SOUTH PARIS – Don’t let the scoreboard fool you.

There was a crooked number on the home side of the storyteller at Don Gouin Athletic Complex after unbeaten Lawrence lowered the boom on Oxford Hills, 35-7, but it didn’t mean the Bulldogs took a break Friday night from their season-long habit of serving bagels to the Pine Tree Conference.

“They still haven’t given up a touchdown,” said Oxford Hills coach Bob Austin.

By the time Oxford Hills senior captain Brad Smith put up the first points all season at the Bulldogs’ expense, scooping up a fumble by quarterback Jack Hersom and scampering 35 yards to the nearest pylon, the Vikings still trailed 21-7 with 4:22 remaining in the third quarter.

Lawrence (3-0) didn’t make any other glaring mistakes on either side of the line of scrimmage.

Five different players scored a touchdown, three by ground and two through the air. Lawrence reached the end zone on its first and last full possessions of the first half, and the resulting 14-0 halftime edge probably looked like six or seven scores to the stingiest defense in Eastern Class A.

Oxford Hills didn’t pick up a first down in the second half until the final two minutes, when reserve tailback Caleb Flanders moved the chains twice and helped run out the clock. The Vikings finished with 95 net yards, which stunningly is above the average allowed by Lawrence.

“We have about 20 seniors, so we’re really experienced,” said Lawrence halfback and linebacker Aaron Champagne. “We controlled the ball, and the defense stepped it up again.”

Champagne, a converted quarterback, shone on both sides of that equation. His 15-yard TD run capped an 11-play, 66-yard drive that consumed nearly the first six minutes of the game.

Lawrence established dominion up front and consistently cashed in with Champagne running toss plays, Hersom keeping the ball on option keepers and David Wallace churning up the middle. Champagne led the attack with 14 carries for 153 yards.

The Vikings still had an opportunity to tie the game prior to the half, pushing the ball from their own 20-yard line to the Lawrence 37 before John Flynn and Jon Doyon converged to stuff Brian Trudeau for a 3-yard loss on second-and-6. Justin Frechette’s third-down pass attempt to Smith fell incomplete.

“And then some fool decided to go for it on fourth down,” the Oxford Hills coach said. “It was the best drive we’ve had all year. I wanted to try to get something out of it.”

Instead, the Bulldogs took possession in Oxford Hills territory when Bryan Slaney sacked Frechette for a 13-yard loss. From there, Lawrence needed only four plays to score. Champagne’s 35-yard ramble down the home sideline set up a 2-yard sneak by Hersom.

The Vikings threatened again in the third quarter when Nigel Cromwell returned the opening kickoff 66 yards to the Lawrence 16. But the Bulldogs stuffed two runs, and two passes fell incomplete, the second when Mike Hersom jarred the ball loose from Ethan Sutton in the end zone.

“We have a senior group that has played a lot of football, and they’re very physical,” said Lawrence coach John Hersom. “We always know we’re going to get that from them.”

Devon Costigan returned a punt 47 yards to set up a 5-yard TD run by Wallace with 6:03 left in the third quarter. Oxford Hills briefly swiped momentum with Smith’s defensive gem, but Lawrence converted three third downs on its next, time-consuming drive, culminating in a 5-yard TD toss from Jack Hersom to Devin Raven.