SOUTH PARIS – Maybe this is what’s called the triple wing.

Dylan Foster’s only three pass completions of the game went for first-half touchdowns, and otherwise run-committed Messalonskee used the resulting snowball effect Saturday to bombard Oxford Hills, 48-13, in Pine Tree Conference football at Gouin Complex.

Messalonskee is one of three PTC programs devoted to the double wing offense with its quadruple-threat backfield, tosses, traps and misdirection. Oxford Hills answered it with a ’65’ defensive alignment, leaving the secondary virtually vacant.

Foster completed TD passes of 47 and 33 yards to tight end Chris Pelletier and 60 yards to wingback Andrew Breton as the Eagles (1-3) stormed to a 28-7 halftime lead.

“That’s what we’ve been trying to develop a little bit,” said Messalonskee coach Wes Littlefield. “When they put eight to 10 guys in the box, you ought to be able to throw.”

Not that Messalonskee abandoned its first love. Foster also rushed for a 15-yard TD. Fullback Desmond Nutter barreled ahead for 139 yards and two scores.

Messalonskee hammered out 355 of its 495 total yards on the ground.

“That all starts with the line,” said Foster. “If they get the run game opened up, that opens up the pass.”

Oxford Hills (0-4) enjoyed flashes of prosperity with its new spread offense, much of it in drastic catch-up mode.

With the Vikings down 20-0, Jake Hall connected with Nate Dubois for a 59-yard score late in the first quarter. Hall also scampered for a 36-yard TD against the Messalonskee reserves in the fourth.

Hall completed 8-of-19 for 108 yards and one interception, returned 42 yards for a TD by the Eagles’ Matt Stuart. The junior also notched 15 carries for 95 yards. Dubois accounted for 171 total yards.

“Offensively, the score doesn’t really show it, but we moved the ball well,” said first-year Oxford Hills coach Nate Danforth.

The Vikings’ first drive of the afternoon reached Messalonskee’s 22 before Nutter sacked Hall for a four-yard loss and Dylan Shorty decked Dubois for another minus-seven. Oxford Hills ultimately punted.

Two more first-half drives and Oxford Hills’ first foray of the third quarter ended on downs in Eagles territory.

“These kids have to understand that when you get it in the end zone or you have a big play, you don’t take the next play off,” Danforth said. “That’s where you dial it up and punch it in. It’s a work in progress getting these kids to do what I want them to do.”

Pelletier’s second scoring grab restored the three-touchdown lead with 9:19 remaining in the first half.

Foster’s fumble recovery in the third quarter set the table for a 53-yard gash by Nutter. He applied the finishing touches to the drive with a 4-yard burst, and Pelletier’s point-after piled it up to 35-7.

“When you’re not working from behind, that’s what makes it nice,” said Littlefield, whose team lost to Bangor, Skowhegan and Lewiston prior to souring the Vikes’ homecoming.

The loss took a severe physical toll on Oxford Hills. Only 33 players were in uniform to start the game, and Ryan Voye, Asher White, Justin Roussel, Cody Smith and Jake Allen all were knocked out of the game.

Voye’s injury appeared the most serious. The 6-foot-3, 215-pound starting junior guard never returned to his feet after a special teams collision with 5:45 left in the first half. Voye, who complained of head and neck pain, was immobilized and transported to the hospital by ambulance.

“He was moving all his extremities,” Danforth said. “But he was out of it. He was kind of scaring them a little bit.”

“It’s getting thin now,” the coach added. “We’ve just got to find some positives in this and keep persevering. What do you tell your kids?”