Midcoast football teams begin postseason play

Teddy Peters rushed for three touchdowns as the Freeport football team closed out the regular season Friday in Freeport with a 28-6 victory over Poland.

Peters scored on a 5-yard run in the first quarter, a 9-yard run in the second and an 8-yard run in the third. Ben Bolduc added a six-yard scoring run later in the third quarter for a 28-0 lead. Pole Shawn West caught a 37-yard TD pass from Damon Martin in the fourth quarter.

Freeport (5-3) earned the No. 4 seed and will face No. 5 Oak Hill in the first round of the Class D South playoffs. Both teams did not play against each other in the regular competition.

Mt. ARARAT 50, YARMOUTH 12: Dash Farrell scored four touchdowns (two rushing, two receiving) in the first half to help the Eagles (6-2) over the Clippers (2-6) on Friday in Topsham.

Mount Ararat led 30-6 at the end of the first quarter and 44-6 at halftime. Wyatt Gawtry caught two touchdown passes for Yarmouth.

With the win, Mount Ararat secured a No. 4 seed in the eight-team Large School playoffs and will host No. 5 Gray-New Gloucester on Friday at 6 p.m.

LEWISTON 51, BRUNSWICK 0: Jeffrey Randall threw three touchdowns and added a safety on defense for the Blue Devils (4-3) in their big win over the Dragons (2-6) in Lewiston on Friday.

Lewiston put together a 30-point second quarter and led by 37 points at halftime. Lonnie Thomas finished with two touchdown receptions, while Damonte Spearman caught the other. Jayden Sands, Josue Luis, Joe Dube and Mekhi Young all scored rushing touchdowns.

Brunswick plays York on Friday, November 1 at 6 p.m. The Class C South quarterfinal is a rematch of a Sept. 28 game, which the Dragons won 24-20.

GREELY 44, MORSE 14: Noah Allen and Andrew Padgett each rushed for two touchdowns to give the Rangers (7-1) a season-final victory over the Shipbuilders (1-7) on Friday in Bath.

Ben McCarron (85-yarder) and Dominic Martone (42-yarder) also added rushing touchdowns for Greely. Morse’s Dylan Root and Jackson Murray combined for seven completions, 107 yards and a touchdown. The Shipbuilders ran for 125 yards and a score.

As the runner-up in the eight-team Big School playoffs, Greely has a bye in the first round.

BOYS FOOTBALL

No. 7 GRAY-NEW GLOUCESTER 2, No. 10 FREEPORT 0: The Patriots (7-6-2) scored two goals in the second half to eliminate the Falcons (3-11-1) on Saturday and advance to the Class B South quarterfinals.

Griffin Richmond and Boje Kautz both scored for Gray-New Gloucester. Rylee Brooks and Carter Laliberty added assists.

Tristan Cuttler saved eight shots for the Patriots, while Mason Vintinner saved one shot for the Falcons.

Right through the country

Both Freeport’s girls and boys teams placed first in Cumberland on Saturday with 51 and 57 points, respectively, in the Southern Maine Class B regionals. Lucy Huggett finished third overall (19:48.27) while teammates Lilah Hall (7th, 20:39.44) and Josie Spaulding (20:45.41) finished in the top 10. Alex Gilbert (3rd, 16:41.29) and Conner Smith (4th, 16:51.50) were the top Falcons in the boys’ race.

Both the Morse girls and boys teams placed fifth in Cumberland with 135 and 152 points, respectively. Levi Riggs (17:18.08) finished fifth individually among the boys. Frida Wright (21:42.71) finished 15th among the girls. All Freeport and Morse teams qualify for the state championships, which will be held this Saturday in Cumberland.

At the Northern Maine Class A regionals in Belfast, the Mount Ararat girls team qualified for states with a fifth-place finish. Mia Pierce (19th, 22:22.77) was the top runner on a team that finished with 145 points. The Brunswick girls and boys teams both qualified for the state meet with a sixth-place finish (156 and 144 points, respectively). Ellie Gilman (10th, 21:22.56) and Jonathan Koehler (20th, 17:28.52) were the top finishers for the Dragons.

The Mount Ararat boys team placed ninth with 217 points, narrowly missing the state meet by five points. Ian Britt (27th, 17:43.24) finished in the top 30 and will therefore race individually in Cumberland.