High school football: Valente leads Gray-NG past Poland

POLAND - Tyler Valente rushed for 217 yards and four touchdowns Saturday to lead Gray-New Gloucester to a 35-28 victory over Poland in their Western Class B football finale.

Valente only carried the ball 17 times for a 12.8-yards-per-carry average.

The Patriots (4-5) jumped out to a 21-6 lead by halftime and extended the advantage to 35-14 after three quarters.

Quarterback Heath Martell chipped in with 41 yards rushing on four carries and one touchdown. Evan Kenney successfully converted all five point-after kicks.

Josh Cooper scored the lone touchdown in the first half for the Knights (0-9) on a 2-yard run.Cooper, the Poland quarterback later added a 1-yard touchdown plunge and passed 20 yards to Josh McNally for another touchdown. Conrad Labbe added an 8-yard touchdown run in the third quarter.

Tony Whalen kicked a pair of extra points and Cooper ran for a two-point conversion.