rams on top.
Early 2Q
Updated 6:24 pm · October 23, 2026
END 1Q: Marshwood 0, Kennebunk 0
Kennebunk has driven 57 yards to the Marshwood 18-yard line.
Updated 6:23 pm · October 23, 2026
Injury updates
Estevao Lembiss is back in the game for Biddeford.
For Marshwood, its TD-scoring machine Greg Castoras isn’t dressed.
Updated 6:22 pm · October 23, 2026
Portland almost adds to lead
Justin Bouchard hits the uprights on a 42-yard field goal attempt.
Seems like nobody goes for FGs more than anyone else.
Updated 6:21 pm · October 23, 2026
Cheverus 13, Biddeford 0
Nick Deschambault with a 35-yard TD pass to Jackson Holmes.
6:20 left 1Q
Updated 6:20 pm · October 23, 2026
Freeport 13, Lisbon 0
Keegan Haveran adds to the Falcons’ lead with a 10-yard TD run.
15 seconds left 1Q
Updated 6:17 pm · October 23, 2026
Punt contest
Marshwood forced a punt, then Kennebunk forced one.
Rams ball at own 24.
0-0
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Updated 6:14 pm · October 23, 2026
Portland 7, Deering 0
Alex Martin (who else?) gives the Bulldogs an early lead with a 28-yard run.
Updated 6:12 pm · October 23, 2026
Cheverus 7, Biddeford 0
Sam Minervino with a 8-yard touchdown reception from Nick Deschambault — after a 66-yard run by Jackson Holmes — to get the Stags on the scoreboard.
8:45 left in the first quarter.
Updated 6:11 pm · October 23, 2026
Biddeford, with a win over Cheverus, should overtake the Marshwood-Kennebunk loser for second in B South. However, Tigers playmaker Estevao Lembissa was injured early.
Updated 6:09 pm · October 23, 2026
Battle for B South
Marshwood just punted. Kennebunk ball at own 21.
Winner of this game gets top seed in B South.
Updated 6:03 pm · October 23, 2026
Freeport 6, Lisbon 0
Andrew Thomas 26-yard TD run puts the Falcons up. Thomas is back at QB after being limited to defense the past 3-4 weeks due to injury.
10:02 left 1Q
Updated 3:26 pm · October 23, 2026
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We ride at 6
Welcome. Please, take a seat. Or come back at about 6 p.m. when we mount up for another Friday night ride through high school football. Here is today’s schedule:
Camden Hills at Brunswick, 6 p.m.
Cheverus at Biddeford, 6 p.m.
Deering at Portland, 6 p.m.
Foxcroft Academy at Brewer, 6 p.m.
Kennebunk at Marshwood, 6 p.m.
Lisbon at Freeport, 6 p.m.
Greely at Falmouth, 6:30 p.m.
Skowhegan at Fryeburg Academy, 6:30 p.m.
Bangor at Sanford, 7 p.m.
Belfast at Morse, 7 p.m.
Cony at Gardiner, 7 p.m.
Dexter at Bucksport, 7 p.m.
Dirigo at MCI, 7 p.m.
Ellsworth at Old Town, 7 p.m.
Gorham at Westbrook, 7 p.m.
Gray-New Gloucester at Yarmouth, 7 p.m.
Leavitt at Hermon, 7 p.m.
Massabesic at Scarborough, 7 p.m.
Messalonskee at Lawrence, 7 p.m.
Mountain Valley at Poland, 7 p.m.
Mt. Blue at Edward Little, 7 p.m.
Mt. View at Boothbay, 7 p.m.
Noble at Oxford Hills, 7 p.m.
Oceanside at Medomak Valley, 7 p.m.
Old Orchard Beach at Mt. Ararat, 7 p.m.
Spruce Mountain at Maranacook, 7 p.m.
Windham at Lewiston, 7 p.m.
Winnacunnet (N.H.) at South Portland, 7 p.m.
Winthrop at John Bapst, 7 p.m.
Updated 4:22 pm · October 23, 2026
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