OAKLAND – Lewiston junior tailback Wesley Myers says his goal is to outdo his yardage output from week to week.

If he’s able to keep it up at this rate, next week should be quite a show.

Myers rushed for 374 yards and five touchdowns on 28 carries to lead Lewiston to a 34-18 win over Messalonskee in a bizarre Pine Tree Conference contest Friday night.

He tallied all five of his touchdowns in the second half, including two in a wild 54-second sequence in the third quarter in which the two teams traded four touchdowns on four offensive plays after a scoreless first half.

“In the second half, when it comes down to it, my team turns it up and I turn it up,” said Myers, who finished with 477 yards total offense, counting one catch and several returns in the kicking game. “Last week, I had 177 (rushing yards). I made a goal to beat my rushing yards that I get in my last game every game.”

Myers’ first touchdown was his shortest of the night, a 1-yard dive the required a good second effort after Eagles defenders Brandon Hall and Chris Pelletier met him at the goal-line.

Following a veteran offensive line and fullback Matt Letourneau, Myers continued to pile up big yardage after first contact the rest of the night, going for scoring runs of 65 and 51 yards the next two times he touched the ball. He followed a great Letourneau block that sprung him for the final 30 of a 38-yard TD jaunt early in the fourth quarter, then capped the night with perhaps his best run of all, a bobbing and weaving effort down the Lewiston sideline for 69 yards with 54 seconds left to ice the game.

“Wesley finds a crease and he’s a pretty good back,” Lewiston coach Bill County said. “He’s a tough runner. A couple of times as a sophomore he pushed the pile and made some extra yards that surprised me. I knew that as he matured he’d be a pretty good football player after the first hit.”

“The guy probably runs a 4.5 (second) 40. You’ve got those big guys up front (blocking for him), he’s hitting the hole at 100 miles an hour and he’s making one cut and he’s gone,” Messalonskee coach Wes Littlefield said. “We’d all like to have a back like that.”

Lewiston (2-0) moved the ball into Messalonskee territory on four of its five first-half possessions, only to turn the ball over each time with two interceptions and two fumbles. The Eagles (0-2) returned the favor, though, by fumbling the opening kickoff of the second half to set Lewiston up at the Messalonskee 27. Myers broke the ice with his 1-yard run seven plays later.

That set off a scoring frenzy. Messalonskee responded with a three-play scoring drive capped by a 7-yard TD run by David Hash, but missed the extra point. That drive was a grinder compared to waht happened next, as Myers followed a block from Letourneau at the Eagles 45 on Lewiston’s first play from scrimmage and broke it down the right sideline for a 65-yard score that made it 13-6.

“Letourneau and the offensive line did a hell of a job,” Myers said. “In the backfield, after the play was called, I asked him what side he was going to, inside or outside. He called it, and that’s what happened.”

The Eagles needed just one play, a 41-yard TD run on a keeper by quarterback Matt Stuart (12 carries, 94 yards), to pull back within a point. Then Myers answered with his 51-yard scamper on the next play to make it 20-12.

Messalonskee got deep into Blue Devil territory on its next possession, but consecutive offensive pass interference and clipping penalties pushed them back and essentially ended their hopes of staying within a tochdown.