DIRIGO 50, MT. VIEW 16: Big plays pushed the Cougars (5-1) past the Mustangs (0-6) in Thorndike.
Mount View scored first to take an 8-0 lead, but then Dirigo reeled off five straight TDs.
After Leo Spaulding scored on a 2-yard run for the Mustangs, Dirigo’s Owen Smith returned the ensuing kickoff 85 yards for a touchdown. Later in the first quarter, quarterback Hudson Lufkin tossed an 81-yard touchdown pass to Trevor Crosby, giving the Cougars a 14-8 advantage.
In the second quarter, Lufkin and Brady Philbrick hooked up for a 60-yard touchdown pass, and Smith scored on a 60-yard run. Dirigo’s lead was up to 28-8 at halftime.
Nathaniel Wainwright ran in a score from 51 yards out to make it 36-8 in the third quarter.
Mount View ended the five-touchdown onslaught with a 70-yard kickoff return touchdown by Wyatt Everson. As he did following the Mustangs’ first score, Smith returned the ensuing kickoff 75 yards for a touchdown.
Smith’s three touchdowns all came of plays of 60 yards or more. All of the Cougars’ scoring plays went for at least 51 yards, that last a 75-yard run by Tanner Bradeen for the lone points of the fourth quarter. Bradeen then ran in the 2-point conversion to finish the scoring.
Lufkin ran in two 2-point conversions, and Wainwright one for Dirigo. Everson scored 2-point conversions after both of Mount View’s scores.
MORSE 34, MOUNTAIN VALLEY 8: Braeden Cunningham rushed for three touchdowns as the Shipbuilders (5-1) beat the Falcons (2-4) in an eight-man Small School game at Bath.
Cunningham scored from 65 yards in the first quarter, from 4 yards in the second and from 6 yards in the third.
Calin Gould connected with Braylon Williams for a 16-yard touchdown pass that made it 22-0 just before halftime. Tyson Pinkham added a 2-yard TD run in the fourth quarter.
Kaden Paaso ran in the touchdown for Mountain Valley, and Rilan Farnum converted the two-point conversion run.
FRIDAY’S SCORES
Bucksport 48, Ellsworth 34
Cony 55, Bangor 20
Falmouth 21, Mt. Blue 12
Foxcroft 62, Maine Central Institute 0
Fryeburg 43, York 6
Gorham 19, Biddeford 0
Gray-New Gloucester 50, Lake Region 12
Greely 12, Yarmouth 8
Hermon 34, Old Town 0
Houlton 50, Mattanawcook 32
John Bapst 48, Madison 8
Lawrence 47, Skowhegan 14
Leavitt 51, Lewiston 13
Massabesic 17, Deering 14
Medomak Valley 26, Cape Elizabeth 22
Messalonskee 41, Edward Little 14
Mount Desert Island 50, Spruce Mountain 14
Mt. Ararat 64, Brunswick 14
Oak Hill 24, Belfast 0
Oceanside 46, Freeport 0
Old Orchard Beach 66, Maranacook 19
Oxford Hills 21, Bonny Eagle 14, OT
Sacopee Valley 50, Boothbay 26
Stearns 52, Dexter 20
Telstar 24, Traip 6
Thornton 14, South Portland 0
Wells 41, Lisbon 6
Marshwood 20, Westbrook 14
Windham 21, Scarborough 3
Winthrop/Monmouth/Hall-Dale/Kents Hill 28, Poland 7
SATURDAY’S SCORES
Camden Hills 34, Waterville 6
Cheverus 46, Gardiner 6
Dirigo 50, Mount View 16
Kennebunk 35, Sanford 0
Morse 34, Mountain Valley 8
Nokomis 26, Hampden 18
Orono 67, St. John Valley 16
Portland 41, Noble 7
Winslow 18, Brewer 16
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